Set think time behavior in a schedule

Set think time behavior in a schedule

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Overview

You can increase, decrease, or randomize think time in tests or play it back exactly as recorded.

Set think time behavior

In the Test Navigator, browse to the schedule and double-click it.
In the Schedule Contents area, click the name of the schedule.
Go to the Think Time page

Set...
Modify the duration of think time delays

...to one of the following options:

Option Description
Use the recorded think time This has no effect on the think time.
The time that it takes for a test to play back is the same as the time that it took to record it. So, for example, if you were interrupted for five minutes during recording, the same five-minute think time occurs when you run the test.
Specify a fixed think time. Each virtual user's think time is exactly the same value—the value that you type.
Although this does not emulate users accurately, it is useful to play a test back quickly.
Increase/decrease the think time by a percentage. You type a think time scale, and each virtual user's think time is multiplied by a percentage.
A value of 100 indicates no change in think time. A value of 200 doubles the think times, so the schedule plays back half as fast as it was recorded. A value of 50 reduces the think times by half, so the schedule plays back twice as fast. A value of 0 indicates no delays at all.
Vary the think time by a random percentage. Each virtual user's think time is randomly generated within the upper and lower bounds of the percentages that you supply.
The percentage is based on the recorded think time.
For example, if you select a lower limit of 10 and an upper limit of 90, the think times will be between 10 percent and 90 percent of the original recorded think time. The random time will be uniformly distributed within this range.

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Limit think times to a maximum value

Option	Description
Use the recorded think time	This has no effect on the think time. The time that it takes for a test to play back is the same as the time that it took to record it. So, for example, if you were interrupted for five minutes during recording, the same five-minute think time occurs when you run the test.
Specify a fixed think time.	Each virtual user's think time is exactly the same value—the value that you type. Although this does not emulate users accurately, it is useful to play a test back quickly.
Increase/decrease the think time by a percentage.	You type a think time scale, and each virtual user's think time is multiplied by a percentage. A value of 100 indicates no change in think time. A value of 200 doubles the think times, so the schedule plays back half as fast as it was recorded. A value of 50 reduces the think times by half, so the schedule plays back twice as fast. A value of 0 indicates no delays at all.
Vary the think time by a random percentage.	Each virtual user's think time is randomly generated within the upper and lower bounds of the percentages that you supply. The percentage is based on the recorded think time. For example, if you select a lower limit of 10 and an upper limit of 90, the think times will be between 10 percent and 90 percent of the original recorded think time. The random time will be uniformly distributed within this range.