Understanding Transaction Components

Monitoring · Breaking Down Transactions

LoadRunner Controller User's Guide (Windows)

Chapter 18, page 286

Understanding Transaction Components

The Transaction Breakdown utility shows the following elements:

Network and Client: The Network and Client component indicates the effect of
the network and client machine on the transaction response time.

CPU: The

CPU

component indicates the effect of database server's CPU time on

the transaction response time.

I/O: The

I/O

component indicates the effect of file and disk operations on the

transaction response time.

Lock: The

Lock

component indicates the effect of database locking on the

transaction response time.

Latch: The

Latch

component indicates the effect of the latch operation in Oracle

on the transaction response time.

System Locks: the

System Locks

component indicates the effect of server

system locks on the transaction response time.

General: The

General

component shows the effect of all other server elements

that do not fit into one of the above categories on the transaction response time.