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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:26:47 +0000
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Subject: Re: IF or WHILE Contoller to limit requests by current time
From: sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com>
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On 20 December 2010 15:17, luke tarr <luketarr83@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I=92m after a bit of help with Jmeter.
> I have a time parameter that is sent with a request which effectively loo=
ks like this
> TIME=3D2010-12-07T09:00:00
> I have used the time function within the parameter so that the year, mont=
h, date and time(HH) are all sourced from the system clock and are therefor=
e always up-to-date; the parameter that is now passed is shown below.
> TIME=3D${__time(yyyy)}-{__time(MM)}-${__time(dd)}T${__time(HH)}:00:00

Why don't you use:

TIME=3D${__time(yyyy-MM-ddTHH00:00)}

to create the time?

> This works fine but I would like to limit when the HTTP request is used d=
epending upon the minutes past the hour; there is a cycle of four differing=
 images that are available, changing every 15 minutes e.g. T09:00:00 is ima=
ge 1, T09:15:00 is image 2 etc).
> My initial thought was to use either an IF of WHILE controller that would=
 tell the HTTP request to only function if the actual minutes are within a =
given range (there would be a HTTP request set for each 15 minute window an=
d each would have a controller) but I can=92t figure it out.
> So, for the first 15 minute window I went along the lines of =91${__time(=
mm)}<15=92 for IF and =91${__javaScript(${__time(mm)}<15)}=92 for WHILE to =
see if the request could be limited to a certain part of the hour (it would=
 poll every minute up to the point in time when the next 15min period start=
s). =A0The instance would be left running for fairly long durations of time=
 to see that the images (content changed/were available in a timely fashion=
).
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I would probably use the switch controller, and convert the time into
0-3 quarters.

> Many thanks,
>
> Luke

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