Alternative steps in Loadrunner TruClient Protocol

• Alternative steps helps you to choose different ways to perform the same action in a step. 
• For example, in a drop-down list, Ajax TruClient gives you the option of specifying your selection by name or by the number in which it appears in the list.
• Sometimes the recorded step selection method might not work. You can modify such steps to perform the given action using the alternate step selection. 
• Steps that have alternative options are labeled with an alternative step symbol highlighted in the below image. Click it to view the alternative options for that step. Click the desired alternative and select Back.

• Above is the snapshot of a step in which Customer ID "BM1005" was searched and selected.
• The alternative steps feature gives you the four different options of defining of selecting the Customer ID "BM1005".
• You can click on the play button (highlighted in the below image) on the right side to check how each step will behave, before finalizing on the correct step.
• These alternate steps are something similar to ordinal value in web HTTP protocol.