Tool Mentor: Edit Schedules with IBM Rational Performance Tester |
This tool mentor describes how to use IBM Rational Performance Tester to edit a performance test schedule.
Tool: IBM Rational Performance Tester
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### Overview You will find that it is often necessary to edit a schedule in order to represent a workload properly. Although it is possible to run a schedule with only one user group or one test to run, in the majority of cases you will want to edit the schedule to reflect your workload requirements. There are many ways to edit a schedule. You can, for example, add a user group, a test, loops, delays, or a random selector. In this tool mentor, the focus will be on two of the more frequently encountered types of editing a schedule, namely adding a user group and adding a test. ### Tool Steps Editing a Schedule by Adding a User Group Editing a Schedule by Adding a Test #### 1. Adding a User Group To edit a schedule by adding a user group, perform the following steps: In the Test Navigator, expand the project until you locate the schedule. Right-click the schedule, and then click Open. In the Schedule Editor, right-click the schedule, and then click Add > User Group. In the Group Name field, enter a descriptive name for the user group. In the Group Size section, select Absolute or Percentage (where Absolute indicates a static number of users and Percentage indicates a dynamic number of users), and then enter the number or percentage of users in the group. Decide whether the user group will run on your computer or on another computer. To declare a remote location: Click Add New. In the Add Location Wizard, select the project to store the location. In the File Name field, type the name of the file that will contain information about this computer, and then click Next. In the Name field, enter a descriptive name for the remote computer. In the Hostname field, enter the IP address or the fully qualified host name of the remote computer. In the Deployment Directory field, enter the directory on the remote computer that will store the test assets. The directory, which is created if it does not exist, stores the temporary files that are needed during a schedule run. In the Operating System field, select the operating system of the remote computer, and then click Finish To add an already declared location: Click Add Existing In the Select Location dialog box, select the computer on which the user group will run, and then click OK. #### 2. Adding a Test A test lets you emulate the action of an individual user. To edit a schedule by adding a test, perform the following steps: In the Test Navigator, expand the project until you locate the schedule. Right-click the schedule, and then click Open. Right-click the user group that will contain the test, and then click Add > Test. In the Select Performance Tests dialog box, expand the project name to display the test that you want to add. Click the name of the test, and then click OK. The test appears in the schedule. For more information on editing a schedule in IBM® Rational® Performance Tester, see the topic Representing workloads in the Rational Performance Tester online Help.
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