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Re: TestAction: Change its name to make it more meaningful

Most samplers ends with Sampler and none with Action.
And this Sampler *controls* the execution of the test.
I know it's not a controller, but I suggest a name as "Control Sampler" or
" "Execution Control Sampler"

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Andrey Pokhilko <ap...@ya.ru> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> "Test" sounds redundant to me. Everything we do in JMeter is a test. So
> maybe just "Logical Action"?
>
> --
>
> Andrey Pokhilko
>
> 30.03.2018 18:15, UBIK LOAD PACK Support пишет:
> > Hello,
> >
> > TestAction in JMeter is a very useful element but its name is misleading
> or
> > not clear at all.
> >
> > Currently it allows:
> >
> >    - Pausing
> >    - Stopping Test
> >    - Stopping Test immediately
> >    - Switching to next thread loop iteration
> >    - We'll soon propose a patch to add:
> >       - Switch to next iteration of current loop : : It will be
> equivalent
> >       of "continue" in the the first parent loop that contains it
> >       - Break current loop : It will break the first parent loop that
> >       contains it, equivalent of "break" in algorithm
> >
> >
> > When we provide training or discuss with JMeter beginners, TestAction is
> > usually understood as something to debug or "test", and nobody thinks
> that
> > is allows all this.
> >
> > Shouldn't it be renamed to something like:
> >
> >    - Test Logic Action
> >    - Logical Action
> >    - Test Logical Action
> >    - Test Execution Modifier
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > UbikLoadPack Support Team
> > <http://twitter.com/ubikloadpack>
> >
>
>

Re: TestAction: Change its name to make it more meaningful

Posted by Maxime Chassagneux <mc...@apache.org>.
+1 too

2018-04-01 16:20 GMT+02:00 Antonio Gomes Rodrigues <ra...@gmail.com>:

> +1
>
> Le dim. 1 avr. 2018 15:50, Andrey Pokhilko <ap...@ya.ru> a écrit :
>
> > "Flow Control Action"?
> >
> > Andrey Pokhilko
> >
> > 01.04.2018 16:49, Jmeter Tea пишет:
> > > Most samplers ends with Sampler and none with Action.
> > > And this Sampler *controls* the execution of the test.
> > > I know it's not a controller, but I suggest a name as "Control Sampler"
> > or
> > > " "Execution Control Sampler"
> > >
> > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Andrey Pokhilko <ap...@ya.ru> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> "Test" sounds redundant to me. Everything we do in JMeter is a test.
> So
> > >> maybe just "Logical Action"?
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> Andrey Pokhilko
> > >>
> > >> 30.03.2018 18:15, UBIK LOAD PACK Support пишет:
> > >>> Hello,
> > >>>
> > >>> TestAction in JMeter is a very useful element but its name is
> > misleading
> > >> or
> > >>> not clear at all.
> > >>>
> > >>> Currently it allows:
> > >>>
> > >>>    - Pausing
> > >>>    - Stopping Test
> > >>>    - Stopping Test immediately
> > >>>    - Switching to next thread loop iteration
> > >>>    - We'll soon propose a patch to add:
> > >>>       - Switch to next iteration of current loop : : It will be
> > >> equivalent
> > >>>       of "continue" in the the first parent loop that contains it
> > >>>       - Break current loop : It will break the first parent loop that
> > >>>       contains it, equivalent of "break" in algorithm
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> When we provide training or discuss with JMeter beginners, TestAction
> > is
> > >>> usually understood as something to debug or "test", and nobody thinks
> > >> that
> > >>> is allows all this.
> > >>>
> > >>> Shouldn't it be renamed to something like:
> > >>>
> > >>>    - Test Logic Action
> > >>>    - Logical Action
> > >>>    - Test Logical Action
> > >>>    - Test Execution Modifier
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Regards
> > >>> UbikLoadPack Support Team
> > >>> <http://twitter.com/ubikloadpack>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> >
>

Re: TestAction: Change its name to make it more meaningful

Posted by Antonio Gomes Rodrigues <ra...@gmail.com>.
+1

Le dim. 1 avr. 2018 15:50, Andrey Pokhilko <ap...@ya.ru> a écrit :

