Specifications

Recording Agent
If you are using the default servers, the default server name appears at the
end of the response path name. In the example, the server name is "Default-
Exchange". (If you disable default constraints and an application does not
have associated server activity, "No-Server" appears instead of a server
name.)
If you want a more specific server name to appear in the path on reports
(such as "Exchange1" instead of "Default-Exchange"), or if an application uses
multiple servers and you want to be able to track response time for each
server individually, then you must define servers using the Connection
Manager or another configuration method.
Similarly, Application Response provides a default server definition for a Citrix
server (or any terminal server). If you are using Application Response to
monitor the performance of a terminal server application, Application
Response uses the Citrix server definition to obtain network times between the
client system and the Citrix server. Another default server definition helps to
capture network times between the Citrix server and the application server.
You do not need to define and attach servers to a Citrix application definition
unless you want to name the specific servers involved, so that those server
names appear in reports.
Recording Agent
The recording agent resides on a computer where an end user uses an
application to perform transactions. The agent records information about all
application activity in an event log file for later processing by BT Studio.
As a user performs transactions, the recording agent creates a separate record
for each of the most significant application events in the event log file. (The
event log file is a file that records information about activity related to each
transaction performed using applications on the local computer.) An event is
any individual step that occurs during a transaction. Events can include a
window receiving focus, a button being pressed, a status message appearing,
a menu command being selected, a process being created, and so on.
Events and Transactions
By default, Application Response monitors all transactions performed by
application users and computes an average application response time. While
this capability can provide very useful information, you may want more in-
depth information about the performance of your applications. To meet this
need, Application Response can monitor and report on the performance of
individual transactions or groups of transactions.
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