Setting General Result Options

  1. In Silk Performer, expand the Profiles node in the Project tree.
  2. Right-click the profile that you want to configure and choose Edit Profile.
    Tip: Alternatively, you can choose Settings > Active Profile from the menu bar.

    The Profile - [<profile name>] dialog box opens, and the Replay category is displayed in the shortcut list on the left.

  3. In the shortcut list, click the Results icon.
  4. Click the General tab. Use the Results files area to specify the types of result files you want to generate. While a test runs, a separate file is created for each virtual user in the current agent. Since generating results files alters the time measures of tests, these files should only be created for debugging purposes.
    • Check the Virtual user log files (.log) check box to generate log files (.log), one for each virtual user in the current agent. These files contain all the function calls that are invoked by the transactions of a specific user.
    • Check the Virtual user report files (.rpt) check box to generate report files (.rpt), one for each virtual user in the current agent. These files contain simulation results for each user.
    • Check the Virtual user output files (.wrt) check box to generate output files (.wrt), one for each virtual user in the current agent. These files contain the output of write statements used in the test script. An output file is generated for a particular user only if that user executes write statements.
    • Check the Virtual user report on error files (.rpt) check box to generate report on error files (.rpt) and error files (.err) for each virtual user only when an error (a specific severity level) occurs. These files contain the simulation results for each virtual user.
    • Check the Time series data (.tsd) check box to enable generation of throughput information (viewable via Performance Explorer). You can specify the interval at which data is computed. This setting does not affect projects that are used for application monitoring.
    • Check the Client-side measures in real-time check box to enable Silk Performer to retrieve real-time client-side measurements for use in Performance Explorer .
      Note: This option applies only to the current profile.
  5. In the Passwords area, select the Hide passwords in logs check box to ensure that characters are hidden when entered into password fields of HTML forms, and are replaced with asterisks ( * ) in recording and replay log files (*.xlg and *.log).
    Note: This feature is only supported for the Web business transaction (HTML/HTTP) project application type when the browser emulation level Page-level Web API (HTML/HTTP) is enabled, which is the default for this application type.
  6. Check the Add transaction name and an identifier to measure names check box to add the transaction name and an identifier as a prefix to measure names. This setting applies to all measure types beside transaction timers. Enabling this setting facilitates the navigation between reports and scripts as reports contain measures in the order that they appear in the script.
  7. Click OK to save your settings.