Chroniker TaskWatch Module – URL Sequence Test

Tasks - URL Sequence

Problem
Are your e-commerce transactions completed appropriately? Are the users getting acceptable response time from each web page of your site?

Solution
With Chroniker URL Sequence Test, you can monitor and test your critical business transactions that span over multiple web pages and be alerted when problems occur before it affects your customers and business.

Create a URL Sequence Task
Creating a URL Sequence Task involves the following steps:

Define a URL Sequence Task

Click on Tools > Add New Monitor > URL Sequence Task:

Required Parameters
1. Click on the Group drop down menu button and select a group from this list.
2. Enter a unique Task Name. Use whichever naming convention is most useful to you.
  Example: "NRG Web".
3. Monitor From: If Chorniker Remote Location is used. Select a location where the task will be executed.
Sequence Steps
1. Click Add New Sequence button to set up the URL test that will be part of the URL Sequence. A form will pop-up with "Add New: URL Sequence Step" page. Fill out the fields as follow:
2. Step Alias: Type a unique name in the Alias field.
  Example: This specific web page name "NRG Home Page". All spaces and symbols are permitted.
3. URL: Type in a URL address of the page where data will be submitted.
  Example: http://www.nrgglobal.com
4. Post Data: Enter the POST data that you want to submit when calling this URL.
  The format must be as follow:
  key1=value1&key2=value2...
  Example: name=jsmith&pass=someone&action=execute
5. Login: (Optional) Enter a login in name for a basic HTTP authentication
6. Password: (Optional) Enter a password for the login
7. Timeout: Enter the number of seconds before the test is considered a failure in the Connect Time-out (sec.) field.Recommended value is 15-30.
8. Use Proxy: Check the Use Proxy if you want to execute this task via a proxy server specified in the admin options.
9. Response Code: Enter the acceptable HTTP response code received from the web server.
  Example: = 200 "This means web server checks out ok"
10. Match Content: (Optional) Enter a Match against the content (Case Sensitive) of the page. If the matched content is not found on the webpage, the task returns a downed event
11. Click Save to Submit the form. Click Reset to clear the form. Click close to close the form.
12. To enter the next URL step, click on the "Add New Step" button and repeat steps.
13. You can edit the sequence by clicking on the pencil edit tool on the left column of the sequence
14. You can delete the sequence by clicking on the trash delete tool on the left column of the sequence
15. Enter the host/server of the webserver. This field is used for Host Outages configurations. Please click here to know more about Host Outages.
Events
1. Click on Add Event button to create a new Event or apply a predefined Event to this task.
2. Select Event Type from Type dropdown.
3. Select a predefined Event from the dropdown list or select [Add New Event ..] from the dropdown to create a new Event.
  
  When selecting [Add New Event ..], Events form opens to create the new Event.
  
  After creating the new Event, you need to click on Add Event button one more time in Add Task form to see the new Event in the Events dropdown list.
Description: Enter a meaningful description of the Task.
Click on Submit to save the form or Reset to clear the form.

Summary