Hi, I do exactly as ubikloadpack mentioned which makes things a lot easier to look at. I don't see much value with pre_sleep and post_sleep. It would have been nice to have a "sleep sampler", which will reduce the need to create TestAction with Timer in it, as done today.
Best, Shmuel Krakower. www.Beatsoo.org - re-use your jmeter scripts for application performance monitoring from worldwide locations for free. On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 12:37 PM, UBIK LOAD PACK Support < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Very good idea ! > We always use the following strategy to have this feature: > > - Use TestAction with 0 sleep and nest in it the Timer. This way timer > pauses where it is located for the expected time and not SampleResult is > generated. > > So you idea would help as it is a bit harder to maintain. > One note although, how would you handle scoping ? > Would it stay as is ? If yes, won't code be difficult and clumsy ? > > Regards > @ubikloadpack > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Andrey Pokhilko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > When I try to introduce JMeter to new people, I frequently see them > > confused with our way to set "think times" before request. Especially > > those who used to use some other testing tools, where think-time is > > _after_ request. > > > > I personally think that think-time should be made after request, because > > its duration depends on the results of the request. If you have got long > > text as a result of your request, you supposed to spend some time > > reading it. If you have short error message, you supposed to do your > > next request much faster. The _delay_ time before request still makes > > sense, because it allows manipulating throughput and synchronize > requests. > > > > I would like to contribute to JMeter following changes: > > > > 1. Add a property for Timers, marking them as "pre-sampler" or > > "post-sampler" timers > > 2. Modify thread execution flow to call pre-timers and post-timers > > accordingly > > 3. Modify timers UIs where it is reasonable, adding radio button to > > change timer mode > > > > > > Any thoughts/objections on this? > > > > -- > > Andrey Pokhilko > > > > > > > -- > > Regards > Ubik Load Pack <http://ubikloadpack.com> Team > Follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/ubikloadpack> > > > Cordialement > L'équipe Ubik Load Pack <http://ubikloadpack.com> > Suivez-nous sur Twitter <http://twitter.com/ubikloadpack> >
