The API set provides the following functionality:

• Convert Controller Run results to an Analysis data base file
• Create, modify, and apply a global filter and Graph filters
• Set graph parameters
• Calculate metrics and statistics per Graph in a Run
• Notifications from the API infrastructure to the API application
• Logging at different severity levels
• Ability to run concurrent, independent instances of API-based applications

Limitations: This version of the API set does not support:

• Graph auto-correlation
• Graph merging
• Importing data from external monitors
• XML export of data
• Support Level Agreements functionality
• Use of filters, graphs, and other configurations created in the Analysis user interface
• J2EE Graphs are only partially supported

Prerequisites: To use this API set, you must:

• Be a .NET programmer
• Be familiar with the Controller and Analysis programs

The development environment requires:

• Visual Studio 2005 or any other compiler that supports .NET 2.0
• LoadRunner Analysis

The runtime environment requires:

• LoadRunner Analysis
• A .NET configuration file. A command-line utility to build the configuration file is provided in the <Analysis installation>\Additional Components\AssemblyCrawler folder.