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## Diagrams

soapUI provides 2 diagrams for behavioural analysis of LoadTest Statistics over time (neither provides any exact values/legends). These are:

- A Statistics diagram showing all statistics for a selected TestStep
- A Statistic History diagram showing a selected Statistic for all TestSteps

Both diagrams share a "Resolution" setting which controls how often the diagram should be updated. This can be set either to "Data" or a number of milliseconds:

- Data - means that the diagram will be updated whenever the main LoadTest Statistics are updated, which in turn is controlled by the "Sample Interval" setting in the LoadTest Options dialog. This is the default setting and sufficient if you have a high throughput of TestCase runs (which will constantly update the Statistics. If you have a LoadTest that has long-running TestCases, this option will result in a diagram that updates very infrequently which may both be confusing and not what is desirbed.
- XXX - an interval in milliseconds, the diagram will be updated every XXX ms regardless of if the underlying Statistics have changed or not.

Be aware of the fact that all statistics for these diagrams are always collected internally, ie you can open the diagram after running your LoadTests and see the results. This is recommended as it does not take any performance from the UI during LoadTesting.

### The Statistics Diagram

The statistics diagram shows a number of statistics for a selected TestStep or the TestCase Total. The toolbar at the top contains a combo-box for selecting which step to display and a button to the far right for exporting the currently selected steps data to a comma-separated file.

### The Statistics History Diagram

The statistics history diagram shows a selected statistic for all TestSteps in the TestCase. The toolbar at the top contains a combo-box for selecting which statistic to display and a button to the far right for exporting the currently selected statistics data to a comma-separated file.

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