Splitting a Recording

Recordings comprise a complete PROIV Session from the connection to logoff and they often consist of discrete sections: logon, navigation, and an application task and session logoff. You may want to save the discrete elements as separate Recordings and reuse the common sections (logon and logoff) in a variety of Tests, while keeping the specific application tasks separate.

The Split Recording functionality provides the ability to split Recordings into reusable smaller recordings. The original Recording remains intact, while the newly created fragments become separate, reusable Recordings in their own right.

To split a Recording, you must initially select a Recording, unless a Recording already has focus in which case that Recording is used. The Recording displays in the browser window in PROIV Assure Console. You can use the Step and Step 10 s to move to where you want the split to start and click the Start Split . When appropriate, click the End Split to end the Splitting process. If you step past the end of the original Recording, this is the same as clicking the End Split at the end of the Recording. When you click the End Split , you are prompted to enter a name for the new Recording. If the name already exists, you can choose to overwrite it, change the name or abort the operation. Similarly, if you step to the end of the Recording, you are also prompted for a Recording name in order to capture the end of the session. The newly created Recordings are displayed in the Recordings view. You can exit the splitting process at any point, but if you have started a split, the fragment is deleted and the process is aborted.

To split a Recording, follow these steps:

Click Recordings tab to open the Recordings view.

Click on the Split an existing Recording icon on the PROIV Assure Toolbar, or select the PROIV Assure Menu and select the Split a Recording menu option.

Note: Recordings can only be split on the Recordings view.

The Split Recording window appears.

Fields on the Split Recording window:

Item	Description
Buttons
Step	Click Step to move through the Recording by one step.
Step 10	Click Step 10 to move through the Recording by ten steps.
Start Split	Click Start Split to start the splitting of the Recording into chunks.
Back	Click Back to move back a step in a Recording.
End Split	Click End Split to end the splitting of the Recording into chunks.
Exit	Exits the Split Recording window.

Move to the appropriate place in the Recording using the Step, Step 10 and Back s.
Click Start Split to start the Split.
Move through the Recording using the appropriate s.
Click End Split to end the Splitting process.
The Enter the name of the new recording window appears.
Enter a name for the new Recording in the New Recording Name field. If the name already exists, the following message appears:

"Recording file: test already exists.

Do you want to overwrite it?"

Click Yes to overwrite it, or click the No to return to the Enter the name of the new recording window.
Enter a description for the new Recording in the Description field.

Fields on the Enter the name of the new recording window:

Item	Description
New Recording Name	Enter a name for the Recording. If the name already exists, you can choose to overwrite it, change the name or abort the operation. You can click the ellipsis to open the Directory Listing window, which enables you to select an existing Recording to overwrite, or to select the location where you want to save the Recording. A32 - Mandatory
Description	Enter a description for Recording. A250 - Non-Mandatory
OK	Click OK to save the Recording details and to close the Enter the name of the new recording window.
Cancel	Click Cancel to close the Enter the name of the new recording window and abort the save process.

The newly created Recordings are displayed in the Recordings view.

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