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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

Cache management locations and settings

The following provides details on Foglight Transaction Recorder cache locations and executions.
Cache locations and executions in the Foglight Transaction Recorder and Player:
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Foglight Transaction Recorder (Main Window)
..\\Documents and Settings\%User%\Local Settings\Application Data\Dell Software\FoglightTransaction Recorder
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Foglight Transaction Player (Temp Area)
..\\%windows%\Temp\FTR Temporary Internet Files\TransactionPlayer@stljc_vmxp01\ScriptName

Foglight Transaction Recorder cache management

When recording starts, work area cookies and file cache items are deleted. Folders remain, but indexes are empty.
The Foglight Transaction Recorder uses two methods of recording:
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Record as a New User—selecting this option records a Foglight Transaction Recorder script as a user who has never been to this Web site before. No cookies exist.
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Record as an Existing User—selecting this option uses cookies that exist for the user currently logged into a machine.
Record as a new user
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No Cookie instruction.
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Internet Settings—Empty Cache set to true.
Record as an existing user
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Cookie instruction is created—this instruction can be empty or not.
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Internet Settings—Empty Cache set to false.

Foglight Transaction Player cache management

When playback starts:
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The cookies in the cookie cache is deleted.
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If there is a cookie instruction, the cookies are written to the cookie cache.
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If an Internet Settings instruction exists and Empty Cache is set to true, the items in the File Cache are deleted.
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If an Internet Settings instruction exists and Empty Cache is set to false, items in the file cache are trimmed down to the Maximum Cache Size.
When playback ends:
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The cookies and cached files and their indexes remain after playback regardless of settings.

Set Empty Temporary Internet Files in Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer® settings provides the “Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed” setting. By default, Internet Explorer does not select this option. If turned on, this setting overrides the Foglight Transaction Recorder. When recording with the Foglight Transaction Recorder, make sure this setting is not selected.
To set Internet Explorer Temporary Internet Files to run with the Foglight Transaction Recorder:
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Open Internet Explorer.
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Select Tools > Internet Options > Advanced tab.
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Scroll down to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
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Clear the check box if it is already selected.
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