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E-SPIN Web Application Testing and Performance Monitoring
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iMacros
iMacros is Automation Delivered
Whatever you do with a web browser, iMacros can automate it from web automation/web scripting, to
data extraction, to web testing, and much, much more.
Browser Automation
iMacros lets you record and replay repetitious work and is the only web automation software that works
with every website. Use iMacros to:
● Automatically fill-out forms just like an end-user would. You can easily download and
upload of text, images, files and web pages, handle PDF files, or take screenshots.
● Import or export data to and from web applications using CSV & XML files, databases, or
any other source.
● Update Excel and Access from the web.
iMacros eliminates the tedious repetition of checking the same sites every day, remembering
passwords, and filling out web forms. iMacros is the only form filler that can autofill web forms that
stretch over several pages. All information is stored in human-readable, plain text files that can be
edited easily. Passwords are stored securely with secure 256-Bit AES encryption.
Data Extraction
iMacros can also perform tasks that are the exact opposite of form filling, such as: finding and
extracting text (prices, product descriptions, stock quotes, etc.) and images from websites. iMacros
includes full Unicode support and works with every language, including multi-byte languages such as
Chinese.
Web Testing
Use iMacros for functional, performance, and regression testing of web applications. iMacros is the
only tool that can automate in-browser tests with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. It is also the
only tool to perform in-browser tests of Java, Flash, Flex or Silverlight applets and all AJAX elements.
The built-in STOPWATCH command captures exact web page response times for every step of a
process.
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iMacros
Web Browser API
The iMacros Scripting Interface gives you full programmatic control over the web browser, so even the
most complex tasks can be scripted, and there is no scripting language to learn. Use the 32/64 bit
iMacros API to remote control the iMacros Browser, Internet Explorer and Firefox.
iMacros WebBrowser Component for .NET
Available for purchase as a separate product, the iMacros WebBrowser Component for .NET makes it
easy to quickly add web automation to your applications. You also get a proven technology that has
been tested and debugged for more than ten years and is used in over 500,000 installations with
Royalty Free distribution.
System Requirements
● Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server
2003/2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2
● Windows 32-bit(x86) and 64-bit(x64) systems supported
● Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 (for Windows XP we also support IE8)
● Mozilla Firefox Version 21 and higher (optional, only for iMacros Firefox Add-On)
● Google Chrome Version 22 or later (optional, only for iMacros Chrome Add-On)
● 256MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
● Only 30 MB of available hard-disk space
Linux and Mac users: The iMacros for Firefox add-on and the iMacros for Chrome add-on support Win,
Mac and Linux.
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iMacros
The World’s Most Popular Web
Automation Solution
iMacros makes it easy for you to record and replay repetitious work and it’s the only web automation
software that works with every website, including sites use dialog boxes, frames, Javascript, Flash,
Flex, Java and AJAX.
Support for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome
With iMacros you can create and automate tasks across all major browsers, including Internet Explorer,
Firefox and Chrome. There is no new scripting language to learn, you have full programmatic control
over the web browser, so even the most complex tasks can be scripted.
Automate and Work More Efficiently
iMacros can run multiple instances simultaneously (“multi-threading”) and it can be scheduled to run in
the background while you work in other programs, or during non-work hours. iMacros provides visual
recording and playback of all web activity and the macros you create in one browser can be played
back or edited in another, as needed.
Form Filling
iMacros eliminates the tedious repetition of checking the same sites every day, remembering
passwords, and filling out web forms. iMacros is the only form filler that can autofill web forms that
stretch over several pages. All information is stored in human-readable, plain text files that can be
edited easily. Passwords are stored securely with secure 256-Bit AES encryption.
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iMacros
The World’s Most Popular Web
Automation Solution
Web Automation with Image Recognition
iMacros’ image recognition support lets you automate and test websites using images instead of
cumbersome X/Y coordinates. You tell iMacros how a button looks like and iMacros finds it on the
page. Even when the button has moved or if it has changed color or screen resolution. Since iMacros
relies only on the images that are rendered in the browser, it works independently of the underlying
technology.
