Citrix monitoring panel reference
The Citrix monitoring panel is an optional panel that displays detailed information and control commands for each virtual user during the run of a schedule. When enabled, the Citrix monitoring panel is available during the run of a schedule.
- Monitor Panel
- This panel displays information about the execution of each virtual user.
- Pool Name
- Displays the name of the virtual user pool. There is one pool per location and user group.
- Active Virtual Users
- Displays the number of virtual users currently active. This value is updated permanently during the run of the schedule.
- User Action Rate
- Displays the number of Citrix user key or mouse actions that were simulated during the last 5 second interval.
- Total Elapsed Time
- Displays the total time elapsed since the start of the schedule run.
- Current Action
- Displays the last user action executed in the test.
- Timeouts
- Displays the number of synchronization timeouts for the virtual user. The color represents the status of the timeout:
- Green: ok.
- Yellow: a timeout occurred on a conditional synchronization.
- Red: a timeout occurred on a mandatory synchronization.
- Elapsed Time
- Displays the time elapsed since the start of the virtual user run.
- Status
- Displays the execution status of the virtual user.
- Go To
- Click to display the Citrix session of the selected virtual user.
- Pause or Play
- Click to pause or resume the execution of the selected virtual user. You can also pause the execution by setting breakpoints in the test.
- Step
- When the test is on pause, click to pause the test and to execute each user input action in the test in step-by-step mode.
To pause test execution, you can either click the Pause button or set breakpoints in the test. Click Play to resume the test.
- Interact
- When the test is on pause, click to allow manual actions in the virtual user session. Use this feature if a test fails to synchronize or gets stuck in an unexpected state.
To pause test execution, you can either click the Pause button or set breakpoints in the test. Click Play again to resume the test execution at the point where it was paused.
- Stop
- Click to stop the execution of the selected virtual user. When all virtual users are stopped, the schedule ends.
Related tasks
Enabling and disabling the Citrix monitoring panel Debugging tests with the Citrix monitoring panel