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A transaction is a set of sequential requests representing a meaningful step in a test scenario. It is used to track performance characteristics of time-critical business transactions consisting of several user actions. Transactions add another level of performance tracking in addition to requests and pages.

You can define transactions while recording a test case, as described in the Creating Transactions section, or after the test case is created.

To define a transaction after the test case is created:

1. Go to the Build Test Case node.
2. Select the starting page or top-level request.
3. Click Create Container > Create a Transaction. A new transaction dialog will appear.
4. Select the last request in the transaction.
5. Give it a meaningful name and description (optional).
6. Click Create Transaction.

Transactions can also be nested. You can nest current transactions by:

1. Right-click on the top-level transaction you wish to be nested and select Create Container > Create Transaction.
4. Select the last request in the transaction.
5. Give it a meaningful name and description (optional).
6. Click Create Transaction.

Some of the properties of pages and transactions are described in the next several sections.

Another way to create a page or transaction is to select multiple requests or objects in the test case tree -> right-click -> select Create Page or Create Container > Create Transaction. This will create a page or transaction around the selected objects.