Creating a new report

In general, the default reports will provide the information that you need. However, in special situations, you may want to create a new report.

To create a new report:
  1. Click File > New > Performance Test Report. The Performance Test Report dialog box opens.
    Report dialog box, containing Name field
  2. At Name, enter the name of the new report.
  3. The Report Tabs is empty because you are creating a new report (rather than editing a report). Click Insert to enter information about the tab. The Performance Test Report Tab dialog box opens.
    Report Tab dialog box contaning template options
  4. At Title, enter the name of the new tab.
  5. Select a tab as a template, or select a custom tab:
    • The Performance Tab, Summary Tab, Page Throughput Tab, , Server Health tabs, and Response vs. Time tabs all are included in the Performance report. Selecting one of these tabs provides you with a similar report.
    • The Page Element Throughput Tab and the Page Element Summary Tab are included in the Page Element report. Selecting one of these tabs provides you with a similar report.
    • The Transaction Throughput Tab and the Transaction Summary Tab are included in the Transaction report. Selecting one of these tabs provides you with a similar report.
    • The Verification Point Summary Tab is included in the Verification Points report. Selecting this tab provides you with a similar report.
    • Custom Tab (n graphics) creates a new tab with n graphics. Tables are considered graphics.
    Click Next.
  6. The number of wizard pages that you see, and the information that they contain, depend on the template you selected. You will see two wizard pages for each graphic. You select the graphic type (bar chart, line chart, or table) in the first dialog box. You select the counters in the second dialog box.
    1. Enter the title of the tab.
    2. The graphic type selected depends on your template. For example, if you chose Performance Tab, the title of the tab is Performance and the graphic type is Bar Chart, which is the type of chart that the performance tab displays. If necessary, change the graphic type.
      Report Tab dialog box, containing options for title, graphic type, and graphic-wide filters
    3. Click Next. Although you can click Add to filter the report now, it is best to create the report first, and filter the data after you examine the report. You can filter a report by count, by value, or by label.
    4. The data on this page depends on the graphic type that you selected. For example, Performance tabs contain default performance counters, Summary tabs contain the default summary counters, and so on.
      Report Tab dialog box, containing options for counters, data sets, and data set filters
    5. To add new counters, expand the Generic Counters field to select the counters to include in the report. Typically, you add generic counters to a report because the counters are updated each time you regenerate the report. However, to create a baseline report with static information—that is, the counters are taken from the same control test run rather than updated with current results—click Show all test runs and include a counter from a specific run.
      Note: The Help topic Generic counters lists and explains each generic counter.
    6. If there are multiple graphics, clicking Next displays the title and graphic type for the next graphic.
  7. When you are finished selecting the graphics and counters, click Finish.
You can now manage and edit this report just as you do the default reports. When you right-click on an item in the Performance Test Runs view, and then click Manage Reports, the new report appears with the system-provided reports.

Parent topic: Customizing reports

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