Why and how to do load testing

I often like to ask my clients if they are sure how their application will perform when the target number of users are logged in at the same time. Will their app become unbearably slow or continue to meet targets on page load time? Will it break when people start using it concurrently? Will the data get corrupted, or will it run out of resources or hit governor limits after a few hours of heavy use? And lastly, how many more users can we accommodate with the current setup?

If you are not 100% sure about your answer to any of these questions, you really should add load testing to your release schedule. Since a lot of OmniStudio applications are business-critical and so easy to point and click to add logic to your OmniScripts, DataRaptors, and Integration Procedures, you will need to be certain that none of this logic will slow your system down to a crawl when you least expect it.

To answer this question for yourself and sleep well throughout the...