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eValid Power User's Tips and Tricks can help you use eValid to get better results, quicker, and easier. Each Tips and Tricks item addresss one or two issues that will help you to increase your effectiveness with eValid.

> Variable Fidelity Playback in eValid LoadTest Mode

  eValid allows the user to produce test scripts that play back in
  100% fidelity -- with all user actions reproduced identically to
  how they were recorded.  eValid also provides various ways to
  "de-rate" this 100% real view for purposes of adjusting the
  imposed load that the website server sees.

  eValid scripts can be set to produce varying fidelity scripts by
  two different types of modifications to the original script:

  (1) By adding the "Serve" command in the load test (*.evl)script
      or a single functional (*.evs) script file to produce a
      special effect on the script.

      Depending on the type specified, the user can use the "Serve
      FULL" and "Serve TEXT" command to choose how the subsequent
      playbacks are handled.

  (2) Using the "LoadType" command which allows the user to utilize
      a FULL or THIN  version of the eValid playback engine.  This
      selection controls which eValid playback engine is used: the
      full eValid engine, or the small-footprint eValid THIN
      version.

  Below is a chart which contains the possible combinations for use
  in a load script.

    +------------+-----------------------------------------------+
    |            | LoadType FULL | LoadType THIN | LoadType LITE |
    +------------+-----------------------------------------------+
    | Serve FULL |       X       |      X        |     n/a       |
    | Serve TEXT |       X       |      X        |     n/a       |
    +------------+-----------------------------------------------+

  Note: The "Serve URL" command can only be added to evs scripts and
  is ignored during a load test since it only processes URLs.

  For complete information on how to create load test scripts with
  varying fidelity and load types, please see the following page,
  which also includes a complete example.

  Variable Fidelity Playback in eValid LoadTest Operations