August 2018From real-browser end user experience metrics to the latest features rolling into the “new test create” beta, there’s lots to see this week:End User Experience Monitoring (Real Browser Metrics)Report Actions Menu Moved, Tabs RestyledJava Version Override, Sync Start and Transaction Details in New Test Create (beta)Private Location Shows Who Launched Each TestProxy Recorder: Choose Where To Launch It FromAPI Functional Test Now Supports Custom JMeter Plugin Uploads End User Experience Monitoring (Real Browser Metrics) Now you can run real browsers during your performance tests to get End User Experience metrics. Watch the animation below or jump right to the Knowledge Base topic on End User Experience Monitoring. Report Actions Menu Moved, Tabs Restyled To make way for exciting new reporting controls we will be adding soon, we have moved the actions menu and restyled the tabs in reports: Java Version Override, Sync Start and Transaction Details in New Test Create (beta) Support for Java version overrideSync start (so all engines will start the test simultaneously)Transaction components display: “Generate Parent Sample” will no longer be set to true by default, when uploading a JMeter script with a transaction controller. Private Location Shows Who Launched Each Test Private Location status now shows who launched a test rather than who created it, so it’s easier to see who is using resources. Proxy Recorder: Choose Where To Launch It From You can now choose which location you want to launch the Proxy Recorder from: API Functional Test Now Supports Custom JMeter Plugin Uploads Need a plugin to make your API Functional test happen? Now you can upload plugin JARs just as you’ve always been able to with performance tests. Here’s our shiny new Mainframe RTE Protocol plugin in an API Functional Test configuration: