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How do we create custom multi-columnar counters?

  • 1.  How do we create custom multi-columnar counters?

    Posted Wed March 03, 2021 08:31 PM

    We see that paths like this already exist:

    /Pages/Verification Points/[PAGE]/ERROR/Cumulated/Count

    We'd like to create our own, such as:

    /MyCounterTypes/[MYCOUNTERTYPE]/FAIL/Cumulated/Count

    /MyCounterTypes/[MYCOUNTERTYPE]/EXEMPTFAIL/Cumulated/Count

    /MyCounterTypes/[MYCOUNTERTYPE]/SUCCESS/Cumulated/Count

    Can you point us to specific documentation about this?


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  • 2.  RE: How do we create custom multi-columnar counters?

    Posted Fri March 05, 2021 04:52 PM

    I want to make sure I'm clear about what we need to do. We need to have our own custom Counters that show data in multiple columns for a single row. For example, in the Execution Report --> Performance Report --> Page Health page --> Page Health Summary table, each row shows one PAGE and two columns of data.

    Page | Attempts | Percent Healthy | | | Page | Some Page One | 1 | 100% | Some Page Two | 22 | 100% |

    We need to be able to create a custom counter that would show up as a new column in the above, for example "Had Exempt Errors".

    Further, we need to be able to replicate the above PAGE example, not with Pages but with all completely new *custom* counters (e.g. ,[ALLOWEDEXEMPTIONS]), for example:

    Allowed Exemptions | Attempts | Exempt | Pass | | | Failures | | Missing ContractID | 111 | 11 | 100 | Missing Case File | 22 | 2 | 20 |


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  • 3.  RE: How do we create custom multi-columnar counters?

    Posted Fri March 05, 2021 07:52 PM

    Hi, there's two parts to this, unfortunately this forum doesn't allow pictures :-/

    Step 1: Start RPT and go to Help->Help Contents->IBM Rational Performance

    Tester API Reference->IBM Rational Performance Tester TES

    Click on the "Frames" option

    Step 2: Click on IStatisticsManager2 to see information on the classes available for custom counters

    Step 3: use these classes to make your own custom counters

    Step 4: Make a customized report to include your custom counters, refer to

    http://www.testworkbench-community.com/blogs/customizing-performance-tester-web-analytics-reports

    If get stuck we may be able to help via a SalesForce ticket

    Thank you


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  • 4.  RE: How do we create custom multi-columnar counters?

    Posted Fri March 05, 2021 07:57 PM

    Paul-

    Thanks for replying, but we already know how to create Custom Counters. I'm asking specifically how to make the types of Custom Counters that will show up in the Execution Report exactly the way I've described here. How to do multiple columns is the key question.


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  • 5.  RE: How do we create custom multi-columnar counters?

    Posted Mon March 08, 2021 07:35 PM

    Hi, my dev contact says you'll need 2 sets of custom counters

    one on the PAGE level

    The other on the custom category ALLOWEDEXEMPTIONS

    But you said you could make custom counters already, so I'm confused.

    Once you get the counters, easy to add a new page to the report, bring up the Performance Report, edit

    1. on left hand side click + to add a blank page
    2. edit the Page Health page to use as a reference
    3. create the same objects in the new page for Allowed Exemptions as for Page Health
    4. but use the two custom counters

    We're probably at the point of needing a Salesforce ticket

    Thank you


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  • 6.  RE: How do we create custom multi-columnar counters?

    Posted Mon March 08, 2021 11:07 PM

    Paul-

    We've created (and registered) Custom Counters and have used them in the Execution Report.


    How do we create Counter paths that include "[SOMETHING]" so that we can use that bracketed part of the path as a container for multiple counters? The same way RPT already does with "[PAGE]"


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  • 7.  RE: How do we create custom multi-columnar counters?

    Posted Tue March 09, 2021 01:49 PM

    Hi,


    go ahead an open a ticket on this, we'll come up with an example or determine it's not feasible.


    Thank you


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  • 8.  RE: How do we create custom multi-columnar counters?

    Posted Tue March 09, 2021 03:26 PM

    Can you post the URL or click sequence? The first two links below do not mention "Salesforce".



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  • 9.  RE: How do we create custom multi-columnar counters?

    Posted Tue March 09, 2021 06:55 PM

    start here


    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/open-ticketissue-support-use-ibm-support-portal


    gives link to https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/


    --

    the second link is for RFE

    the last one is for support people not customers

    make this a sev 3, not really a bug

    include a link to this thread please


    I'll keep an eye out for this ticket but one of my coworkers may end up grabbing it





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  • 10.  RE: How do we create custom multi-columnar counters?

    Posted Tue March 09, 2021 10:07 PM

    Case TS005178130 opened:

    https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/case/5003p00002WG1djAAD/how-to-createregister-and-use-custom-counters-that-behave-like-builtin-counters-that-are-not-counter-type-general


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  • 11.  RE: How do we create custom multi-columnar counters?

    Posted Wed March 10, 2021 02:15 PM

    got it, we'll use the support process for further discussion on this topic. Thank you!


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