jplissner

Ah...thanks Kevin. So this probably won't work for what I want it for. I am trying to simulate many users doing meaningful work simultaneously in order to test the impact of load on our new system. Jeff

Thanks John. I am using an evaluation copy. We do have ME in house but it's been years since anyone's used it, nor does anyone have this kind of expertise or experience. It is possible to come up with the computers...unfortunately, we cannot come up with the personnel. If we could create the macro set (approximately 5 to 10 common customer service rep scenarios) on one compueter and "propogate" it out...possibly across our network, this could work. I am not able to open more than one session of ME on my laptop. Is this because I am using an eval copy? Thanks again. Jeff

I have been tasked with finding out whether we can use Macro Express to simulate multiple (50 - 100) users banging away at our soon-to-be new Customer Information System. We would like to find the bottlenecks and stress points, but do not have sufficient numbers of trained personnel at this juncture of the project to truly test load. It appears I can only play back one occurrence of a macro at a time, and I am not able to open up more than one instance of ME. Has anyone out there used ME for load/volume/stress testing? Our system uses WebLogic for our presentation layer, Tuxedo as interface to the app server, and Oracle as our DBMS...all running on Unix. Thanks in advance. Jeff

I have tried to open multiple instances of ME. This will not work under Windows XP. What am I doing wrong? Thanks. Jeff