Snapshot View

Taking snapshot can be done for all views. In order to take a snapshot you need to select a view and then the “Take Snapshot” icon from the Data ribbon .

There are three options:

  1. Current View – it takes the snapshot for the selected view
  2. All views – you can take snapshot for all views or you can select which views you want to take snapshot for.

  3. Snapshot CSV configuration

    Fields in the CSV configuration window:

    • CSV Location: The data is stored in a CSV file. The location for the CSV can be set in the CSV Location field.
    • Open CSV Viewer – If this option is enabled, then after the snapshot finishes the CSV file it gets open with the CSV viewer included in IxLoad.
    • CSV Name: The name of the CSV.
    • Select statistics for snapshot – You can select the columns you want to include in the snapshot.
    • All pages – This option is relevant only for paging views (For Example: Conditional Statistics, HTTP per URL). For paging views the information is shown in multiple pages. If All pages option is enabled the csv details is present in all the pages.
    • Current Page – The snapshot includes only the first page of the view.

    To create a snapshot including all pages but ignoring the filters set, you need to do the following:

    1. Select QoE Detective from Test Option window.
    2. Run the test and open Filter/Sort window.
    3. Select max results. Default value is 50 and maximum value is 100K.
    4. Optionally you can also select Sorting and Filtering. The sorting column is then set in the Filter/Sort window.
    5. Add some statistics from Statistics tab. For this conditional view, User ID statistic is added by default, but it can be deleted. User Id is added by default only when the data is filtered by User ID.
    6. Open the Snapshot Settings window. There are 3 options for the snapshot type:
    • Current page - This is the default option.
    • All pages – This option brings all the data which includes all the rows from the port. While fetching data it considers filter condition set by the user.
    • All pages (ignore filtering) – This option fetches all data and ignores the filter conditions set by the user.

    If you select this, all rows will be retrieved ignoring all filter conditions set by the users. The check box will be shown only for conditional views, with at least one filter condition set.

  4. Select the stats to be included in snapshot.

All pages and All Pages (Ignore Filtering) snapshot types are available when the test is running or stopped, test must be configured in this case.