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mmoser18
Frequent Contributor
13 years ago

Can one connect a Generator to multiple Runners?

Is there a way to connect a VU Generator to multiple VU Runners?
I found the Splitter Flow-object that provides multiple outputs, but allows only round-robin or random forwarding, no duplication (or multiplication). Any other "trick" to send a trigger to two runners?

M.
  • INQ_Mobile_Supp's avatar
    INQ_Mobile_Supp
    New Contributor
    12 years ago
    I'd love to know the answer to this.

    In one test case I have 25 virtual users, performing various requests. Currently, the all have their own generator.

    I want to run them concurrently, but if I want to change the rate, or the type of generator, I have to make 25 separate changes.

    Is there a way around this?
  • PM_r's avatar
    PM_r
    Icon for Staff rankStaff
    12 years ago
    You cannot connect multiple wires to the outgoing connector of a Generator component, because doing so would mean that the Virtual User would be cloned (and thus breaking the Virtual User philosophy, making things harder to reason about and calculate).

    INQ Mobile Support wrote:
    I want to run them concurrently, but if I want to change the rate, or the type of generator, I have to make 25 separate changes.

    Is there a way around this?

    Simply use a Splitter component. So instead of 3 Generators generating 20 VU's per second, you get 1 Generator @ 60 VU's/sec connected to a Splitter.

    Does this make sense?