Patent ID: 8572226

Claim:
A computer implemented method, comprising: receiving a request to execute a plurality of transactions with an application of a server to evaluate one or more services using an executed LoadRunner script; in response to the service request, automatically executing the plurality of transactions with the application using the LoadRunner script populated with values of variables transmitted between the application and a client during at least one transaction previously executed with the client; determining upstream values and downstream values of the variables transmitted between the server application and the client during execution of the plurality of transactions; and determining network load associated with the plurality of transactions based, at least in part, on the upstream values and the downstream values; identifying the at least one transaction prior to the evaluation of the one or more services; storing the values of the variables transmitted between the application and the client during execution of the at least one transaction; populating one or more native LoadRunner variables with the values of the variables transmitted between the application and the client during execution of the at least one transaction.