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This section contains the tutorials which explains the main features of Rational® Performance Tester.
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.
Introduction: Testing services
This tutorial introduces you to testing services in an SOA environment.

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.
- 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.
  - Introduction: Testing services
    This tutorial introduces you to testing services in an SOA environment.
  - Module 1: Recording service calls and creating tests
    In this module, learn how to create projects and record service calls for testing. The second part of this module helps you understand a service test.
  - Module 2: Editing service tests
    In this module, you see how to edit your service test to include verification points and variable data by using datasets.
  - Module 3: Running service tests
    In this module, you see how to run a service test and to obtain the results of the test run.
  - Module 4: Simulating services
    In this module, you become familiar with simulating services with service stubs.
  - Summary
    This tutorial introduced you the basics of service testing. You have learned how this product provides the following functions and features:

Introduction: Testing services

This tutorial introduces you to testing services in an SOA environment.

The service testing capabilities of IBM Rational Performance Tester or IBM Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality automate the creation, execution and analysis of functional, regression and performance tests for SOAP-based web services, XML services or plain text service.

Learning objectives

The tutorial is divided into four modules, each with its own learning objectives. Learn to perform the following tasks:

Creating a service test project
Importing a WSDL file
Creating a WSDL security stack
Invoking a service call and generating a service test
Simulating services with service stubs

This tutorial requires approximately 20 minutes to finish. If you explore other concepts related to this tutorial, it might take longer to complete.

Skill level

Beginner

Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial, you need to be familiar with the underlying concepts behind SOA and functional testing. Experience in using the perspectives and views in IBM® Rational® Software Development Platform are also required.