Excel Web Queries
iMacros integrates directly with Excel and other MS Office applications, and comes with a complete
Excel VBA project that includes sample macros, scripts and the VBA program with source code. You
can easily customize the project to meet your needs.
Where Other Software Fails…
iMacros can interface your software with online databases and websites sites like Amazon, Ebay or
salesforce.com, use a programming interface (API) to control (script) Internet Explorer or Firefox, and
automate upload/download of data via a local, Intranet or Internet web interface.
iMacros can upload data from a spreadsheet to a website, or populate an Excel sheet with data from a
website.
iMacros can login to websites and navigate to a page, delete forum posting (which includes several
clicks like: “Are you sure?”, “Return to forum”, …). You can check for available jobs or items, entering
data to online search forms, and you can run these manually or have the action performed regularly on
an hourly basis or triggered by another program or script.
With iMacros you can automate almost anything.
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iMacros
Web Scraping, Data Extraction and Web MiningDo you need to screen-scrape web data into your database, spreadsheet or any other application? In
just minutes, you can use iMacros to do all the web-harvesting and web crawling you need –
automatically.
Extract Anything
Whether it’s price lists, stock information, financial data or any other type of data, iMacros can extract it.
Once you have your data, iMacros can write it to standard text files, including .csv or you can use
iMacros powerful scripting interface to save data directly to databases.
Multi-Thread Support
iMacros can multi-thread up to 50 instances at once with complete web crawling support. And iMacros
has full unicode support, it can extract text in all languages, including Asian languages such as
Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Real-Word Use Cases
Some real-word examples of how our customers have used iMacros to extract data:
● Extract online pricing data, subtract one cent and add it to your online store.● Update internal systems with the latest exchange rates and stock-market quotations.● Gather leads from online business directories.● Gather search engine rankings.● Gather company information from many different directory websites.● Monitor order status from ecommerce portals. See what orders you still need to fulfill, when
they were ordered, and all applicable details.● Gather bookings for any type of resort, or area.● Gather price, quantity, item name, description, etc., from a supplier’s website.● Check competitor’s shipping rates on major shopping sites.● Monitor web-server availability and status.● Perform keyword and PPC research.● Extract product images and specification documents.● Extract useful information from encyclopedia and journal websites.● Check the meta information on pages of a website (description, keywords, page title).
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iMacros
Functional, Performance, and Regression
Testing
With iMacros you can quickly and easily automate functional, performance, and regression testing
across any website technology including Java, Flash, Flex or Silverlight applets and all AJAX elements.
And with iMacro built-in STOPWATCH command you can capture exact web page response times for
every step of a process.
Test with IE, Chrome and Firefox
With iMacros you can perform in-browser testing across all major browsers including Internet Explorer,
Firefox and Chrome. Test cases created in Internet Explorer work in Firefox and Chrome – and vice
versa. And with iMacros you have “multi-threading” – meaning you can run up to 50 separate instances
of iMacros at the same time.
Regression Testing
Regression testing with iMacros is easy and very flexible. When parsing a web site you want to find out
if a certain word exists on a web page to trigger further action (like saving the web page, printing the
page or running the next macro). This is also called keyword assertion or regression testing. If the
keyword does not exist, iMacros retries the keyword search automatically every second until a timeout
value is reached. If the keyword is still not found, iMacros reports an error. The automatic retry makes
web testing websites with AJAX easy. For standard websites, you can also combine a keyword search
to wait until a page changes.
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iMacros
Functional, Performance, and Regression
Testing
Testing AJAX Websites
Ajax-driven or JavaScript-heavy sites often require different strategies than when testing a regular site:
elements appear, disappear and change at any time. Because of its built-in “intelligence” iMacros can
automate many AJAX based websites using standard HTML based TAG commands. And it can
automate absolutely all AJAX elements with DirectScreen Technology. This allows in-browser testing of
even the most complicated AJAX elements, including sliders and drag & drop activity.
Table-Driven Testing
iMacros has built-in support for table-driven testing with its ability to read all csv formatted files (tables).
No additional coding or scripting is required. You can use any numbers of columns, and all kinds of
column content is supported (including full Unicode support). The number of table columns is
automatically detected.
