Can you performance test Siebel applications using JMeter?

Question

Is it possible to record JMeter scripts for performance testing Siebel?

Answer 1

Siebel uses a custom format for ENCODING its requests plus some necessary technical parameters.

So it's possible provided it's the http module but rather hard job as there are a lot of correlations to do on technical IDs.

For recording, see this:

• JMeter record Siebel CRM System

You can use this commercial plugin that will do auto-correlation for you:

• https://ubikloadpack.com/

Answer 2

Yes, it is possible to test Siebel with JMeter. I have done so for one of my projects with my client TataSky where I have used JMeters distributed testing approach for generating upto 2000 users with 4 - 5 normal desktops. Siebel uses http protocol so it is finally about understanding the requests sent by browser and responses by the web-server and correlating between them. It gets really messy though, so my suggestion is correlate parameters which are mandatory.

Answer 3

You can use JMeter-Siebel-plugin which provides Siebel HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder test element handy for capturing and correlating Siebel traffic.

The plugin can be installed using JMeter Plugins Manager

Check out Introducing the Siebel CRM Correlation Plugin in JMeter article for comprehensive instructions.