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Performance tool — Using the full details display

The Full, Init, and Delta links of the Performance report (PAL) provide detailed data about a single row of the display. The scope of information on this window depends on which link you clicked on the Performance report:

Note: Hold the mouse pointer over a statistic to view ToolTip text.

The number of decimal places in timing results depends on the hardware and software supporting Pega 7 Platform. In general, the decimal places reported are significant. Per-requestor CPU statistics are not available for UNIX platforms. The value NaN (Not a Number) indicates a numeric exception, such as dividing a number by zero, or by a small value close to zero, and attempting to compute the square root of a negative number.

All performance statistics are property values on a clipboard page of the Code-Pega-PAL class.

Header

The header area at the top of the display contains these statistics.

Label and Property

Notes

Process Started
pxProcessStartWall

Date and time the process started.

ID
pxProcessID

Process ID

Node
pxSystemNode

Node name

Port
pxSystemPort

TCP/IP port

CPU
pxProcessCPU

CPU time in seconds for the entire Java process in this JVM since startup, all requestors combined. Available on the Full display only, for both Windows and UNIX platforms.

Requestor Started
pxRequestorStart

Date and time the requestor started.

Requestor ID
pxRequestorID

Requestor ID, also called connection ID.

Name
pyUserName

User name from Operator ID instance, if authenticated.

Thread Started
pxRequestorStart

Date and time this Thread started.

PAL Version
pxPALVersion

Performance tool software revision.

Elapsed Time Detail for This Requestor (seconds)

These statistics apply to all Threads in the current requestor session; most requestor sessions involve only one Thread. Times are in seconds.

Label and Property

Notes

Total Elapsed time for the reading(s)
pxTotalReqTime

Time since the previous reading.

Elapsed time retrieving non-rule-resolved instances from database
pxOtherIOElapsed

Includes elapsed time retrieving or saving work items, data objects, history instances, and assignments.

Elapsed time retrieving rule-resolved Rules from the database
pxRuleIOElapsed

Includes elapsed time retrieving or saving most rules.

Elapsed time executing Declarative Rules
pxDeclarativeRulesInvokedElapsed

 

Elapsed time retrieving Declarative rules
pxDeclarativeRulesLookupElapsed

Time spent constructing declarative networks.

Elapsed time retrieving non-Rule database lists
pxOtherBrowseElapsed

Elapsed time for Obj-List operations. excluding Obj-List operations on rules,

Elapsed time processing Storage Streams for non-Rule database lists
pxOtherBrowseFilterElapsed

Storage Stream

Elapsed time retrieving lists of Rules from the database
pxRuleBrowseElapsed

Elapsed time for Obj-List operations on rules

Elapsed time processing Storage Streams for Rule database lists
pxRuleBrowseFilterElapsed

Storage Stream

Elapsed time inferring the Java
pxInferGeneratedJavaElapsed

Elapsed time during which the engine was attempting to avoid rules assembly by identifying existing Java for a rule .

Elapsed time inferring the Java (high level)
pxInferGeneratedJavaHLElapsed

Elapsed time during which the engine was attempting to avoid rules assembly by identifying existing Java for a rule.

Elapsed time performing Rule assembly
pxJavaAssembleElapsed
rules assembly
Elapsed time compiling Rules
pxJavaCompileElapsed
 
Elapsed time checking Java syntax
pxJavaSyntaxElapsed

The system performs a syntax check of generated Java, before full compilation.

Elapsed time executing Connect Rules
pxConnectElapsed

Waiting for responses after a connector calls.

Elapsed time performing explicit database commit operations
pxCommitElapsed

Commit operations

Elapsed time spent redirecting Reference Properties

reference properties

Elapsed time spent finding declarative pages names

declarative pages

Elapsed time spent loading declarative pages names

declarative pages

Elapsed time spent determining if a page name is declarative

declarative pages

Elapsed time spent performing BLOB encryption
pxEncryptElapsed

How to encrypt Storage Streams of selected classes.

Elapsed time spent performing BLOB decryption
pxDecryptElapsed

How to encrypt Storage Streams of selected classes.

Rule Execution Counts

Statistics in this area report how many times rules of various categories were executed for this requestor.

Only rules of rule types subject to rules assembly are counted. Counts increment when an operation starts, not when it ends.

