Viewing step and server performance by project

The Performance panel includes a step and server analysis report by project. It also includes a critical path analysis report for the steps in the project.

For each project step, the step and server analysis report lists the server that ran the step and lists the times required to perform the step for different runs, for example, the fastest or slowest run. Step times are categorized as pass, fail, or warning. The categories prevent you from comparing times incorrectly, for example comparing pass times to fail times.

The critical path analysis report for steps lists some key metrics for passed jobs.

Data source: Rational Build Forge database

Report format: Table

Key: The -/-/- key provides two pieces of step information: the step result and the step duration in seconds, as shown in the following examples:

14/-/-

Pass/Warn/Fail

The step passed, and the total run time is 14 seconds.

-/-/1

Pass/Warn/Fail

The step failed, and the total run time is 1 second.

-/1/-

Pass/Warn/Fail

The step passed with warnings, and the total run time is 1 second.
Fields:
  • Passed Steps: The number of times that the step passed for all jobs.
  • Average Run: The average job duration of the passed jobs.
  • Confidence Interval: A range of values (in seconds) on either side (+/-) of the job average duration. This range of values is 95% likely to contain the next job duration. For example, if the confidence interval is 5.88 seconds, then the range of values that is 95% likely to contain the next job duration is 5.88 seconds on either side of the job average duration.
  • Probability Longest Duration: The likelihood that the next job will equal the longest duration of the passed jobs.
  • Probability Shortest Duration: The likelihood that the next job will equal the shortest duration of the passed jobs.

To view the analysis reports, do the following:

  1. Open the Reports tab.
  2. Click the Performance panel.
  3. Choose a project in the list, and then click Analyze.

    The analysis reports for steps and servers and the critical path analysis report are displayed as tables of results.