About Automation Control
The Automation Control feature allows you to set up a complex sequence of test case events in your test session. You can order the events sequentially or trigger one event from another event. You can also execute a test case more than once, and program delays between events.
Using the Automation Control tab... in the Test Session window, you can configure a test that analyzes the stability of the SUT when the SUT is running at various capacities, as shown in the example below:
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The SUT is loaded to 50% capacity using two test cases (30% capacity + 20% capacity), then the capacity tests are stopped.
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The SUT is loaded to 70% capacity, this time using the 20% capacity test and a 50% capacity test, then the capacity tests are stopped.
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The SUT is loaded to 90% capacity and the test is repeated for the third and final time.
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When the tests are stopped, the test session is complete.
The test measurements will report the whether the capacity levels were in fact achieved, any errors encountered, and other measurements that report the SUT's performance over the course of the test. The same type of scenario could be used to load a SUT to a certain capacity and then execute Session Loading or handoff tests to present the SUT with a mix of different activities.
