Timer

The TIMER action measures the amount of time in milliseconds that it takes to execute a list of URLs/actions, helping to simplify your test analysis. The Timer report, available in the summary.csv URL section of results, shows the minimum, maximum, and average response times. These statistics are also available as real-time graphs in the Client Statistics Timers tab.

TIP: The Loop action provides a similar function in that it allows you to execute a set of URLs/actions for a predetermined amount of time or set number of counts. For more information, see Loop.

Syntax

TIMER timer_name START

list of URLs/actions

TIMER timer_name STOP

• timer_name—an alphanumeric name that identifies the timer.

• list of URLs/actions—the set of URLs/actions that you want to execute.

Example

The following timer measures how long it takes to execute six URLs.

TIMER first_run START

1 GET http://www.somewebsite.com/

2 GET http://www.somewebsite.com/images/about.gif

1 GET http://www.somewebsite2.com/

2 GET http://www.somewebsite.com/images/notes.gif

1 GET http://www.somewebsite3.com/

2 GET http://www.somewebsite3.com/images/welcome.gif

TIMER first_run STOP

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Related Information:

Action Lists

Client Magnitude Results

Client Statistics Timers Tab

Loop