Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Performance Testing

How to get performance monitor data in different formats

      After creating the data collector set in the performance monitor we need to get the report to analyze it further. There are 4 types of formats available in performance monitor to record the data. Types are as below Comma Separated Tab Separated SQL Binary How to change data format for the data collector set By default, all new data collector set will record data of type binary. Means graph. There are 2 ways to get the data in other formats.  Can convert the recorded data to another format Can make perfmon to record data with a defined format How to convert data of one format to another in perfmon Create a data collector set. Already covered in this article Start the data collector set After doing some action stop the data collector set Logfile location will be set while creating the data collector set. Navigate to that folder You will find the perfmon data file. Double click on that file The graph will open. Right-click on the graph and select save data as Stor...

How to save data collector set in perfmon. How to import data collector template to another computer

 In the previous article, we have seen what is performance testing and performance testing using a performance monitor . We have already seen how to create a user-defined data collector in this article. Here let us see how to export data collector template from one computer and import them to another computer. The template is nothing but the XML file that contains data about the data collector that is created in one computer.  How to export data collector template Step 1: Go to CTRL+R -> Perfmon Step 2: Right-click on the collector you want to save. Then click Save Template Step 3: Select location  How to import saved template to another computer Step 1:  Go to  CTRL+R -> Perfmon Step 2:  Right-click on the User Defined -> New -> Data Collector Set Step 3: Select Create from a template(Recommended) Step 4: Click Next Step 5: Select Basic and click Next Step 6: Click next and set location  Step 7: Click Finish Possible Issues While Importi...

What is Performance Testing, Is it possible to do performance testing for desktop application

What is Performance Testing     It is one of the testing processes that is used to determine whether the server in which the application got hosted is healthy in terms of handling the expected load and expected speed. When we talk about the web application when the user clicks on anything in the application a call will be made to the server and the server will send the requested details to the user. So it is required to check the server speed and its capability of handling load in various intervals. Why Performance testing is important     Server health is very important in all types of applications because the final output of every business is to satisfy the customer. Even the front end of the application looks impressive users will expect speed of delivering their requested data. Many retail companies like Amazon will offer a sale for a period of time and on that time server needs to handle a large amount of load. So there is a need to analyze the speed, scalabilit...