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1E 23.7 (SaaS)

User sessions

The User Sessions page displays high level details around all sessions, as well as the ability to filter and sort based on different parameters, and then view individual sessions.

Metrics and KPI

At the top of the page are four main KPIs useful for VDI, these are:

  • Sessions

  • VDX Score

  • Average Logon Duration

  • Average Roundtrip Time.

You can hover over the VDX_-_information_icon.png in the UI to understand more how these KPIs are defined.

VDX_-_metrics_and_KPI.png

Page options

There are a number of options available at the top of the page, these are:

Option

Description

Site

You can select which Citrix Site you are viewing the VDI deployment for.

Time

Use the Time dropdown to view the infrastructure topology at a previous moment in time.

Note

The Time option allows you to go back up to 7 days.

Refresh

The Refresh button can be used to refresh the page.

Fullscreen

The Fullscreen button can be used to maximise the view, removing the page header and left-hand navigation bar from view.

VDX_-_historical_data_dropdown.png

Sessions Status

Use Sessions Status to filter the entire page by the status of that session.

VDX_-_Session_Status.png

User sessions list

In this section you can view a list of sessions. You can filter, sort and access the following options:

  • Search - you can search for sessions using the name of the user, and FQDN

  • Expand View - you can expand the view to show additional detail per session on the list

  • Sort By - you can sort by numerous options including VDX Score, Start Time, Session Duration, Connections, Logon Duration, Roundtrip Time

  • Sort Ascending/Descending - use this button to sort the above ascending or descending.

Below these options, you can view a the list of user sessions. This includes numerous key bits of information, including visibility of alerts. Click into a row to view that session in detail in its own page.

VDX_-_User_sessions_list.png

User session page

This page shows additional information around a specific user session, including the VDX score, Desktop Group, when the session started, it’s duration, logon duration, and roundtrip time.

VDX_-_Session_Details.png

It also includes number of tabs with additional information:

  • Roundtrip - displays all the relevant parts of the VDI used to broker that user session

    VDX_-_Roundtrip.png
  • Performance - displays time series charts showing VDX score, round trip time, and virtual workload (CPU and Memory) data. Any alerts generated will also display overlaid over the graph for Virtual Workload.

  • Logon Breakdown - shows the breakdown of how long different elements of the logon process took. For example GPOs, profile load, authentication, and more.

    VDX_-_Logon_Breakdown.png
  • User History - displays previous sessions for that user, going back up to 28 days.

    VDX_-_User_History.png
  • Virtual Applications - view published applications running as part of this session, across all connections.

    VDX_-_Virtual_Applications.png