You can generate data correlation
rules based on the data correlation changes made to a performance
test. This feature analyzes the data correlation adjustments that
you have made to a test and saves those adjustments as a data correlation
rule set file. You can use the rule set file to automatically correlate
the data for other tests that run against the same application.
Procedure
- Open a performance test for editing.
- Adjust data correlation as you typically would in the test
editor. For example, create or delete references, substitution sites,
datapools, or variables.
- Right-click in the Test Contents window,
and then select . The test is analyzed to determine
the set of data correlation rules that represents the adjustments
that you have made to data correlation. The Save Data Correlation
Rule Set wizard opens. The data correlation rules are displayed.
- Clear the check boxes of any rules that you do not want
to save, and then click Next. Typically,
when saving manual data correlation, you save all the generated rules,
because the generated rules represent the data correlation required
for the test to run correctly.
- Type a file name, and then click Save.
What to do next
You can use the generated rules file to perform data correlation
on other tests that run against the same application. To learn more
about applying data correlation rules to existing tests, see
Recorrelating data with rules.