Why making this complex? Just have a dedicated UDV element for such correlation/replacement, while during recordings, disable the others you don't wanna use.
Shmuel Krakower. www.Beatsoo.org - re-use your jmeter scripts for application performance monitoring from worldwide locations for free. On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Robin D. Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > I've noticed this too. Sounds like a feature request. > > Basically, some way to designate which variables can be used for > substitution > when using the recording controller. Perhaps just a list. > > -- > Robin D. Wilson > Sr. Director of Web Development > KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. > VOICE: 512-777-1861 > http://www.kingsisle.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 9:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: How to control variable substitution in JMeter? > > I have some user defined variables: > > SERVER_NAME myhost.com > THE_HTTP_PROTOCOL HTTP > USER_COUNT 1 > LOOP_COUNT 2 > > Then, I use a Recording Controller to capture my browser actions. > Unfortunately, > JMeter does more variable substitution than I'd like it to. For example, it > substitutes ${LOOP_COUNT} into a web site name that contains "2", e.g., > "/host${LOOP_COUNT}/somePage". My favorite example of over-zealous variable > substitution is my ${THE_${THE_HTTP_PROTOCOL}_PROTOCOL} Header Manager. > > Is it possible to make the recording more selective about what variables > can be > used for substitution? For example, of the variables I've listed, I'd > really > only like SERVER_NAME to be substituted in. > > I'm using JMeter 2.11. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > >