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iMacros
Functional, Performance, and Regression
Testing
Testing AJAX Websites
Ajax-driven or JavaScript-heavy sites often require different strategies than when testing a regular site:
elements appear, disappear and change at any time. Because of its built-in “intelligence” iMacros can
automate many AJAX based websites using standard HTML based TAG commands. And it can
automate absolutely all AJAX elements with DirectScreen Technology. This allows in-browser testing of
even the most complicated AJAX elements, including sliders and drag & drop activity.
Table-Driven Testing
iMacros has built-in support for table-driven testing with its ability to read all csv formatted files (tables).
No additional coding or scripting is required. You can use any numbers of columns, and all kinds of
column content is supported (including full Unicode support). The number of table columns is
automatically detected.
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iMacros
A Full-Featured Web Browser API
Complete Web Browser Control from any Windows Programming
or Scripting Language.
The iMacros Enterprise Edition automatically installs the Web Browser API. With these powerful
commands you can control iMacros with any Windows programming language that supports the use of
COM objects. Almost all Windows programming languages support this technology, including the free
Windows Scripting Host, Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic .NET, C#, Java, Perl, Python, C++, ASP, PHP,
and ASP.NET.
Create Conditional Scripts That Can Do Anything
With the iMacros API, it’s easy to write scripts (in a scripting language of your choice) that allow you to:
Perform Internal Actions
● Incorporate if/else statements in your scripts to make decisions● Perform multi-loop actions● Parse data in your scripts to perform string manipulation● Write scripts that incorporate many variables● Make complex calculations in your scripts● Display GUI elements other than a simple prompt dialog● Handle error conditions, enabling you to write complex scripts
Perform External Actions
● Communicate with other applications (e.g. Excel)● Integrate with other tools/programs (e.g. web testing suites, web server scripts, email
servers, custom applications)● Call another macro to perform an action● Easily integrate data from external sources like databases● Write scripts that can save data to a database
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AlertFox
ALERTFOX REAL-TIME WEB UPTIME AND PERFORMANCE MONITORING
ALERTFOX: COMPLETE UPTIME & PERFORMANCE MONITORING
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AlertFox
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AlertFox
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AlertFox
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPS
MONITORING WEB APPLICATIONS INSIDE THE FIREWALL
Web applications inside the firewall are central to business and play a key role in employee
productivity. When they are slow or unavailable, business stalls. With AlertFox, you can easily verify
the availability and performance of your company's web apps.
USE CASE DETAILS
In our use case, several employees at the London office are having difficulty accessing the
company's ADP application. Our screenshot shows the delay in the server responding (red circle in
lower left) and we also see more details about the cause in the iMacros* popup (red circle upper
right). Let's see if AlertFox can show us what's behind the problem.
*If you're new to AlertFox, iMacros is the name of our transaction monitoring tool and it's the tool you would use to
create a monitored transaction. iMacros is available as a standalone application and as a browser plug-in.
Intermittent Downtime
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPSWhat AlertFox Show
ALERTFOX MONITORS ALL KEY APPLICATION PROCESSES
The IT team uses AlertFox to monitor resources across the distributed organization. Our snapshot shows
us that other regional offices are able to connect, and transactions like form completion and file upload are
working fine. The connectivity problem seems to be limited to the London office. Let's dig deeper.
USING ALERTFOX INSIDE THE FIREWALL
You can conveniently use the AlertFox iDrone virtual appliance inside your firewall to monitor company
web applications. With AlertFox, there's no need to open your firewall and potentially expose sensitive
company data (e. g. payment information or health insurance details). The only information sent back to
AlertFox from the iDrone appliance is the transaction macros and the performance data. All traffic between
the iDrone and the AlertFox servers is encrypted by SSL, so your macros are never exposed to a third
party.
However, if you feel uncomfortable editing/storing macros that contain passwords in plain text on the
AlertFox servers, you can opt to encrypt the passwords directly on your iDrone, so the login information
never leaves your premises. If you need a complete on premise solution (as opposed to AlertFox SAAS),
we offer this as well.
