Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-jakarta-jmeter-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-jmeter-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4FAE742D3 for ; Thu, 19 May 2011 20:55:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 25917 invoked by uid 500); 19 May 2011 20:55:20 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-jmeter-user-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 25888 invoked by uid 500); 19 May 2011 20:55:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact jmeter-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "JMeter Users List" Reply-To: "JMeter Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list jmeter-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 25879 invoked by uid 99); 19 May 2011 20:55:20 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 May 2011 20:55:20 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RFC_ABUSE_POST,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of will.milspec@gmail.com designates 209.85.218.44 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.218.44] (HELO mail-yi0-f44.google.com) (209.85.218.44) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 May 2011 20:55:12 +0000 Received: by yic13 with SMTP id 13so1318117yic.31 for ; Thu, 19 May 2011 13:54:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=d8RGRNIcSLKEXscEkNkwZFJ/NULIhfekxY5JiGwRz+0=; b=G3iXcUEqQsGuupiK9sQdllupl4F4XutC4lQCPEd86g3rtTFAVbWkuJr1SmoDvUJplI Rvgw4opd39PMu4pq4JcdY8JVxOiQZXiRN4uTfAMygWih1eh88C7jGXXzQYS+ly4a0uxT 1SrbZeEdJ7kD4g8jhSXOLzf/CeVRQdgiJUX6s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=L43DTFaChoZo7GAoHbwiX+fxP5uwbf3l4mON0nz9bkxnWO1W/wqoRP3OeWcDYxaXjQ /tHA8RyO+Fjf0csBqJLW7TMs/pRhUQQn4kW1jopUfrs5ueXjp5NMY4+2IsAGQ/8FKtI+ LbgPl3qUUOt7TPpezQADdDeBER+v6GmwTFlMw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.131.39 with SMTP id l27mr3851391yhi.509.1305838491726; Thu, 19 May 2011 13:54:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.110.175 with HTTP; Thu, 19 May 2011 13:54:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 15:54:51 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Timers, Think Time between requests, and Best Practices From: Will Milspec To: JMeter Users List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf301afc2f6ef3c804a3a73703 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --20cf301afc2f6ef3c804a3a73703 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi all, Thanks for the response. I've looked over the code and the various options in the http proxy and concluded this: (Note this may be obvious to seasoned vets, but wasn't obvious to me as a newcomer) If you want to use "think time" with jmeter scripts recorded via the http proxy server.... When setting up your http proxy server, ================================ * Grouping select the following: Put each group in a new transaction controller When setting up your thread test plan: ================================== * put the timer (gaussian/uniform/etc) at the top of the test plan Result ======= The timer will apply to the first url in the transaction Further notes ============ * Because we want our tests to download images/css, etc, I set the proxy record er "Retrieve all embedded resources from html files" (if you want jmeter to download css/gif/ * Cookie manager to make sure sessions persist between requests * Cache manager simulates browser caching Will --20cf301afc2f6ef3c804a3a73703--