Overview

You can access, search, and manage all of your tests on the Synthetic Tests page.

By using facets, you can accomplish the following actions:

• Search for specific Synthetic tests
• Manage your tests with bulk actions

Search for tests

Facets and tags

The Synthetics Filters panel on the left lists default facets you can use to search for your tests.

The default facets include the following:

The Tags panel below Synthetic Filters lists several default tags you can use to identify your tests.

The default tags include the following:

For more information, see Using Tags.

Create a search query

Search for tests by clicking on the facets to the left or by writing your own custom query in the search bar. As you edit the query, your search results update in real time.

When you select and deselect facets, the search bar automatically reflects your changes. Similarly, you can modify the search bar query or write a query from scratch in the search bar to select and deselect the facets on the left.

• Search on free text: Enter your text in the search bar to search on a test name.
• Search on a single facet: Click a facet value to create a search query that includes only that facet value. For example, type:api. To add another value of the same facet to your search, click on an additional value’s checkbox. You can also add the additional value with an OR Boolean operator and wrap the values using quotes and parentheses. For example, type:("api" OR "api-ssl").
• Search on multiple facets and text: Click on facet values from different facet types to customize a search query that filters for multiple facets. For example, type:api region:aws:us-east-2. You can also mix facets and text. For example, checkout type:browser. Although invisible, the AND Boolean operator is applied when searching on multiple terms.
• Search on message: Add a message to create a search query that filters on your tests’ notification messages configured in the test monitor. For example, message:testcontent.
• Exclude facets or text: Click on an already-filled checkbox to deselect a facet value or prepend a term with - to exclude it from the search query. For example, -state:paused.
• Perform custom matches: Use wildcards (*). For example, valid*.

To search on a type of Synthetics test, select the test type under the Type facet.

Manage tests

Bulk actions

Manage your Synthetic tests in bulk by selecting one or more tests on the Synthetic Tests page and clicking Edit Tags, Run Tests Now, or Delete.

Test actions

Clicking on the kebab menu to the right of a test populates option icons such as Pause, Run Test Now, Edit Test, Clone, and Delete. The Edit Recording option is available for browser tests.

Track events

Creating, adding, and deleting Synthetic tests, global variables, and private locations generates events in the Events Explorer. Events describe changes that occurred and display the users who performed the changes.

Find all Synthetics-related changes by searching for your test monitors’ alerts in the search bar, or by selecting an event type under the Event template variable. For example, Event Type:synthetics_alert.

Further Reading

Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

Best practices for creating end-to-end testsBLOG Best practices for maintaining end-to-end testsBLOG Learn about Saved ViewsDOCUMENTATION Learn about the Synthetic Monitoring & Testing Results ExplorerDOCUMENTATION Learn about the Events ExplorerDOCUMENTATION