How is build duration reported when builds queue?
In a situation where the Cluster Manager is configured so that builds regularly are queued, waiting for the minAgents to be available, how is the build duration reported separate from the queue time?
Does the time given for the duration at the end of each build include the queue time or is that just the actual build duration from the time it got agents until it finished?
The wait time is reported in the Cluster Manager along with a Duration. Does the Duration reported include the wait time or is it separate?
The concern is that developers who are submitting builds only really care about the total build time, regardless of whether the build queued for some of that time or not. If the time reported at the end of the build is total time since it was launched, that's fine. If not, then how would developers know or find the total time that the build took. In this case, I don't think that developers regularly look at the CM Web UI. Is there another way that the total build is reported?
Also, is the build time reported in annotation/Insight just the duration from the time that the build got minAgents to the end, or is it the total time, including wait time? If it is just showing the actual build time from when it got agents, then is there a way to see the wait time in Insight? I don't see it in the Build Properties.
Best Answer
In CM, the build duration includes the queue time.
Build duration information can also be retrieved by using cmtool getBuilds command.
I will leave the ElectricInsight question to others.
Thanks. What about the time reported on the command line? Is the the sum of the wait time and the build duration?
yes cmtool and php UI are using the same API call on the CM.
That's helpful, but not what I meant. When you run emake on the command line, there is output to STDOUT that initially reports the buildId and, at the end of the build, reports that it finished with a duration value. Is that duration value the sum of wait time and the actual running time of the build?
When the emake ends, the duration reported in the STDOUT is the same as the one shown in the UI (and in database) - the sum of wait time and actual build running time.
In the annotation file (emake.xml by default), at the end of the file, are a number of xml fields named "metric". The "duration" metric will tell the entire build time including waiting. There is also a "noAgentsWaitTime" metric. This is the total amount of time the build spent waiting because no agents were available. These can be viewed in insight by going to File->Build Properties and clicking on the Performance Metrics tab.