These statistics are summarized across all requestor sessions in the shutdown report. See Working with the shutdown Rule Usage facility.

Label and Property

Notes

Total number of Rules executed
pxRulesUsed
 
Rules requested from the database
pxRulesExecuted

Counts rules for rules assembly only, excludes some rules expanded into inline Java code

Tracked property changes
pxTrackedPropertyChangesCount

For declarative rule processing. See the PDN article How to identify which properties are tracked for declarative processing.

Activities executed
pxActivityCount

Counts activity executions started.

Connects executed
pxConnectCount

Counts connectors started.

Declarative Rules executed

Counts declarative rules executed, including those reached by chaining.

Declarative Expressions executed
Context sensitive

pxDeclExprCtxSensUseCount

Count of the number of Declare Expression rules executed in which the rule explicitly identifies a fully qualified reference to the target property.

Declarative Expressions executed
Context free

pxDeclExprCtxFreeUseCount

Count of the number of Declare Expression rules executed in which the target property is on an embedded page that is not explicitly named in the rule.

Flows executed
pxFlowCount

Count of flow executions started.

Edit Rules executed
pxRunOtherRuleCount

Includes both Rule-Edit-Input and Rule-Edit-Validate rules

Data transforms executed
pxRunModelCount

 

Services executed
pxServiceCount

service

Streams executed
pxRunStreamCount

Includes all rule types derived from Rule-Stream, including harness, fragment, correspondence, and XML Stream rules

Whens executed
pxRunWhenCount

when condition

Rule assemblies
pxJavaAssembleCount

rules assembly

Java compilations
pxJavaCompileCount
 
Java syntax checks
pxJavaSyntaxCount

step

Number of Java
steps executed
pxJavaStepCount

step

Legacy-based Rules executed
pxLegacyRuleAPIUsedCount

Rules executed that use Version 02 PublicAPI facilities

Reference Property redirections

reference property

Declarative Page load activities executed

declarative page

Requestor Summary

Statistics in this section summarize information about the current requestor session.

Label and Property

Notes

Time the Requestor Started
pxRequestorStart

Date and time this requestor started.

Time of this PAL reading
pxPALWall

Time of the statistics in this Performance tool display

Number of Server Interactions
pxInteractions
 
Database time threshold (milliseconds)
pxDBThreshold

A constant, set by the operationTimeThreshold value in the prconfig.xml file or Dynamic System Settings. See How to detect lengthy PegaRULES database operations.

Number of database requests
that exceeded the time threshold
pxDBOpExceedingThresholdCount

Number of database requests that took longer than the threshold on the previous row. Each event appears in the Alert log.

Number of Input Bytes Received by the Server
pxInputBytes

Total bytes (uncompressed) sent in HTTP messages from the browser to Pega 7 Platform.

Number of Output Bytes Sent from the Server
pxOutputBytes

Total bytes (uncompressed) sent to the browser. This statistic includes XML as well as HTML.

Requestor Clipboard Size (bytes)pxEstimatedRequestorDataSize

Total size of the clipboard. This value is available only if you selected Add Reading with Clipboard Size from the summary Performance tool display. Available only for Delta readings.

Number of Named Pages created
pxPagesNamed

Results of the getPageNames() PublicAPI Java method.

HTML transaction frame count
pxFrameTransactionMapCount

Number of HTML frames retained in memory to support transactions.

HTML transaction frame map size (bytes)
pxFrameTransactionMapSize

Count of bytes in HTML frames retained in memory to support transactions.

Parsing Statistics

These report on executions of Parse XML, Parse Delimited and Parse Structured rules.

Label and Property

Notes

Total number of parse rules
pxParseRuleCount

Count of parse rules executed

Elapsed time to process parse rules
pxParseRuleTime

Wall time during which parse rules were executed.

CPU time to process all parse rules
pxParseRuleTimeCPU

Available for Windows servers only.

Connect Statistics

These report on executions of Connect EJB, Connect Java, Connect SOAP, Connect MQ, Connect JMS, and Connect MQ rules. For complete information about interpreting these statistics, see Testing Services and Connectors, a document the Integration Services page of the PDN.

Label and Property

Notes

Connect Count
pxConnectCount

Number of connector calls.

Connect time elapsed
pxConnectElapsed

Total time elapsed for connect calls.

Elapsed outbound mapping time
pxConnectOutMapReqTime

Time elapsed to map output.

