Analysis includes various performance improvements, including:

• Faster overall time for analyzing results.

• Support added to analyze larger results sets.

Initialization time for starting a test has improved.

Added support for elastic provisioning and de-provisioning of Controller hosts on Windows. For details, see Manage elastic hosts.

Note: Support for dockerized Controllers is provided as a tech preview feature.

To support testing UI-based protocols, you can run Vusers in an interactive RDP session while the agent remains as a service. For details, see Run Vusers in an interactive RDP session.

Added support for integrating monitoring data from CA Application Performance Management (APM), providing information on the availability and performance of software applications. For details, see CA APM monitor.

• Released a new TFS plugin with ability to make repeated attempts to run the test on timeslot failure. For details, see Performance Center and Azure DevOps (previously TFS/VSTS).
• Added support for the latest TeamCity version, and released a new Teamcity plugin with ability to make repeated attempts to run the test on timeslot failure. For details, see Performance Center and TeamCity.

We've added support for integrating Performance Center with Git via Jenkins. You can now:

• Synchronize scripts by uploading LoadRunner and JMeter scripts stored in a GitHub repository to a Performance Center project.

• Synchronize tests from YAML files saved in a GitHub repository to a Performance Center project (available with 12.61 and later).

• Create tests from YAML input added to a field within the Jenkins job configuration, and then run the tests (available with 12.61 and later).

For details, see Performance Center and Git.

Ability to track license consumption on monthly/weekly basis by exporting a Vuser script's protocol usage information to a CSV file. For details, see Export Reports.

Added support for Pacing runtime settings and the Command Line option for TruWeb scripts. See Runtime Settings and Command Line.

Note: The TruWeb protocol is provided as a tech preview feature.

Added support for provisioning settings for dockerized load generators.

• Ability to retrieve a list of Docker images available to the project. For details, see Get Docker Host Image.

• Ability to configure provisioning settings (ElasticLoadGeneratorConfiguration) for a test when using a dockerized load generator. For details, see test entity XML.

We've made the following enhancements to elastic and manually configured dockerized load generators:

• Elastic load generators. Added support for elastic provisioning and de-provisioning of Windows and Linux load generator resources using Docker Swarm. Provisioning load generators using Swarm is in addition to Kubernetes that was introduced in Performance Center 12.56. For details, see Set up elastic hosts on Windows or Linux containers.

  Note: Support for Swarm orchestrators is provided as a tech preview feature.

• Manually configured dockerized load generators. A dockerized load generator image (for Web (HTTP/HTML) and Java protocols) is now available for Windows platforms, in addition to Linux. For details, see Manually configure dockerized hosts.

  Note: The Windows dockerized load generator image is provided as a tech preview feature.

Performance Center and Administration modernization

We've made usability and UI improvements to Performance Center and Performance Center Administration.

• Enhanced usability and a new look and feel for web-based Performance Center and Performance Center Administration. For details, see Performance Center user interface and Performance Center Administration user interface.
• Moved additional tasks such as cloud management, maintenance tasks, and diagnostics from ALM Lab Admin to Performance Center Administration. For details see Manage cloud hosts, Schedule automated maintenance tasks, and Manage diagnostics servers.

Script enhancements

We've made the following script enhancements:

• Added support to select transactions for SLA calculations for tests based on JMeter scripts. For details, see Run JMeter tests from Performance Center.

• "VuGen Working Mode" in Project Settings is now also enforced when uploading scripts from VuGen. For details, see Projects Page - Main Details View.

Added integration with InfluxDB to store online summary data in one centralized location. The benefits include:

• Easy access to live and post-run data.

• Enables mashing up Performance Center data with other data vendors.

• Using third-party dashboards, such as Grafana, to easily visualize the data.

For details, see Manage analysis servers.

Ability to set email alerts on tests, timeslots, and hosts per project, in addition to releasing idle timeslot automatically. For details, see Activate alerts.

Added support for Goal-oriented run mode. You define the goals you want your test to achieve and Performance Center automatically builds a schedule for you based on these goals. For details, see Distribute Vusers by goal.

Added support for creating recurrent timeslots (up to 30 recurrences). For details, see Create a recurring timeslot.

Network Virtualization for Performance Testing no longer requires a license and is provided for free as part of Performance Center and LoadRunner. For details, see Network Virtualization Overview.

Performance Center now includes the TruWeb protocol, the next generation Web/HTTP protocol, providing a lightweight, scalable, cross-platform solution using a brand new JavaScript SDK and engine. See TruWeb Protocol.

Note: The TruWeb protocol is provided as a tech preview feature.

Added the Entity Unlocker tool which enables you to easily recover disconnected sessions. For details, see Download Applications dialog box.

Performance Center’s support for API testing now includes the following updates:

• Create a goal-oriented schedule. Now you can decide which goals you want the test to reach, and Performance Center automatically builds a schedule for you based on these goals. For details, see test entity XML.

• User authentication. You can get a list of domains or projects for the authenticated user. For details, see Authentication.