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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.
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.
Lesson 1.1: Creating a project and sending a request to a web service
When you create a service test, the first step is to set up your project and to import all the required resources.

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 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 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.
    - Lesson 1.1: Creating a project and sending a request to a web service
      When you create a service test, the first step is to set up your project and to import all the required resources.
    - Lesson 1.2: Using the generic service client to create a service test
      The generic service client is a multipurpose tool that is designed to send requests to any kind of service that uses an HTTP, JMS, or WebSphere® MQ transport and to view the message that the service returns.
    - Lesson 1.3: Creating security stacks
      Algorithm stacks contain digital certificate information and the security algorithms that are applied to messages to perform secure communication with a web service.
    - Module 1 summary
  - 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:

Lesson 1.1: Creating a project and sending a request to a web service

When you create a service test, the first step is to set up your project and to import all the required resources.

About this task

For SOAP-based web services, the main resource is the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) specification. You can import a WSDL from a WebSphere® Service Registry and Repository or Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) repository. Of course, you can also simply import one from the workspace.

If you are testing services that do not use a WSDL file, you can skip this step.