About the Landing Page

When you start WebCenter Portal Performance Pack, you’re prompted to enter your login credentials. You should enter the username and password that belongs to the Administrator’s role in the WebLogic Server. You’re then directed to the landing page. This page provides access to all the resources required to monitor and diagnose performance issues related to the selected Oracle WebCenter Portal instance.

Oracle WebCenter Portal Performance Pack Online Help

When you start WebCenter Portal Performance Pack, the target is automatically set to the JVM WebCenter Portal Performance Pack it’s installed against. Also note the location of the user menu. This menu has options for viewing your language preferences, accessing help (including the Getting Started overlay), and signing out.

Use the landing page as a starting point to identify slow requests and drill down to diagnose performance bottlenecks. The tabbed pages make it easy to navigate between the available features. The information accessed from the Help button is based on the page you currently have open. The Events List is the default page.

Now that you have an overview of the landing page, let’s take a closer look at the key features that you’ll be using.

Feature	Description	More Info
Event List	Displays a list of events the server’s processed during the time range specified. The initial range is set from the present to 1 hour back. From this page you can: Change the specified time range or click Get Recent Data to get events from the previous hour. View the HTTP request type for each request Sort requests by duration (in milliseconds) to find slower requests Hover over an event to view the full event name. This includes the full URL and any query strings. Drill down to a specific event details where you can diagnose problem areas based on instrumentation and method sampling.	See Working with Events
Method Statistics	Displays all methods from the present to the last reset date. From this page you can: Sort methods by method, hits, or duration Identify problem methods based on the duration and number of hits for each method. Optimizing methods with higher hits and/or longer duration might have an higher impact your system’s performance and scalability, especially the lower-level methods. Hover over a method to view the full method name. You can also copy the name to the clipboard. Click Reset Statistics to erase all historical data and updates the last reset date to the current date and time. This feature gives you a fresh start to begin collecting method statistics for a new test scenario.	See About Method Statistics
Dump Thread	Displays all threads returned from the JVM in the order provided. Each calling stack is a collapsible section that contains the method calls. From this page you can: Filter threads based on thread health. (ACTIVE, STANDBY, SUSPENDED, STUCK) Filter threads based on their current state. (WAITING, RUNNABLE, TIMED-WAITING, PENDING) Expand specific threads to view the methods associated with that thread.. Select to watch specific methods. Note: You can’t watch methods associated with WebCenter Portal Performance Pack as they’re disabled.	See About Thread Dumps
Configuration	Displays the current configuration settings as well as key methods that have been configured to be instrumented. From this page you can: Enable and/or disable instrumentation and sampling Change configuration settings Click Revert to Saved to reset the configuration back to the previous saved configuration Click Update to commit changes but not save to the configuration file Click Save to save changes to the configuration Add additional class/methods to be instrumented Select to watch or unwatch pre-configured methods	See About Configurations