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Loadrunner: Unable to load snapshot in loadrunner

Sometimes , when you open a snapshot of a request, you will see messege "unable to load snapshot". Case 1: Just make sure that snapshot is enabled.             Click on Tool > Options > Scripting > Snapshot             Check enable snapshot viewing Case 2: Lets say you tried case1. but still not getting snapshot.Make sure " runtime settings> Miscellaneous > generate snapshot on error " is unchecked. if it is checked then your snapshot will be generated only when error occures. Now you have to see is your script failing or passing .  Case 3: If request is not recorded and added by you manually i.e. web_custom_request() , you will get this error. But dont worry , just right click on that script , Click on containing folder, Open result folder, open iteration 1 . and you will see your snapshot of request,response,headers. Note: there will not be html snapshot for JSON reques t Case 4: Lets say case3 is also failing. meaning when you ope

Loadrunner : Unable to see snapshot view in loadrunner

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Sometime we get weird errors and behavior of loadrunner. In loadrunner 12.53, sometimes when you click " ctrl + alt + p " , you will not get snapshot layout. Also when you click on view>snapshot , but still you will not get snapshot. This problem mght come in windows 10  64 bit. dont worry, just locate below option. From drop down, click on reset to default. Now you will get a screen with snapshot layout. Now close snapshot layout and click "ctrl + alt + p". You will get snapshot layout.

Resolve : KB2975061 x64 - "This update is not applicable to your computer"

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Load Runner Installation on windows server 2012 r2 requires following patches: 1. KB2975061 x64 2. KB2919355 x64 3. KB2932046 x64 4. KB2959977 x64  5. KB2937592 x64 6. KB2938439 x64 7. KB2934018 x64 8. KB2999226 x64 If your Server does not have these patch updates then you will get below error Now all the OS patches will get installed properly but one patch KB2975061 x64 will give you some trouble. When you install that update you will get error " This update is not applicable to your computer " But No need to worry there is no problem with your server. How to install  KB2975061 x64 1. Run CMD as administrator 2. wusa.exe Path\Windows8.1-KB2975061-x64.msu /extract:C:\windows8.1-KB2975061 3. DISM.exe /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\windows8.1-KB2975061\Windows8.1-KB2975061-x64.cab After executing above you can check in controll panel > Update history Now you can Install Loadrunner!

Basic questions an engineering students ask when they have backlog

Lots of engineering students ask me questions on Quora. Most of them are related to backlog/ATKT. There are few questions which are similar and asked every few days.So here is the list of 12 questions. So lets begin  1. What is backlog? lets say , in a semester you have 5 subjects. and you failed in 3 subjects. but still you will be promoted to next semester. but those failed subjects will also be included in that next semester. So you have 3 backlogs. we refer it as ATKT also. 2. How many backlogs counted if I failed in internal as well as external in the same subject? Well , I was from Mumbai University. Here internal and external both are counted separate for the same subject. So if you fail in internal and external in same subject then 2 ATKT will be counted. 3. Do engineers with backlogs/ATKTs get hired? YES..!! there are two ways, one is on campus and one is off campus. If it is about on campus then it depends on company to company. some companies allow 2-