JMeter Test Plan in details

In this section we will discuss on JMeter Test Plan in details.

JMeter Thread Group:

• JMeter Thread group is the starting element of the Test plan.
• It manages all threads that executes a test plan
• At least one Thread Group per test plan should be created
• Thread group control panel has several key component that you can set.
• Each Thread group controls the following
  • Number of threads
  • Ramp-up time
  • Iteration of test 

JMeter Controllers:

Thera are two types of JMeter controllers

• Samplers
• Logic Controller
  • Samplers:
    • This defines what should happen
    • Several samplers are available which provides ability to send several request types like JDBC, HTTP etc
  • Logic Controller:
• This controls how samples are executed
• Several logic Controllers are available
• This is required to Modify request
• This Causes JMeter to repeat request

What is Logic Controller?

Logic controller is nothing but the control the sequence of request in a thread. For example, if you want to run the thread randomly or loop or simple, you can customize this in Logic controller.

Some commonly used logic controllers are

• Simple controller
• Recording Controller
• Loop Controller
• Random Controller
• Module controller etc.

Let’s understand each controller in details