What's new in 2021 – 2021 R2

Check out the new features and improvements for OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering 2021, 2021 R1, and 2021 R2.

Note: OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering uses some LoadRunner Professional tools. For details of what's new in OpenText Professional Performance Engineering Professional, see the LoadRunner Professional What's New.

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What's new in OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering 2021 R2

OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering 2021 R2 contains the following new features and enhancements.

Area	Enhancement
Monitors and Analysis templates modernization	This release includes the following updates: The Monitors and Analysis templates modules are now updated with a modern user interface and use the latest technologies. This is part of ongoing modernization to OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering. For details, see Monitors and Analysis templates. Added a context menu for managing resources in the Resources tree. For details, see View or edit monitor details.
Project management updates	This release includes the following project management updates: For a deployment using an Oracle database server, ability to create a project with a custom Oracle user. For details, see Create a project with a custom Oracle user. Ability to move a project to another domain. For details, see Domain / Domain Name. Ability to rename a domain and project. For details, see Project Name and Create a domain. Ability to delete the project’s database and repository folder. For details, see Delete a project.
Viewing results	This release includes the following enhancements for viewing results: Test result data (group status, transactions, and messages) is now automatically uploaded to the project repository at the end of the run, enabling you to view run results offline without the need for a Controller. For details, see View test run results offline. Added an option to sort messages by column values in online and offline results. For details, see Sort by. Added an option to customize the time zone for online and offline results. For details, see Graphs view (online results) and View test run results offline (offline results).
Secure communication (TLS/SSL)	Added the option to configure the OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering server to communicate using a secured TLS/SSL connection as part of the Configuration wizard. For details, see Install.
File repository reports	Added reports to track file repository usage and see how much storage space is used for each project. To view details at the system level, see View repository usage for all projects in the system. To view details at the project level, see View project repository usage. To view details in a multi-tenant environment, see View tenant repository usage.
Alert enhancements	This release includes the following alert enhancements: Ability to customize emails sent in alerts. For details, see Create custom email alert templates. Refreshed the Alerts user interface, and added a customizable subject line to email notifications. For details, see Activate alerts.
Web Page Diagnostics	Added support for Web Page Diagnostics. For details, see Enable Web Page Diagnostics.
License management update	Tenant Admin users now have read-only permissions on the Licenses module, except for license keys which are hidden. They also have restricted permissions on public hosts. For details, see Predefined admin roles.
CloudBurst load generator update	Added support for Java protocols to CloudBurst load generators. Note: CloudBurst load generators are no longer supported in OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering.
Maintenance task update	When running the Check Host maintenance task, you can now limit the number of concurrent check host operations. This reduces load on IIS and the server, and improves system response time and performance. For details, see Check Host Task.
REST APIs	OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering REST APIs now include the following updates: Support for setting a trend range for automatic trend reports. For details, see Trend Reports in the REST API Reference. Support for creating and updating Oracle projects with a custom user. For details, see Create a project, Test database connection to a project, and Update database connection to a project in the Administration REST API Reference. Support for adding a host created on the cloud. For details, see Add hosts and return list of hosts in the Administration REST API Reference.

What's new in version 2021 R1

OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering 2021 R1 contains the following new features and enhancements.

Area	Enhancement
SSO support enhancements	You can now use SSO to authenticate VuGen, Analysis, and Entity Unlocker to OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering when SSO authentication is enabled on the OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering server. This gives you a secure connection to OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering using a single set of credentials. For details, see Integrations.
API key authentication	You can now use API access keys to provide a secure authentication mechanism for external applications accessing OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering's API. Applications that need authentication include: OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering's CI and Application Automation Tool plug-ins: Git, Bamboo, TeamCity, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps. Other third party applications and APIs that need to integrate with the product, such as those that are located behind a firewall. For details, see Set up API access.
Trend report modernization	The trend report feature was simplified and has a modern look and feel. You can use the new interface to more easily create reports, manage test runs trended in reports, and add trend views and customized categories to reports. For details, see Define a trend report.
Hosts module modernization	The Hosts module interface is now updated using the latest technologies. This is part of ongoing modernization to OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering. For details, see Manage hosts.
Selenium scripts	Selenium scripts are now supported in OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering performance tests. For details, see Selenium tests. Note: This feature is currently available as tech preview.
Entity Unlocker improvements	Administrators now have more options with the Entity Unlocker application. They can unlock entities locked by any user on a specific domain and project. They can manage the frequency and timeout settings of the automatic unlocking task from System Health. In addition, the Entity Unlocker is now supported when OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering is configured with SSO authentication. For details, see SSO authentication.
DevWeb script enhancements	You can now use auto-complete to select functions when editing a DevWeb script within OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering. For details, see OpenText Performance Engineering for Developers scripts.
System health enhancements	When running the check host maintenance task, you now have the ability to exclude specific hosts. For details, see Schedule automated maintenance tasks.
Help Center Share button	The Help Center toolbar now include a new Share page button : You can share help topics on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or by email. You can also copy the topic link to the clipboard and paste it in other applications.

What's new in OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering 2021

OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering 2021 contains the following new features and enhancements.

Area	Enhancement
Create a project based on an existing one	You can now create a new project by copying the contents and test assets of an existing project. For details, see Create a project from an existing project.
Service Virtualization monitor	Added support for measuring statistics related to service virtualization during your test run. This monitor supports measuring simulated services on both Windows and Linux environments. For details, see Service Virtualization monitor.
Dynatrace Managed monitor	Added support for Dynatrace Managed monitors, in addition to the existing Dynatrace SaaS and AppMon monitors. For details, see Dynatrace SaaS and Managed monitors.
JMeter script enhancements	The enhancements for JMeter tests enable you to: Run tests with the embedded JMeter installation. No additional installation is required. Control the number of Vusers and their scheduling during a test run. View results for JMeter scripts in the Web Resources Hits per Second and Throughput graphs. Define additional runtime settings for JMeter. For details, see JMeter tests.
Gatling script enhancements	The enhancements for Gatling tests enable you to: Run tests with the embedded Gatling installation. No additional installation is required. Control the number of Vusers and their scheduling during a test run. View results for both single HTTP requests and for group of requests, in transaction graphs. View results for Gatling scripts in the Web Resources Throughput graph. Define additional runtime settings for Gatling. For details, see Gatling tests.
Alert enhancements	This release includes the following alerting enhancements: Receive alert notifications when test hosts become non-operational. View alert notifications in a new email template. For details, see Alert rules.
Cloud test enhancements	This release includes the following enhancements to cloud tests: Added an account category: Standard Cloud or Government Cloud US for Amazon Web Services, and Global Cloud or Government Cloud US for Microsoft Azure Cloud. For details, see Add a cloud account. Added the ability to use private IP addresses when provisioning hosts with a cloud template. For details, see Create an elastic cloud host template. Updated the Initializing Run screen with a modern user interface where you can view the provisioning status and location of your cloud hosts. For details, see Initialization steps.
Multi-tenancy enhancements	Added the following new features for multi-tenant environments to the Site Management console: Ability to reconfigure hosts. For details, see Manage tenant host resources. Ability to restore tenants that were removed or copied from another environment. For details, see Remove and restore tenants. Ability to upgrade tenants to a later version of OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering. For details, see Upgrade tenants.
Multilingual support enhancements	Added support for displaying Spanish and Italian in the user interface. For details, see Sign in and Sign in to Admin area.