Specifying the type of behavior to simulate in SilkPerformer

Use the Profile Web dialog box to specify the type of user behavior you want to simulate as shown in the following figure. For example:

  • Users who visit a website for the first time, do not have persistent cookies, and have no documents cached. For cache reuse, select the option to check the cache every time the user visits a site on the Emulation tab.
  • Users who revisit the website, close their browsers between visits, have documents cached, and have persistent cookies set. For cache reuse, select the option to check the cache every time.
  • Users who revisit the website, do not close their browser between visits, and reuse their cached information. For cache reuse, select the option to check the cache once per session. The tutorial and projects described in this paper use that option.

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SilkPerformer Profile - Web dialog box, Emulation tab

WebDialogBox-EmulationTab.GIF

To simulate users logging back into a website, clear the Simulate user behavior for each transaction option on the Simulation tab as shown in the following figure.

To simulate users logging in for the first time, select the Simulate user behavior for each transaction and First time user options. For more information, search for "simulation settings" in the SilkPerformer Help.

SilkPerformer Profile - Web dialog box, Simulation tab

WebDialogBox-SimulationTab.GIF

 

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