Help on performance improvement

[AbhilashSwain]

Hi Team,

This is a high level lay out for one of my project, which runs 24/7.
Theses are few details.

1- Object 1 , mostly works on HTML mode.
2-Object 2, 95% works in SAP mode.
  5%- in UI mode.

Problem:-
Bot runs good however, it takes time to identify the 5% of UI mod elements. The time gradually increased from 30 secs to 900 secs .

Fixes tried:-
1. Adding garbage collector.
2. Detaching objects
3.Killing IE and SAP.
4. Restarting System

Additional Observations:-
> Each time we stop the BOT and restart it process the 1 Items with comparatively less time ~ 100 secs.From 2nd item onwords again the slowness increases and it reach to ~900 secs 

Please let me know if you need any additional information regarding the design.
Appreciate your help.

------------------------------
Thanks,
Abhilash Swain
Automation Developer
Chennai
9901945030
216abhiswain@gmail.com
------------------------------

[John__Carter]

It's not good practice to run 24x7, ideally you should arrange a break in the schedule, eg 23:55-00:00. Many clients also schedule a reboot to coincide with the break, sometimes nightly, or maybe weekly.

If you haven't already tried, I'd also experiment with not attaching and detaching.

------------------------------
John Carter
Professional Services
Blue Prism
------------------------------

[AbhilashSwain]

Hi John,
Thanks.

However, we have a scheduled reboot everyday. As I mentioned , after reboot/after stooping process from Control room, when we restart the BOT, it process the first item quickly then the  time increases.

------------------------------
Thanks,
Abhilash Swain
Automation Developer
Chennai
9901945030
216abhiswain@gmail.com
------------------------------

[John__Carter]

OK then I'd suggest you enable the memory logging on the resource so that you can examine the logs and hopefully see where and when the memory is creeping up.

------------------------------
John Carter
Professional Services
Blue Prism
------------------------------

[AbhilashSwain]

Hi John,
Checked the memory usage. below screen shot for your info.Sap(31%CPU/74MB memory Usage) and Automate.exe(22% CPU/91MB memory)

The problem is,while running it complete teh 1st item without any issue. From 2nd Item onwards its creating problem.

------------------------------
Thanks,
Abhilash
Chennai
abhilash.swain@shell.com
------------------------------

[John__Carter · Accepted solution]

You need to enable the memory logging, run the process and then study the BP session logs. By doing that you may be able to see how the memory is being used during the process and possibly see some spikes or patterns to suggest where the problem lies.

------------------------------
John Carter
Professional Services
Blue Prism
------------------------------