Config Remove Step in-Place Editing

A Config Remove test command removes an IxLoad test configuration element.

To edit a Config Remove test command:

  1. Select the Config Remove step in the Test Steps table.
  2. Edit the step parameters as follows:
    • Session: This column displays an Built-In Event session name.
    • Return Variable: This column displays no variable.
    • Command String: This column displays the command name (Configuration Remove), followed by a select statement that specifies the IxLoad configuration element that is to be removed using an X-Path expression.

Click into the column and then click the button that displays a drop-down pane as shown in Figure:Config Remove GUI :

Figure:Config Remove GUI

In the left pane, navigate the IxLoad configuration tree (which mimics the IxLoad Tcl API object hierarchy) and select an element. To quickly locate an element in the tree, enter its name in the Search field at the top of the pane and click the adjoining button.

From the right pane select the instance(s) to be removed of the element currently active in the left pane.

Example:

Assuming we had the following Config Remove command:

Config Remove Built-In Event Configuration Remove

sselect="/ixload/repository/test[1]/scenario[2] "

this would remove the second port that is configured in the IxLoad test.

  When attempting to remove a configuration element based on its index in the list of elements, pay attention not to reference an element that was removed otherwise, for example from the IxLoad GUI.
  For example, assuming your test contains 3 traffics and you remove traffic with index 2, the remaining traffic elements can then be referenced by indices 1 and 2 respectively, while element with index 3 is no longer existing.   As such, attempting a remove operation on this element will generate an execution error.