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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.
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:

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.
  - 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.

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:

Ease of recording
A graphical test editor for programmers and nonprogrammers
Real-time reporting of response time

Lessons learned

After completing all of the modules, you can now perform the following tasks:

Create projects and record user actions
Represent workloads
Run schedules
View reports
Add virtual users
Retrieve reports from previous runs

Resources

To learn more about using performance tests on your Citrix environment, visit developerWorks®, IBM's resource for developers, at: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/