Workload Analysis
Workload Analysis
The transaction ST03N is the most important transaction in SAP for a BASIS consultant
This transaction provides information on system performance , response times for SAP, Database and frontend ,
dialog steps information per user , per transaction
The information is available as a snapshot , as well as aggregated over days, weeks and months
The transaction provides critical data for troubleshooting SAP performance issues
There are various profiles for viewing the system performance data , that is , by users , by transactions or by time
of the day.
It is possible to look individually at each dialog instance and compare the system performance across instances of
the SAP system
Expert Mode View – ST03N
Transaction Profile View for a
Month
Linking Transaction Usage to Users
Time Profile
The time profile information provides clues on the behavioral pattern of the system. You can identify load and
activity on the system by looking at the number of steps and the average response time for each step.
Comparatively higher response times indicate that the system is under load
User Profile
Apart from ST03N where the performance is measured in terms of dialog steps and response times , SAP provides
ST06 for performance measurement of systems by looking at the hardware configuration elements.
These elements include the CPU’s , Memory , Filesystem , Disk and LAN Activity
ST06 uses the SAP OS Collector , which runs as a process in Unix and as a service in Windows OS.
The SAP OS Collector must be active in order for the information to be collected.
SAP OS Collector from ST06
Commands
Start Saposcol:
Stop saposcol