This API set can be used for the following purposes:
- Unattended creation of an Analysis session that can then be opened in the HP LoadRunner Analysis.
- Custom extraction of data from the results of a test run under the HP LoadRunner Controller
An application that creates an Analysis session can be run automatically at completion of a test run. In the LoadRunner Controller, open Tools > Options and select the Execution tab. Enter the command to run your application in the Post Execution Command box.
The API set provides the following functionality:
- Convert Controller Run results to an Analysis data base file
- Create, modify, and apply a global filter and Graph filters
- Set graph parameters
- Calculate metrics and statistics per Graph in a Run
- Notifications from the API infrastructure to the API application
- Logging at different severity levels
- Ability to run concurrent, independent instances of API-based applications
Limitations: This version of the API set does not support:
- Graph auto-correlation
- Graph merging
- Importing data from external monitors
- XML export of data
- Support Level Agreements functionality
- Use of filters, graphs, and other configurations created in the Analysis user interface
- J2EE Graphs are only partially supported
Prerequisites: To use this API set, you must:
- Be a .NET programmer
- Be familiar with the Controller and Analysis programs
The development environment requires:
- Visual Studio 2005 or any other compiler that supports .NET 2.0
- LoadRunner Analysis
The runtime environment requires:
- LoadRunner Analysis
- A .NET configuration file. A command-line utility to build the configuration file is provided in the <Analysis installation>\Additional Components\AssemblyCrawler folder.
Also See: Other LoadRunner Tutorials
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