Tuesday, 15 September 2015

LR unique file name with web_save_timestamp_param function


Earlier, I shown two ways how to create unique file names in LoadRunner:

How to get unique file name in LoadRunner :

Generating unique file name using LoadRunner parameter

Today I'm going to show the simplest way. And I would like to thank Charlie for his comment.

He suggested to use web_save_timestamp_param function.

web_save_timestamp_param function saves the current timestamp to LoadRunner parameter. Timestamp is the number of milliseconds since midnight January 1st, 1970 (also known as Unix Epoch).

This is how web_save_timestamp_param works:
web_save_timestamp_param("TimeStamp", LAST);
lr_output_message("Timestamp: %s", lr_eval_string("{TimeStamp}"));
And the result is:
Results in LoadRunner Generator
As I explained in this loadRunner tutorial about unique file names in LoadRunner, we have to get unique ids per virtual users with lr_whoamiLoadRunner function.

So, the final LoadRunner script is:
char szFileName[256];
int vuserid, scid;
char *groupid;

lr_whoami(&vuserid, &groupid, &scid); web_save_timestamp_param("TimeStamp", LAST); 

sprintf(szFileName, "%s_%d_%d_%s",
    lr_eval_string("{TimeStamp}"), 
    vuserid,
 
    scid,
 
    groupid);


lr_output_message("File name: %s", szFileName);
And its result is from LoadRunner Controller:Results in LoadRunner ControllerSo, you can add a required file extension (txt, pdf, etc) and get a unique file name. It will work for any number of concurrent virtual users in LoadRunner Controller.



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