CPU outbound mapping time
pxConnectOutMapReqCPU

CPU time elapsed to map output.

Elapsed inbound mapping time
pxConnectInMapReqTime

Time elapsed to map input.

CPU inbound mapping time
pxConnectInMapReqCPU

CPU time elapsed to map input.

Connect Client Response time
pxConnectClientResponseElapsedCPU

Time elapsed waiting for client response.

Connect Client Response time
pxConnectClientResponseElapsed

Time elapsed waiting for client response.

Number of bytes received from client
pxConnectResponseDataVolume

Amount of data received from client, in kilobytes.

CPU Time Detail For This Requestor (seconds)

Per-requestor CPU statistics are not available for Pega 7 Platform systems hosted on UNIX platforms.

Label and Property

Notes

Total CPU time for the reading(s)
pxTotalReqCPU

Total CPU time this JVM responding to HTTP requests and to service requests. This is larger than the sum of the detailed CPU values in this section, as it includes system CPU for other processes and other sources.

CPU time accessing non-rule-resolved instances from the database
pxOtherIOCPU

CPU time supporting input or output of instances other than rules: data objects, work items, assignments, history, and similar instances.

CPU time retrieving rule-resolved Rules from the database
pxRuleCPU

CPU time supporting input or output of rules (excludes time spent assembling, syntax-checking, compiling, or executing rules).

CPU time executing Declarative Rules
pxDeclarativeRulesInvokedCPU

 

CPU time retrieving Declarative Rules
pxDeclarativeRulesLookupCPU

 

CPU time retrieving non-Rule database lists
pxOtherBrowseCPU

Time spent on Obj-List operations for objects other than rules

CPU time processing Storage Streams for non-Rule database lists
pxOtherBrowseFilterCPU

Storage Stream

CPU time retrieving Rule database lists
pxRuleBrowseCPU

Time spent on Obj-List operations for rule instances.

CPU time processing Storage Streams for Rule database lists
pxRuleBrowseFilterCPU

Storage Stream

CPU time inferring the Java
pxInferGeneratedJavaCPU

CPU time during which the engine was attempting to avoid rules assembly by identifying existing Java for a rule

CPU time inferring the Java (High Level)
pxInferGeneratedJavaHLCPU

CPU time during which the engine was attempting to avoid rules assembly by identifying existing Java for a rule

CPU time performing Rule assembly
pxJavaAssembleCPU

rules assembly

CPU time compiling Rules
pxJavaCompileCPU
 
CPU time checking Java syntax
pxJavaSyntaxCPU
 
CPU time spent redirecting Reference Properties

reference properties

CPU time spent finding declarative page names

declarative page

CPU time spent loading declarative pages

declarative page

CPU time spent determining if a page name is declarative

declarative page

CPU time spent performing BLOB encryption
pxEncryptCPU

How to encrypt Storage Streams of selected classes.

CPU time spent performing BLOB decryption
pxDecryptCPU

How to encrypt Storage Streams of selected classes.

Database access counts

These statistics are for the current requestor only. Counts do not include rules read from the rule cache except as noted.

Label and Property

Notes

Rule-resolved rules requested from the database or cache
pxRuleCount

Number of read operations for rules (not the number executed) from the PegaRULES database or the rule cache, for rule types with an Applies To key part.

Rule-resolved rules retrieved from the cache
pxRuleFromCacheCount

Number of read operations for rules satisfied from the rule cache.

Procedural Rules retrieved from the database
pxProceduralRuleReadCount

Excludes declarative and properties. Excludes reads from the rule cache.

Declarative Rules retrieved from the databasepxDeclarativeRulesLookupCount

 

Property rules retrieved from the database
pxPropertyReadCount
 
Non-Rule-resolved instances requested from the database or cache
pxOtherCount

Number of read operations for rules (not the number executed) from the PegaRULES database or the rule cache, for rule types with an Applies To key part.

Non-Rule-resolved instances retrieved from the cache
pxOtherFromCacheCount

Number of read operations for rules (not the number executed) from the rule cache, for rule types with an Applies To key part.

Non-Rule-resolved instances retrieved from the database
pxOtherIOCount

Number of read operations for rules (not the number executed) from the PegaRULES database, for rule types with an Applies To key part.

