Creating Transactions


About Transactions Transactions provide a means to logically group and capture metrics for one or more tasks in a process.Transactions permit discrete business processes to be grouped accordingly. For example, a multi-step checkout process from an ecommerce website. In a site that includes a shopping cart, a user logs into that site, adds an item to their cart, and checks out. Each of these steps can be thought of as a transaction—the performance of which can be measured as a transaction. Unlike pages, which can contain only one HTML page and which treat each HTML document as separate steps in a process, a Transaction permits all the parts of a logical group to be tested together. Once logically grouped, the Transaction provides a convenient means to measure the amount of time it takes a server to perform a given defined task or set of tasks.
For example, the Transaction shown above (in Icon view) contains a CloudTest page that equates to a Send Money Form page in a web application. By constructing the test as a Transaction, metrics about the specific “transaction” (e.g. submitting a form) can be captured. Among the metrics captured is the server response time it takes to submit all or part of a Transaction. An individual Transaction can be measured again at various increments of load. The resulting metrics are useful in identifying potential bottlenecks as an outcome of testing discrete business processes. The Transaction above is shown in List view below. A border surrounds the individual clip elements inside of the Transaction, Submit Send Money Form (shown right).
Creating Transactions in Icon View Open the clip in Icon view, then identify and select the first set of clip elements on which to create Transactions The clip (shown right) was recorded from an ecommerce site. The test case includes discrete steps in a retail process to Add Items to Cart, Search Items, and to Purchase Items. The recording was converted with dynamic pages enabled.
Locate and inspect the clip element(s) in which items are added to the shopping cart. For example, during recording of the example clip three items were added to a shopping cart. In the shot on the right the Recorded Response of a message in a page reveals it as one of those three items.
Select the clip element(s) on which to create the transaction. In the example shown, select all the pages that add items to the cart.
Right-click the selection and choose Create a Transaction from the menu. When you do so, the selected items are placed into a Transaction container labeled in sequence (e.g. Transaction1, etc.).
The Transaction is expanded when first created.
Optionally, rename the Transaction. To do so, click in the label and type the new name or open the Transaction in the lower panel and enter a new Transaction Name. For example, Add Items to Cart.
Identify and select the items for the next Transaction.
Right-click and create a second Transaction. Optionally, rename this Transaction as well. For example, Search Store.
The remaining items in the example test clip belong to the Checkout. Create a third Transaction and optionally rename it Checkout. Click Save after making any changes.
Creating Transactions in List View Open the clip in List view, then identify and select the first set of clip elements on which to create Transactions.
Locate and inspect those clip element(s) in which items were added to the shopping cart. In the shot on the right the Recorded Response of a message in a page reveals it as one of those three items.
Select the clip element(s) on which to create the Transaction. In the example shown, select all the pages that add items to the cart. Right-click the selection and choose Create a Transaction from the menu. When you do so, the selected items are placed into a Transaction container labeled in sequence (e.g. Transaction1, etc.).
The Transaction is expanded when first created.
Optionally, rename the Transaction. To do so, click in the label and type the new name. For example, Add Items to Cart.
Identify and select the items for the next Transaction.
Right-click and create a second Transaction. Optionally, rename this Transaction as well. For example, Search Store.
The remaining items in the example test clip belong to the Checkout. Create a third Transaction and optionally rename it Checkout. Click Save after making any changes.
Transactions appear in the Result Details navigation tree just as other hierarchical relationships from the CloudTest repository.
The results example (above right) shows a clip recorded from an ecommerce site. In the example, a Transaction has been created for discrete steps in the fulfillment process, and each transaction has been renamed to make each step easier to identify in results.
When a Transaction contains one or more errors, it displays the error icon in the navigation tree by default. If error handling is not set to “fail the parent” then the error icon is not shown at the Transaction level.
Select a Transaction in either the left Navigation Tree or in the top Cover Flow to display its statistics in the Summary or Events Lists below.
Transactions in Basic Widgets Collections, including Transactions, appear in all metrics that show collections together as a single measurable metric. Transactions appear for all widgets that display hierarchical relationships from the CloudTest repository, nested clips and nested collections now appear. Nesting is now reflected in the Clip Analysis, Clip Element Analysis, Collection Analysis, and Composition Analysis. Clip Element Analysis Transaction containers appear in the parent clip’s object hierarchy at the same level as other clip elements that reside at that level.
Collection Analysis Transactions are shown in the Collection Analysis chart. Using this chart in combination with renamed transactions produces a clear outline of each step in a business process.
Composition Analysis The Composition Analysis also shows the object hierarchy, including clip elements such as transactions. Uncheck Messages and Actions to narrow the display to Collections within a given Clip in this widget.

Creating Transactions

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