Thanks to the input, I have devised a way to make this work in a 'Summary
Report' listener... It's not pretty, but it is functional.
I've included the contents of my 'TG Timer' here. It uses a separate thread
group for the timers, because the 'once only' controller ran once per thread,
not once per thread group.
The general idea is setup some variables, poke them into parameters (so I can
transfer the values across thread groups) and then read and reset them between
each thread group - outputting a dummy sampler line with the timestamp (in
ms-since-epoch, but you could change this if you like) and the elapsed time
since the last time the 'TG Timer' ran... I intersperse these TG Timers between
my sequentially running thread groups and "tah dah!" I get timestamps and
elapsed times output in the Summary Report.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jmeterTestPlan version="1.2" properties="2.1">
<hashTree>
<TestPlan guiclass="TestPlanGui" testclass="TestPlan" testname="TG Timer
Config" enabled="true">
<stringProp name="TestPlan.comments">'Disable' the thread
groups you aren't trying to stress.</stringProp>
<boolProp name="TestPlan.functional_mode">false</boolProp>
<boolProp name="TestPlan.serialize_threadgroups">true</boolProp>
<elementProp name="TestPlan.user_defined_variables"
elementType="Arguments" guiclass="ArgumentsPanel" testclass="Arguments"
testname="User Defined Variables" enabled="true">
<collectionProp name="Arguments.arguments"/>
</elementProp>
<stringProp name="TestPlan.user_define_classpath"></stringProp>
<collectionProp name="TestPlan.thread_groups"/>
</TestPlan>
<hashTree>
<ThreadGroup guiclass="ThreadGroupGui" testclass="ThreadGroup"
testname="Start TG Timer" enabled="true">
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.on_sample_error">continue</stringProp>
<elementProp name="ThreadGroup.main_controller"
elementType="LoopController" guiclass="LoopControlPanel"
testclass="LoopController" testname="Loop Controller" enabled="true">
<boolProp name="LoopController.continue_forever">false</boolProp>
<stringProp name="LoopController.loops">1</stringProp>
</elementProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.num_threads">1</stringProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.ramp_time">1</stringProp>
<longProp name="ThreadGroup.start_time">1320342967000</longProp>
<longProp name="ThreadGroup.end_time">1320342967000</longProp>
<boolProp name="ThreadGroup.scheduler">false</boolProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.duration"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.delay"></stringProp>
</ThreadGroup>
<hashTree>
<UserParameters guiclass="UserParametersGui" testclass="UserParameters"
testname="User Parameters" enabled="true">
<collectionProp name="UserParameters.names">
<stringProp name="1185546556">PrevStartTime</stringProp>
<stringProp name="-1987142487">PrevTGCount</stringProp>
<stringProp name="0"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="1182835273">ElapsedTime</stringProp>
<stringProp name="-1999321243">threadStartTime</stringProp>
<stringProp name="-1409654180">tgCount</stringProp>
<stringProp name="1984987727">setTime</stringProp>
<stringProp name="647878586">setTGCount</stringProp>
</collectionProp>
<collectionProp name="UserParameters.thread_values">
<collectionProp name="-1834623057">
<stringProp
name="-2078679218">${__P(ThreadStartTime,0)}</stringProp>
<stringProp name="46204838">${__P(TGCount,1)}</stringProp>
<stringProp name="0"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="48">0</stringProp>
<stringProp name="1008029728">${__javaScript(var ms = new Date;
ms.getTime();)}</stringProp>
<stringProp name="49">1</stringProp>
<stringProp name="1759500564">${__setProperty(ThreadStartTime,
${threadStartTime})}</stringProp>
<stringProp name="-1525630572">${__setProperty(TGCount,
${tgCount})}</stringProp>
</collectionProp>
</collectionProp>
<boolProp name="UserParameters.per_iteration">false</boolProp>
</UserParameters>
<hashTree/>
<DebugSampler guiclass="TestBeanGUI" testclass="DebugSampler"
testname="TG ${tgCount} Start: ${threadStartTime} - Elapsed: ${ElapsedTime}"
enabled="true">
<boolProp name="displayJMeterProperties">false</boolProp>
<boolProp name="displayJMeterVariables">false</boolProp>
<boolProp name="displaySystemProperties">false</boolProp>
</DebugSampler>
<hashTree/>
</hashTree>
