Can you give a mock of how you envision it implemented in Flow Control Action?
-- Andrey Pokhilko 12.11.2018 14:50, Philippe Mouawad пишет: > Thanks for information. > I feel this behavior should be in core. > > To avoid another element, I think updating Flow Control Action is a good > candidate as it’s a sample about jmeter internals. > > Thoughts? > > Regards > > On Monday, November 12, 2018, Andrey Pokhilko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> There's already a plugin for that: >> https://jmeter-plugins.org/wiki/SetVariablesAction/ >> >> It is exactly a sampler that is used to evaluate functions/variables. >> >> -- >> >> Andrey Pokhilko >> >> 11.11.2018 20:53, Philippe Mouawad пишет: >>> 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 >>> >
