IMHO It's a great and important enhancement (long time coming) On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 11:10 AM Philippe Mouawad < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hello All, > Any thoughts on this ? > > Thanks > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 1:03 PM Philippe Mouawad < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > I intended to add a new Panel (Evaluate Variables) with: > > > > - A radio box : Evaluate Variables > > - And a User Defined Variables Table > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 12:56 PM Andrey Pokhilko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Can you give a mock of how you envision it implemented in Flow Control > >> Action? > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Andrey Pokhilko > >> > >> 12.11.2018 14:50, Philippe Mouawad пишет: > >> > Thanks for information. > >> > I feel this behavior should be in core. > >> > > >> > To avoid another element, I think updating Flow Control Action is a > good > >> > candidate as it’s a sample about jmeter internals. > >> > > >> > Thoughts? > >> > > >> > Regards > >> > > >> > On Monday, November 12, 2018, Andrey Pokhilko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> There's already a plugin for that: > >> >> https://jmeter-plugins.org/wiki/SetVariablesAction/ > >> >> > >> >> It is exactly a sampler that is used to evaluate functions/variables. > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> > >> >> Andrey Pokhilko > >> >> > >> >> 11.11.2018 20:53, Philippe Mouawad пишет: > >> >>> Hello, > >> >>> Frequently when using JMeter functions, users don't really know for > >> >> certain > >> >>> use cases where to put the function, here are few examples: > >> >>> > >> >>> - Any function which output will not be used directly by sample > >> >>> parameters > >> >>> - Such type of functions: > >> >>> - https://jmeter-plugins.org/wiki/InterThreadCommunication/ > >> >>> - you want to create a variable from the output of a function and > >> >> update > >> >>> it on each iteration: > >> >>> - User Defined Variable is not an option as evaluation occurs > on > >> >>> start of test > >> >>> - User Parameters being a preprocessor, it would be evaluated > on > >> >> each > >> >>> call, so you need to nest it inside a Flow Control Action, not > >> very > >> >>> intuitive right ? > >> >>> > >> >>> I also remember when I started using JMeter that I found this part > >> >>> counter-intuitive. > >> >>> > >> >>> I think it would be nice to have a solution for this, that would > >> evaluate > >> >>> the variables/functions exactly at the place where the call is > present > >> >> and > >> >>> without generating any SampleResult. > >> >>> > >> >>> We could implement this: > >> >>> > >> >>> - as an enhancement to Flow Control Action > >> >>> - as a new Sampler > >> >>> > >> >>> What's your thoughts on this ? > >> >>> > >> >>> Regards > >> >>> > >> > > >> > > > > > > -- > > Cordialement. > > Philippe Mouawad. > > > > > > > > -- > Cordialement. > Philippe Mouawad. >
