Rational Performance Tester for z/OS

Simplifies test creation with a visual test editor

• No programming knowledge is needed to create, modify or execute performance tests.
• You can use the test recorder and editor on Microsoft® Windows® and Linux® platforms, while test execution for load generation occurs on the IBM z/OS platform.
• The visual test editor displays a graphical illustration of the web pages visited during execution, with both high-level and detailed views.
• Advanced testers can insert custom Java® code into their performance tests to perform activities such as advanced data analysis and request parsing.

Generates real-time reports

• Generates performance and throughput reports in real time, enabling you to detect performance problems at any time during a test.
• Displays test results that identify poorly performing web pages, URLs and transactions.
• Provides multiple filtering and configuration options you can set before, during and after a test.
• Generates post-test reports that perform deeper analysis after the test run on items such as response time percentile distributions.

Allows variable test data

• Includes a flexible test scheduler that specifies the different groups of users comprising your user population, and the activities and usage patterns of each user group.
• Provides an automated data pooling capability that varies the test data set for each simulated user.
• Allows configuration of user loads from remote machines using an execution agent.

Captures dynamic server responses

• Capture and automatically make dynamic server responses accessible for reuse by tests in subsequent requests to the server.
• Ensure that virtual users simulated during a test apply the same load to your system as the real-world user population.
• Collect and review multiple server resource statistics for analysis and problem correction.