Citrix monitoring panel reference

The Citrix monitoring panel is an optional panel that displays detailed information and control commands for each virtual user during the run of a schedule. When enabled, the Citrix monitoring panel is available during the run of a schedule.

Monitoring Panel
This panel displays information about the execution of each virtual user.
Pool Name
Displays the name of the virtual user pool. There is one pool per location and user group.
Active Virtual Users
Displays the number of virtual users currently active. This value is updated permanently during the run.
User Action Rate
Displays the number of Citrix user key or mouse actions that were simulated during the last 5 second interval.
Total Elapsed Time
Displays the total time elapsed since the start of the schedule run.
Current® Action
Displays the last user action executed in the test.
Timeouts
Displays the number of synchronization timeouts for the virtual user. The color represents the status of the timeout:
  • Green: ok.
  • Yellow: a timeout occurred on a conditional synchronization.
  • Red: a timeout occurred on a mandatory synchronization.
Elapsed Time
Displays the time elapsed since the start of the virtual user run.
Status
Displays the execution status of the virtual user.
Go To
Click to display the Citrix session of the selected virtual user.
Pause or Play
Click to pause or resume the execution of the selected virtual user. You can also pause the execution by setting breakpoints in the test.
Step
When the test is on pause, click to execute each user input action in the test, step by step. To pause test execution, you can either click the Pause button or set breakpoints in the test. Click Play to resume the test.
Interact
When the test is on pause, click to allow manual actions in the virtual user session. Use this feature if a test fails to synchronize or gets stuck in an unexpected state. To pause test execution, you can either click the Pause button or set breakpoints in the test. Click Play again to resume the test execution at the point where it was paused.
Stop
Click to stop the execution of the selected virtual user. When all virtual users are stopped, the schedule ends.