Create a launch configuration
Overview
Create a custom launch configuration to...
- Specify a name and location for execution results.
- Run a test outside of a schedule with more than one user.
- Have the launch configuration appear in the toolbar menu.
- Have the launch configuration available to other users.
Set a launch configuration for a schedule or test
- In the Test Navigator, expand the project until you locate the schedule or test.
- Right-click the schedule or test, and then click Run > Run.
If the Perspectives page is displayed, keep the defaults.
- In the Configurations area on the left, click Performance Schedule, and then click New.
A test configuration, initially named New_configuration, is created. Typically, you supply a configuration name that is similar to the schedule name.
At this point, you can run the schedule if you click Run. However, you will not have created a meaningful configuration.
- Click the Execution Results tab and type a file name for the execution results (the default is the name of the test or schedule).
Performance Tester appends a time stamp to this name. Select Override existing Execution Results resource to overwrite the file each time that you run the configuration.
- If you are setting the configuration for a test that you will run outside a schedule, click the Users tab and enter the number of users to emulate.
- Click the Common tab to inspect or modify the run preferences.
- For Type of launch configuration, select one of the following options:
Option Description Local Launch configuration is stored in the workspace, and it is not visible to other users. Shared Other users have access to the launch configuration; you are asked where to store it. - For Display in favorites menu, select one or more of the following options:
Option Description Run Launch configuration is displayed in Run toolbar menu. If you select a toolbar menu at all, this is the logical choice for a schedule or test. Debug The launch configuration is displayed in the Debug toolbar menu. Profile The configuration is displayed in the Profile toolbar menu.
- Verify that "Launch in background" is selected.
If you do not run the configuration in the background, you cannot do anything in Eclipse until it finishes running the configuration.
- Click Apply, and then click Run to run the configured schedule or test, or click Close to save the configuration and run it later.
Related tasks
Run a schedule or test Run a configured schedule Configure different ports for a location Automating tests Increasing memory allocation Change the number of virtual users during a run Release virtual users from synchronization points Change the problem determination level during a run Interrupting a run