General Measures

Displays the measures that are shown at the beginning of the overview report.
Measure Description
Active users

The number of active virtual users. A virtual user is regarded as active if it has been started and is currently in one of the following states:

  • executing
  • warm up
  • wait database
  • loading documents
  • wait resource
  • rendezvous
  • thinktime
  • shutdown

A virtual user is regarded as inactive if it currently is in one of the following states:

  • starting
  • wait queue
  • wait user
  • wait stop
  • pacing time
  • suspended
Transactions The number of Silk Performer transactions that have completed, regardless of whether or not they were successful.
The overview report shows the following information:
  • A graph indicating how many transactions ended in a given second.
  • Average number of ended transactions per second.
  • Total number of ended transactions.
Errors The number of API errors, including Internet, database, and middleware APIs. An API error is counted if the severity is error or higher (transaction exit or process exit). An error is ignored if the severity is informational or warning.
Running users The number of running virtual users. A virtual user is regarded as running if it has been started and not been stopped. In contrast to the measure Active users, it also includes virtual users that are in one of the following states:
  • wait queue
  • wait user
  • wait stop
  • pacing time