A performance profile is a new resource that you can use
for your test data. In version 8.5.1 or later, you can define response
time characteristics for a stub over a period of time by using a performance
profile.
You create performance profiles in test Factory. A performance
profile is test data that contains a start time and rows of phases
(durations of time), minimum delay, maximum delay, as explained below.
- The profile start time is the simulated start time of the first
phase. The default for the profile start time is the time at which
the profile is created. However, the start time can be edited.
- The phase duration time units specify whether the duration values
represent hours, minutes, or seconds. The default phase duration time
unit is minutes. The response time distribution can be fixed, a uniformly
distributed random time, or a random time with Gaussian distribution.
- The time range for the uniform and Gaussian delay is defined by
the values that are used in the Minimum Delay and Maximum
Delay fields of the performance profile.