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Eyal Ch
Eyal Ch

Reputation: 10066

What is the recommended jmeter listener to use during a load test

I am performing an http load test (~1000rpm).

I want to be able to view some results (like avg throughput, avg response time, etc...)

I see in documentation on many listeners:

during load test as it consumes a lot of resources (memory and CPU). Use it only for either functional testing or during Test Plan debugging and Validation.

So is there any listener that I can use during an actual load test? (that won't consume much resources)?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2892

Answers (1)

rachna bafna
rachna bafna

Reputation: 501

It's recommended that you use run load test in non-ui mode. Collect the samples and then use different listeners once you have the raw results with you. Running from UI mode consumes resources and having listeners added while test is going on is overhead for JMeter.

You can use tests in non-ui mode like: jmeter.bat -n -t script_name -l log_file.jtl

This will record all the samples in log_file.jtl.

You can use following listeners to analyze the results:

 1. Summary Report
 2. Aggregate report
 3. Throughput Listener

There are some additional listeners that you can get from https://jmeter-plugins.org/wiki/StandardSet/. They help you with better analysis. I normally use Response Time Over Time and Transactions Per Second.

Upvotes: 3

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