Rational Performance Tester: Using a Conditional IF in a test

Resolving The Problem

You can insert IF-THEN logic around portions of a test to make those portions run if a specific condition is met. In this example, we have a three page test; the third page will only execute if the condition is met. The IF-THEN is set up to verify the page title of the second page of the test (Rational - Google Search); if the page title is present the third page of the test will be executed.

This is what it looks like from within the test:

• In the First operand field, either select the input for the block (a reference containing a string value to be compared with the Second operand, or a field reference to be used with the contains operator) or type a value.
• In the Operator field, indicate the basis of comparison of the two operands. Note that the two operands are strings.
• In the Second operand field, either select the input for the block (a reference containing a string value to be compared with the First operand) or type a value. When the defaults are used (both operand fields set to true and the Operator field set to Equals), the block is always processed.