Apply/Edit Template dialog box
This dialog box enables you to configure template settings and select report template options. Using this dialog box, you can create new templates, open existing ones, and set the default template for your sessions.
To access, select Tools > Templates.
When you finish configuring your settings, click one of the buttons:
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Apply to Session to apply the settings and keep the dialog box open, if you plan on making other changes.
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Save and Close to apply and save the settings and close the dialog box.
Templates pane
The Templates pane lists all of the templates that you defined.
User interface elements are described below (unlabeled elements are shown in angle brackets):
UI Element | Description |
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Browse for a template. |
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Create a new template. |
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Duplicate the selected template. |
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Delete the selected template. |
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Set the selected template as the default. |
Options tab
The Options tab lets you set the content and format of the template.
The following table lists the template options:
UI Element | Description |
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Use automatic granularity | Applies the default Analysis granularity (one second) to the template. For information about setting Analysis granularity, see Change graph granularity. |
Generate the following automatic HTML report | Generates an HTML report using the template. Specify or select a report name. For information about generating HTML reports, see HTML reports. |
Open html report after creation | If you selected the option of generating an automatic HTML report, select this option to automatically open the HTML report after it is created. |
Automatically save the session as | Automatically saves the session using the template you specify. Specify or select a file name. |
Automatically analyze the top problematic transactions | Automatically generates Transaction Analysis reports for the transactions with the worst SLA violations. Reports are generated for a maximum of five transactions. For more information about Transaction Analysis reports, see Analyze Transactions dialog box. |
Automatically close Analysis after saving session | Automatically closes Analysis after a session is automatically saved (using the previous option). This prevents the running of multiple instances of Analysis. |
Generate the following automatic Rich Reports | The selected reports are added to the template. |
<check box on left of Template's Name> | Select to add report template to selected template. The reports are added to the session. |
Rich Reports area |
Allows you to specify a format for templates. You can choose one or more of the following formats: Word, Excel, PDF, and HTML. Note: When generating a report in Word, the content load may affect the table format within the document. |
Graphs tab
The Graphs tab is read-only and lists the graphs included in the template. When the template is applied to a session, the graphs are displayed under the Graphs node in the Session Explorer. If there is no data in the session, the graphs are not created.
Select each graph to show its description and use. For example, the description for the Running Vusers graph shows: "Displays the number of Vusers that executed Vuser scripts and their status during each second of the load test. This graph is useful for determining the Vuser load on your server at any given moment."