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This section contains the tutorials which explains the main features of Rational® Performance Tester.
Performance test a Web application
The movies in this tutorial show you the main features of Rational® Performance Tester. The tutorial requires Flash Player to view.
Module 1: Creating projects and recording user actions
Learn how to create projects and record user actions for testing. The second part of this module will help you to build an understanding of a recorded test.
Module 1 summary
In this tutorial module, you learned how to create projects and record user actions for testing

Tutorials
This section contains the tutorials which explains the main features of Rational® Performance Tester.
- Performance test a Web application
  The movies in this tutorial show you the main features of Rational® Performance Tester. The tutorial requires Flash Player to view.
  - Introduction: Test a Web application
    This tutorial is designed to introduce you to testing.
  - Module 1: Creating projects and recording user actions
    Learn how to create projects and record user actions for testing. The second part of this module will help you to build an understanding of a recorded test.
    - Lesson 1.1: Recording a test
      In this lesson, you will learn how to create a project and record user actions. Note that the server under test in this Watch and Learn tutorial is not publicly available.
    - Lesson 1.2: Understanding a recorded test
      In this lesson, you will become familiar with your recorded test.
    - Module 1 summary
      In this tutorial module, you learned how to create projects and record user actions for testing
  - Module 2: Editing a test
    See how to edit your recorded test to include variable data using datasets and verification points.
  - Module 3: Validating a test with a single user
    Watch a demonstration on running a single-user test for debugging and getting dataset values to work properly.
  - Module 4: Representing workloads
    View how to create schedules that represent a typical workload for your site.
  - Module 5: Running the test
    Become familiar with configuring a schedule, running a schedule, and adding virtual users during a test run.
  - Module 6: Evaluating results
    Learn how to retrieve stored test results in reports, customize a report, and get detailed information on an event that occurred in a test.
  - Summary
    This tutorial has taught you the basics of Rational® Performance Tester. You have learned how this product provides the following functions and features:
- Performance test an SAP application
  The movies in this tutorial show you the main features of IBM® Rational® Performance Tester for testing applications on SAP servers. The tutorial requires Flash Player to view.
- Performance test a Citrix application
  The movies in this tutorial show you the main features of using IBM® Rational® Performance Tester for testing applications running in a Citrix XenApp environment. The tutorial requires Flash Player to view.
- Test an SOA application
  The movies in this tutorial show you the main features of IBM® Rational® Service Tester for SOA Quality or the SOA extension for IBM Rational Performance Tester. The tutorial requires Flash Player to view.

Module 1 summary

In this tutorial module, you learned how to create projects and record user actions for testing

Lessons learned

By completing this module, you learned about the following concepts and tasks:

Creating a project is the first step in testing
Associating elements of the project, such as the tests, with the project
Recording the actions of your users
Identifying the components of a recorded test