> "Flow Control Action"?
>
> Andrey Pokhilko
>
> 01.04.2018 16:49, Jmeter Tea пишет:
> > Most samplers ends with Sampler and none with Action.
> > And this Sampler *controls* the execution of the test.
> > I know it's not a controller, but I suggest a name as "Control Sampler"
> or
> > " "Execution Control Sampler"
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Andrey Pokhilko <ap...@ya.ru> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> "Test" sounds redundant to me. Everything we do in JMeter is a test. So
> >> maybe just "Logical Action"?
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Andrey Pokhilko
> >>
> >> 30.03.2018 18:15, UBIK LOAD PACK Support пишет:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> TestAction in JMeter is a very useful element but its name is
> misleading
> >> or
> >>> not clear at all.
> >>>
> >>> Currently it allows:
> >>>
> >>>    - Pausing
> >>>    - Stopping Test
> >>>    - Stopping Test immediately
> >>>    - Switching to next thread loop iteration
> >>>    - We'll soon propose a patch to add:
> >>>       - Switch to next iteration of current loop : : It will be
> >> equivalent
> >>>       of "continue" in the the first parent loop that contains it
> >>>       - Break current loop : It will break the first parent loop that
> >>>       contains it, equivalent of "break" in algorithm
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> When we provide training or discuss with JMeter beginners, TestAction
> is
> >>> usually understood as something to debug or "test", and nobody thinks
> >> that
> >>> is allows all this.
> >>>
> >>> Shouldn't it be renamed to something like:
> >>>
> >>>    - Test Logic Action
> >>>    - Logical Action
> >>>    - Test Logical Action
> >>>    - Test Execution Modifier
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>> UbikLoadPack Support Team
> >>> <http://twitter.com/ubikloadpack>
> >>>
> >>
>
>

Re: TestAction: Change its name to make it more meaningful

Posted by Jmeter Tea <jm...@gmail.com>.
+1

On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 4:52 PM, Philippe Mouawad <philippe.mouawad@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Looks like a good name.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 3:50 PM, Andrey Pokhilko <ap...@ya.ru> wrote:
>
> > "Flow Control Action"?
> >
> > Andrey Pokhilko
> >
> > 01.04.2018 16:49, Jmeter Tea пишет:
> > > Most samplers ends with Sampler and none with Action.
> > > And this Sampler *controls* the execution of the test.
> > > I know it's not a controller, but I suggest a name as "Control Sampler"
> > or
> > > " "Execution Control Sampler"
> > >
> > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Andrey Pokhilko <ap...@ya.ru> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> "Test" sounds redundant to me. Everything we do in JMeter is a test.
> So
> > >> maybe just "Logical Action"?
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> Andrey Pokhilko
> > >>
> > >> 30.03.2018 18:15, UBIK LOAD PACK Support пишет:
> > >>> Hello,
> > >>>
> > >>> TestAction in JMeter is a very useful element but its name is
> > misleading
> > >> or
> > >>> not clear at all.
> > >>>
> > >>> Currently it allows:
> > >>>
> > >>>    - Pausing
> > >>>    - Stopping Test
> > >>>    - Stopping Test immediately
> > >>>    - Switching to next thread loop iteration
> > >>>    - We'll soon propose a patch to add:
> > >>>       - Switch to next iteration of current loop : : It will be
> > >> equivalent
> > >>>       of "continue" in the the first parent loop that contains it
> > >>>       - Break current loop : It will break the first parent loop that
> > >>>       contains it, equivalent of "break" in algorithm
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> When we provide training or discuss with JMeter beginners, TestAction
> > is
> > >>> usually understood as something to debug or "test", and nobody thinks
> > >> that
> > >>> is allows all this.
> > >>>
> > >>> Shouldn't it be renamed to something like:
> > >>>
> > >>>    - Test Logic Action
> > >>>    - Logical Action
> > >>>    - Test Logical Action
> > >>>    - Test Execution Modifier
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Regards
> > >>> UbikLoadPack Support Team
> > >>> <http://twitter.com/ubikloadpack>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Cordialement.
> Philippe Mouawad.
>

Re: TestAction: Change its name to make it more meaningful

Posted by Philippe Mouawad <ph...@gmail.com>.
Looks like a good name.



