Need to add perfmon in HTML file of jmeter

Question

I am trying to configure perfmon in html, but it is showing error. I have tried multiple steps but still shows error.

What I have tried.

• Steps I followed (Checked in version 5.4 and 5.5)
• First, I have downloaded plugins for perfmon from JMeter plugin manager.
• Downloaded sever agent and started startAgent.bat. (Successfully started)
• Executed test and received graphs in JMeter Perfmon graph
• Same I can open it in aggregate reports Aggregate report
• I have then added below points in user.properties file (from here issue started)

Custom graph definition

jmeter.reportgenerator.graph.custom_Perfmon.classname=org.apache.jmeter.report.processor.graph.impl.CustomGraphConsumer
jmeter.reportgenerator.graph.custom_Perfmon.title=PerfmonMetrics
jmeter.reportgenerator.graph.custom_Perfmon.property.set_Y_Axis=Usage in %
jmeter.reportgenerator.graph.custom_Perfmon.property.set_X_Axis=Over Time
jmeter.reportgenerator.graph.custom_Perfmon.property.set_granularity=60000
jmeter.reportgenerator.graph.custom_Perfmon.property.setSampleVariableName=ts-hit
jmeter.reportgenerator.graph.custom_Perfmon.property.setContentMessage=Message for graph point label

Added ts-hit in perfmon name

Error that I am facing

Error generating the report:

org.apache.jmeter.report.dashboard.GenerationException: Error while processing samples: Consumer failed with message :Consumer failed with message :Consumer failed with message :Consumer failed with message :No column <"ts-hit"> found in sample metadata <timeStamp,elapsed,label,responseCode,responseMessage,threadName,dataType,success,failureMessage,bytes,sentBytes,grpThreads,allThreads,URL,Latency,IdleTime,Connect>, check #jmeter.save.saveservice.* properties to add the missing column

Answer 1

You need to declare this ts-hit as a Sample Variable. For example by adding the next line to user.properties file:

sample_variables=ts-hit

The HTML Reporting Dashboard expects the .jtl results file to have ts-hit column so you need to provide the values to that column for each Sampler. The options are in:

1. Transfer the values from the Abc3.csv file manually using Excel or equivalent
2. Obtain the value of the metric you need dynamically via i.e. TCP Sampler by sending the appropriate request, for example metrics-single:cpu. Then you can store the value from the Server Agent using Boundary Extractor into ts-hit JMeter Variable and it will be automatically picked up and plotted during HTML Reporting Dashboard generation.