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Measuring and Monitoring WCF Web Service Performance

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Using ServiceMon to obtain performance statistics for web services
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting;
using System.Linq;
using JetBrains.Annotations;
using Kaleida.ServiceMonitor.Model.Statistics;

namespace Kaleida.ServiceMonitor.UI
{
    public partial class OperationStatisticsControl : UserControl
    {
        private bool updatingUI;
        private const string NullIndicator = "-";
        private readonly ProcessingStatistics statistics;

        public OperationStatisticsControl(ProcessingStatistics statistics)
        {
            this.statistics = statistics;
            InitializeComponent();
            UpdateControlsBasedOnLogarithmicAxisSetting();
            UpdateUI();
        }

        [NotNull]
        public ProcessingStatistics Statistics
        {
            get {return statistics;}
        }

        public void UpdateUI()
        {
            if (updatingUI)
                return;

            lock (this)
            {
                updatingUI = true;
                SuspendLayout();

                tbDescription.Text = statistics.Description;

                tbRequestCount.Text = statistics.ProcessedCount.ToString("0");
                tbSuccessCount.Text = statistics.SuccessCount.ToString("0");
                tbFailureCount.Text = statistics.FailureCount.ToString("0");
                tbSuccessRate.Text = GetSuccessRateString();

                tbMeanRequestMs.Text = GetMillisecondText(statistics.MeanProcessingTime);
                tbMinRequestMs.Text = GetMillisecondText(statistics.MinimumProcessingTime);
                tbMaxRequestMs.Text = GetMillisecondText(statistics.MaximumProcessingTime);
                tbRecentRequestMs.Text = GetMillisecondText(statistics.MostRecentProcessingTime);

                var percentiles = statistics.GetResponseTimePercentiles(new[] {90m, 99m, 99.9m, 99.99m});
                tb1Nine.Text = GetMillisecondText(percentiles[0].Value);
                tb2Nines.Text = GetMillisecondText(percentiles[1].Value);
                tb3Nines.Text = GetMillisecondText(percentiles[2].Value);
                tb4Nines.Text = GetMillisecondText(percentiles[3].Value);

                var points = statistics.GetResponseTimeDistribution();
                UpdateChartUI(points);

                ResumeLayout();
                updatingUI = false;
            }
        }

        private string GetSuccessRateString()
        {
            return statistics.ProcessedCount == 0
                ? NullIndicator
                : (((double)statistics.SuccessCount)/statistics.ProcessedCount).ToString("0.000%");
        }

        private static string GetMillisecondText(TimeSpan? value)
        {
            return value == null ? NullIndicator : value.Value.TotalMilliseconds.ToString("0");
        }

        private void UpdateChartUI(IList<DistributionPoint> points)
        {
            chtDistribution.Series.Clear();

            var series = new Series
                             {
                                 IsXValueIndexed = false,
                                 ChartType = SeriesChartType.Column,
                                 MarkerSize = 3,
                                 MarkerStyle = MarkerStyle.None,
                             };

            foreach (var point in points)
            {
                var dataPoint = new DataPoint(point.TimeMs, point.Count);
                series.Points.Add(dataPoint);
            }

            chtDistribution.Series.Add(series);

            var chartArea = chtDistribution.ChartAreas[0];
            chartArea.AxisX.IsLogarithmic = chkLogXAxis.Checked && points.Any();
            chartArea.AxisX.LogarithmBase = (double) nudLogarithmBase.Value;

            chartArea.RecalculateAxesScale();
        }

        private void chkLogXAxis_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            UpdateControlsBasedOnLogarithmicAxisSetting();
        }

        private void UpdateControlsBasedOnLogarithmicAxisSetting()
        {
            nudLogarithmBase.Enabled = chkLogXAxis.Checked;
        }
    }
}

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Written By
Architect BlackJet Software Ltd
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Stuart Wheelwright is the Principal Architect and Software Developer at BlackJet Software Ltd.

He has over 16 years commercial experience producing robust, maintainable, web-based solutions and bespoke systems for Microsoft platforms.

His latest project is Shopping UK, an elegantly simple shopping list for iPhone.

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