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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Client transaction timings

The Client Transaction Timings plugin enhances the system logs by providing additional information about the durations of transactions taking place between the client and the server.

You can track down performance issues to their source by viewing where the time is being consumed, and how time was spent during a transaction.

This plugin requires the Response Time Indicator Response Time Indicator to be enabled, and collects information from the following browsers:

  • Firefox
  • Internet Explorer
  • Chrome

Client Transactions Information

Installing the plugin adds the Client Transactions module to the System Logs application. It provides a list of every logged transaction between client and server within the last day:

FieldDescription
CreatedMoment the transaction was recorded.
Response TimeNumber of ms spent by the server in fulfilling the transaction.
Business Rule TimeNumber of ms spent by business rules triggered by the transaction.
SQL TimeNumber of ms spent by the SQL database.
Client Response Time\(Load\_completion\_time\) - \(start\_time\). It is inclusive of server time.
Client Network TimeNumber of ms spent by the network the client is connecting through.
Browser TimeNumber of ms spent by the browser during the transaction.
Client Script TimeThe number of ms spent executing client scripts.
UI Policy TimeNumber of ms spent executing ui policy.
TypeType of transaction:- Form - List - Other
TableName of table that appeared. For example, incident, change\_request.
ViewView for this form/list.

Client Detailed Information

A more detailed breakdown of the client timings for all Form rendering (but not list rendering) is also tracked. To see details, drill into a particular client transaction record and observe the related list at the base of the screen.

FieldDescription
OrderOrder during the load in which this operation occurred.
TypeType of operation.
NameDescriptive name of this particular operation
DurationNumber of ms this operation took to complete.

Parent Topic:Time configuration references