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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.
Module 1: Creating projects and recording user actions
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.

Rational® Performance Tester
- Release Notes
  This document contains information about what's new, installation instructions, known issues in IBM® Rational® Performance Tester, and contact information of IBM Customer Support.
- System Requirements
  This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for IBM® Rational® Performance Tester.
- Getting Started
  This guide provides an overview and describes the task flows to get you started with Rational® Performance Tester. This guide is intended for new users.
- 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.
    - Introduction: Test a Web application
      This tutorial is designed to introduce you to testing.
    - Module 1: Creating projects and recording user actions
      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.
      - Lesson 1.1: Recording a test
        In this lesson, you will learn how to create a project and record user actions. Note that the server under test in this Watch and Learn tutorial is not publicly available.
      - Lesson 1.2: Understanding a recorded test
        In this lesson, you will become familiar with your recorded test.
      - Module 1 summary
        In this tutorial module, you learned how to create projects and record user actions for testing
    - Module 2: Editing a test
      See how to edit your recorded test to include variable data using datasets and verification points.
    - Module 3: Validating a test with a single user
      Watch a demonstration on running a single-user test for debugging and getting dataset values to work properly.
    - Module 4: Representing workloads
      View how to create schedules that represent a typical workload for your site.
    - Module 5: Running the test
      Become familiar with configuring a schedule, running a schedule, and adding virtual users during a test run.
    - Module 6: Evaluating results
      Learn how to retrieve stored test results in reports, customize a report, and get detailed information on an event that occurred in a test.
    - Summary
      This tutorial has taught you the basics of Rational® Performance Tester. You have learned how this product provides the following functions and features:
  - 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.
- Samples
  This section describes about the sample project which can be used with Rational® Performance Tester to test the functionality of an application.
- Administrator Guide
  This guide describes how to install Rational® Performance Tester. After you install the product, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Test Author Guide
  This guide describes how to create test scripts in Rational® Performance Tester and enhances tests by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points. This guide is intended for testers.
- Test Execution Specialist Guide
  This guide describes tasks that you can perform on schedules, test execution with custom code, and Extending Rational® Performance Tester to support other protocols. This guide is intended for testers or test execution specialists.
- Test Manager Guide
  This guide describes how to keep track of the performance of the application by evaluating the test results. This guide is intended for test managers.
- Troubleshooting Guide
  This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with Rational® Performance Tester.
- Reference Guide
  This guide describes, additional topics to gain more knowledge about Rational® Performance Tester.
- All Guides (PDFs)
  You can find the link to view or download the content of the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides of Rational® Performance Tester as a PDF file.
- Security Considerations
  You can take certain actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.
- Notices
  This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

Module 1: Creating projects and recording user actions

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.

Learning objectives

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

Create a project
Record a test of user interactions
View a test in the test editor

Time required

This module requires approximately 8 minutes to complete.