Socket connection details
In the test editor, socket connection elements describe
the connection to a server. A connection must exist before you can
send or receive data. These settings apply to all send, receive, and
close elements that use the selected connection.
- Establish a new connection to the host
- Specify whether to create a new connection to the host or to reuse a connection from a different test. Select Reuse an existing connection if you are using multiple split tests in a performance schedule. For example, one test can open a connection, another test can reuse the connection, and a final test can close the connection. Specific name is a label that must match the name specified in the test that opens the connection.
- Host and Port
- Specify the computer name or IP address, and the port, to which the connection is made.
- Timeout
- Specify the timeout delay (in seconds) after which the test returns an error if no connection is established.
- Symbolic name
- Type the name of the connection as it will appear in the test results.
- Think Time (ms)
- Specify the programmatically calculated time delay that is observed before executing the current test element. Think time is a statistical emulation of the amount of time actual users spend reading or thinking before performing an action.
- Connection time
- This is the reference time that was measured when the test was recorded.
- Client program
- This is the name of the recorded client application