1. If you installed the bundled Applications package which includes one ScenarioStation already installed on the local machine, and do not need any remote stations, skip to Step 2.
2. If you have any of the other packages OR If you want to monitor your application scenarios from remote ScenarioStations, download a copy of the ScenarioStation software from http://www.nrgglobal.com/downloads/scenariostation_downloads.php and install on the Windows computers you want to run your simulated scenarios from.
   
   

   Please see below the following instructions to install ScenarioStation:

   • Once you have downloaded the installation file, click on the executable file to start the installation process.
   • The setup wizard will open. Click Next to continue.
   • Click on I Agree to accept the terms of the license
   • You have the option to change the destination folder for your program.
     Note: If you are installing Scneario Station on same machine as the Chroniker Base then each should be installed in different folder. For example,
     • The default installation folder path for Chroniker suite is C:\Program Files\Chroniker
     • The default installation folder path for Scenario Station is C:\Program Files\ChronikerStation
     Click Next .
   • A window appears for the Chroniker Applications Listeners Configuration.
     • Enter the Chroniker webserver's Hostname or IP address (if IP is dynamic, it is recommended to use the hostname).
     • If your Chroniker webserver uses a non-default port number, you can modify it here.
     • Enter Scenario Station port. This is the port on which the Scenario Station will run. The default is 8000.
     • Enter the Scenario Station location, this is the geographical location where the station resides.
     • Check if Chroniker Base uses a Secure Web Interface (SSL) .
     • Click the Install button to proceed with the installation.
     • Once the installation has completed, click on Finish to close the installation wizard.

• To Launch Scenario Builder, from the Programs in Start menu, go to Chroniker -> ScenarioStation -> Scenario Builder
• Create your scenario using the Scenario Builder. (For detailed instructions on creating scenarios using the Scenario Builder, either press F1 from within the Scenario Builder application or from the Help Menu click on Help Contents)

3. Save your Scenario

• Once you are done writing your scenario, click save. Your scenario will be saved in [ChronikerStation Installation folder]\ScenarioStation\bin\script folder.

• Click the Register Scenario Icon from within the Scenario Builder Applications (mini Chroniker Stop Watch Icon on the toolbar).
• A message box will be displayed on successful registration and it will prompt you if you like to send the scenario to the Chroniker Base. Click Yes if you wish to have a copy of your scenario on the Chroniker Base or if you need to send your scenario to other ScenarioStations.
• Please click here for more information about Scenario Station. You can also find detailed documentation in Scenario Station by going to Help -> Documentation.

Chroniker

Once the scenarios are registered, they can now be managed from the Chroniker web interface:

Launch Chroniker Base using one of the following ways:

• Launching the program from the Windows Programs Menu, using the desktop shortcut icon on the machine Chroniker is installed on OR
• Go to http://X.X.X.X:YY/ (where X.X.X.X is the IP address or hostname of the server Chroniker base is installed on, and YY is the Chroniker Listener port)

• The scenarios should run regularly at the frequency already defined in ScenarioStation.
• Click anywhere on the row with Scenario Name to expand the checkpoints listing for that scenario.
• Click on the scenario name to see real time and historic graphs.
• Apply profiles, alerts, view reports, etc. using the same features available in all Chroniker modules (see main Chroniker help documentation).
• Please click here for more information about Chroniker Base. You can also find detailed documentation in Chroniker by going to Help -> Documentation.

The Session Initiator allows you to open RDP sessions corresponding to the machines running the performance scripts.

To initiate Sessions with Session Inititator, you must define :

RDP Settings: to setup RDP resolution, color depth, etc..
Connection Settings to tell it which server(s) to connect to

• Specify RDP settings by going to session menu in Session Initiator then select RDP Settings.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Specify the Connection Settings, this is where you put the Terminal Server address where the sessions will be initiated. If you need to use multiple servers you can start multiple sessions of Session Initiator. Select Connection Settings in Session Parameters menu.
  
  
  
  Connections form opens. Click on Add button.
  
  
  
  Add/Edit Connections popup launches. Enter the Server/PC address where the sessions will be initiated to. Then click OK. do same steps as many times as you need for different users on same host or different hosts.
  You can edit the connection by selecting the row and click Edit. You can delete the connection by selecting the row and click Delete.
• Now Initiate Sessions. Use the Sessions drop down then Initiate Sessions or Ctrl+I. This will begin opening the sessions. The windows will appear in Session Initiator.
  
  
  
  
• You can see the actual sessions and the scenario being played for each user in SessionInitiator. You can also choose your view of the session windows: Cascade Windows, Tile Horizontally, Tile Vertically, or Arrange as icons.
  Window List - If you need to look at a particular session, instead of searching for it in all the windows, you can go to Window List and select the session from the list.