Transaction based workload modeling for effective performance test strategies

A system capable of creating a workload model in order to test performance of an application in a data processing network, wherein the data processing network comprises a plurality of data processing units, the system comprising:

• a receiving module to receive an activity log with a plurality of entities from the data processing network, wherein each entity of the activity log comprises a session identification number;
• a processor configured to:
• create a transaction log of all transactions conducted using the activity log, wherein a user defines at least one transaction with respect to a particular session identification number, and wherein the at least one transaction is a business transaction flow, the business transaction flow comprising a user defined logical sequence of destination addresses;
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• determine a plurality of transaction metrics using the transaction log, wherein the plurality of transaction metrics comprises an average transaction response time, a transaction throughput for a session identification number, and a total transaction throughput for all session identification numbers, wherein the determination of the transaction throughput for a session identification number and the total transaction throughput for all the session identification numbers comprises:
• a. transaction throughput for a session identification number ‘X’=number of transaction for ‘X’/(Σ(elapsed time of each transaction))
• b. total transaction throughput for all the session identification numbers=(Σ(transaction throughput for all session identification numbers)/(total number of session identification numbers), wherein the total transaction throughput is the number of transactions executed in a certain time period;
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• a workload model generating module to create a workload model to test the performance of the application in the data processing network based on the plurality of transaction metrics and provide performance test strategies.

A computer storage device tangibly embodying a plurality of instructions adapted for creating a workload model in order to test performance of an application in a data processing network, wherein the data processing network comprises a plurality of data processing units, the computer storage device comprising:

• a computer readable medium storing:
• program code adapted for receiving, at a computing device, an activity log with a plurality of entities from the data processing network, wherein each entity of the activity log comprises a date, a logged time, a time taken, a session identification number, and a destination address;
• program code adapted for creating a transaction log of all transactions conducted using the activity log, wherein a user defines at least one transaction with respect to a particular session identification number, and wherein the at least one transaction is a business transaction flow, the business transaction flow comprising a user defined logical sequence of destination addresses;
• program code adapted for determining a plurality of transaction metrics using the transaction log, wherein the plurality of transaction metrics comprises an average transaction response time, a transaction throughput for a session identification number and a total transaction throughput for all session identification numbers wherein the determination of the transaction throughput for a session identification number and the total transaction throughput for all the session identification numbers comprises:
• a. transaction throughput for a session identification number ‘X’=number of transaction for ‘X’/(Σ(elapsed time of each transaction))
• b. total transaction throughput for all the session identification numbers=(Σ(transaction throughput for all session identification numbers)/(total number of session identification numbers), wherein the total transaction throughput is the number of transactions executed in a certain time period;
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• program code adapted for creating a workload model to test the performance of the application in the data processing network based on the plurality of transaction metrics and provide performance test strategies.