Advanced Synthetics

Test settings

The simple settings allow you to configure the basics of the test:

• Name: The name of the test (e.g. RWC - Online Boutique).
• Details:
  • Locations: The locations where the test will run from.
  • Device: Emulate different devices and connection speeds. Also, the viewport will be adjusted to match the chosen device.
  • Frequency: How often the test will run.
  • Round-robin: If multiple locations are selected, the test will run from one location at a time, rather than all locations at once.
  • Active: Set the test to active or inactive.

For this workshop, we will configure the locations that we wish to monitor from. Click in the Locations field and you will be presented with a list of global locations (over 50 in total).

Select the following locations:

• AWS - N. Virginia
• AWS - London
• AWS - Melbourne

Once complete, scroll down and click on Click on Submit to save the test.

The test will now be scheduled to run every 5 minutes from the 3 locations that we have selected. This does take a few minutes for the schedule to be created.

So while we wait for the test to be scheduled, click on Edit test so we can go through the Advanced settings.