Creating tests

To create a test, you record representative interactions with an application.

Creating a test workbench project
Performance testing tips
Use these tips to make IBM® Rational® Performance Tester run faster and more efficiently. These tips do not apply to IBM Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality.
Digital certificates overview
The digital certificates feature enables you to run tests against servers that use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for applications that require client-side digital certificates to authenticate users.
Kerberos overview
You can run HTTP tests against servers that use the Kerberos protocol for authentication.
Annotating a test during recording
You can add comments, add transactions, or change a page name while you record a test. The advantage of adding these elements during (rather than after) recording is that you can place the annotations in the test exactly where you want. In addition, because annotations are part of the recorded test, they are regenerated when you regenerate the test. You can also insert split points into a test during record.
Recording sensitive session data
You can keep recording session (.recsession) files to view the contents of a recording or to regenerate tests. However, if a recorded test contains sensitive information, you can choose to obfuscate, or encrypt, text strings in the recsession file.
Splitting a test during recording
You can insert split points when you record a test. Split points allow you to generate multiple tests from a single recording that you can replay in a different order with a schedule.
Generating a new test from a recorded session
You can generate a new test from a recorded session. For example, if you accidentally damage a test during editing, or if you want to change a test preference, you can regenerate the test instead of re-recording it. If split points were inserted in the recording, you can choose to generate a single test without split points.
Putting test assets under source control
Use version-control software, such as Rational ClearCase® or Rational Team Concert, to put test assets under source control.
Organizing test assets by type
By clicking an icon, you can view your test assets in a logical order, in separate folders for tests, schedules, results, locations, and datapools.
Copying test assets with dependencies
You can export test assets, and then import them into another project or workspace without losing any dependencies. Test assets include projects, schedules, and tests. You can export and import test assets to collaborate with other testers.

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