This release of Rational® Performance Tester supports
the following new features:
- Usability improvements have been made for manual data correlation.
- You can see a global view of all data correlations in a test.
- You can generate multiple HTTP tests from a single recording session.
- You can see error messages from virtual users in real time while
running tests and schedules.
- You can analyze and compare stage results in real time while a
schedule runs.
- You can create executive summary documents that incorporate selected
report data and graphics.
- You can export the test log to a text file.
- You can automatically export results in full CSV format when you
run tests from the command line.
- Measurement of net server time for transactions is now supported,
so that you can isolate the portion of a transaction's elapsed
time due to the server and network, excluding think time.
- HTTP page response times are corrected for increased accuracy
by using advanced techniques to exclude processing overhead not related
to the server under test.
- A high resolution timer is available. If you use the high resolution
timer, all measurements are precise to 1 millisecond.
- You can collect resource monitoring data from DB2, Oracle WebLogic,
and SAP NetWeaver.
- New Citrix testing features:
- You can debug a Citrix test while it runs by setting breakpoints
and stopping and starting a test manually.
- You can view response times for the virtual users that did not
encounter synchronization failures.
- Usability improvements have been made to the response time table.
- You can split Citrix tests.
- New SAP testing features:
- You can record an SAP test from an open SAPGUI session, from an
SAP shortcut file, or from a SAPGUI transaction launched from SAP
Portal.
- New SIP testing features:
- The sips scheme is supported.
- New SOA testing features:
- You can split SOA tests.
- Usability improvements to HTTP transport configuration have been
made, including improvements to keystore management
and to the display of HTTP information.
- The JMS and MQ transports now support multiple returns.
- Web Services Security 1.1 EncryptedKey and Thumbprint references
are supported.
- New socket testing features:
- Content verification points are now supported for the socket protocol.