The administrator needs to gather records of a representative set of user actions performed on a regular basis so that these tests can be used as a benchmark for the system. The following user actions can be recorded:
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Find a specific document by full name.
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Right-click the document and record the time for the shortcut menu to appear with and without Look Ahead enabled.
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Find a set of documents using a wild card search, for example, a set of 100 documents.
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Find a larger set of documents, for example, a set of 1000 documents.
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Perform the previous document find tests with and without a paged query configured.
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Find a specific tag by the full name.
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Right-click the tag and record the time for the shortcut menu to appear with and without Look Ahead enabled.
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Find a set of tags using a wild card search, such as PSV20*, for example, a set of 100 tags.
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Find a larger set of tags, for example, a set of 1000 tags.
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Perform the previous tag find tests with and without a paged query configured.
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Run the ad hoc report for all methods in the system, sending the results to both the list view and Excel.
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Run the same ad hoc report in the background, to evaluate the scheduler performance.
Make sure that there is nothing already in the queue waiting to be processed.
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Open a form and record the time for the form to appear, for example, create or query for a document.
The previous tests give an indication of where the problems may be and lead to the next stage, which includes a detailed analysis of the problem to identify the cause.
The Performance Benchmarking Tool is available in the Desktop Client to record metrics on a standard set of commands or actions. These can be used to take an initial baseline on a system and to monitor or compare with new information over time.