Validation Checking in LoadTest

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Can you set up scripts to do validation checking in LoadTest mode? Does that really help or not, do you think?

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Can you set up scripts to do validation checking in LoadTest mode? Does that really help or not, do you think?

Yes, you can certainly run validation checks in LoadTest mode. All of the usual validation commands work as normal.

The problem is, however, that if you have an "unattended" eValid instance that sees a validation ERROR, what would you have that instance do with that information? If you set up an OnErrorGoScript escapement, then you can identify that an error occurred, but unless your LoadTest run specifics to write to an EventLog (or at least an ErrorLog) for that instance then you won't be able to see what caused the error.

This is a "volume of output" versus "utility and efficiency" tradeoff. You could save every EventLog for every instance throughout your LoadTest run, but that is a LOT of information. We've found it better to cut back on that data collection and, at least for purposes of LoadTest activity, to minimize the checking for errors.

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