Understanding Performance Targets

The following are examples of use cases that would be well suited for tracking as performance targets:

• Track and view the duration of key batch processes, either individually or as a group, and how they relate to a defined target.

• Monitor used and free space on a database against critical levels.

• Check the performance of individual user interface zones against a defined performance expectation

• Compare the number of web service requests made to an application against a threshold where performance may be of concern.

Framework provides functionality to define and categorize performance targets and link them to objects such as business services, zones and portals. This supports the calculation and display of the metrics against desired results.

In addition, Framework supplies out of the box support for batch process performance targets. Individual edge applications may supply more specific functionality for other use cases, if applicable.

Ideally, users should have the ability to view these performance targets on a dashboard that groups related measures. Framework provides the necessary components to achieve this for batch process performance targets.

The following sections highlight functionality supported for performance targets in the framework. Refer to the edge application product documentation for more details of other supported use cases.