6.1 Overview

Synthetic tests defined for Experience Manager Monitors perform actions that are defined using test scenarios. These scripts can include tests that access and perform actions on multiple Web sites, log into e‑mail, access FTP sites or perform more network-centric tasks such as ICMP, traceroute or nslookup transactions.

Use the response times resulting from the synthetic tests as a baseline to measure real-time responses that occur when end users interact with the system.

In the Explorer pane, defined tests display under the Test Administration element. Assign these tests to Experience Manager Monitors listed under the Monitor Administration element. Test results display under the End User Experience element, as shown in Figure 6-1:

Figure 6-1 Test Results Displaying Under the End User Experience Element

Tests defined for a Experience Manager Monitor reside on a specific monitor host. Only the specified Experience Manager Monitor can access the tests. Operations Center stores the test configuration. Only the Experience Manager Monitor needs to run to deploy, start, or stop tests.