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This section contains the tutorials which explains the main features of Rational® Performance Tester.
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.
Module 3: Representing workloads
In this module, you will see how to create schedules that represent a typical workload for your Citrix server.

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.
- 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.
  - Introduction: Performance test Citrix applications
    This tutorial is designed to introduce you to performance testing applications running on Citrix XenApp.
  - Module 1: Creating projects and recording user actions
    In this module, you will 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 Citrix performance test
    In this module, you will see how to edit your recorded test to include verification points and response time measurements.
  - Module 3: Representing workloads
    In this module, you will see how to create schedules that represent a typical workload for your Citrix server.
    - Lesson 3.1: Running a single test and viewing the test log
      In this lesson, learn how to validate a test by running it with a single user and viewing the results in the test log.
    - Lesson 3.2: Creating a schedule and adding user groups
      In this lesson, learn how to control test execution by creating a schedule and adding user groups.
    - Lesson 3.3: Running the schedule and viewing the performance report
      In this lesson, learn how to run a schedule in a custom run configuration and to view the results in the performance report.
    - Module 3 summary
      In this module, you learned how represent a workload accurately by creating a schedule and adding user groups, tests, and other elements to it.
  - Summary
    This tutorial has taught you the basics of the Rational® Performance Tester Extension for Citrix Presentation Server. You have learned how this product provides the following functions and features:
- 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 3: Representing workloads

In this module, you will see how to create schedules that represent a typical workload for your Citrix server.

Learning objectives

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

Run individual validation tests
Create a schedule and add user groups
Add loops to a schedule
Add tests to a schedule
Run schedules using a run configuration
View results in the test log and the Citrix performance report

This module requires approximately 20 minutes to complete.