InfluxDB structure JMeter

Question

JMeter is puting all the response data in InfluxDB. In Chronograf I can now see the performance over time, thats working fine.

The thing that I want is not comparing the performance data over time, but comparing the performance data about an software version. So I can easy see that the deployed version of today is slower than the version of last week. So more a kind of regression test.

What is the best way to do this? Can I add some extra field to the measurements in InfluxDB with the version number / branch name? Can I do something with tags? Is InfluxDB the right solution for my "problem"?

Answer 1

You can consider using GraphiteBackendListenerClient which has rootMetricsPrefix field.

So you can set different rootMetricsPrefix value for different test runs against different software versions and this way distinguish metrics coming from different tests in a single dashboard.

References:

• How to Use Grafana to Monitor JMeter Non-GUI Results
• JMeter – Real Time Results – InfluxDB & Grafana – Part 2 – Adding Custom Fields