Setting Session Options

Before you run the template you created, you can select options for verifications to execute during runtime. You can set WebLOAD to perform the following tasks:

Collect data at the page level.

Verify the time required to receive a page (default 20 seconds).

Verify that the links in your Web application act as expected.

When you select page verification, WebLOAD collects transaction data under the Title name, in this case http://www.webloadmpstore.com. You can observe statistics, such as the response times for this page, as the load increases. You can also gather performance data about the objects on a page by setting WebLOAD to collect object level data. For example, you can determine whether pictures or other embedded objects are taking a long time to download.

To set options for these verification tests:

1.	In the WebLOAD Console, select Tools a Current Session Options,

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Click the Current Session Options toolbar button.

2.	Select the Functional Testing tab.

3.	Under Automatic Data Collection, select the Pages checkbox.

4.	Under Page Time, check the Verification checkbox, enter 20 in the Max Time field, and select Minor Error from the Severity Level drop-down list.

If the time required to receive a page exceeds 20 seconds, a Minor Error message appears in the Log Window and the event is available in the WebLOAD Data Drilling report.

5.	Under Verification, select the Verification checkbox, and enter 5 in the % field.

Five percent of the Virtual Clients will perform the selected verification tasks. This percentage lets you balance data gathering with the need to maintain performance during the test.

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Click OK.