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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 1.2: 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.

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 1.2: 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.

About this task

The generic service client is useful for debugging or testing a service when you do not have access to a dedicated client to invoke the service call. You can set up a wide variety of transport and security configurations for the service, edit the parameters of the call and send attachments.

Although you can record a service test in a variety of ways, this lesson focuses on using the generic service client to send a series of service requests and to generate a service test with the results.