VuGen Recording – The Right Way Of Recording in Loadrunner

In this Loadrunner tutorial, we will discuss how to record a script in VuGen using web protocol. We have taken ebay.com as an example.

Before start of the script, we should know the application flow as to what are the steps we will cover during recording and the transaction names.

Step Name Transaction Name
Go to ebay.com go_to_ebay_com
Search for iphone Search_For_iphone
  1. Open VuGen

    Launch Application
    Launch Application
  2. Click on new script and solution, search for web protocol and click on create as shown in the image

    Open New Script
    Open New Script
  3. You will see a new script pane

    New Script Pane
    New Script Pane
  4. Go To record -> recording options (Set the recording options according to your requirement).
  5. 1. Click on record, 2.  select the action,vuser_init or vuser_end part as to where the script to be generated, 3. select web browsers/windows application/remote application via Loadrunner proxy, 4. select Internet explorer or chrome, 5. select the URL as ebay.com, 6. click on Start Recording

    Start Recording
    Start Recording
  6. You will see the application is now recording

    Ebay
    Ebay
  7. Add transaction as shown in the image

    Transaction Name
    Transaction Name
  8. Search for Iphone in the search as shown in the image

    Search for Iphone
    Search for Iphone
  9. Click on End Transaction Name and click on Stop Script

    End Transaction and Stop Script
    End Transaction and Stop Script
  10. Now the script will be generated as shown in the image

    Script Generated
    Script Generated

In the next tutorials we will show you how to do parameterization and correlation in Loadrunner