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Compare Strings for Next Step Lookup

This step is used to inspect an incoming request and determine the appropriate next step.

You can match incoming requests using partial text match, regular expression, among others. Each matching criterion specifies the name of the step to which to transfer if the match succeeds.

This step is automatically filled out and matches to a Virtual Service when using the JDBC Database Traffic Recorder.

To open a step editor, click the step.

Enter the following parameters:

Text to match

Enter the text against which criteria is matched. This value is typically a property reference, such as LASTRESPONSE.

Range to match

Enter the Start and End of the range.

If no match found

Select the step to be executed, if no match is found.

If Environment Error

Specifies the action to take or the step to go to if the test fails because of an environment error.

Default: Abort the test.

Next Step Entries

Click Add to add an entry. Use Move and Delete to move or delete an entry. Enter text in the Find field to find an entry.

The columns in the Next Step Entry are:

Enabled

Selected by default when you add an entry. Clear to ignore an entry.

Name

Enter a unique name for the next step entry.

Delay Spec

Enter the delay specification range. The default is 1000-10000, which indicates to use a randomly selected delay time from 1000 through 10000 milliseconds. The syntax is the same format as Think Time specifications.

Criteria

This area defines the criteria to compare to the Text to match field.

Compare Type

Select from five options:

Next Step

The step name.

Criteria

Updates the criteria string for an entry.