OctoPerf Thread Group

Introduction

This JMeter ThreadGroup allows you to define the user load curve, point by point:

Requirements

This plugin requires the Custom Thread Groups plugin in order to work. Please install it first.

Edition

Even though you cannot modify this option in the UI, the number of loops can be configured directly in the JMX (defaults to forever -1):

<com.octoperf.jmeter.OctoPerfThreadGroup guiclass="com.octoperf.jmeter.ui.OctoPerfThreadGroupGui" testclass="com.octoperf.jmeter.OctoPerfThreadGroup" testname="OctoPerfThreadGroup" enabled="true">
  <stringProp name="TestPlan.comments">https://octoperf.com</stringProp>
  <collectionProp name="points">
    <collectionProp name="ThreadGroupPoint(timeInMs=0, threadsCount=0)">
      <longProp name="timeInMs">0</longProp>
      <longProp name="threadsCount">0</longProp>
    </collectionProp>
    <collectionProp name="ThreadGroupPoint(timeInMs=10000, threadsCount=10)">
      <longProp name="timeInMs">10000</longProp>
      <longProp name="threadsCount">10</longProp>
    </collectionProp>
    <collectionProp name="ThreadGroupPoint(timeInMs=20000, threadsCount=10)">
      <longProp name="timeInMs">20000</longProp>
      <longProp name="threadsCount">10</longProp>
    </collectionProp>
    <collectionProp name="ThreadGroupPoint(timeInMs=30000, threadsCount=5)">
      <longProp name="timeInMs">30000</longProp>
      <longProp name="threadsCount">5</longProp>
    </collectionProp>
    <collectionProp name="ThreadGroupPoint(timeInMs=40000, threadsCount=5)">
      <longProp name="timeInMs">40000</longProp>
      <longProp name="threadsCount">5</longProp>
    </collectionProp>
    <collectionProp name="ThreadGroupPoint(timeInMs=50000, threadsCount=15)">
      <longProp name="timeInMs">50000</longProp>
      <longProp name="threadsCount">15</longProp>
    </collectionProp>
    <collectionProp name="ThreadGroupPoint(timeInMs=60000, threadsCount=15)">
      <longProp name="timeInMs">60000</longProp>
      <longProp name="threadsCount">15</longProp>
    </collectionProp>
  </collectionProp>
  <elementProp name="ThreadGroup.main_controller" elementType="LoopController" guiclass="LoopControlPanel" testclass="LoopController" testname="Loop Controller" enabled="true">
    <boolProp name="LoopController.continue_forever">false</boolProp>
    <intProp name="LoopController.loops">1</intProp>
  </elementProp>
</com.octoperf.jmeter.OctoPerfThreadGroup>