PureLoad - Tools

Tools
PureLoad 5.2 January 2015	http://www.pureload.com support@pureload.com

Documentation Index

Tools
Result Comparer
- Load a Result Set

Tools

The tools menu in PureLoad Console contains choices to quick launch the following applications:

HTTP Recorder: The HTTP Recorder is used to capture HTTP requests between a web browser and a web application in order to easily create PureLoad scenarios. See Testing Web Applications for more information.
Web Crawler: The Web Crawler is used to examine a static web structure and present errors and various statistics. PureLoad scenarios can be created from the resources that are found. See Testing Web Applications for more information.
Result Comparer: The Comparer is used to graphically compare the results from one or several executions. Read more about the comparer below.

Result Comparer

The Result Comparer available in Tools->Result Comparer menu is used to compare result metrics from several load tests. This is a useful when performance enhancements has been applied in the server application between load tests. The comparer visualizes the Time Slot views that is presented in the Result main tab in the console.

The comparer can also be started outside the PureLoad Console depending on the operating system you are using:

Windows
Locate the PureLoad submenu in the Start menu and select the PureLoad Comparer entry in the submenu.
Linux/Unix
Open a shell and change directory to the PureLoad installation directory. Execute the bin/comparer program.

Load a Result Set

Select File->Open or the open button in the tool bar. Select the result comparer file that was previously saved using File->Export Comparer Data in the PureLoad Console.

The following screen shows two loaded result sets, test_nov.cd and test_dec.cd:

Depending on what data included in the execution, the following views are available, by selection the appopriate tab:

Time Slot: Result metrics over time, in table format.
Time Slot Graph: Result metrics over time, in graph format.
Failed Tasks: Failed task information, in table format.
Failed Tasks Graph: Failed task information, in graph format.
Monitor: Monitor information, in table format.
Monitor Graph: Monitor information, in graph format.

By selecting information in the tree you can now compare information from previous executions, where data has been exported in comparer format.

The result views can also be exported in either CSV (Character Separated Value) format for the grid view or in PNG (Portable Network Graphic) for the graph. Select the File->Export menu option to export. Use the Edit->Remove menu option or the remove button button in the tool bar to remove a result set from the scenario tree.