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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 4: Representing workloads
View how to create schedules that represent a typical workload for your site.

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.
  - 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.
    - Lesson 4.1: Controlling test execution with a schedule
      In this lesson, you will learn how to control test execution by creating a schedule and adding user groups, loops, and tests to the schedule. At the end of the lesson, you will learn how to display your assets in a logical order.
    - Lesson 4.2: Enabling resource monitoring
      In this lesson, you will learn how to enable resource monitoring in a schedule and to add data sources.
    - Module 4 summary
      In this tutorial module, you learned how to represent a workload accurately by creating a schedule and adding user groups, tests, and other elements to it.
  - 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 4: Representing workloads

View how to create schedules that represent a typical workload for your site.

Learning objectives

After completing the lessons in this module, you will understand how to do the following tasks and understand the associated concepts:

Create a schedule and add user groups
Add loops to a schedule
Add tests to a schedule
Display your assets by type or in alphabetical order.
Enable resource monitoring

Time required

This module requires approximately 10 minutes to complete.