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Managing Sessions

In WebLOAD Dashboard you can manage the following types of sessions:

  • The sessions of load tests created and run in the WebLOAD Dashboard
  • Sessions that were created in the WebLOAD Console, and uploaded to the WebLOAD Dashboard. For instructions how to upload sessions to the WebLOAD Dashboard, seeUploading a session .

Viewing Load Sessions

To view the load sessions:

  • In the menu bar, select Sessions > Search. The Load Sessions table appears.

Load Sessions page

The Load Sessions table provides the following information and available actions, for each Load Session:

Item Description
Name The name of the load session. Clicking the name opens the Dashboard page for this session. enabling you to view the results of this session.
Test The name of the corresponding load test.
From The date and time when the load session started running.
To The date and time when the load session finished running.
Status Whether the test passed or failed test execution.
Failed Reason If the test failed, displays the reason for failure.
button - delete test Instructs WebLOAD to delete this load session.
download session Instructs WebLOAD to download the session results to the local computer. The results are downloaded as a zip file that contains the following files: .ls, .mdb, .sdb, .isd, .dat. You can then open the session in WebLOAD Console or WebLOAD Analytics.
run load tests Enables manually running a test created in WebLOAD Dashboard, now or at a specified time. Refer to Scheduling a one-time test run.
button - stop test Instructs WebLOAD to stop running the test.
Show in Dashboard Enables specifying which sessions to display in the dashboard. This is very useful for comparing the statistics from multiple sessions.

Filtering the Load Sessions display

The Filter bar, above the Load Sessions table, provides various options for filtering the display.

Options for filtering the Load Sessions list

You can filter the Load Sessions table display by:

  • Session name, using the Find by Session Name box.
  • Test name, using the Find by Test Name box.
  • Test status, using the All Statuses drop-down box
  • Test date, using the All Dates drop down box

Uploading a session

You can upload to WebLOAD Dashboard, sessions that were created in the WebLOAD Console. Each session created in the WebLOAD Console consists of the following four types of files; to upload the session, you need to upload all four files:

  • .ls - Load Session files
  • .dat - Load Session data files
  • .sdb - Statistics database files
  • .isd - Index statistics database files

To upload a session:

  1. Do one of the following:

    • In the menu bar, select Session > Upload

    Or

    • In the Load Sessions table, click Upload Session

    The Session Upload page is displayed.

    session upload page

  2. Click Select session files.

  3. In the file explorer dialog that appears, navigate to the load session’s files, select them, and click Open.