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Option	Description	Shortcut
Show LoadTest Editor	Open the LoadTest Editor	Enter
Options	Open LoadTest Options	Ctrl+Shift+ O
Launch LoadTestRunner	Open LoadTestRunner
Clone LoadTest	Clone LoadTest	F9
Rename	Rename a LoadTest	F2
Remove	Remove a LoadTest	Delete

LoadTest Options Dialog

Settings tab

The LoadTest Options dialog contains the following settings:

Option	Description
Thread Startup Delay	Sets the startup delay for each thread (in milliseconds), setting to 0 will start all threads simultaneously.
Reset Statistics when thread-count changes	Automatically resets statistics when the number of threads changes. Since (for example) the average is calculated using the number of threads, this value will be “influenced” by previous results from a different thread-count, which can be avoided by resetting the statistics when the number of threads changes.
Calculate TPS/BPS based on actual time passed	By default, TPS (Transactions per second) is calculated with ( (1000/avg)*threadcount ), see Calculation of TPS/BPS. When setting a TestCase delay using the Simple LoadStrategy, the avg will generally be very low, but the actual transactions per second will not be equivalently high (since there is a delay). Selecting this option will calculate TPS using (time-passed/cnt) instead.
Include request write in calculated time	When selected, the time to establish the connection with the target endpoint and write the HTTP request will be included in the calculated time for Request test steps. Select this option if you want the “actual” request time measured (includes proxy, requests, authentication challenges, etc).
Include response read in calculated time	When selected, the time to read the HTTP response will be included in the calculated time for Request test steps. If not selected, only the time for reading the response HTTP headers will be included (the response content will still be read for assertions and eventual results viewing).
Close Connections after each request	Select this if you want to disable HTTP Keep-Alives/Connection reuse, which will result in a load testing scenario which resembles an environment with many different Web Service clients.
Sample Interval	Sets the sample-interval for the LoadTest Statistics table (in milliseconds), default is 250ms.
Disable History	Discards all historical statistics internal (useful for preserving memory during very-long-running tests).
Max Assertions in Log	Discards the underlying MessageExchange for assertion errors in the LoadTest log after the specified amount. Discarded assertions contain the text “[discarded]” in their message column in the LoadTest Log. Use this option to free memory if you are having a lot of assertions.
Cancel Running	Cancels any running threads when the limit has been reached.

Statistics Log Tab

Option	Description
Log Folder	The folder where to create the log-files. soapUI will create one file for each TestStep and one for the whole TestCase
Log Interval	How often (in milliseconds) the current statistics values should be written
Log on ThreadCount change	Automatically logs statistics values before changing the number of threads

Launch LoadTest Runner

Basic Tab

Option	Description
TestSuite
TestCase
LoadTest
TestRunner Path
Save Project	Save the project before running
Save After	Save the project after tests have been run
Add Settings	Adds global settings to command line
Project Password	Password of the project
user-settings.xml Password

Overrides Tab

Option	Description
Endpoint
Host:Port
Limit
ThreadCount	Number of thread
Username	Username of LoadTestRunner
Password	Password of LoadTestRUnner
Domain	Domain of LoadTestRunner
WSS Password Type

Reports Tab

Option	Description
Print Report	Create a report in a specified folder
Root Folder	Determine the root folder
Report to Generate
Report Format(s)	Determine the format of report generated

Properties Tab

Option	Description
Global Properties
System Properties
Project Properties

Custom Args tab

Option	Description
Tool Args

LoadTest Properties

Option	Description
Name	Name of the LoadTest
Description	Description of the LoadTest