Hello,
Frequently when using JMeter functions, users don't really know for certain
use cases where to put the function, here are few examples:
- Any function which output will not be used directly by sample
parameters
- Such type of functions:
- https://jmeter-plugins.org/wiki/InterThreadCommunication/
- you want to create a variable from the output of a function and update
it on each iteration:
- User Defined Variable is not an option as evaluation occurs on
start of test
- User Parameters being a preprocessor, it would be evaluated on each
call, so you need to nest it inside a Flow Control Action, not very
intuitive right ?
I also remember when I started using JMeter that I found this part
counter-intuitive.
I think it would be nice to have a solution for this, that would evaluate
the variables/functions exactly at the place where the call is present and
without generating any SampleResult.
We could implement this:
- as an enhancement to Flow Control Action
- as a new Sampler
What's your thoughts on this ?
Regards
