What’s new in MicroFocus LoadRunner Professional 2021?
Tags: performance, testing, webperf, news
Published: 2021-01-13 17:17:36

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<p>New year, new hope, new release. Today (I guess), MicroFocus announced its next iteration of load testing solution across its <a href="https://qainsights.com/welcome-to-loadrunner-family/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LoadRunner family of products</a>. New versions of LoadRunner Professional, LoadRunner Cloud, and LoadRunner Enterprise are available to download now in the marketplace. This blog post focuses on what's new in MicroFocus LoadRunner Professional 2021.</p>
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<h2 id="h-what-s-new-in-loadrunner-professional-2021">What's new in LoadRunner Professional 2021?</h2>
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<p>Let me divide the what's new into two sections: </p>
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<ol><li>DevWeb, VuGen and Other protocols</li><li>Controller and Analysis</li></ol>
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<h3 id="h-devweb">DevWeb</h3>
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<p>Following are the new features in DevWeb protocol:</p>
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<ul><li>New JavaScript Engine which supports for all node modules</li><li>Enhanced integration of DevWeb with LoadRunner Enterprise and LoadRunner Cloud</li><li>API testing enhancements</li><li>View and manage DevWeb Correlation candidates</li></ul>
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<ul><li>Now you can define first row as data for parameters</li><li>gRPC protocol support</li></ul>
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<div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-blush-bordeaux-gradient-background has-background" href="https://www.udemy.com/course/performance-testing-using-truweb/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Check out my Udemy Course on DevWeb</a></div>
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<ul><li>Script replay and Code generation enhancements</li><li>Support for InfluxDB 2.0, InfluxDB 1.x, and SQLite</li><li>New utils APIs</li><li>New example scripts</li></ul>
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<h2 id="h-vugen">VuGen</h2>
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<h3 id="h-truclient">TruClient</h3>
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<ol><li>Chromium 86 support</li><li>New APIs for transactions</li><li>The TruClient Chromium browser enhancements</li></ol>
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<h3 id="h-web-http-html">Web HTTP/HTML</h3>
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<ol><li>Microsoft Edge browser support</li><li>Hook-based and proxy-based recording support for Edge</li></ol>
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<h3 id="h-other-protocols">Other protocols</h3>
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<ol><li>New SAP function <strong>sapgui_select_file</strong></li><li>Replay JOH scripts using 64-bit version Java for Java-over-HTTP</li><li>OCR text synchronization in Windows</li><li>Traffic Analyzer support for Wireshark upto 3.2.7</li><li>node.js for VTS has been upgraded to 12.18.4</li></ol>
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<h2 id="h-controller-and-analysis">Controller and Analysis</h2>
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<h3 id="h-gatling">Gatling</h3>
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<ol><li>No Gatling installation required. Now it is embedded in the package.</li><li>Control the number of Vusers</li><li>Support for additional runtime settings</li><li>View results for Gatling scripts</li></ol>
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<h3 id="h-jmeter">JMeter</h3>
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<ol><li>No JMeter installation required. Now it is embedded in the package.</li><li>Control the number of Vusers</li><li>Support for additional runtime settings</li><li>View results for JMeter scripts</li></ol>
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<h3 id="h-selenium">Selenium</h3>
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<ol><li>Tech preview feature to run Selenium scripts</li></ol>
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<h2 id="h-dynatrace-integration">Dynatrace Integration</h2>
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<ol><li>Controller now integrates Dynatrace SaaS and Managed</li></ol>
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<h3 id="h-others">Others</h3>
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<ol><li>Redesigned Scenario dialog</li><li>Additional information about the SLA in the Summary Report</li><li>LRE integration in Analysis</li><li>Support for SUSE Linux Server Enterprise version 15</li></ol>
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<h2 id="h-closing-words">Closing Words</h2>
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<p>Is your organization ready to upgrade to 2021 version or waiting for the Service Pack release? Please share your inputs in the comments.</p>
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