On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 10:01 AM, harry_no_spot <[email protected]> wrote:
> in 'Todays state' section, u used the word 'interesting' 3 times. but I > would say it's not so interesting. > Jmeter lacks a convinient way to > 1 save the load test result > This one is available, you can save as XML or CSV using Non GUI mode and -l [name of JTL file to log sample results to]., see http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/get-started.html#non_gui Or clarify is my answer is not what you are asking for > 2 analyze the result afterwards as u need > Did you try this , although requires jmeter-plugins ? http://www.ubik-ingenierie.com/blog/automatically-generating-nice-graphs-at-end-of-your-load-test-with-apache-jmeter-and-jmeter-plugins/ > comparing to other parts of jmeter, the result presentation and analysis > portion is v pool. > > Although I agree as it is the aim of my post :-) > > At 2014-11-16 21:32:55, "Philippe Mouawad" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >Hello, > >I would like to start a discussion about the future of graphs and > reporting > >in Apache JMeter. > > > >Todays state: > > > > - My feeling (I don't want to hurt anybody who worked on those > listeners > > which are interesting and I am aware that what can be great at some > time > > can become less few years after) is that today: > > - we have the following graphs > > - Aggregate Graph : currently affected by bug on > > https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57221 in > Java 8 > > - Response Time Graph : interesting but slow to generate and I > get > > OOM when I try to reload an existing CSV in some configuration, > I will > > report a bug > > - Distribution Graph (alpha) : Alpha is not encouraging for > users, > > is Alpha really needed or is it stable > > - Graph Results : Does not look very nice compared with what you > > can get today > > - we have the following reports: > > - Aggregate Report : Interesting > > - Summary Report: Differs from Aggregate Report by having > > additional Avg Bytes and Std Dev but not Median nor 90%Line > > > >My opinion and analysis on the current state is the following: > > > > - We lack of clean reporting that would be generated automatically at > > end of load test, all the previous graphs need to be generated from > GUI and > > makes you lose some time. Also as we discourage Load Testing from GUI > we > > should propose a way to generate reporting from NON GUI Mode > > - Some graphs (Response Time Graph, Aggregate Graph) rely on JCharts > > which seems to be abandoned, last release is from 2004 and current bug > > 57221 may be related to a bug in the library ,by the way this is an > > additional argument to get rid of obsolete libraries in JMeter: > > - Avalon (Logging + DataSource) > > - Excalibur (logging + DataSource) > > - jCharts > > - Reports are not sufficient and partly redundant , for example it > > seems that in terms of information Aggregate report and Summary Report > > should be merged. I looked at their code they are really very similar > , I > > think one should be removed and the infos in both merged > > > > > >I must reckon that today my colleagues and I for example , we all use > >JMeter-Plugins graphs combined with GraphGeneratorListener, and we are > very > >happy with what we get: > > > > - > > > http://www.ubik-ingenierie.com/blog/automatically-generating-nice-graphs-at-end-of-your-load-test-with-apache-jmeter-and-jmeter-plugins/ > > > >I would be interested to know how users generate their reports and graphs > >currently. > > > > > >But some may object that JMeter-Plugins is not JMeter and conclude that > >JMeter lacks of an essential feature. > > > >So I have 2 propositions to improve JMeter in this field: > > > > - 1/ Create a Brand new Report Generator Listener that would at end of > > load test generate a report in HTML or PDF containing: > > - Merge of informations contained in current reports > > - Generate graphs based on JS Libraries, I am impressed by the > number > > of libraries that generate nice and sexy graphs: > > - http://www.chartjs.org/ > > - https://github.com/keen/dashboards/tree/gh-pages/examples > > - Having them in HTML would allow some dynamice behaviour but the > > ideal result would be to be able to export graphs also as images > > - 2/ I don't know if it is possible but what about merging > > JMeter-Plugins graphing suite + GraphGeneratorListener in JMeter core > if no > > library is in conflict in terms of licensing, of course it would > required > > their agreement :-) > > > > > >I think today any Load Testing tool comes with reporting feature wether > >Commercial and Open Source and JMeter as such should improve in this field > >to stay one of the leaders in Load Testing field. > > > >Thoughts ? > > > >-- > >Regards > >Philippe M. > >@philmdot > -- Cordialement. Philippe Mouawad.
