Apache JMeter Apache JMeter parameterization Parameterization using the ‘Parameterized Controller’ plugin

Example

If you need to execute a repeating sequence of the same action with different parameters, use the ‘Parameterized Controller’ 3rd party plugin from JMeter-Plugins project.

You need to install this plugin first by following installation procedure.

Let’s assume that we want to parameterize the login workflow:

First of all, you need to install the ‘Parameterized Controller’ plugin as it is not included into JMeter core. Installation steps of that process can be found here.

Let’s move the ‘Login Request’ into a separate controller and disable it (right-click it and select "Disable"). This is the most preferable way to have a modules container inside your test plan and avoid using Workbench as such a container. After the installation is over, you can add two ‘Parameterized Controller’ controllers with different user credentials: Right click on Thread Group -> Add -> Logic Controller -> Parameterized Controller

Parameterized Controllers contains the ‘User Defined Variables’ section, where you can specify your parameters. Put the credentials of the first user in the first parameterized controller and the second user credentials in the second parameterized controller.

Inside both parameterized controllers, add references to the ‘Reusable Controller’ to call the ‘Login request’ with different parameters. It can be done this way:

Right click on ‘Parameterized Controller’ -> ‘Add’ -> ‘Logic Controller’ -> ‘Module Controller’

When running your script, you will see that the ‘Login request’ triggered each of the parameterized controllers separately. It can be very useful in case you need to run your script across different combinations of input parameters.