Case study made simple – Load testing ESRI ArcGIS applications

In the previous article, “How-to record and replay ESRI ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap)?” we proposed four techniques to record and replay ESRI ArcGIS Desktop, and how each techniques work generally with the application.  In this article, we will discuss particular business activities that will be recorded and what are the areas of concerns that will be affected during a load test.  We will be using Web (HTTP/HTML) protocol of LoadRunner for this discussion.

Typically, a user will launch ArcGIS Desktop, open a layer and perform zooming and panning activity throughout the usage of the application which is listed below:

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How-to record and replay ESRI ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap)?

This article provides a basic understanding that you can use in recording and replaying of the ESRI ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap) communicating with ArcGIS Sever. GIS stands for Geographical Information System which examples are Google Maps and Yahoo Maps. There are four approaches I figured out to conduct the load testing using LoadRunner. Again, we need to grasp some concepts on how LoadRunner works in recording and replay in “Which protocol to use?” and how we can apply onto this technology. Basically, they consist of (1) loading of the SOAP/HTTP traffic, (2) replaying of the actual Web Service, (3) replaying of the methods and assemblies and (4) replaying of the scripts created in Visual Studio using Visual Studio AddIn and ArcGIS SDK.

We will go through the approaches in LoadRunner and briefly touch on the similar options available in SilkPerformer. Read the rest of this entry »