PERFORMANCE TESTING

ORACLE NCA PROTOCOL

Oracle NCA is a protocol that handles communication with the Oracle Forms
server. Using your browser, you launch the database client, an applet viewer. You
perform actions on the NCA database through its applet viewer. This eliminates
the need for client software and allows you to perform database actions from all
platforms that support the applet viewer.
The NCA environment is a three-tier environment. The user first sends an http
call from his browser to a Web server. This call accesses the start up HTML
page which invokes the Oracle Applications applet. The client (applet viewer)
communicates through the proprietary NCA protocol with the application server
(Oracle Forms server) which then submits information to the database server.
VuGen records and replays the NCA communication between the client and the Forms
server (application server).
The Oracle NCA protocol is commonly used as a multi-protocol in combination with
Web (HTTP/HTML). This is the recommended way to record with Oracle NCA. If you
are using Oracle NCA as a single protocol, web events are recorded but steps are not
generated (or replayed) by default.
If you initially created a single protocol script for Oracle NCA, and at a later stage
you require the Web functions for testing, you can regenerate your script in VuGen to
add the Web functions, without having to re-record the session. You indicate this
from the Protocols node in the Recording Options.
 Pre-Requisites
 Add Application URL to IE:
Step 1: Open Internet Explorer.
Step 2: Go to settings.
Step 3: Select Internet Options.
Step 4: Click on Security tab.
Step 5: Select Trusted sites.
Step 6: Click on Sites Button.
Step 7: Add the Website name to the Zone: Application URL.
Step 8: Click on Add button.
Step 9: Click on Close button.
 Pre-Requisites
Add Application URL to java control panel:
Step 1: Go to Start
Step 2: Search configure java
Step 3: Go to Security tab
Step 4: Click Edit Site List button.
Step 5: Add Application URL in the location.
Step 6: Click on Add Button.
Step 8: Click on Ok button.
How to Enable the Recording of Objects by Name or
ICX Forms Launch Set up:
• When recording an Oracle NCA script, you must record the session using
object names instead of the standard object ID. If the script is recorded
using the object ID, replay may fail because the ID is generated dynamically by
the server and may differ between iterations. You can verify that your script
is being recorded with object names by examining the nca_connect_server
function.
• nca_connect_server("199.35.107.119","9002"/*version=11i*/,"module=/d1/oracl
e/visappl/fnd/11.5.0/forms/US/FNDSCSGN userid=APPLSYSPUB/PUB@VIS
fndnam=apps record=names ");
• If the record=names argument does not appear in the nca_connect_server
function, you may be recording object IDs.
• You can instruct VuGen to record object names by modifying one of the
following:
Navigate to the following Location after Login into xxx instance
• System Administrator  Profile  System
• Enter the Values as:
• User  XXXXXXX (Enter your user name)
• Profile  ICX%Forms%Launch%
• Click on Find Button
It Opens the Profile Option Name as below
Copy the URL and add ?&play=&record=names to the URL
For XXXX
Copied URL  http://XXXX065.XXXXcom:31804/forms/frmservlet
Updated URL 
http://XXXX065.XXXXcom:31804/forms/frmservlet?&play=&record=names
Save the form and close.
How to Record Oracle NCA
When recording an Oracle NCA Vuser script, follow these guidelines:
• Close all browsers before you begin recording.
• Record the login procedure in the vuser_init section. Record a typical
business process in the Actions section. When you run the script, you can
then specify multiple iterations for a specific business process. Record
the logout procedure in the vuser_end Section.
 Oracle NCA Script Enhancements
 Correlation:
The script records dynamic values those values should be correlated.
The major dynamic values which we have correlate

1. Time instance(_ti):
Example:
"/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/fnd/sso/login/webui/MainLo
ginPG&_ri=0&_ti=572069765&language_code=US
Dynamic value : 572069765
 Correlation
web_reg_save_param("c_ti","LB=login/webui/MainLoginPG&_ri=0&_ti=","RB=
&language_code=US","ord=1",LAST);
web_submit_data("OA.jsp",
"Action=http://wceXXXX.XXXXX.net/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/orac
le/apps/fnd/sso/login/webui/MainLoginPG&_ri=0&_ti={c_ti}&language_code=
US&requestUrl=&oapc=2&oas={c_oas}",
…….
LAST);
Correlation:
2.Oas :
Example:
language_code=US&requestUrl=&oapc=2&oas=KtVSuR-a0ihHqj4-
iAWVsg.."><input id=
Dynamic value : KtVSuR-a0ihHqj4-iAWVsg..
web_reg_save_param("c_oas","LB=language_code=US&requestUrl=&oapc=2&o
as=","RB=\">","ord=1",LAST);
Correlation:
3.Icx_ticket:
Example:
icx_ticket&#38;gv15=Lypev4i4FiA3Tqt645-
j3A..&#38;gp2=resp_app&#38;gv2=ONT&
Dynamic value : Lypev4i4FiA3Tqt645-j3A..
web_reg_save_param("c_icx_ticket","LB=gp15=icx_ticket&#38;gv15=","RB=&
#38;gp2=resp_app&#38;gv2","ord=1",LAST);
Correlation:
4.Mackey
5.MenuMackey
6.Fsst & Fsvt
7.Oapc
Etc….
 Oracle NCA Script Enhancements
 Parameterization:

The values that is replaced for various users. During the execution of the
script ,the value from an external source(like .txt, xml or database)
substitute the previous value of the parameter.
Example: Username & Password.
 Oracle NCA Script Enhancements
 Parameterization:
The values that is replaced for various users. During the execution of the script
,the value from an external source(like .txt, xml or database) substitute the
previous value of the parameter.
Example: Username & Password.
 Headers:
We have to add the header before login while replay
web_add_header("X-Service","AuthenticateUser");
 Oracle NCA Script Enhancements
RUNTIME SETTING:
Client Emulation:
• Pragma Mode:
we have to increase the max retries number and retry intervals number