Request Synthetic Snapshots On-Demand

Browser Synthetic On-Demand allows you to take quick snapshots of single pages whenever you wish. See Browser Synthetic Metrics.

Note: Browser Synthetic On-Demand is only available on SaaS deployments of the Controller.

Create an On-Demand Snapshot

To create an on-demand session, click + Generate a Snapshot at the top of the On-Demand list page.

After the Generate a Synthetic Snapshot popup appears:

  1. Provide the URL of the page you wish to test.
  2. From the dropdown, select where the request should originate and which browser should be used.
  3. Click Generate Snapshot.Generate a Synthetic Snapshot

View On-Demand Snapshot Results

When the test completes, it is marked as Done in the Snapshot list. To see the detailed results, click the test. The Summary tab provides a waterfall of the page load and additional request details.

Snapshot Summary

The Resource Details tab provides visualizations of Resources by Type and Domains Requested and a waterfall displaying the download of every resource. Click a waterfall bubble to see connection details. Domains Requested is also presented as a table.

Resource Details