hi
so why not use a timestamp (different threads may have same values , is this
allowed?)
http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/functions.html#__time
again we can help you write a shared incrementing counter , the only
question is do you really need it or whether there are simpler ways.
regards
deepak


On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Josh Abts <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am not exactly sure how to add a class to do this like you mentioned.
> Still new to JMeter.
>
> Basically what I am trying to do is I have a list of coordinates in a CSV.
> Each HTTP request contains a pair of coordinates (from the CSV) and then a
> timestamp.  But the timestamp should be increasing by some value
> continuously (persisting throughout runs).  As a very simple example,
> assume
> the csv contains 3 pairs of values {1,2; 3,4; 5,6}  The requests would look
> something like this:
>
> http://myurl/?a=1&b=2&c=2010-12-9T11:15:00
> http://myurl/?a=3&b=4&c=2010-12-9T11:15:10
> http://myurl/?a=5&b=6&c=2010-12-9T11:15:20
> http://myurl/?a=1&b=2&c=2010-12-9T11:15:30
> ...etc.
>
> So we can't easily add values into the CSV because we want the time to
> continuously count up say if we had 200 threads in a forever loop for 5
> minutes.  Between runs it is fine if the time resets, but there should be
> persistence among threads and loops.
>
> I was able to get the CSV to loop properly, its just the time persistence
> that is the issue.
>
> Any ideas, samples/pointers?
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Josh
>
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Deepak Shetty <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > variables arent shared across threads (even in the same thread group)
> > Properties are shared , but when you use multiple threads then you need
> > some
> > way to synchronize access so that only one thread increments the counter
> at
> > any one time. You could do this with Beanshell , but possibly it will be
> > simpler to write a java class that holds a static counter that increments
> > synchronously and just call it in a beanshell function to give you your
> > number (avoids having the sampler in your results).
> >
> > However the first question to ask is why do you need actually this ? or
> do
> > you know how many numbers you need in advance (or a maximum) ? if you do
> > then you can just generate a CSV file before you run your test(as part of
> > your ant build or as a separate threadgroup or something) that has the
> > numbers and use a CSV data set config (you can choose the sharing mode
> > option that says all threads or current thread group)
> >
> > regards
> > deepak
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Josh Abts <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > So I am a little confused with how variables are working in a single
> > Thread
> > > Group.
> > >
> > > I have attached a "User Defined Variables" config element to my thread
> > > group.  From there I setup a HTTP Request sampler under the thread
> group.
> > >  I
> > > also under the thread group have a BeanShell Sampler with a script that
> > > basically acts as a special counter to modify the User defined
> variables
> > > that are used in the Http request.
> > >
> > > But when I run the test using say 3 threads and 1 loop, it only makes 3
> > > http
> > > requests using the same value of the variable (the initial).  If I run
> it
> > > with 1 thread and 3 loops, it works as intended, giving 3 different
> > values
> > > properly incremented by the BeanShell sampler.
> > >
> > > In reading I ran across something that mentioned using JMeter
> Properties
> > to
> > > share values between threads.  But even with that I am still not able
> to
> > > get
> > > it to properly use the values.
> > >
> > > What is the proper/best way to have a shared value among all the
> threads
> > so
> > > that it increments properly?  And is a BeanShell sampler the proper way
> > to
> > > ensure it increments properly?  I am using a CSV data set config for
> the
> > > http request for two variables in it.  So essentially the CSV has a
> > static
> > > list of values that is looped through but the counter should keep going
> > up
> > > independently of that and just tags those values.
> > >
> > > My test hierarchy looks as such:
> > >
> > > Test plan
> > >   |- Thread Group
> > >      |- Http Request
> > >         |-Simple Data Writer
> > >      |- BeanShell Sampler
> > >   |- User Defined Variables
> > >
> > > Hopefully that is clear enough, if not, let me know I can provide any
> > > additional details/samples.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joshua Abts
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Joshua Abts
> IT Specialist
> VisTracks, Inc.
> [email protected]
> (630) 596-5426
>

Reply via email to