the documentation isn't as good as it should be. a self scaling graph would be ideal.. It's just that no one got around to implementing one.
peter On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:45 PM, drubix <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree with you there. I actually checked the documentation for any > information regarding this odd behaviour and couldn't find any. I do see > where you're coming from though. > > All we really need is some sort of self-scaling graph so that instead of > continually extending itself, it just redraws itself every now and then in a > smaller size. > > I'll probably need to write some sort of graphing plugin so that I can > include the results of the test in my final report for work anyway. If I do > end up doing this, I'll release the graphing plugin so that other people can > use it too. > > Thanks for the heads up, > > Drew > > > Peter Lin wrote: >> >> there's actually a good reason for it. It's not so much a design flaw >> as it is poor documentation. >> >> In order to not repeat, the graph could grow infinitely large, >> especially for long running tests. That would quickly chew up a ton of >> memory and make JMeter crash. It was never meant to be a normal time >> series graph and was only meant to give a rough idea of what's going >> on. >> >> I'll give you an example. If I have a long running test that goes for >> 3 days, how wide would the graph be? I've run tests for 1 week in the >> past with jmeter. What you're looking for is a different kind of >> graph, which currently doesn't exist in jmeter. I thought about >> writing one in the past, but never got around to it. >> >> I haven't been active with jmeter since 2007. If you want a real time >> series graph, i would suggest implementing it yourself. You can look >> at the existing listeners to see how they work. >> >> In my mind, the bug is in the documentation, since it never really >> explains the purpose of the graph and the rationale behind it. >> >> peter >> >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:03 PM, drubix <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Even if it's not a bug, it's definitely a design flaw. The graph's >>> produced >>> don't make sense and can't be directly exported into a report due to >>> their >>> non-standard nature. I'll file a bugzilla report regarding this. >>> >>> Drew >>> >>> >>> Peter Lin wrote: >>>> >>>> I could be wrong, but it has always been that way. The default graph >>>> listener has a fixed width, so once it reaches the end it just >>>> continues at the beginning again. >>>> >>>> peter >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:29 PM, drubix <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I've had this problem both when running the tests in GUI mode and >>>>> non-GUI >>>>> mode (and opening the JTL file after the test has completed). I'm away >>>>> from >>>>> work today and don't have any of my testing files but I'll upload a >>>>> bugzilla >>>>> report tomorrow if that is not the intended functionality. >>>>> >>>>> Drew >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Peter Lin wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Isn't that how it has always worked. If the test plan is large and >>>>>> runs for a long time, the graph start back at the beginning again. >>>>>> >>>>>> peter >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:24 PM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> On 11/05/2009, drubix <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> When using the Graph Results listener, if the plot goes off the end >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> the X >>>>>>>> axis it continues to plot at time 0 again. This means that there >>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>> 2 >>>>>>>> or >>>>>>>> more lines running over the top of each other, all of the same >>>>>>>> colour. >>>>>>>> This >>>>>>>> produces some pretty nasty graphs which are difficult to read and >>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>> nonsensical. I've attached an example: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.nabble.com/file/p23477206/graph.jpg >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I assume this isn't supposed to happen... does anybody know why >>>>>>>> mine >>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>> doing it? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Not sure why this is happening; may be a threading issue. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I suggest you save the samples to a JTL file - CSV mode is cheapest - >>>>>>> and reload in the Listener after the test run. [This will be done in >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> single thread.] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If it still causes wrap-round, then please raise a Bugzilla issue and >>>>>>> attach the JTL file. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Drew >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> View this message in context: >>>>>>>> http://www.nabble.com/Graph-Results-overlap-tp23477206p23477206.html >>>>>>>> Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> View this message in context: >>>>> http://www.nabble.com/Graph-Results-overlap-tp23477206p23513354.html >>>>> Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://www.nabble.com/Graph-Results-overlap-tp23477206p23532109.html >>> Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Graph-Results-overlap-tp23477206p23532489.html > Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
