You can define performance requirements for transactions in a test. These requirements
specify acceptable thresholds of performance for transactions and validate service level
agreements.
About this task
For example, you might define that the login action should take between 1-2 seconds and the
check-out action should take between 4-5 seconds. If the response time is outside of these threshold
values, the Performance Requirements report will display the results. You define a performance
requirement as standard or supplemental. A standard performance requirement is a requirement that
you determine as significant enough to cause the entire run to be declared a failure if it fails. A
supplemental performance requirement, although important, is not significant enough to cause the run
to fail.
Procedure
- Select a transaction in the test and in the Transaction Details area,
click the Advance tab.
- Select the Enable Performance Requirements check box.
- Click the performance requirement to define, and add a definition, as follows:
| Option |
Description |
|---|
| Name |
You can change the name of a performance requirement to improve readability. However,
changing a requirement name causes a mismatch between the Performance Requirements report, which
uses the changed name, and the other reports, which use the default name. Therefore, when you change
a requirement name, be sure to keep track of the original name. |
| Operator |
Click to select an operator. |
| Value |
Type a value. |
| Standard |
Select to make the requirement standard.
A standard requirement can cause a test to have a verdict of fail. Clear to make the requirement
supplemental. In general, supplemental requirements are used for requirements that are tracked
internally. A supplemental requirement cannot cause a run to fail, and supplemental results are
restricted to two pages of the Performance Requirements report.
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- Optionally, apply the requirements to the other transactions in the test:
- In the Requirements table, right-click the requirement row, and select Copy
Requirements.
- Select the transaction to apply requirements, and in the Requirements table right-click a
requirement row and select Apply Requirements.
- Optionally, to remove the definitions of a requirement, right-click a requirement and click
Clear.
What to do next
Now, run the test and see the Performance Requirements report.