This release of Benchmark Factory includes the following new features and enhancements.
-Benchmark Factory REST API has been enhanced to allow users more control of jobs, tests, test runs, etc. This includes the ability to access the transactions
in tests, agents used by jobs, test results of a test run, as well as the Benchmark Factory settings.
-Support for JSON format. Responses can now be returned in JSON format. To return data using the JSON format, specify JSON in the request Accept header Both XML and JSON are supported response or request formats.
-Access to Additional REST Resources. Additional resources have been added to the Benchmark Factory REST API. For a complete list, see the Benchmark Factory Help. The Help also includes a useful description of the REST resource structure and the URI hierarchy.
Integrate Benchmark Factory into Continuous Testing Process
-Easy integrate Benchmark Factory into your Continuous Integration or Continuous Testing process.
-Non-UI Benchmark Factory application, BMFServer.exe. BMFServer.exe is installed into the bin sub-directory of the installation directory when you install Benchmark Factory.
-Non-UI Agent, BMFAgent.exe.BMFAgent.exe is installed into the bin sub-directory of the installation directory at the time you install Benchmark Factory.
Clear Cached Data between Iterations
You can now instruct Benchmark Factory to clear cached data between test iterations. Because cached data can improve performance, this new feature can
prevent cached data from affecting subsequent iterations.
-Oracle—For Oracle connections, you can instruct Benchmark Factory to clear data buffer caches or shared pool (or both).
-SQL Server®—For SQL Server connections, you can instruct Benchmark Factory to clear data buffer caches and procedure caches.
-Microsoft® SQL Server 2017. This release includes support for SQL Server 2017. Benchmark Factory has been tested against SQL Server 2017 running on
Windows or Linux.
-IBM® DB2®. This release includes support for IBM DB2 11.1 for LUW and for z/OS.
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Additional information relating to the new features in version 8.0 can be found in the Benchmark Factory 8.0 Release Notes.