> eValid Playback Log Files -- A Valuable Test Results Resource
As eValid plays back a script it writes certain information about what
it is doing to four different logfiles: the event log, the performance
log, the timing log and the message/error log.
As an eValid user you have several options in processing these files.
Every file can be purged before playback, or can be appended to after
each playback (if you have multiple playbacks).
How does these logfiles compare with each other? Here's a summary of
the differences:
* Event Log. This has a single time-stamped line for every event that
happens during playback. At the end of the file it has a Download
Summary that gives statistics about the download details from the
playback.
The other three logs (see below) are subsets of the event log. All
four logs have the same Download Summary at the end.
* Performance Log. This log contains no messages from any Validate,
Timer/Alarm, and Wait commands which are executed in the script
during playback. Messages for Absolute Events are not
recorded into the performance log as well. This log should only
contain the download timings and the "Command Completed" message.
* Message/Error Log. This log contains ONLY those lines of the Event
Log that do NOT say "OK" as a result status. So, this is a good
place to look for any error messages your playback generated.
* Timing Log. This log contains only the summary of the downloaded
page. It should only show the Number of Cached bytes, Total number
of bytes downloaded, the total download time, and the rate of the
download.
Note: LoadTest runs write results in a slightly different way, so this
explanation does not apply to LoadTest runs.
> Viewing eValid Logs
All eValid logfiles can be viewed in a variety of ways -- with simple
click-on buttons:
* View data in Text Editor (using your default Text Editor)
* View data as HTML Table
* View ALL test data in an eValid chart
* View last test run data in a eValid chart
* View as a spreadsheet (using your default spreadsheet processor)
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