Hi, You can set a log file with passing the -j [log_file] parameter to JMeter on startup. On the generated log file you can get the start and end time of the run (if you are running it in non GUI mode and with auto start).
2011/10/27 18:33:33 INFO - jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine: Running the test! 2011/10/27 18:34:14 INFO - jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine: Test has ended Good Luck, Shmuel Krakower. On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 3:03 AM, David Luu <[email protected]> wrote: > Was wondering how best to track/log start & end times for a load test > within JMeter, in case one doesn't adamantly (and manually) note down the > times. Still important even when you have a fixed test duration as you need > to know what times the test ran to correlate logs. > > I notice that JMeter's tabular data in the GUI, when saved as CSV via Save > Table Data button does not log any timestamps for start/end of test. > Similarly, unless I misconfigured settings, seems the CSV output of data > (reported in Summary Report or Aggregate Graph) that is set to save to file > when test runs also does not log start/end times, but it does have a > timestamp column, but hard to decipher for me. > > Haven't checked the XML output version, but XML is rather verbose, and I > would prefer a condensed CSV of results instead. > > And the JMeter graphs, including the JMeter plugins at > > http://code.google.com/p/jmeter-plugins/ > > also don't seem to display start/end times other than test duration span in > minute/seconds on the X-axis. > > Feedback appreciated. > > Thanks, > David >