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPSAlertFox Overview Report
ERROR DETAILS
The AlertFox Overview report shows us what's happened with each monitored resource/transaction
(we call them sensors) over the last 24 hrs. Everything looks good except for the intermittent errors
(shown as small black squares) at the London office. To find out more we just use our mouse to click
on the hour block revealing the error details.
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPSView the Error Details
SENSOR DETAIL LOG
With the Sensor Detail Log report, we can see exactly when the problem occurred and the associated
error message generated by AlertFox. But what went wrong? Apparently, the page failed to load and
ultimately hit a timeout. We know that a number of steps occur during a successful page load, so which
step(s) isn't working?
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPSMulti Steps Graph
ALERTFOX MULTI-STEP GRAPH
The multi-step graph show us if one or more steps or resources are causing the problem in a monitored
transaction. This particular graph shows us data for five days and we see a a number of spikes in
runtime that are certainly associated with an application timeout. If a single step in the transaction is
taking too long, the transaction will timeout. The timeouts seem to be a connectivity issue - and not an
issue with the application itself.
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPSDrill Down
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS
Looking at a single day's multi-step graph, we can see that the many of the peaks show significant delays
in the page load time. Our data confirms the complaint by the London employees - the ADP application
was unavailable, most likely due to an intermittent issue with connectivity.
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPSSLA Monitoring
VERIFYING SLA'S
AlertFox can monitor web transactions and alert you if the performance is outside the agreed SLA
(illustrated here using the red vertical bars). As a result, your IT team can be notified the moment an
SLA breach occurs.
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPSReal Time Notification
WITH ALERTFOX YOU KNOW FIRST
To prevent loss of business, The IT team needs to know the moment a delay or outage occurs, so that they
can respond quickly and restore the web page service quality. With real-time notifications (SMS or email)
provided by AlertFox, the IT team can stay on top off any website performance issues.
HOW DOES ALERTFOX MONITOR VIDEO BUFFERING SPEED?
AlertFox uses an image recognition technology to verify the video is working correctly. It can measure the
time from the page load until the video starts to play, and alert you if there is a problem or a delay. You can
also use AlertFox to check on other events, such as the Flash player itself loading on the website.
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPSPerformance Details
UPTIME AND PERFORMANCE
A quick look at the e-commerce's site uptime and availability report shows no problems. With AlertFox, we
can view this data in near real-time, as well as with historical reports. To replicate the end user experience,
all uptime and performance tests (we call them sensors) are run from multiple monitoring locations in
Europe, the United States, and Asia. Next, let's take a look at the actual transaction detail.
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPSReading the Waterfall Diagrams
WHAT DOES A WATERFALL DIAGRAM SHOW?
Waterfall diagrams show the response time for each resource in a webpage, essentially the series of
actions that occur between a customer and your server, as they interact with a specific page on your
website.This data is visualized cumulatively and sequentially across a process.
Waterfall diagrams can look a little odd and even confusing, at first. What's important to know is that
each row represents a different object, such as text, an image, or a Javascript file, on a particular web
page. According to a 2013 survey done on the top 500 websites, the median web page size is 1095KB
and contains 91 resources (images, JavaScript, CSS files, etc) and each of these objects makes its
own roundtrip between the server and the browser.
For an IT team, a waterfall diagram can help simplify troubleshooting by clearly showing what's taking
the most time in the overall process.
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPSReviewing the Multi Step Report
TROUBLESHOOTING A TRANSACTION ERROR
The multi-step graph captures each step in the trial signup process. As you can see, the form
completion step stopped working at approximately 3 pm. With such a sudden change to the behavior,
perhaps it was the result of a website update? Let's take a look at the JavaScript operating behind the
form.
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPSViewing the Java Script Error
TEST AND FIND THE PROBLEM IN REAL-TIME
A quick inspection of the trial signup page in the browser editor reveals the problem. A JavaScript file was
published with a typo, LastNaame should be LastName. Problem solved. This should be an easy fix for
the team.
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AlertFox
USE CASE: WEB APPSRun an instant test
TEST AN UPDATE IN REAL-TIME
Once the update has been made to the JavaScript and the page re-published, the IT team can use the
Instant sensor test feature in AlertFox to verify the fix solved the problem.