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Measuring the Performance of Web Service Calls

To measure and analyze the performance of web service calls, record their start and stop times. Use this information to determine the elapsed time, usually in milliseconds, of the web service call. After you have the web service time, you can use the times to list the averages, best and worst performances, summary, and more.

See the following topics:

Web Service Calls

Service Names

Step 1: Enabling Logging for the Ivanti Application Server

Step 2: Enabling the Logging Level in the Configuration Database and in the Tenant

Step 3: Viewing the Log

Step 4: Running a Database Query

Step 5: Reviewing the Results

Web Service Calls

The following are the web service calls in Service Manager:

DashboardService.cs (3 items)

DashbdSvc.GetDashboard

DashbdSvc.GetSearchTargetObjects

DashbdSvc.GetDashboardTree

Knowledge.asmx.cs (1 item)

Knowledge.GetSelfSvcKnwlgeWSData

MyItems.asmx.cs (1 item)

MyItems.GetMyItems

SelfService.asmx.cs (5 items)

SelfService.GetObjQukActnsByType

SelfService.GetAnnouncements

SelfService.GetAlerts

SelfService.GetTopTopics

SelfService.GetMyItems

FRSHEATIntegration.asmx.cs (2 items)

FRSHeatIntg.GetSchemaForObject

FRSHeatIntg.GetAllAllowedObNames

FormService.asmx.cs (6 items)

Frmsvc.GetFormData

Frmsvc.GetFormDataWithExprFields

FrmSvc.GetDependentFormData

FrmSvc.GetFormValidationListData

Frmsvc.GetObjectLayoutDefById

FrmSvc.GetChildTabLinkSelectData

Layout.asmx.cs (1 item)

Layout.GetLayout

Save.asmx.cs (1 item)

Save.SaveDataExecuteAction

Search.asmx.cs (1 item)

Search.GetSavedSearchesList

Workspace.asmx.cs (4 items)

Workspace.GetWorkspaceData

Workspace.GetWorkspaces

Workspace.GetRoleWorkspaces

Workspace.GetFavoriteSearches

Service Names

There are several services, but to measure performance, we only use the service called Performance.

Performance Service Name

See Viewing the Logging Configuration for more information about logging.

Step 1: Enabling Logging for the Ivanti Application Server

Update the configuration file called FRSLoggingSettings.config to enable the Performance service. The following is an example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

 

<configuration>

<appSettings>

 

<!-- Turns logging on and off for the host running the application -->

<add key="EnableCentralLogging" value="true" />

 

<!-- Where to read the logging settings from database from -->

<add key="ConfigureServiceAPI_ws_url" value="http://localhost/CentralConfig/ConfigServiceAPI.asmx"/>

<!-- Where to send the logs -->

<add key="LoggingService_ws_url" value="http://localhost/CentralConfig/ConfigServiceAPI.asmx" />

 

<!-- Specifies when to flush the log queue; whenever comes first, seconds passed or exceeding the log item size -->

<add key="ElapsedSecondsToFlushLog" value="60" />

<add key="ItemSizeToFlushLog" value="5000" />

 

<!-- Determines when to reload this file, and to refresh the log settings from database -->

<add key="LogSettingCacheTimeoutInMinutes" value="5" />

<!-- For the old logger -->

<add key="EnableLogging" value="true" />

<add key="RetrieveTenantLogLevel_ws_url" value="http://localhost/CentralConfig/RetrieveTenantLogLevel.ashx" />

</appSettings>

 

</configuration>

The EnableCentralLogging parameter determines if logging is enabled. If it is set to false, there is no logging. The default value is false.

The ConfigureServiceAPI_ws_url parameter specifies where to load tenant-specific settings from databases. The default value is http://localhost/CentralConfig/ConfigServiceAPI.asmx.

The LoggingService_ws_url parameter specifies where to send the log. The default value is ConfigureServiceAPI_ws_url.

The ElapsedSecondsToFlushLog parameter and the ItemSizeToFlushLog parameter specify when to flush the log queue.

The LogSettingCacheTimeoutInMinutes parameter specifies how often to refresh the log settings You can shorten or extend the value of the LogSettingCacheTimeoutInMinutes parameter at runtime. This applies for all tenants, upon reloading of this configuration file.

Step 2: Enabling the Logging Level in the Configuration Database and in the Tenant

The following are the log levels for all web services:

ALL

DEBUG

WARN

OFF

FATAL

INFO

ERROR

To enable the Performance web service call, its severity level must be DEBUG or INFO. You set this value in both the Configuration Database (ConfigDB) for the entire application, and in the tenant for each individual tenant.

To set the log level for the Performance service in the ConfigDB, follow these steps:

1.Log into the ConfigDB. See the Configuration Database Guide for Ivanti Service Manager for more information about using the ConfigDB.

