JMeter - Adding User Defined Variables

Adding User Defined Variables

The User Defined Variables (UDV) element as shown in the following snapshot is particularly interesting with regards to the test case design we drafted earlier in the table. It allows you to plug values to variables being used in various locations in the Test Plan. The JMeter Test Plan we have created will implement the exact values assigned to different variables. Following is a snapshot of the UDV I have set up for our Test Plan.

How do we use these variables in the Test Plan? Simply use the format ${Variablename} anywhere in the Test Plan that we want to use the value of a Variable.

For example, in the HTTP Request Sampler following CREATE ACCOUNT | Test Step#6: Register Valid User, as you can see below, the parameter password has value ${VALID_PWD}, referring to the corresponding variable assigned in UDV.

We may also use the variables set in UDV in other elements, namely Response Assertions. This feature is particularly useful when the assertion depends on varying values, such as when we want to verify URLs, verifying user names, account no, etc.—depending on the values we want to include throughout the entire testing. The following snapshot may give us a clear idea of how a UDV can be used in an Assertion element. The URL variable defined in UDV is used in the Patterns to Test section of this Assertion, as part of a complete page element that we want to verify in the page Sampler.