Transaction Recorder:
How do I record a new web app transaction with the Recorder tool?
- Start a new recording by clicking New button. Enter the URL of the application you wish to monitor.
- Record the sequence by browsing through the steps of the application.
- After browsing through the required steps in your application click Preview and Save. A dialog box will prompt you to enter your Site24x7 login credentials and this will bring up Preview Transaction screen.
In Preview Transaction, screen you can do following actions:
- Filter URL - This can be used to filter out any unwanted URL in the transaction. You can filter out URLs based on extension of the file being downloaded or content-type of the URL or domain name of the URL.
- Move Up / Move Down - With this option you can alter the sequence of the recorded transaction, to suit your needs
- Delete URL - You can delete the unwanted URL from the transaction.
- Under URL Details section, you can review and modify the description for the URL, step name for the URL and parameters of the URL.
- Under Advanced section, you can configure the Content matching for the particular URL, Basic Authentication to access the web server etc.
- Follow the wizard to configure Primary and Secondary locations for the transaction under Select Locations dialog.
- Proceed to Save Transaction section and configure the Transaction Name and Poll interval.
- Click Save to save the transaction to your Site24x7 account.
I have an already saved transaction in my account. What should I do to modify the saved transaction?
Modifying a saved transaction involves almost similar steps as recording a new transaction. Follow the below steps to edit or modify a saved transaction.
- After invoking the Recorder, click the Re-record button in the top right corner of the screen.
- Re-Record the sequence by browsing through the steps of the transaction and click Preview & Save.
- Enter your login credentials in the dialogue box to proceed to Preview Transaction window.
- In Preview Transaction window click Next to proceed to Update Transaction screen.
- In the Update Transaction, select a transaction to update from the pull down menu and click Fetch Steps. This will list all the existing URLs in the selected transaction. Click Next to proceed.
- This will enable a side-by-side comparison of your old URLs and newly captured URLs in the transaction.
- Click Update to overwrite the the existing steps in the transaction with the newly recorded sequence.