I am creating a load test which will login into the system and view the report.I want to insert the logic to capture the execution time it took to load the pdf report in http load test like i did in keyword test using timer object.Please tell me if that is posiible to do in Load test, B'se i don't see any steps to include the logic here. so let me know how i can acheive this.In keyword testing for another script i created a script routine to capture the execution time to run in between the keyword steps.How can i do this in load testing Please suggest.

Hello Sri,In Load Testing, you cannot add this logic to your test.However, you do not need to do this - TestComplete will automatically measure the PDF file loading time. This will be the execution time of the corresponding request in the Load Testing results.

Hi,But for that i need to look into connections and recognize that particular requests which exports the PDF right.1. I was thinking that there might be a way to specify start transaction and end transaction for that particular action and monitor the time.So you are saying it is not possible.2. Also what does Raise events do in requests and responses. I didn't clearly understand for what purpose we can use this.3. Also in the beginning of my load test, i have login script . i want to change the login for few VU'S 4.Is there any way i can specify that run fist 5 users with one login id and next 5 users with another login id. 5.Can i do this with raise events option or can i acheive this by deviding the whole load test into small tasks like one for login, another for going to required web page and do certain things and another task for Clicking on export report button.Will that be helpfulPlease let me know as soon as possible . i am waiting for the solution for this.

1. Is there any conceopt of creating transactions for a particular cations like export report and get the response time for that part of the load test alone. This will part of my load test.

Hi Sri,It would help if you define more precisely what do you mean as "export report" and what is the expected/measured time.HTTP Load Testing in TestComplete is a functionality that sends requests to the server and processes responses. Not more not less. Requests and responses have no idea what data they are transferring. From their point of view they are just transferring a sequences of bytes and it is up to the server or client to consider these data as a report export, quote posting or something else. Usually the client sends request to the server and waits for the response. The time interval between request and response includes time to deliver request to the server, delay on the server before request is processed, time to process the request, time to generate the response, time to deliver response to the client, etc.It is obvious from the above that the time interval between the request and corresponding response includes the actual processing time to generate the response as well as additional time penalties like queuing, transmission delays, etc.If you need to measure the actual time to generate a report, then you should use some profiling tool (e.g. AQTime by AutomatedQA) that will connect to the server and measure the time it takes the code on the server to generate the report. The trigger that starts report generation is irrelevant in this case and may be triggered either via HTTP (like the Load Testing does) or by some test driver application or by some other means.If you would like to measure the time that user of your web application should wait for the report, then you should record an HTTP Load Testing task in TestComplete that triggers report generation. In the recorded task you should find the request that requests server for the report and find the response that contains report sent from the server. Then you should create the handlers for the OnLoadTestingRequest and OnLoadTestingResponse events. The code in the OnLoadTestingRequest handler should save somewhere the current time. The code in the OnLoadTestingResponse should subtract the saved time from the current one. This will give you the time it took to send request to the server and get back the response. Note, that it can take additional time before the user sees the report on the screen as additional time may be needed on the client to process the raw data received from the server.If you need to measure the time that it takes on the client to click some button to ask for the report and see the report on the screen, then again you either need a profiler (running on the client in this case) or you can use ordinary functional testing in TestComplete (if you do not need precise timing) and measure time between button click and report appearence on the screen.

Hi Alexi,1. In this case the report is acrobat adobe report. In the loads test i recorded as click on export button, close the adobe opened report, Logout the browser , close the browser.But in the connections , i see the last connection was for report viewer and i don't see any connections or requests regarding the closing of report, Logging out of aplication and close the browser.Does Test Complete shows connections in sequense as recorded or it didn't record those connections at all.I am getting confused.2. Also the estimated time for the report to appear on the screen is atleast 1.5 to 2 mins.But the request execution time and the response time for that particular request is showing the same as 21.05 secs . I don't understand this. It gives me a warning on that particular request.3. Also how to use these Event Handlers in load test. I recognise the connection and request and check the raise event for that request. and i don't understand wht to do next.Do i have to code any script. I saw help. i don't see any sample code also.

How to get the execution time for loading the report in Load testing.

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sguda
Regular Contributor
14 years ago
Hi Alex,

I observed something.

First of all the requests under connections are not placed in the order how i recorded the test as i was thinking.I did that same test manually and i got the time of execution for displaying the blank page report around 42 seconds and to render the data on the report around 9 sec's.

in my scenari it displays blank page first and then the page with data on report.

So i was looking at connections and saw that the connection previous to one that has report viewer request was showing the time of 42. ..... sec's. So i went back to that connections and saw the request it is giving the max response time for under that connection and saw that it is the page with all the parameters i pass before i click on export or view report button.So i am assuming that this is request of page i clicked on view report button and is taking 42..... sec's which is closer to open blank page of report manually.

The folowing connection request for report viewer shows 9.... sec's which is closer to show data on the balnk report manually.

So this is what i am guessing to capture the time it took to display blank report page and with data on the report

Do you think what i am doing is right. Please let me know.

Thank you.
AlexeyKolosov
Staff
14 years ago
Hi Sri,

Most probably, the difference is caused by an ActiveX object which displays the report in your browser. TestComplete is not a web browser, and it does not execute client side scripts. As a result, the object is not created, and the time of the load test is less than the time of manual operations.

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