LoadGen Release Q3 2022 introduces the LoadGen Workload Exchange
With the LoadGen Q3 2022 release, we introduce a new way of sharing LoadGen Workloads or LoadGen Apps, privately (within your own LoadGen tenant domain) or publicly.
We released the LoadGen Workload Exchange in the LoadGen Q3 2022 release. With the LoadGen Workload Exchange, it becomes effortless to share LoadGen Workloads or individual LoadGen Apps (which can directly be imported into your existing flows). LoadGen Workloads or LoadGen Applications can be privately (within your own LoadGen tenant domain) or publicly (after validation by LoadGen) published.
LoadGen Workload Exchange for LoadGen Workloads
The LoadGen Workload contains all the useractions that you want your test users to perform while running a test or monitoring session, and the measurements you want to take. It includes validations (either on window captions, controls, images, or pixels), mouse clicks, checks, and many, many other actions that you can use to build a robust test script or vUser simulation for testing.
You use the LoadGen Studio to build and test your flows. There are several ways to use a workload from the LoadGen Workload Exchange.
You use the LoadGen Studio to build and test your flows. There are several ways to use a workload from the LoadGen Workload Exchange.
LoadGen Director
Right from the start, when setting up your test infrastructure you can add a LoadGen Workload from the LoadGen Workload Exchange.
- From your active canvas double mouse-click the Flows icon.
- Press the Workload Exchange button from the Flows tab page.
- The LoadGen Workload Exchange will open.
- Find the LoadGen Workload you want to add to your current workload.
- Press Download, and you're good to go! Well, of course, you need to test if the LoadGen Workload is working in your particular set-up and environment.
LoadGen Studio
Right from the start screen of the LoadGen Studio, you can download a LoadGen Workload.
- Press the Exchange button.
- The LoadGen Workload Exchange will open.
- Find the LoadGen Workload you want to add to your current workload.
- Press Download.
- Save your Workload.
- You can directly open your downloaded workload by pressing Yes, and you're good to go! Well, of course, you need to test if the LoadGen Workload is working in your particular set-up and environment.
Upload a LoadGen Workload to the Workload Exchange
You can upload a LoadGen Workload to the LoadGen Workload Exchange with the following steps:
- Start the LoadGen Studio.
- Click the Publish to LoadGen Workload Exchange.
- First select the Workload you want to upload to the LoadGen Workload Exchange.
- In this demo, we have selected the Default End-to-End Workload.
- First, choose if you want to publish your LoadGen Application privately or publicly.
- Enter the following information for your LoadGen Workload:
- Name: Add the name of the LoadGen Workload.
- Description: In the description of your LoadGen Workload, please be clear about what your app is doing.
- Language: The language of the Operating System this LoadGen Workload is targeted for.
- Release Notes: The release notes of this version.
- Press Next.
- Enter the following information for your LoadGen Application:
- Documentation Url: Here you can add additional information regarding your LoadGen Workload.
- Categories: Select the existing categories or add a new one (when adding a new category LoadGen will validate this first).
- Upload Logo: Now upload the logo for your LoadGen Workload.
- Press Finish and the LoadGen Workload will be published, please note: in the case of a public workload the workload will first be validated by LoadGen.
LoadGen Workload Exchange for LoadGen Applications
LoadGen Applications are created in the LoadGen Studio and represent all of the actions performed by a test user in a test or End-to-End Monitoring session. You can now add or publish your LoadGen Applications to and from the LoadGen Workload Exchange.
Import a LoadGen Application from the Workload Exchange
You can import a LoadGen Application from the LoadGen Workload Exchange with the following steps:
- Start the LoadGen Studio.
- Open a Flow.
- Press the Start icon in the General Flow windows on the left side.
- Go to the USERTYPES & APPLICATIONS tab.
- Click the + sign under Applications.
- Click the Import LoadGen App...
- The LoadGen Workload Exchange will open.
- Find the LoadGen Application you want to add to your current workload.
- Press Import, and you're good to go! Well, of course, you need to test if the LoadGen Application is working in your particular setup and environment.
Upload a LoadGen Application to the Workload Exchange
You can upload a LoadGen Application to the LoadGen Workload Exchange with the following steps:
- Start the LoadGen Studio.
- Open a Flow.
- Press the Start icon in the General Flow windows on the left side.
- Go to the USERTYPES & APPLICATIONS tab.
- Click the + sign under Applications.
- Select the LoadGen Application you want to upload.
- Click the Upload LoadGen Application to Workload Exchange...
- In this demo, we have selected Microsoft Word.
- First, choose if you want to publish your LoadGen Application privately or publicly.
- Enter the following information for your LoadGen Application:
- Name: Add the name of the LoadGen Application.
- Description: In the description of your LoadGen Application, please be clear about what your app is doing.
- Language: The language of the Operating System this LoadGen Application is targeted for.
- Release Notes: The release notes of this version.
- Press Next.
- Enter the following information for your LoadGen Application:
- Documentation Url: Here you can add additional information regarding your LoadGen Application.
- Categories: Select the existing categories or add a new one (when adding a new category LoadGen will validate this first).
- Upload Logo: Now upload the logo for your LoadGen Application.
- Press Finish and the LoadGen Application will be published, please note: in the case of a public application the application will first be validated by LoadGen.