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sebals
16 years ago

[RESOLVED] Get data to run in parallel threads

HI!!  I got a service which responses with info about a customer when I give it the Customer ID, but  I need that, at the same time, multiple threads run the same service with diferents IDs.  How can I do that? I have proved adding several steps, but each thread ran all the steps at once sequencilly.

There are some way to do that?

Thanks!!  and Sorry for my english!

6 Replies

  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
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    16 years ago
    Hello,

    The easiest way to run TestSteps in parallel is to put them in individual TestCases and run the TestSuite in parallel mode. Good luck!

    Regards,
    Dain
    eviware.com
  • triplex's avatar
    triplex
    New Contributor
    16 years ago
    hello there,

    sorry I am an absoulute beginner with SOAPUI, so far I was able to find my way through
    SOAPUI, but I cannot see how to run the test suite in parallel mode.
    I am looking for a way to run 2 different requests in parallel. using 3.1.

    thanks for any pointer,

    best wishes,

    f.
  • triplex's avatar
    triplex
    New Contributor
    16 years ago
    ok, I found it. after one hour looking for it the icon wasn't obvious for me.
    thanks, anyway!

    f.
  • joelgluth's avatar
    joelgluth
    Contributor
    16 years ago
    I have a more subtle question... how do I model client-side parallelism?

    That is: in a test case, some activities are done sequentially, then some are done in separate threads, then some more in series, etc.

    I don't just want to run all my steps in a suite at once.

    I made a bit of progress threading teststeps in Groovy, but unfortunately I'm passing parameters to them via property expansions on the TestCase - which is shared between all the steps, and thus they overwrite each other's data.

    Am I trying to hit a nail that SoapUI won't hammer, or is there a better way?
  • joelgluth's avatar
    joelgluth
    Contributor
    16 years ago
    Partial solution: know in advance which test steps will be parallelised, and duplicate them in the TestCase, but with each having its own properties (is., partition the names).

    It's klunky!
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
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    16 years ago
    Hi Joel.

    I think you are right, this scenario isn't easily simulated currently.. question is what improvements we could make to do so.. any suggestions?

    regards!

    /Ole
    eviware.com