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New Test Scenario Wizard
Editing Virtual User Profiles
Click on any profile in Navigation Pane and its properties will be displayed in the
right pane. Here you can view and modify profile properties.
Name
Here you can change the name of current user profile.
Filename
Here you can specify another file where the current profile will be
saved to.
Iterations
Iteration is a step-by-step pass of the Main
test sequence. The number of iterations determines how many times
a virtual user will execute the Main sequence. You can specify
an interval between iterations (in seconds).
User
think time
During the recording process, WAPT records
delays between pages. Delays are used in tests to simulate user think
time. This adds more reality to your tests.
Disable:
The program will not use delays for requests of current profile.
As in request:
The program will use delay values specified in request
properties. You will be able to specify delay values for individual
requests in request properties. Random from range: Delay values for requests of current
profile will be taken from the specified range at random. Enter
limits of range. You can set equal delays for all pages: for this,
specify equal limits of range.
Simulate user connection speed
Selection of user connection speed adds more reality to your tests.
Select typical web user connection speed in Simulate user connection
speed combo-box.
Load images
This checkbox is identical to Show pictures checkbox in advanced
Internet Explorer options. If you clear Load images checkbox,
then pages will be loaded without images, so they will be loaded faster.
However, the load on the tested server will be inadequate in this
case: it will correspond to situation when all users switch off pictures
showing.
Keep alive
If this option is checked, the directive "Connection: Keep Alive"
will be included in the header of each HTTP request.
Ignore errors
This option defines how to process errors. If it is unchecked, then
in case of error, test sequence will be aborted. (Note that not the
whole test will be aborted, but the current iteration. The next iteration
will be started.) If this option is checked, then test sequence will
be continued regardless of an error. If an error occurs, the next
page in the sequence will be loaded.
Basic authentication WAPT supports all security features related
to basic authentication. You can provide the list of usernames/passwords
for basic authentication: click the Users & Passwords...
button.
Add: Adds a new string to the list of usernames/passwords.
You can specify desired credentials in this string. Remove: Removes selected username/password from the list. Import..: Imports usernames/passwords from a text file. In
the displayed dialog, you should specify desired text file. Each
string of this file should consist of username and password separated
by tabulator sign, for example:
Integrated Windows authentication WAPT supports all security features related
to Integrated Windows authentication (NTLM). You can provide the list
of usernames/passwords as in the case of basic authentication.
Besides, WAPT supports form-based authentication
via request parameters, for
example, you include a username and password to the request. You can also
test pages that require SSL connections. URL address of such pages will
start with https://. Use IP spoofing
You can set up multiple IP addresses
on your test computer and then use several IP addresses during tests to
emulate page requests coming from multiple computers. This feature is
called IP spoofing.
Click the IP Address List... button and you will see the list
of IP addresses available on your system.
Click on the checkbox of any address in the list to check/uncheck
it.
Select All: Selects all IP addresses in the list. Select None: None of IP addresses will be selected.
If you select several addresses in the list, WAPT
will use selected addresses at random.
Use persistent cookies
Cookies are small portions of text left in browser on user's computer
by web servers. They are recorded to special files and in future could
be transmitted back to web servers. There are two different types
of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies.
Session cookies are temporary and are erased when you close your browser
at the end of browsing session. The next time you visit that particular
site, it will not recognize you and will treat you as a completely
new visitor, because there is nothing in your browser that tells the
site that you have visited it before. Web sites typically use session
cookies to ensure that you are recognized when you move from page
to page within one session and that any information you have entered
is remembered. For example, if an e-commerce site did not use session
cookies then items placed in a shopping basket would disappear by
the time you reach the checkout.
Persistent cookies remain on your hard drive until you erase them
or they expire. The time during which a cookie remains on your browser
depends on how long it is programmed to remain by the visited web
site. A persistent cookie enables a web site to remember you on the
next visits. For example, a web site may offer its contents in different
languages. On your first visit, you may choose to display the content
in French and the site may record that preference in a persistent
cookie set on your browser. When you visit that site the next time,
it will use the cookie and display the content in French.
WAPT supports both session and persistent cookies.
You can provide different persistent cookies for different users. Click
the Cookies... button to specify cookie values.
Add: Adds a new string to the list of cookies. You should
enter virtual user's number and his cookie/cookies. For each cookie,
you should specify its name and value: <name>=<value>.
You can enter several cookies separated by semicolons for the same
user. Remove: Removes selected string with virtual user's number
and his cookies from the list. Import..: Imports cookies from a text file. In the displayed
dialog, you should specify desired text file. Each string of this
file should consist of virtual user's number and his cookie separated
by tabulator sign. You can enter several cookies separated by semicolons
for the same user, for example:
Default HTTP headers
Click the Default HTTP headers... button to edit custom strings
in HTTP headers of page requests. The specified header will be used as
default for all requests of current user profile. However, you will be
able to change HTTP header for any request in request
properties.
Add: Adds a new custom string to the list. Specify string name
and value. Remove: Removes selected custom string from the list.
User-Agent: Enables to select the type of browser for your
test. Select desired browser from the combo-box.
Add "X-Forwarded-For" HTTP header: Toggles the use of additional
fields in HTTP header for imitating different users working through
a proxy server. It is useful to emulate page requests coming from
multiple computers.
Use mask: Enables to specify IP address mask used in
proxy emulation. $C1 - low byte of virtual user's number; $C2 - high byte of virtual user's number; $R1 - low byte of iteration number; $R2 - high byte of iteration number.
All values span from 1 to 254. To emulate page requests coming
from unique IPs set the mask to: $C2.$C1.$R2.$R1.
Obviously if the amount of page requests exceeds 64262, $Rx values
will be repeated. You can use a static value instead of $C2 if
the amount of virtual users is lower than 253. WAPT default proxy mask is 192.168.$C2.$C1.
For example, for the first virtual user the directive X-Forwarded-For:
192.168.0.1 will appear in the HTTP header.
Use the list of IP addresses: Enables to specify the
list of IP addresses. Click the IP Addresses... button.
In the displayed dialog, enter desired addresses.
Add: Adds a new string to the list of addresses. Specify
there desired IP address. Remove: Removes selected address from the list.
The properties specified for current profile will be used for all its
requests. However, you will be able to change specific user think time
and HTTP headers for any request on its Properties
tab.
All requests of current profile are displayed in Navigation Pane -
in Initial, Main or Final folders.
Name
Disable:
The program will not use delays for requests of current profile.
