5.1 User Defined Experiment

This section provides a guide on creating and executing customized experiments to validate any hypotheses you may have. Conducting these experiments allows you to simulate the effects of changes made to your transaction monitoring system. In turn, this enables you to carry out thorough what-if analysis, evaluate the impact of various decisions and make the most informed decisions accordingly.

Topics:

• Selecting the Segment
• Selecting an Agent
• Copying or Modifying the Control Set
• Monitoring New Offerings
• Reviewing the Experiment

Generating New Experiment

To generate a new experiment, follow these steps:

1. Click New Experiment on the dashboard to generate a new experiment. The New Experiment window is displayed.

   Figure 5-1 New Experiment

   
   

   
   Description of "Figure 5-1 New Experiment"

   
   
2. Click Start to start configuring the new experiment. The Select Segment window is displayed.
   • If an experiment has been configured but has not been executed then dialog appears.
   • Click Continue to continue with the configured data for the experiment or click Discard to discard the configured data and the Select Segment window is displayed.