How does CitraTest VU® work?
CitraTest VU® enables IT professionals to create and execute real user replications against the production
server environment. "Load generating machines" are used to generate the multiple user load against server environment under
test while "Measuring machines" actively measure response times and gather system metrics. No software is ever installed
in the production environment making this a "real world" test.
CitraTest VU® uses an advanced and intelligent "image recognition" approach to replicate transactions from the
real user's perspective. CitraTest VU
® measures and reports End-to-End response times at the client GUI during playback by
comparing the screen to "baseline response" images created during test script development. This makes it the ideal solution
for automating real user activity within any server-based computing client interface. CitraTest VU
® can intelligently and
consistently generate virtual user activity in the Citrix client interfaces or Microsoft TS/RDP client interfaces with
this unique "image recognition" approach. CitraTest VU
® is the only test automation solution for Citrix/Terminal
Services that replicates real user activity using the actual client connection GUI, without installing any software in the
productions environment, exactly as a real user would.
CitraTest VU®'s image recognition logic allows intelligent "synchronization" and persistence in your Load Test scripts.
Other tools rely on time delays between each step and their scripts quickly fail as the environment is stressed and
End-to-End response times increase.
CitraTest VU®’s dynamic image recognition is automatically built into the script logic.
No additional scripting is required to add image verification intelligence. It does not require that windows and images be displayed
at the same location during each test playback. CitraTest runs on the client machine and is virtually non-invasive, adding no
overhead to the client connection performance.