mySAP Toolbag for Performance Tuning and Stress Testing

13.5. Data Analysis: Figuring Out What It All Means

If possible, I suggest you drop as much of your data into a custom Excel-based stress-test workbook as possible. Not only does this approach facilitate detailed and aggregate analysis but it serves as a great way to unite in one place much of the disparate data pulled from different tools and different layers of your unique SAP Technology Stack or stacks. Once this is accomplished, it then becomes very important to begin considering how you will best present these data, keeping in mind that different audiences prefer different formats, level of detail, use of charts and graphs, and so on.

13.5.1. Know Your Audience

Well before I execute any test runs, I already have a good understanding of the ...