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Foglight Transaction Recorder 5.6.12 - Recorder User Guide

Overview of Foglight synthetic monitoring Use the Foglight Transaction Recorder Create and upload Foglight Transaction Recorder scripts View Foglight Transaction Recorder results Settings How Do I... Appendix: Best practices Appendix: Troubleshoot the Foglight Transaction Recorder Appendix: API for FTR Timer Usage

Using the Custom Value Source Set Values

Values can be set by reading data from external sources and setting the Value Source to Custom, then specifying a filename and row in the Custom Value Param field.
In the following example, the value is set to “username3”, the second row in the text file c:\temp\data.txt.
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NOTE: The value “username1” is now zero.
The file c:\temp\data.txt has to exist on each agent machine.
Figure 57. Setting a value (example 1)
It is also possible to use a file from a network share as shown below. In this case, set the scripts to run As User with a user that has sufficient rights to access the file.
Figure 58. Setting a value (example 2)
The COM object ftr.CustomGetValueFromFile is included with FTR. Users can create their own COM objects to retrieve data from other locations.

Use cookies

The Foglight Transaction Recorder creates a cookie instruction in a script when recording an existing user. The cookie instruction provides the ability to use existing cookies activated during the recording of a script. During the script recording process, not all Web sites place cookies on machines.
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NOTE: For the cookie instruction to work correctly, you must first visit the Web site using Internet Explorer® to create cookie files. This step must take place before recording a script and inserting the cookie instruction.
To insert the Cookie instruction into a script:
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In the Stop mode, click the New button.
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Click on .
The Record Method dialog displays.
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From the drop-down, choose Record as an existing user.
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Enter the address of the web site or page to be recorded in the Address Toolbar.
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Navigate through the web site to build a script.
Each individual click or action you take when recording a script is displayed in the Script Window and Properties Window.
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After completing the recording session, click .
The Foglight Transaction Recorder stops the recording process.
The Cookie instruction displays in the Script Window.
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Double-click the Cookies instruction.
The Instructions Properties Dialog displays.
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Click in the Cookies field.
The Cookie Settings dialog displays.
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To change expiration, accessed, or modified dates, click in the desired property.
A calendar drop-down displays.
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Click inside Cookie Data.
An ellipse button is displayed.
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Click .
The Text Editor is displayed.
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Edit the desired text.
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Click OK.
The Cookie Settings dialog displays.
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Click OK.
The Instruction Property displays.
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Click OK.
The Foglight Transaction Recorder displays.

Use the Dialog Interceptor Settings

Modal dialog windows are windows that steal focus from the running script, and block the continued execution of the current process until the user intervenes by clicking a button or closing the window. The job of the Dialog Interceptor is to intercept these windows as they appear, and click on a pre-specified button, or close the window so that they do not interfere with the execution of a script. The Foglight Transaction Recorder and the Foglight Transaction Player Agent ship with a list of known modal dialogs and the appropriate responses to those dialogs. These default dialogs and responses can be found in and modified at:
%ftrpath%\config\modalsignatures.xml.
To modify the modalsignatures.xml file:
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Browse to select the modalsignatures.xml file under the installation folder of Folight Transaction Player, for example, $Foglight Transaction Recorder\bin\Config.
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NOTE: You can create a copy of the modalsignatures.xml file in case you need restore the file later.
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Open the the modalsignatures.xml file using a text editor, and then type the following values that are required to modify:
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(Mandatory) Value between the <WINDOWSIGNATURE_NAME> and </WINDOWSIGNATURE_NAME> tags: Indicates the option name in the Dialog Interceptor Settings dialog box.
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(Mandatory) Value between the <WINDOWSIGNATURE_TARGET> and </WINDOWSIGNATURE_TARGET> tags: Defines the name of button that is selected by default when opening the prompted dialog box.
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(Mandatory) Value between the <WINDOWSIGNATURE_OPTIONS> and </WINDOWSIGNATURE_OPTIONS> tags: Defines the names of all buttons that is available in the prompted dialog box.
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(Mandatory) Value between the <WINDOWSIGNATURE_RULE_VALUE> and </WINDOWSIGNATURE_RULE_VALUE> tags: Indicates the name of the prompted dialog box.
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(Optional) Value between the <WINDOWSIGNATURE_RULE_PROPERTY> and <WINDOWSIGNATURE_RULE_PROPERTY> tags: Indicates the capture rule that is either caption or content.
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(Optional) Value between the <WINDOWSIGNATURE_RULE_CRITERIA> and <WINDOWSIGNATURE_RULE_CRITERIA> tags: Indicates the rule policy that includes the following: is equal to, contains, starts with, and ends with.
The following is a sample modalsignatures.xml file that is updated to support the Chinese operating system.
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NOTE: If necessary, change the values to ensure all characters can be displayed completely in the dialog box.
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Open Foglight Transaction Player, and then click Open to select the scripts.
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Right click the scripts and select Import Dialog Interceptor Settings from the context menu.
The Default Collections dialog box appears.
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In the Default Collections dialog box, click Yes.
The scripts are updated with the updated modalsignatures.xml file.
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Click Play on the menu bar.
The updated scripts are run in the background.
The default responses can be overridden by modifying the Internet Settings instruction Dialog Interceptor Settings properties.
Figure 59. Dialog Interceptor Settings dialog box
To override the Internet Settings instruction Dialog Interceptor settings properties:
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Open the Internet Instruction Properties dialog.
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Click the Dialog Interceptor Settings Click to edit button.
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Select the desired modal dialog window.
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From the Action drop-down, select the desired setting.
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Click OK.

Set up the Foglight Transaction Recorder to run with the FxM

Foglight Experience Monitor (FxM) for web-based applications optimizes the real end- user experience, improves capacity, and quickly diagnoses performance problems. Unlike active monitoring solutions that only track scripted user scenarios, and desktop-based monitors that only track a subset of users, the Foglight Experience Monitor tracks all users, all the time, to give you a total picture of the end-user experience.
The Foglight Transaction Recorder can be configured to add additional information to all network requests that can be interpreted by FEM to identify traffic generated by the Foglight Transaction Recorder or Player. To activate FEM to run with the Foglight Transaction Recorder, the Tag and Follow property must be turned on. You can turn this property on:
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For a new script before the recording process begins, see Turn on Tag and Follow before the recording process begins.
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After the script is recorded, see Insert an Internet Instruction and turn on Tag and Follow after a script is recorded.
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