When you build multiple performance tests that share similar configurations, recreating each scenario from scratch wastes time and introduces errors. PTS provides scenario management operations that let you reuse, combine, and selectively run test configurations.
A PTS scenario contains one or more business sessions, and each business session contains one or more API requests. The management operations on this page work at these levels:
| Operation | Level | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Duplicate a scenario | Scenario | Create a copy of an existing scenario as a starting point |
| Merge scenarios | Scenario | Combine multiple scenarios to run their business sessions in parallel |
| Enable or disable business sessions | Business session | Control which sessions run during debugging and testing |
| Copy an API between sessions | API request | Reuse an API configuration across different business sessions |
Duplicate a scenario
Duplicate an existing scenario when you need a new scenario with similar settings. The duplicate contains all original configurations, so you only need to adjust the differences.
Log on to the PTS console and choose Performance Test > Scenarios.
On the Scenarios page, find the target scenario and click Duplicate in the Actions column.
In the confirmation message, click Duplicate.
PTS creates a copy of the scenario and appends _Copy to its name.
Scenario names are limited to 30 characters. If the name exceeds this limit after the _Copy suffix is added, PTS removes the suffix.
Merge scenarios
Merge multiple scenarios into one when you want to run different test flows in parallel under a single load configuration. After merging, the business sessions from all selected scenarios run concurrently in the new scenario.
Log on to the PTS console and choose Performance Test > Scenarios.
On the Scenarios page, select the scenarios that you want to merge.
Click Merge Scenarios in the lower-left corner.
In the dialog box, specify a name for the new scenario, select a test mode, and then click Merge Scenarios.
On the Edit Scenario page, configure the scenario and load settings as needed.
Enable or disable business sessions
A scenario may contain multiple business sessions. To focus debugging or testing on specific sessions, disable the ones you want to exclude. Disabled sessions retain all their configurations and can be re-enabled at any time.
Log on to the PTS console and choose Performance Test > Scenarios.
On the Scenarios page, find the target scenario and click Edit in the Actions column.
Find the target business session and choose ... > Invalid to disable the session, or ... > Valid to re-enable it.
Disabled business sessions appear grayed out (both the name and icon turn gray).
Copy an API between sessions
When multiple business sessions use the same API request, copy it from one session and paste it into another instead of configuring it from scratch.
In the source business session, find the target API and choose ... > Copy API.
In the target business session, find the API after which you want to insert the copied one, and then choose ... > Paste API.