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Posted to user@jmeter.apache.org by Jordi Buj <jo...@hotmail.com> on 2005/02/26 23:05:05 UTC
Adding more data to sampleResults
Hi,
I'm a beginner with JMeter - it's great - thanks!
I want to test a J2EE application that contains performance data in every response, basically the amount of time spent in the different layers (web application, JCA connector and the EIS).
What I'd like to do ideally is to extract the data from the response and have it included in the output file, something like:
<sampleResult threadName="..." ... time="300" eisTime="30" JCATime="80" webappTime="100"/>
I've read the manual, the articles and searched the mailing list, and my "newbie" solution so far is to add a JavaRequest/JavaTest to each HttpRequest to output the extra times. That doubles the sampleResults and is more complex to process, but is about right for me
Just wanted to ask here if I could do it better as explained above.
Any guess?
*jordi
Re: Adding more data to sampleResults
Posted by sebb <se...@gmail.com>.
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:45:23 +0100, Jordi Buj <jo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Sebb for your answer, your suggestion is enough for my needs and
> definitely better than having 2 samplers.
> Just one question: if I put the script in a file then I don't seem to have
> access to the ${time} variables.
> Am I doing something wrong?
No, you are not doing anything wrong.
JMeter does not replace function calls or varaibles in files - only in
scripts which are coded in the test element itself.
One way to look at this is: if a function call / variable reference is
not visible on the test element screen, it won't be seen by JMeter
either.
However, you can pass parameters to scripts, or you can use a startup
script (see jmeter.properties) to predefine some methods that you can
then invoke in the script pane, passing in the contents of
functions/variables as needed. Remember that JMeter does textual
replacement of the variable/function, so if the result needs to be
quoted, you'll need to add the quotes.
e.g.
a="fixed string";
b="${VAR}";
Or you can code the extraction in the script itself, and eliminate the
need for a separate extraction phase.
>
> *jordi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sebb" <se...@gmail.com>
> To: "JMeter Users List" <jm...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 20:16
> Subject: Re: Adding more data to sampleResults
>
> > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:05:05 +0100, Jordi Buj <jo...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I'm a beginner with JMeter - it's great - thanks!
> > > I want to test a J2EE application that contains performance data in
> every response, basically the amount of time spent in the different layers
> (web application, JCA connector and the EIS).
> > > What I'd like to do ideally is to extract the data from the response and
> have it included in the output file, something like:
> > > <sampleResult threadName="..." ... time="300" eisTime="30" JCATime="80"
> webappTime="100"/>
> > >
> > > I've read the manual, the articles and searched the mailing list, and my
> "newbie" solution so far is to add a JavaRequest/JavaTest to each
> HttpRequest to output the extra times. That doubles the sampleResults and is
> more complex to process, but is about right for me
> > > Just wanted to ask here if I could do it better as explained above.
> > >
> > > Any guess?
> >
> > As you have discovered, the only way currently to put data in the
> > JMeter Test Log (.jtl) file is via sampler data.
> >
> > You can change the fields which are saved (by changing
> > jmeter.properties), but you cannot currently add extra output to the
> > file.
> >
> > If the test is run in functional test mode, the JTL file will contain
> > the entire response, including the J2EE performance data. The response
> > data would have to be scanned for the information later, and the file
> > could get rather large - but it would eliminate the extra samples...
> >
> > The only work-round I can think of is to amend the sample result so
> > that the data you want is added to one of the fields that is currently
> > available for output to the result file.
> >
> > One way to do this is to use the BeanShell Assertion:
> >
> >
> http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/component_reference.html#BeanShell_Assertion
> >
> > This has read/write access to the Failure flag and the Failure
> > Message, neither of which are really suitable. It also has access to
> > the Response object itself, which means it can be used to change any
> > fields that the response object gives access to.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> > Response.setSampleLabel("eisTime=30 JCATime=80");
> >
> > The BSH Assertion could either extract the values directly from the
> > ResponseData byte[] variable, or the script could make use of any
> > JMeter variables set by previous Regex extractor(s), e.g.
> >
> > Response.setSampleLabel("eisTime=${EIST} JCATime=${JCAT}");
> >
> > where EIST and JCAT are JMeter variables with the appropriate contents.
> >
> > Not exactly an elegant solution, and you would have to parse the label
> > text, but it does work...
> >
> > > *jordi
> > >
> >
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Re: Adding more data to sampleResults
Posted by Jordi Buj <jo...@hotmail.com>.
Thanks Sebb for your answer, your suggestion is enough for my needs and
definitely better than having 2 samplers.
