Thanks for your answers, indeed I agree with you Paulo On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 10:54 AM Paulo Maia Borges <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Philippe, > I completely agree. > > I have all my Test Plans configured like that, with variables configuring > the Thread Groups, and sometimes I want to run a specific length of time, > other times a specific number of iterations. I, too, have been using > long-enough "Duration" times. > > It would be cleaner to be able to have it set (have a value) but disabled. > It's also inconsistent because we can «disable» the loop count by setting > it to -1 but we cannot «disable» the Duration. > > I'd say to include (Duration < 0) as «disabled» too, because setting it to > -1 makes it more consistent with how we disable the Loop Count. > > *Actually*, I'm wondering - is there any scenario in which we would want > to have Duration = 0 be a valid value? I'm thinking Duration = 0 could be > regarded as a valid setting specifying «do not run», similar to the > behaviour of LoopCount = 0 and LoopCount = -1. This would make it more > consistent in behaviour. > > > I think it would make more sense: > - Duration > 0 : apply duration limit; > - Duration = 0 : apply duration, means don't run thread group; > - Duration < 0 : don't apply duration. > > > > > Regards, > Paulo Augusto Maia Borges > WWVzLCBJJ20gZ2Vla3kuIEJ1dCBzbyBhcmUgeW91IQ== > > -----Original Message----- > From: Philippe Mouawad <[email protected]> > Sent: 23 February 2019 13:43 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Improve Thread Group iteration vs scheduler > > Hello, > > There is apparently a need to improve Thread Group configuration: > > - > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54825237/enable-disable-jmeter-duration-scheduler-based-on-user-command-line-parameters > > > It's not the first time I see such misunderstanding. > > I think we should allow: > > - checking scheduler > - AND let 0 in duration mean "Ignore duration and rely on number of > iterations" > > This would make the answer above much simpler. > > Since empty means 0, it will also avoid an error message, when only number > of iterations is set and scheduler is checked without filling delay nor > duration. > > What's your thoughts ? > > Regards > -- > Philippe Mouawad. > > The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may > be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee or > addressees. Any use or disclosure of the contents of this > e-mail/attachments by a not intended recipient is unauthorized and may be > unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the > sender. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are > solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of > TEMENOS. We recommend that you check this e-mail and any attachments > against viruses. TEMENOS accepts no liability for any damage caused by any > malicious code or virus transmitted by this e-mail. > -- Cordialement. Philippe Mouawad.
