Eggplant Performance 8 Release Notes
Features and Improvements 8.0.0 (24 April 2018)
- Integration with Apache JMeter.
- Eggplant Performance can now execute test plans created in Apache JMeter.
- Provides an easy migration path from JMeter to Eggplant Performance.
- Easily distribute JMeter test plans across multiple injector machines.
- View the progress of JMeter test runs in Eggplant Performance Test Controller.
- Analyze the results of JMeter test runs using Eggplant Performance Analyzer.
- Comprehensive support for OpenAPI REST Services.
- Generate code for testing a REST service from an OpenAPI specification.
- Supports JSON and YAML formats.
- Generated code can be C# or Java.
- Supports OpenAPI 2.0.
- Easily generate scripts that target the REST service.
- All serialization/deserialization of requests/responses is handled behind the scenes, so scripts are clean and simple, with no complicated correlations or transformations necessary.
- Citrix Improvements.
- Support for Citrix StoreFront.
- New Citrix StoreFront recorder captures traffic to both the StoreFront web server and the Citrix server.
- Citrix scripts can now include a mixture of web and Citrix commands, so that a single Virtual User can connect to the web server, download an ICA file, and use it to interact with the Citrix server.
- Citrix Recorder Improvements.
- Added options to record Click, Double-Click, Right-Click and Move actions for an image.
- Existing images are displayed in the recorder, so it is easy to capture new events for existing images.
- Image hotspots can be adjusted by dragging the mouse or pressing Ctrl+click.
- The area around the captured image is displayed in the dialog, to make hotspot placement easier.
- Improved placement of Start/EndTransaction calls in generated scripts.
- Citrix API Improvements.
- Added the DoubleClickFoundLocation method.
- Added the LogScreenShot method.
- Added the ScreenHeight and ScreenWidth properties.
- Added the SaveIcaFile method.
- Added the DeleteIcaFile method.
- Added the IcaFilePath property .
- Support for Citrix StoreFront.
- Eggplant Functional Integration Improvements.
- New Eggplant Functional Log Viewer displays all of the Eggplant Functional logs generated by a Virtual User in a single place.
- New ConnectionProperties class makes it easier to pass different connection parameters when connecting to a SUT, including options for connecting via Eggplant Automation Cloud.
- Existing Eggplant Functional connections can be used when generating Eggplant Performance scripts.
- Warnings generated at runtime by Eggplant Functional are displayed in the corresponding Eggplant Performance virtual user log.
- Verbose logging option is now switched on by default.
- Realtime KPI values can now be viewed in tables and charts in Test Controller. Failing KPIs are highlighted.
- Transaction percentiles chart added to Test Controller.
- Support for stepped ramp-up.
- Added ability to rename transactions in a recording.
- Improved data source view in Studio.
- Reset window layout option was added to Studio and Test Controller.
- Proxy recorder can now export the certificate file in PFX format.
- Added the new LogCurrentDataValues method to the API. This method writes all of the current data values to the event log. The method is called automatically whenever an iteration fails.
- Added the new SetAuthentication method to the Web API.
- Added an option to automatically start the Shared Data Server at the beginning of the test.
- Custom Virtual User templates have been removed from the product and can no longer be used.
- Many more bug fixes and improvements.