Number of bytes read from database Storage Streams (uncompressed)
pxDBInputBytes

Storage Stream

Number of bytes written to database Storage Streams (uncompressed)
pxDBOutputBytes

Storage Stream

Declarative Indexes written
pxIndexCount

Count of Index- instances created by Declare Index rules

Obj-List requests to the database that * did not require a storage stream
pxListRowWithoutStreamCount

 

Obj-List requests to the database that * required all of the storage stream
pxListRowWithUnfiltered
StreamCount

Storage Stream

Obj-List requests to the database that * required some of the Storage Stream
pxListRowWithFiltered
StreamCount


Storage Stream

Rows returned from a RDB-List method that did not require a Storage Stream
pxRDBRowWithout
StreamCount

RDB-List method

Rows returned from a RDB-List method that did require a Storage Stream
pxRDBRowWith
StreamCount

Storage Stream

Database Commit CountpxCommitCount

Count of Commit operations by this requestor (including failed attempts). Does not include RDB methods that perform Connect SQL operations.

Database Rows Committed
pxCommitRowCount

Number of rows successfully committed to the database by Commit operations by this requestor Does not include RDB methods that perform Connect SQL operations.

BLOB encryption
pxEncryptCount

See How to encrypt Storage Streams of selected classes.

BLOB decryption
pxDecryptCount

See How to encrypt Storage Streams of selected classes.

Node Summary

Storage Stream values — values of columns named pzPVStream — have one of three formats (V4, V5, and V6). A setting in the prconfig.xml file or Dynamic system Settings determines which format the system uses when it saves a Storage Stream. Your system may contain a mixture of formats, even in a single table, because the setting takes effect on a row-by-row basis.

For example, if you open an instance (a row) containing a Storage Stream in Version 4 format, update the instance, and save the instance, the system saves Storage Stream in the current format, typically Version 6.

The Instances Read counts do not include Storage Stream instances read from the rule cache.

Label and Property

Notes
System Cache Status
pxCacheEnabled

Indicates whether the rule cache is enabled on this node.

Last Date and Time the Cache was Cleared
pxDateTimeCleared

Date and time that the rule cache on this node was set to empty.

V6 Instances Read
pxInstancesRead
WithV6Stream

Count of pzPVStream instances read from the database by this node for all processing since startup. (Version 6 is the default format for PRPC Version 4.2 and later.)

V5 Instances Read
pxInstancesRead
WithV5Stream

Count of format 5 pzPVStream instances read from the database by this node for all processing since startup. (Version 5 was the default format for Version 04-01.)

V4 Instances Read
pxInstancesRead
WithV4Stream

Count of format 4 pzPVStream instances read from the database by this node for all processing since startup. (Version 4 was the default format for Version 03-01.)

Shared Declarative Pages

Count of node-level declarative pages in use by all requestors on your current node.

Shared Clipboard Size (bytes)

Total size in bytes of the node-level declarative pages in use by all requestors on this node.

Service Statistics (Seconds)

These measures report on the use of services by this requestor. Typically, they are zero for a browser-based requestor. However, they will show service statistics after you unit test a service rule using the Run toolbar button.

For complete information about interpreting these statistics, see Testing Services and Connectors, a document on the Integration Services page of the PDN.

Label and Property

Notes

Elapsed Inbound Mapping Time
pxServiceInMapReqTime

Time elapsed to map request data.

CPU Inbound Mapping Time
pxServiceInMapReqCPU

CPU time elapsed to map request data.

Elapsed Outbound Mapping Time

Time elapsed to map response data.

CPU Outbound Mapping time
pxServiceOutMapReqCPU

CPU time elapse to map response data.

Elapsed Activity Time
pxServiceActivityTime

Time required from the beginning of the service activity execution until it completes.

CPU Activity time

CPU time for execution of the service activity (Windows only).

Number of records in file
pxServiceNumFileRecords

For Rule-Service-File executions only

Number of bytes received by the Server through services
pxServiceDataVolume

Amount of data received by server in bytes.

Reporting on Performance Details

The system captures performance details for interactive users at the interaction level, but this data is not retained.

The system also captures performance details for each requestor once each hour and also at sign-off. The usage daemon saves these details as instances of the Log-Usage class. You can report on these details using SQL reporting tools and the pr_perf_stats database table. See How to analyze system-wide usage with the Log Usage class.

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