This plugin allows Jenkins to execute RadView WebLOAD Console Load sessions and WebLOAD Analytics report generation.

About this Plugin

This plugin allows you to trigger a WebLOAD Console load-test, and generate reports using WebLOAD Analytics. The plugin is intended to be used with WebLOAD version 10.1 and up.

Installation Notes

1. Install a full installation of WebLOAD on the machine that will run the WebLOAD jobs (this is either the master, or better, a slave).
2. The Load-Generator (if used) do not require any special set-up
3. If running Jenkins as a Service, make sure it running using a normal user, and not the Local System Account

User Guide

Set up a job - execute a load session

1. Install a full installation of WebLOAD on the machine running the job (this is either the master, or better, a slave)
2. Go to the Jenkins Server home page.
3. Click the New Job link or select an existing job.
4. Enter a Job name (for a new job).
5. Select Build a free-style software project and click OK.
6. In the Project Configuration section scroll down to the Build section.
7. Expand the Add build step drop-down and select Execute WebLOAD Load Session
8. Set the Template File - create this file in WebLOAD Console - it defines which scripts to run, on which load-generators and what is the load session schedule
9. Set the Load Session File - this is where the results will be saved. It is recommended you use the build-number parameter, to differentiate between the runs, for example,  my_result_${BUILD_NUMBER}.ls

Set up a job - generate Analytics report

Follow the steps above to create a new Job, or more commonly, add another build step to the previous Job.*

1. Expand the Add build step drop-down and select Generate WebLOAD Analytics Report
2. Set Input Load Session File to the .ls file (normally, this will be the name set in step 9 above)
3. Set Output format to the desired report format, normally HTML or PDF. You can also use JUNIT to create an xml report that can be used in conjunction with Jenkins's Publish JUnit Test Result report Post Build action.
4. Set Portfolio Name to define which templates will be included in the report. By default the Summary Portfolio is used. The Regression Portfolio is recommended when using Compare to previous builds is used.
5. Set Report name. Used as the report title and also the output filename
6. Set Compare to previous builds to compare the current run to the specified number of previous builds.
7. Set Compare to sessions to a path of a baseline .ls session file to compare to (or a comma-separated list of such files)