Save variables

[Eric Dalquist <er...@doit.wisc.edu>]

Is there a way to get the Simple Data Writer to save arbitrary variables 
I have set in my test with each result? As an example I have a test that 
can run against multiple hosts which is specified by a ${host} variable 
being read from a CSV. Is there a way with the XML persistence option to 
save that variable for each result so I can do reporting based on hosts?

-Eric

Re: Save variables

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

Contributions always welcome - please open a Bugzilla enhancement
request with the details, and patches can be added to that (diff -u
format or use Eclipse).

It won't be trivial...

>From memory, the classes are:

SaveService
OldSaveService
SaveConfiguration

The Listeners don't actually handle the saving/loading of data; their
only involvement is to define what fields are to be saved via the
config gui, and to provide the file name.

The tricky bits are:
- details need to be provided in jmeter.properties so that the -l flag
works in non-GUI mode
- it should work in CSV and XML mode
- need to ensure that the XML and CSV files can be read back in. This
should be trivial for CSV (just ignore the extra columns). May be
tricky for XML
- should not cause problems for existing XSL stylesheets.

I think the simplest would be to provide a list of variable names as
the value of a property in jmeter.properties.

If this property is defined, then save the value of each variable.

For CSV, the names should be added to the header line
For XML,  I think there needs to be a new tag, with the name of the
variable as an attribute. Not sure if there needs to be an enclosing
group tag as well.

It might be easy to create a new Listener with a field to define the
variable names - or perhaps the common Filename panel could be
extended to add a variable name box; in which cases the property would
not be used.

Otherwise, perhaps extend the SaveConfig GUI to add a check-box
whether or not to save the extra fields, and take the field names from
the property.

On 21/08/06, Eric Dalquist <er...@doit.wisc.edu> wrote:
> I'm currently doing the label trick but that then requires extra
> processing in my reporting tool. Would you be open to a contribution
> that would add the capability to persist variables to the Simple Data
> Writer (or some clone of it)? If so do you have any quick pointers on
> which classes I would be looking at tweaking?
>
> -Eric
>
> sebb wrote:
> > Not directly.
> >
> > However, you can create a Java Request sampler and include the
> > variables in that; attach the SDW as a child of the Java Request
> > Sampler.
> >
> > Or you can add a BeanShell Post-processor or perhaps a Listener, and
> > write some code to write the values to a file.
> >
> > Or you can pass the host name in as a property, rather than via a CSV
> > file, and use a command script to save the value outside the test.
> >
> > It's not currently possible to add any optional variables to either
> > the CSV or XML output formats, but you can always try including the
> > host-name as part of the sampler labels.
> >
> > S.
> > On 21/08/06, Eric Dalquist <er...@doit.wisc.edu> wrote:
> >> Is there a way to get the Simple Data Writer to save arbitrary variables
> >> I have set in my test with each result? As an example I have a test that
> >> can run against multiple hosts which is specified by a ${host} variable
> >> being read from a CSV. Is there a way with the XML persistence option to
> >> save that variable for each result so I can do reporting based on hosts?
> >>
> >> -Eric
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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Re: Save variables

[Eric Dalquist <er...@doit.wisc.edu>]

I'm currently doing the label trick but that then requires extra 
processing in my reporting tool. Would you be open to a contribution 
that would add the capability to persist variables to the Simple Data 
Writer (or some clone of it)? If so do you have any quick pointers on 
which classes I would be looking at tweaking?

-Eric

sebb wrote:
> Not directly.
>
> However, you can create a Java Request sampler and include the
> variables in that; attach the SDW as a child of the Java Request
> Sampler.
>
> Or you can add a BeanShell Post-processor or perhaps a Listener, and
> write some code to write the values to a file.
>
> Or you can pass the host name in as a property, rather than via a CSV
> file, and use a command script to save the value outside the test.
>
> It's not currently possible to add any optional variables to either
> the CSV or XML output formats, but you can always try including the
> host-name as part of the sampler labels.
>
> S.
> On 21/08/06, Eric Dalquist <er...@doit.wisc.edu> wrote:
>> Is there a way to get the Simple Data Writer to save arbitrary variables
>> I have set in my test with each result? As an example I have a test that
>> can run against multiple hosts which is specified by a ${host} variable
>> being read from a CSV. Is there a way with the XML persistence option to
>> save that variable for each result so I can do reporting based on hosts?
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>>
>>
>
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Re: Save variables

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

Not directly.

However, you can create a Java Request sampler and include the
variables in that; attach the SDW as a child of the Java Request
Sampler.

Or you can add a BeanShell Post-processor or perhaps a Listener, and
write some code to write the values to a file.

Or you can pass the host name in as a property, rather than via a CSV
file, and use a command script to save the value outside the test.

It's not currently possible to add any optional variables to either
the CSV or XML output formats, but you can always try including the
host-name as part of the sampler labels.

S.
On 21/08/06, Eric Dalquist <er...@doit.wisc.edu> wrote:
> Is there a way to get the Simple Data Writer to save arbitrary variables
> I have set in my test with each result? As an example I have a test that
> can run against multiple hosts which is specified by a ${host} variable
> being read from a CSV. Is there a way with the XML persistence option to
> save that variable for each result so I can do reporting based on hosts?
>
> -Eric
>
>
>

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