2.Go to the Logging Configuration workspace.

3.Double-click the Performance service name to open the record.

4.Change the log level to either INFO or DEBUG.

5.Click Save.

You must also set the log level in the tenant.  The log level set in the tenant overrides the log level set in the ConfigDB.

To set the log level for the Performance service in the tenant, follow these steps:

1.Log into the Service Manager Application.

2.Go to the Logging Configuration workspace.

3.Double-click the Performance service name to open the record.

4.Change the log level to either INFO or DEBUG.

5.Click Save.

Step 3: Viewing the Log

1.Log into the ConfigDB. See the Configuration Database Guide for Ivanti Service Manager for more information about using the Service Manager Configuration Database.

2.Go to the Logs workspace.

3.Filter the Service Name column to only show Performance.  The application displays all the logs for the Performance service. (If the Service Name column is not displayed, add it. See Working with Lists for information about how to add a column to a list.)

4.Double-click a log to open it.

Example Log Entry

The following are the fields in the record and the database records associated with them.

Log Record Field Performance Record Field Description

Log Entry Id

LogId

ID of this log.

Log Time

LogTime

The time when the log stops.

Client IP Address

ClientIp

IP address.

Login Id

LoginId

ID of the user running the log.

 

NOTE: The value cannot contain angle brackets.

Current Role Of User

UserRole

The role of the logged-in user.

Host Name

Hostname

The host name of the server.

Service Name

ServiceName

Service name. This should always say Performance.

Component Name

WsUrlOrComponentName

Not used.

Error Code

ErrorCode

Not used.

Log DB Time

EntryTime

The time when the log starts.

Sub System Id

SubsystemId

Not used.

Tenant Id

TenantId

ID of this tenant.

Session Id

SessionId

ID for this session.

Thread Name

ThreadId

ID for this thread.

Target Site

TargetSite

Not used.

Log Severity

Severity

The log level. This should always say DEBUG or INFO.

Exception

Exception

The exception.

Message

Message

The associated message.

Step 4: Running a Database Query

With the results of the log, run a database query.  The following is a sample query, that computes the transaction time:

WITH w3cformat AS (

SELECT

CONVERT(date, LogTime) as [date],

CONVERT(time, LogTime) as [time],

ClientIPAddress as [c-ip],

LoginId as [cs-username],

CurrentRoleOfUser as [cs-userrole],

Sessionid as [cs-session],

HostName as [s-computername],

'SOAP' as [cs-method],

ComponentName as [cs-uri-stem],

TenantId as [cs-host],

DATEDIFF (millisecond, LogDbTime, LogTime) as [time-taken]

FROM Logs

WHERE ServiceName = 'Performance'

)

SELECT TOP 5 *

FROM w3cformat

WHERE [date] = '2014-10-17'

ORDER BY [time-taken] DESC

Step 5: Reviewing the Results

You can view the results in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, in a table, or in a chart.

The following is a sample of the results in a table.  (The table is shown on three lines for readability):

date time c-ip cs-username cs-userrole cs-session
10/17/2014 23:09.1 10.10.100.100 Admin Admin 10A1E1E7F2D741AE8C0D58AA7B4A6375
10/17/2014 19:08.4 10.10.100.102 frs.tso Admin 723A0EB7F5964525BED53C0FCE411C07
10/17/2014 21:06.9 10.10.100.104 jon.doe Admin 09958D7C6F934E1593C7BECA35DE8505
10/17/2014 19:38.2 10.10.100.107 frs.tso Admin 723A0EB7F5964525BED53C0FCE411C07
10/17/2014 22:59.8 10.10.100.109 Admin Admin 10A1E1E7F2D741AE8C0D58AA7B4A6375

 

date time s-computername cs-method cs-uri-stem
10/17/2014 23:09.1 S607677CH4VW38 SOAP Save.SaveDataExecuteAction
10/17/2014 19:08.4 S607677CH4VW38 SOAP Frmsvc.GetObjectLayoutDefById
10/17/2014 21:06.9 S607677CH4VW38 SOAP Frmsvc.GetFormDataWithExprFields
10/17/2014 19:38.2 S607677CH4VW38 SOAP Workspace.GetWorkspaceData
10/17/2014 22:59.8 S607677CH4VW38 SOAP FrmSvc.GetFormValidationListData

 

date time cs-host time-taken
10/17/2014 23:09.1 abc-stg.saasit.com 466
10/17/2014 19:08.4 xyz-stg.saasit.com 233
10/17/2014 21:06.9 xyz-stg.saasit.com 233
10/17/2014 19:38.2 xyz-stg.saasit.com 186
10/17/2014 22:59.8 abc-stg.saasit.com 170

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