Scripting Basic Report Execution using LoadRunner 3
Contents
1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................ 4
1.1 PURPOSE..............................................................................................................4
1.2 APPLICABILITY .......................................................................................................4
1.3 EXCLUSIONS AND EXCEPTIONS....................................................................................4
2 DESCRIPTION OF THE TEST CASE TO BE TESTED USING LOADRUNNER ..... 5
3 ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION IN COGNOS VIEWER.......................... 5
4 FORCING ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION IN COGNOS 8 ..................... 6
5 RECORDING THE TEST CASE IN LOADRUNNER............................................ 7
6 UNDERSTANDING THE RAW RECORDING PERTAINING TO REPORT
EXECUTION............................................................................................................... 7
7 CREATING LOADRUNNER CODE FROM THE RAW RECORDING.................... 8
7.1 CODE FOR “1. CONNECT TO COGNOS 8 VIA A WEB BROWSER.” ............................................8
7.2 CODE FOR “2. LOGIN USING SIMPLE LDAP AUTHENTICATION.”............................................9
7.3 CODE FOR “3. NAVIGATE TO A REPORT IN A FOLDER IN COGNOS CONNECTION.”.......................9
7.4 CODE FOR “4. CLICK ON THE DESIRED REPORT WHICH IS A SIMPLE LIST. THIS ACTION WILL
EXECUTE THE REPORT IN
COGNOS VIEWER IN HTML OUTPUT.” .......................................................9
7.4.1 Code for “Issuing the run request for the report.” ................................................10
7.4.2 Code for “Handling the async conversation programmatically.”..............................10
7.4.3 Code for “5. Click on the Return link to exit Cognos Viewer and return to Cognos
Connection.”.................................................................................................................12
7.5 CODE FOR “6. LOGOFF.”.........................................................................................13
APPENDIX A: LOADRUNNER PROCEDURES FOR COGNOS VIEWER....................... 14
APPENDIX B: EXAMPLE LOADRUNNER SCRIPT ..................................................... 17
