Prepare the data

The RMI calls require entry data, in this case the symbols for the stocks whose price you want to retrieve. Create the "stockSymbols" File - type variable with the required values:

Create the stockQuotes.csv file

symbol;description 

IBM;IBM 

MSFT;Microsoft 

AAPL;Apple 

ORCL;Oracle 

JAVA;Sun 

GOOG;Google

• To create the "stockSymbols" variable

1. Use the Edit > Variables command.
2. Click on the Create a variable button.
3. Select File type.
4. Name the variable, "stockSymbols".
5. Use the file previously created.
6. Select the Use first line as header option.
7. Leave the value change policies to their default setting: Each line of the file corresponds to a Virtual User instance.
8. Click OK.