LoadRunner Analysis: Reports

You can publish the findings from your analysis session in an HTML or Microsoft Word report. The report is created using a designer template, and includes explanations and legends of the presented graphs and data.

HTML Reports

The HTML report can be opened and viewed in any browser.

To create an HTML report:

1 From the Reports menu, select HTML Report...

2 Select a file name for your report, and the path where you want to save it.

Click Save.

Analysis creates the report and displays it in your Web browser. Note how the layout of the HTML report is very similar to the layout of your analysis session. You can click on the links in the left pane to see the various graphs.

A description of each graph is given at the bottom of the page.

Microsoft Word Reports

You can present your analysis session in a Microsoft Word report. The Word report is more comprehensive than the HTML report, because you have the option to include general information about the scenario, measurement descriptions, and so on. You can also format the report to include your company’s name and logo, and the author’s details.

Like any Microsoft Word file, the report is editable, so you can add further comments and findings after you build the report.

To create a Microsoft Word report:

1.  From the Reports menu, select New Report.

The New Report dialog box opens.

 

2. In the General tab:

•  In the Based on template drop-down list, select Detailed report (for single run).
•  Enter a title for your report.
•  Enter the author’s name, job title, and the company’s name.

3.  In the Format tab:

•  By default, the report will be built with a title page, table of contents, graph details and descriptions, and measurement descriptions. You can select options which add script details into the report, allowing you to view thumbnail images of the business process steps.
•  You can include a company logo by selecting Include company logo and browsing to the file location. The logo must be a .bmp file.

4.  In the Content tab:

• Select which sections of your scenario run and analysis session you want to include in your report.
• For the purpose of this tutorial, you will add an executive summary to the Content Items list.
• Click the Add button, select Executive Summary from the list and click OK. The Executive Summary item is added to the list. Enter the following text into the edit box:
• Objectives:The objectives of the test scenario were to....
• Conclusions:The conclusions I reached are as follows:
• Specify which graphs you want to include in the report. By default, all the graphs in your session are listed and selected, and the graphs notes will be included in your report.
• You can specify the order in which to display the items in the report.

In the Workload Characteristics item, select Average Hits per Second from the Selected Columns list.

Click the Down arrow until the item appears under Total Transactions Number.

In the report, the Average Hits per Second item will follow the Total Transactions Number item.

5. Click Generate.

The data is gathered and the report is created in a Microsoft Word file, which opens in Microsoft Word.

In addition to the graphs that you generated during your analysis session, the report includes an objective and a conclusion, and other sections and graphs that you chose to include while building the report.