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The Test Composition is the test itself and contains one or more Test Clips arranged on tracks and governed by user-specified sequence and tempo.

By using simultaneous tracks, defining virtual users, and by specifying repeats on tracks and test clips—you can build powerful, multi-user tests in minutes.

You can find and open existing test compositions in the Central list, Test Compositions node. The Test Compositions list displays test compositions that are already within the system.

This list sorts by Name, Owner, Created, or Last Modified columns.

• Click any column header to sort the list by that property.
  
• Click a right-arrow for a given Test Composition to expand a list of all results for that Test Composition.
• Click a down-arrow to collapse that list of results.

Double-click any selected composition to open it in the Composition Editor.

Test Compositions are created, revised, and played within the Composition Editor.

For a new test composition, this Editor opens with one empty track displayed.

Test Clips appear in the Composition Builder tab > Name list below and can be added to the empty track either by double-clicking in the list or by selecting a test clip and using drag-and-drop to add it to a given track.

Test Compositions can be played by switching to the Player tab on the upper right and using the Player Controls at the top of the tab. Once saved can be played directly from toolbar in the Test Compositions list or added to one or more playlists.

Create a Test Composition

1. In the Central list, select Test Compositions and then click New.
   
   —Or—
   
   If a different node is selected in the Central list, click the New drop-down and then select New Composition.

2. In either case, the Composition Editor appears and creates an Untitled Test Composition. The new test composition is created with a default sequenced band and an initial track (Track 1). The Band serves as a means of organizing how items in a track or multiple tracks play and span more than one track (if more than one track exsists). There are two types of Bands: sequenced and timed.
   
   Note: To change the default sequenced band to a timed band, click the Band drop-down. The band type can only be changed prior to adding a Test Clip to the Test Composition.

3. In the Name list in the lower pane, select the first test clip you want to add to the Test Composition and drag the selection to Track 1, or double-click to add it.

Note:  Click the Composition Builder tab if the Test Clips list is not visible.

4. Select the Test Clip in Track 1. Selected Test Clips are highlighted in green. Optionally, if you are using a timed band, select the Test Clip and then place the mouse over the right border until the double-bar resize icon appears and then drag the test clip's border to expand or contract it (use the scroll bar at the bottom of the workspace to make the test clip’s right border visible if it is not already visible).

5. Optionally, move the Test Clip from one track to another by selecting and dragging it to the open workspace below Track 1. When you do so, Track 2 is created.

6. Optionally, add a second Test Clip to the now empty Track 1.

7. Optionally, in a timed composition, drag the selected Test Clip left or right to change its placement on the given track. For clips on a timed band, this will change the time that the clip play begins. For clips on a sequenced band, changing the order of clips on a track will change the order of play.

8. For clips on a timed band, optionally change the scale (right of the toolbar above Track 1) from Seconds to any other scale by selecting the new value from the drop-down list.

9. Optionally, click Undo or Redo to back up one or more steps.

10. Click Save and assign the Test Composition a name, and then click OK.