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 LoadRunner Enterprise. 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.

This release includes the following project management updates:

• For LoadRunner Enterprise systems 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.

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 finished 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 run measurements and results (offline results).

Added the option to configure the LoadRunner Enterprise server to communicate using a secured TLS/SSL connection as part of the Configuration wizard. For details, see Installation.

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.

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.

Added support for Web Page Diagnostics. For details, see Enable Web Page Diagnostics.

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.

Added support for Java protocols to CloudBurst load generators.

Note: CloudBurst load generators are no longer supported in LoadRunner Enterprise.

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 LoadRunner Enterprise server, and improves system response time and performance. For details, see Check Host Task.

• Support for setting a trend range for automatic trend reports. For details, see Trend Reports in the LoadRunner Enterprise 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 LoadRunner Enterprise 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 LoadRunner Enterprise Administration REST API Reference.

SSO support enhancements

You can now use SSO to authenticate VuGen, Analysis, and Entity Unlocker to LoadRunner Enterprise when SSO authentication is enabled on the LoadRunner Enterprise server. This gives you a secure connection to LoadRunner Enterprise using a single set of credentials.

For details, see Integrations.

You can now use API access keys to provide a secure authentication mechanism for external applications accessing LoadRunner Enterprise's API. Applications that need authentication include:

• LoadRunner Enterprise's CI and Application Automation Tool plugins: Git, Bamboo, TeamCity, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps.

• Other third party applications and APIs that need to integrate with LoadRunner Enterprise, such as those that are located behind a firewall.

For details, see Set up API access.

The trend report feature was simplified and given 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.

The Hosts module interface is now updated using the latest technologies. This is part of ongoing modernization to LoadRunner Enterprise. For details, see Manage hosts.

Selenium scripts are now supported in LoadRunner Enterprise performance tests.

For details, see Selenium tests.

Note: This feature is currently available as tech preview.

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 LoadRunner Enterprise is configured with SSO authentication. For details, see SSO authentication.

You can now use auto-complete to select functions when editing a DevWeb script within LoadRunner Enterprise.

For details, see DevWeb tests.

You can now define log runtime settings for Silk Performer scripts within LoadRunner Enterprise.

For details, see Silk Performer tests.

When running the check host maintenance task, you now have the ability to exclude specific hosts.

For details, see Schedule automated maintenance tasks.

The Help Center toolbar now include a new Share page button :

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