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Running SoapUI as a Performance Test

SoapUI guidancesupport was removed in release 5.2.0 of AIQ.

    UseNavigate to the Appvance IQ Home screen and click Build

    Click File >New to create a new scenario

    Select Performance Test from the Scenario Test Type drop-down

    Click the Test Management tab

    Enter Iteration name, select Total Execution from the Completion Type drop-down, and enter Total Execution: 100

    Click the Test Cases tab and click the link for Add test case execution

    Enter the Test case name and Script name

    Select "Service Suite-SoapUI" from the Script Type drop-down

    Click Browse and browse the Soap UI XML file and then the Test Suite and then the Test Case from the drop-down

    Save the test case

    Enter 100 in the user box, Click Set (Run Time):

    Ramp up 10 users every 10 seconds Maximum ramp-up time of 100 seconds and save the Run Time option

    Click the Locations tab

    Enter Name: localhost and URL: http://localhost:8080/TMServer/ws/TestNode (Should be selected by default)

    Navigate to Resources and make sure SoapUI forbundle performancewith testingversion only5.12 whenis added by default

    Also make sure the SoapUIresources projectare isadded thread-safe,with data-ready,Name, and still required by the customer workflow. For new API performance tests, evaluate Service Suite or native AIQ performance assets first.

    Performance checks

    • Thread safety, setup and teardown behavior, and shared state inside the SoapUI project.
    • Data uniqueness, account pools, cleanup, and endpoint rate limits.
    • Load generator CPU, memory, network, and artifact storage.
    • TPS, response-time, error-rate, ramp-up, and duration targets.

    Validation workflow

    1. Run one thread first and verify assertions and cleanup.
    2. Increase concurrency gradually while monitoring AIQType, and the targetcorrect system.path of the XML file
    Review whether

    Navigate bottlenecksto comeOptions and make sure that Enable logging, Save logs on Failure are selected

    Click check box Custom Database Credentials (Database Logging) and make the following settings:

    Database Type: MySQL

    Driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

    URL: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/utp?useSSL=false

    Default Schema: utp

    Username: utp

    Password: utp

    Click File >Save to save the new scenario

    Click Play Scenario from SoapUI,the top navigation bar

    The controller window will open in a new tab which displays the loadtests generator,running orand will display the application.pass / fail status of the tests upon the test completion

    Document results

    The left part shows the steps and anythe migrationduration planin awaymilliseconds fromand legacythe SoapUIright assets.side shows the test run status under the Output tab

    On The transactions tab, we can find the request/response and an error tab to drill down further

    Click Click here link to get to the list of reports that Appvance IQ supports


    Last updated: OctoberJuly 7,25, 20262024

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