Hi Im not sure I understand what you mean by this >"I've tried a Constant Throughput timer, but it only takes effect after the >threads are all ramped up, so basically it starts at the 20-minute rate (given a >15-thread group)."
regards deepak On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Christopher Nagel < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > For my first JMeter project, I've been asked to accomplish the following > test > plan, but I am completely unsure if the tool can do it. > > Here is the plan, in table format, which should look OK in fixed-width > fonts: > > <pre> > Max. Txns Per Minute each 5-Minutes > Transaction Users 05 10 15 20 25 30 Total > ------------------ ----- -- -- -- -- -- -- ------ > 1. AutoPay 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 | 50 > 2. Credit card 4 1 2 3 4 3 2 | 75 > 3. Policy lookup 15 1 5 10 15 10 5 | 230 > 4. Billing Info 15 1 5 10 15 10 5 | 230 > 5. ACH 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 | 50 > Total Transactions 25 80 135 190 135 70 | 635 > </pre> > > For each transaction, I've set up a thread group (5 total). I have the > Soap > requests working fine using data from CSV files. > > My issue is setting up the throttle on threads/users and transactions so > that > they ramp up and then down evenly according to the test "plan" in the table > above. > > For example: #3 should perform 1 lookup per minute for the first 5 minutes, > then > perform 5 lookups per minute until :10 minutes pass, at which point it > should > perform 10 transactions per minute... etc. > > If I were writing Java to do this, I'd: > 1. set up a 1-minute timer to fire > 2. for each transaction type > 3. get # transactions for the current minute > 4. fire them off > > I've tried a Constant Throughput timer, but it only takes effect after the > threads are all ramped up, so basically it starts at the 20-minute rate > (given a > 15-thread group). > > Is this type of a strictly controlled transaction distribution even > possible > with JMeter? > > Thanks in advance for your help!! I look forward to learning more about > this > amazing tool. > > Regards, > Chris > > > >
