Understanding Correlation

In HP LoadRunner

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Correlation

What is correlation
Types of Correlation
Automatic Correlation
Manual Correlation

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What is Correlation

Sometime, after creating a script, a simple playback fail even though

the recording of the same actions succeeded.

Many applications use dynamic values that change each time you use
the application. For example, some servers assign a unique session ID
for every new session. When you try to replay a recorded session, the
application creates a new session ID that differs from the recorded
session ID.

LoadRunner addresses this issue through correlation. Correlation

saves the changing values to a parameter.

When running the emulation, the Vuser does not use the recorded
valueinstead, it uses the new value assigned to it by the server.

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Automatic Correlation

Open HP Web Tours.

Select Start > Programs > LoadRunner > Samples > Web > HP Web
Tours Application. A browser opens with the HP Web Tours home page.
Click the administration link on the HP Web Tours home page. The
administration page opens.
Select the 3rd checkbox entitled: Set LOGIN form's action tag to an
error page.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Update.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Return to the Web
Tours Homepage link.
This setting tells the server not to allow duplicate session IDs.
Close the browser.

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Automatic Correlation

In the modified configuration of

HP Web Tours, the server
assigns a unique session ID to
the Vuser. If you try to play back
the script, it will fail.

To overcome this issue, you use

VuGen to automatically detect
the need to correlate the
session ID.

After you run the script, VuGen

prompts you to scan the script
for correlations.

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Automatic Correlation

You will instruct VuGen to insert a step that saves the original session
ID to a parameter. In each replay session, VuGen saves the new
unique session ID to a parameter. In the subsequent steps, it uses the
saved value instead of the originally recorded value.

Record a new script with the same steps that you recorded previously
and save the script as Basic_Tutorial_Cor.

Click Verify Replay in the Task Pane and click the Start Replay button
at the bottom of the instruction pane. VuGen runs the new script. You
may notice several error messages in the Replay Log tab in the Output
window, indicated by the red-colored text.

Click Verify Replay in the Task Pane to view the Last Replay Summary.

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Automatic Correlation

Click the link Show and resolve dynamic server values in the instruction pane under the heading
Dynamic Server Values.

VuGen scans the script, searching for differences between the recorded values and the playback
values.

VuGen displays a list of these differences that may require correlation in the Correlation Results
tab in the Output window.

Select the first entry in the Correlation Results tab, and click Correlate.

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Automatic Correlation

VuGen inserts a new step at the top of

the script saving the original session ID
to a parameter.

In each replay session, VuGen saves

the new unique session ID to a
parameter.

In the subsequent steps, it uses the

saved value instead of the originally
recorded value.

Select View > Tree View to view this

new step in the test tree.

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Automatic Correlation

View > Script View to view the correlation statement in the script.

This statement means Check the server response for data located between the
following two strings:
Left boundary: userSession value=
Right boundary: >

The statement instructs VuGen to save the first occurrence of this data to a
parameter called WCSParam_Diff1.

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Automatic Correlation

Select Vuser > Run to replay the

script again. When the replay ends,
select View > Tree View.

Look in the Replay Log tab. Note

that VuGen no longer issues the
red-colored error messages.

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Automatic Correlation

In the script, right-click Service:

Reg Save Param and select Go to
step in Replay Log. VuGen places
the cursor at the corresponding line
in the replay log.

The log indicates that function

web_reg_save_param succeeded,
indicating that the correlation
worked.

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Manual Correlation

Record a new script with the same steps that you recorded previously
and save the script as Manual_Cor_1.

Record another script using the same steps as above and save the
script as Manual_Cor_2.

Now for script Manual_Cor_2, click on Tools > Compare with script
option and select Manual_Cor_1 script to compare with.

Notice that a WDiff window is displayed, showing both the scripts and
the differences in recording are highlighted in yellow color.

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Manual Correlation

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Manual Correlation

Notice that there is a difference in the userSession value in both the

scripts.

Navigate to Script view and add the following line to the code:
web_reg_save_param("myval", "LB=userSession value=", "RB=>",
LAST );

Now search for the userSession value and replace the hard-coded
valye by parameter as: {myval}

Replay the script and notice that it plays back successfully.

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Manual Correlation

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Questions - To Review Your Skills

What is correlation and why is it done?

Perform Automatic correlation on the script.
Perform Manual correlation on the script.

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Thank You

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