How to add Think time to a Transaction

Question

Hi,

I have recently started to work on vsts 2008. I wanted to know, what options are available in this tool w.r.t. think time on Web test and Load test.
In webtest we can apply think time on individual requests via properties windows.
i want to club my requests into a transaction and apply think time on transactions rather than on particular requests.
Is there a way to apply think time on transactions in vsts?


Thanks in advance

vishal

Answer 1

Vishal,

There is no option to add think time to a transaction. It wouldn't know how to distribute the think times between the requests in your transaction. With that said, just distribute the think times that you want between the requests for the transaction or you could add it to one of the requests in the transaction as you see fit (such as the last request)

Jon

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Answer 2

Hello vishal,

As Jonathan mentioned, we are not able to add think time to a transaction. As think time is the time which are recorded for each Web page that spent by a user perusing a Web page, including viewing the page and determining the next action.

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Answer 3

Hi Jonathan/Edwar,

Thanks for the response, i am working on another tool SandStorm, which has this feature of inserting think time on transactions, so wanted to clarify if vsts has this option or not.

One more question in my mind, can you please discuss how the Normal Distribution option in Load test on think time works.

Thanks,
vishal

Answer 4

Hello vishal,

About the normal disctribution, think times are used, but varied on a normal curve. Provides a more realistic simulation of virtual users by slightly varying the think time between requests.

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