What You Can Do with TrueLog Explorer

Find replay errors quickly and easily – Using TrueLog compare mode, you can automatically detect differences between record and replay sessions to determine whether your application is functioning as intended. Both record and replay sessions are rendered visually so you can compare differences side by side and view errors as they appear to the user.

Customize session handling – TrueLog Explorer parsing functions allow you to replace static session IDs in scripts with dynamic session IDs, thereby maintaining state information for successful load-test runs. These functions are available for Web, database, and XML applications.

Note: Silk Performer's recording techniques automatically generate scripts with session data that is specific to the recorded test run. Scripts themselves do not contain static session information. So customization of session handling is generally not required for most applications.

Parameterize input data – With user-data customization, you can make your test scripts more realistic by replacing static, recorded, user-input data with dynamic, parameterized user data that varies with each transaction. Manual scripting is not required to run such data-driven tests. This feature is available for Web, database, XML, Citrix, SAPGUI, terminal emulation, and Oracle Forms applications.

Add verifications to test scripts – With the Add Verifications tool, you can gain insight into data that is downloaded during tests, enabling you to verify that content sent by servers is received by clients. Verifications remain useful after system deployment for ongoing performance management. This feature is available for Web, database, XML, SAPGUI, Citrix, terminal emulation, and Oracle Forms applications. TrueLog Explorer supports bitmap and window verification for applications that are hosted by Citrix servers.

Analyze TrueLog On Error – TrueLog On Error files provide complete error histories of all errors that occur during tests, making them uniquely well-suited for root-cause analysis. TrueLogs allow you to drill down through real content to analyze error conditions. They display errors in the context of the sessions within which they occur and are closely integrated with test scripts.

Visualize and customize database operations – Database operations such as SQL queries can be customized in the same way that HTML operations are customized. Verifications can also be applied to result-set data.

Visualize and customize XML – TrueLog Explorer includes an intuitive XML viewer that enables close inspection of all XML-based data, including SOAP requests and responses. Customization and visual verification of XML data is also available.

Visualize and customize Citrix – You can record, replay, and customize onscreen events such as mouse moves, mouse clicks, keyboard inputs, and window creations/destructions for Citrix-enabled applications. Screen synchronization functions are also available for verification purposes.

Visualize and customize terminal emulation – You can record, replay, and customize test scripts for terminal emulation protocols VT100+, IBM 3270, and IBM 5250. Test scripts can be customized with value parsing, status-value parsing, value verification, and status-value verification.

Analyze TCP/IP and UDP test results – Record and replay TrueLogs for applications that use UDP and TCP/IP based protocols, such as POP3, SMTP, and custom protocols, can be compared to identify session-dependent information and analyze errors.

Analyze GUI-level test results – Record and replay TrueLogs for the testing of GUI-level (fat client) applications in remote desktop sessions.