Just one question: if I put the script in a file then I don't seem to have
access to the ${time} variables.
Am I doing something wrong?
*jordi
----- Original Message -----
From: "sebb" <se...@gmail.com>
To: "JMeter Users List" <jm...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 20:16
Subject: Re: Adding more data to sampleResults
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:05:05 +0100, Jordi Buj <jo...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm a beginner with JMeter - it's great - thanks!
> > I want to test a J2EE application that contains performance data in
every response, basically the amount of time spent in the different layers
(web application, JCA connector and the EIS).
> > What I'd like to do ideally is to extract the data from the response and
have it included in the output file, something like:
> > <sampleResult threadName="..." ... time="300" eisTime="30" JCATime="80"
webappTime="100"/>
> >
> > I've read the manual, the articles and searched the mailing list, and my
"newbie" solution so far is to add a JavaRequest/JavaTest to each
HttpRequest to output the extra times. That doubles the sampleResults and is
more complex to process, but is about right for me
> > Just wanted to ask here if I could do it better as explained above.
> >
> > Any guess?
>
> As you have discovered, the only way currently to put data in the
> JMeter Test Log (.jtl) file is via sampler data.
>
> You can change the fields which are saved (by changing
> jmeter.properties), but you cannot currently add extra output to the
> file.
>
> If the test is run in functional test mode, the JTL file will contain
> the entire response, including the J2EE performance data. The response
> data would have to be scanned for the information later, and the file
> could get rather large - but it would eliminate the extra samples...
>
> The only work-round I can think of is to amend the sample result so
> that the data you want is added to one of the fields that is currently
> available for output to the result file.
>
> One way to do this is to use the BeanShell Assertion:
>
>
http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/component_reference.html#BeanShell_Assertion
>
> This has read/write access to the Failure flag and the Failure
> Message, neither of which are really suitable. It also has access to
> the Response object itself, which means it can be used to change any
> fields that the response object gives access to.
>
> For example:
>
> Response.setSampleLabel("eisTime=30 JCATime=80");
>
> The BSH Assertion could either extract the values directly from the
> ResponseData byte[] variable, or the script could make use of any
> JMeter variables set by previous Regex extractor(s), e.g.
>
> Response.setSampleLabel("eisTime=${EIST} JCATime=${JCAT}");
>
> where EIST and JCAT are JMeter variables with the appropriate contents.
>
> Not exactly an elegant solution, and you would have to parse the label
> text, but it does work...
>
> > *jordi
> >
>
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Re: Adding more data to sampleResults
Posted by sebb <se...@gmail.com>.
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:05:05 +0100, Jordi Buj <jo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm a beginner with JMeter - it's great - thanks!
> I want to test a J2EE application that contains performance data in every response, basically the amount of time spent in the different layers (web application, JCA connector and the EIS).
> What I'd like to do ideally is to extract the data from the response and have it included in the output file, something like:
> <sampleResult threadName="..." ... time="300" eisTime="30" JCATime="80" webappTime="100"/>
>
> I've read the manual, the articles and searched the mailing list, and my "newbie" solution so far is to add a JavaRequest/JavaTest to each HttpRequest to output the extra times. That doubles the sampleResults and is more complex to process, but is about right for me
> Just wanted to ask here if I could do it better as explained above.
>
> Any guess?
As you have discovered, the only way currently to put data in the
JMeter Test Log (.jtl) file is via sampler data.
You can change the fields which are saved (by changing
jmeter.properties), but you cannot currently add extra output to the
file.
If the test is run in functional test mode, the JTL file will contain
the entire response, including the J2EE performance data. The response
data would have to be scanned for the information later, and the file
could get rather large - but it would eliminate the extra samples...
The only work-round I can think of is to amend the sample result so
that the data you want is added to one of the fields that is currently
available for output to the result file.
One way to do this is to use the BeanShell Assertion:
http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/component_reference.html#BeanShell_Assertion
This has read/write access to the Failure flag and the Failure
Message, neither of which are really suitable. It also has access to
the Response object itself, which means it can be used to change any
fields that the response object gives access to.
For example:
Response.setSampleLabel("eisTime=30 JCATime=80");
The BSH Assertion could either extract the values directly from the
ResponseData byte[] variable, or the script could make use of any
JMeter variables set by previous Regex extractor(s), e.g.
Response.setSampleLabel("eisTime=${EIST} JCATime=${JCAT}");
where EIST and JCAT are JMeter variables with the appropriate contents.
Not exactly an elegant solution, and you would have to parse the label
text, but it does work...
> *jordi
>
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