<ThreadGroup guiclass="ThreadGroupGui" testclass="ThreadGroup"
testname="TG Timer" enabled="true">
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.on_sample_error">continue</stringProp>
<elementProp name="ThreadGroup.main_controller"
elementType="LoopController" guiclass="LoopControlPanel"
testclass="LoopController" testname="Loop Controller" enabled="true">
<boolProp name="LoopController.continue_forever">false</boolProp>
<stringProp name="LoopController.loops">1</stringProp>
</elementProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.num_threads">1</stringProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.ramp_time">1</stringProp>
<longProp name="ThreadGroup.start_time">1320342967000</longProp>
<longProp name="ThreadGroup.end_time">1320342967000</longProp>
<boolProp name="ThreadGroup.scheduler">false</boolProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.duration"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.delay"></stringProp>
</ThreadGroup>
<hashTree>
<UserParameters guiclass="UserParametersGui" testclass="UserParameters"
testname="User Parameters" enabled="true">
<collectionProp name="UserParameters.names">
<stringProp name="1185546556">PrevStartTime</stringProp>
<stringProp name="-1987142487">PrevTGCount</stringProp>
<stringProp name="0"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="1182835273">ElapsedTime</stringProp>
<stringProp name="-1999321243">threadStartTime</stringProp>
<stringProp name="-1409654180">tgCount</stringProp>
<stringProp name="1984987727">setTime</stringProp>
<stringProp name="647878586">setTGCount</stringProp>
</collectionProp>
<collectionProp name="UserParameters.thread_values">
<collectionProp name="-1451951225">
<stringProp
name="-2078679218">${__P(ThreadStartTime,0)}</stringProp>
<stringProp name="46204838">${__P(TGCount,1)}</stringProp>
<stringProp name="0"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="-1898455245">${__javaScript(var ms = new Date;
ms.getTime() - ${PrevStartTime};)}</stringProp>
<stringProp name="1008029728">${__javaScript(var ms = new Date;
ms.getTime();)}</stringProp>
<stringProp name="-1527117377">${__javaScript(${PrevTGCount} +
1)}</stringProp>
<stringProp name="1759500564">${__setProperty(ThreadStartTime,
${threadStartTime})}</stringProp>
<stringProp name="-1525630572">${__setProperty(TGCount,
${tgCount})}</stringProp>
</collectionProp>
</collectionProp>
<boolProp name="UserParameters.per_iteration">false</boolProp>
</UserParameters>
<hashTree/>
<DebugSampler guiclass="TestBeanGUI" testclass="DebugSampler"
testname="TG ${tgCount} Start: ${threadStartTime} - Elapsed: ${ElapsedTime}"
enabled="true">
<boolProp name="displayJMeterProperties">false</boolProp>
<boolProp name="displayJMeterVariables">false</boolProp>
<boolProp name="displaySystemProperties">false</boolProp>
</DebugSampler>
<hashTree/>
</hashTree>
</hashTree>
</hashTree>
</jmeterTestPlan>
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--
Robin D. Wilson
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Speteanu [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 12:45 PM
To: JMeter Users List
Subject: Re: How best to track start & end times during a test?
Hi Robert,
You should take a look at JMeter plugins out there. Some of them give the
possibility to switch between relative time (moment 0 - time elapsed) or actual
time (time of start - time of last sample).
--
Adrian S
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Robin D. Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would find it quite useful to see this sort of information on the
> listeners too in the GUI...
>
> Specifically, I'd like to see execution 'start' and 'end' times, and
> even thread 'start' and 'end' times. Ideally we'd have the option to
> see an 'elapsed' time for the test and the threads as well... Some
> sort of update to the Summary listener would be ideal.
>
> --
> Robin D. Wilson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ZK [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 2:43 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: How best to track start & end times during a test?
>
> You could add this to a 'debug sampler' name; inside a 'once only
> controller':
> [Date=${__time("dd-MM-yyyy",today)}] [Time=${__time("hh:mm",today)}]
>
>
> This would give you the start date and time for your test
>
>
>
>
> ZK
>
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