On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 3:50 PM, Andrey Pokhilko <ap...@ya.ru> wrote:

> "Flow Control Action"?
>
> Andrey Pokhilko
>
> 01.04.2018 16:49, Jmeter Tea пишет:
> > Most samplers ends with Sampler and none with Action.
> > And this Sampler *controls* the execution of the test.
> > I know it's not a controller, but I suggest a name as "Control Sampler"
> or
> > " "Execution Control Sampler"
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Andrey Pokhilko <ap...@ya.ru> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> "Test" sounds redundant to me. Everything we do in JMeter is a test. So
> >> maybe just "Logical Action"?
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Andrey Pokhilko
> >>
> >> 30.03.2018 18:15, UBIK LOAD PACK Support пишет:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> TestAction in JMeter is a very useful element but its name is
> misleading
> >> or
> >>> not clear at all.
> >>>
> >>> Currently it allows:
> >>>
> >>>    - Pausing
> >>>    - Stopping Test
> >>>    - Stopping Test immediately
> >>>    - Switching to next thread loop iteration
> >>>    - We'll soon propose a patch to add:
> >>>       - Switch to next iteration of current loop : : It will be
> >> equivalent
> >>>       of "continue" in the the first parent loop that contains it
> >>>       - Break current loop : It will break the first parent loop that
> >>>       contains it, equivalent of "break" in algorithm
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> When we provide training or discuss with JMeter beginners, TestAction
> is
> >>> usually understood as something to debug or "test", and nobody thinks
> >> that
> >>> is allows all this.
> >>>
> >>> Shouldn't it be renamed to something like:
> >>>
> >>>    - Test Logic Action
> >>>    - Logical Action
> >>>    - Test Logical Action
> >>>    - Test Execution Modifier
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>> UbikLoadPack Support Team
> >>> <http://twitter.com/ubikloadpack>
> >>>
> >>
>
>


-- 
Cordialement.
Philippe Mouawad.

Re: TestAction: Change its name to make it more meaningful

Posted by Andrey Pokhilko <ap...@ya.ru>.
"Flow Control Action"?

Andrey Pokhilko

01.04.2018 16:49, Jmeter Tea пишет:
> Most samplers ends with Sampler and none with Action.
> And this Sampler *controls* the execution of the test.
> I know it's not a controller, but I suggest a name as "Control Sampler" or
> " "Execution Control Sampler"
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Andrey Pokhilko <ap...@ya.ru> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> "Test" sounds redundant to me. Everything we do in JMeter is a test. So
>> maybe just "Logical Action"?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Andrey Pokhilko
>>
>> 30.03.2018 18:15, UBIK LOAD PACK Support пишет:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> TestAction in JMeter is a very useful element but its name is misleading
>> or
>>> not clear at all.
>>>
>>> Currently it allows:
>>>
>>>    - Pausing
>>>    - Stopping Test
>>>    - Stopping Test immediately
>>>    - Switching to next thread loop iteration
>>>    - We'll soon propose a patch to add:
>>>       - Switch to next iteration of current loop : : It will be
>> equivalent
>>>       of "continue" in the the first parent loop that contains it
>>>       - Break current loop : It will break the first parent loop that
>>>       contains it, equivalent of "break" in algorithm
>>>
>>>
>>> When we provide training or discuss with JMeter beginners, TestAction is
>>> usually understood as something to debug or "test", and nobody thinks
>> that
>>> is allows all this.
>>>
>>> Shouldn't it be renamed to something like:
>>>
>>>    - Test Logic Action
>>>    - Logical Action
>>>    - Test Logical Action
>>>    - Test Execution Modifier
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> UbikLoadPack Support Team
>>> <http://twitter.com/ubikloadpack>
>>>
>>