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Foglight Transaction Recorder 5.6.10 - Getting Started Guide

Viewing Results

After playing back a script, the Foglight Transaction Recorder window provides charts to analyze script results. You can analyze detailed results of individual transactions, including download times, sizes, throughput, network results, and errors.
In the Scripts window, click the instructions for which you want to view the results. The results for that instruction display in the Analysis window.
The following tabs are provided:
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Summary—after a script is played, the Summary table shows you the instruction execution times and other results. The data available varies depending on the instruction type.
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Timing Charts—the Timing chart for a User Scenario, a Transaction, or a Folder shows the relative times for each instruction in the script. Roll over a bar or a pie slice to view details about the instruction.
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Size Charts—the Size chart for a User Scenario, a Transaction, or a Folder shows the relative sizes for each instruction in the script. Roll over a bar or a pie slice to view details about the instruction.
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Network Details—the Network Details table shows the network traffic occurring during the execution of an instruction. Details about HTTP, DNS, and TCP traffic are captured and displayed.
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Network Chart—the Network chart provides a graphical representation of the network traffic occurring during the execution of an instruction. Roll over a bar to view the details about the network request.

Publishing the Script to Foglight

After recording, scripts are published to Foglight for playback on the Transaction Player Agent. The Transaction Player Agent verifies that Web transactions are meet the response time expectations.
To publish scripts to Foglight:
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Click Publish.
The Publish Script dialog appears.
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Click Add Location .
The Manage Locations Setting dialog appears.
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Click Add .
The Add Location dialog appears.
 
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NOTE: The username and password must be entered to upload scripts. The username has to be a Foglight Management Server user assigned either “Foglight Administrator” or “End User Publisher” roles.
The following provides fields descriptions:
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Name—the location name the Foglight Transaction Recorder uses.
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Foglight Server—Foglight Server name.
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Server Version—Foglight Server version.
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Path to Projects—directory on the server where the scripts are stored. (Foglight 4 and earlier server versions only).
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UserName—server user name.
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Password—server password.
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Requires SSL—select the check box to implement a Secure Sockets Layer.
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Enter the connection information.
5
Click OK.
The Manage Locations Setting dialog appears.
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Check the desired location in Location Name.
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Click OK.
The Publish Script dialog appears.
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Verify that the new location is displayed in the location drop-down.
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Click Save.
The script publishes to the designated Foglight server.

After Publishing a Script to Foglight

The Foglight browser interface allows you to define the monitoring interval/frequency, push the script to the player agent, and create service models. Refer to the Foglight Transaction Player User and Reference Guide for procedures on viewing script playback results on Foglight.
 

Working with Thick Client Scripts

To record Foglight Transaction Recorder thick client scripts, you must first use Tevron’s CitraTest to build the thick client, and then import the CitraTest script into the Foglight Transaction Recorder for playback. The Foglight Transaction Recorder and CitraTest machines must have the same operating system and video settings when recording and playing back CitraTest scripts.
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