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Foglight Transaction Recorder 5.6.13 - 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

Record scripts

Clicking begins the recording process and displays the Address Toolbar. You can enter the URL in the Address Toolbar or select a web site from the Favorites window. This creates a navigate instruction in the Script Window. After the initial navigate, every time you click or take an action in the browser window, a corresponding instruction is created in the Script Window. To build a script, navigate through the desired URL and complete the business process to be monitored.

To stop the playback of a script, click . This stops the recording process and closes the Address bar. After recording a script, you have the following options:

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Playing the recorded script back to obtain web performance data.
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Saving the file using the .ftr extension for playback at a later time.

Configure scripts (Insert transactions and validations)

Configuring scripts consists of inserting transactions and validations into an existing script.

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Insert transactions
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Insert validations

Insert transactions

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NOTE: Transactions cannot be inserted when the root of the Script Window is selected.

Transactions can be used to create a logical grouping of instructions into business processes, such as logging on, running a report and logging off.

To create a transaction:
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Select one or more instructions in the Script Window.
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Click the Transaction icon .
The New Transaction dialog appears.
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Name—name assigned to the transaction.
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Expected Time—the amount of time a transaction can take before it exceeds a Service Level Agreement requirement. When the expected time is exceeded, an error will be logged.
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Enter the transaction name.
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Set the appropriate expected time.
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Click OK.

Insert validations

Insert validations

Validation rules allow you to verify that a web page loads properly. A validation rule are created to verify the properties of any HTML elements. The following validation rules can be inserted:

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Anchors
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Images
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Frames
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HTML source/text validation
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NOTE: You will only see the anchor/image templates when the script is being recorded or played. When the script is just being edited those options are not present and you can only insert a JavaScript validation.

Validations can be inserted during recording or during playback when a script is paused. All validation rules are converted into Javascript instructions.

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NOTE: Execution of numerous validation rules can be CPU intensive. It is advisable to create the minimal amount of validation rules that ensure your script is executing correctly.
To validate a rule:
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Click the New Validation Rule icon .
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Click New.
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Select the desired rule (anchor, images, frames, or source).
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Click Next.
The JavaScript Validation Rule dialog box appears.
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Accept the default rule name.
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Click Next.
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Select the severity level by deciding if failing this validation result in an information, warning, or error condition. Script execution halts on an error condition, but warning and information messages are logged and the script is allowed to continue.
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Click Next.
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Select the anchors, images, frames or text to validate.
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Click Finish.
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Create additional rules is required.
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Click OK when all validation have been created.
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