{"id":9410,"date":"2022-04-14T16:12:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/?p=9410"},"modified":"2022-04-14T16:12:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:12:39","slug":"merge-results-and-analyze-all-results-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/merge-results-and-analyze-all-results-at-once\/","title":{"rendered":"Merge Results for Data Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9414 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Title-image.png\" alt=\"Understanding the Merge Results Feature\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Title-image.png 400w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Title-image-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"post-9410-_go4ifue468xo\"><\/a>\u00a0One of the main benefits to RedLine13 is the ability to efficiently scale your load test across multiple load generators.\u00a0 Ordinarily a challenge would present itself in collecting these results into one unified data set.\u00a0 With RedLine13 we have something called &#8220;<em>Merge Results<\/em>&#8220;.\u00a0 You can use the Merge Results feature and analyze all your results at once.\u00a0 In this brief post, we will discuss why many will find this to be useful.<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"post-9410-_849y0z2pqk1u\"><\/a>What are Merged Results?<\/h3>\n<p>RedLine13 allows you to achieve massive scale by running your load test in parallel on many load generators at the same time. While we provide very detailed real-time and post-test analysis, sometimes there is a need to analyze the raw test data. With any paid plan you can download the output files for each JMeter instance. However premium customers can take this a step further and download merged results as a single <a href=\"https:\/\/cwiki.apache.org\/confluence\/display\/jmeter\/JtlFiles\">JTL<\/a> file.<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"post-9410-_6oru47a3n9o6\"><\/a>How to Enable Merged Results<\/h3>\n<p>Before you run your load test, you will need to enable output files. This can be done by ticking the \u201c<em>Save Response Output and Calculate Percentiles<\/em>\u201d checkbox as you start your test:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-image.png\" alt=\"Checkbox to save JMeter response output and calculate percentiles\" width=\"722\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-image.png 722w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-image-300x28.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-image-425x40.png 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you have enabled this, you can run your test as usual. When the test concludes, you will see some additional options under \u201c<em>Output Files<\/em>\u201d. Clicking on the \u201c<em>Generated Merged JTL<\/em>\u201d link will directly download the merged JTL file:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9412\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 477px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-image-1.png\" alt=\"Link to download merged JTL file\" width=\"477\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-image-1.png 632w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-image-1-300x52.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-image-1-425x74.png 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The merged JTL file containing JMeter results from all load generators can be downloaded with a single click.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p>As a feature offered to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/redline13-pricing-features\/\">premium and enterprise customers<\/a>, RedLine13 allows you to merge results from your <a href=\"https:\/\/jmeter.apache.org\/usermanual\/index.html\">JMeter<\/a> load tests.\u00a0 RedLine13 offers a free trial subscription that grants a limited-time access to all premium features including the ability to merge results. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/Service\">Sign up now<\/a> and try this out for yourself today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0One of the main benefits to RedLine13 is the ability to efficiently scale your load test across multiple load generators.\u00a0 Ordinarily a challenge would present itself in collecting these results into one unified data set.\u00a0 With RedLine13 we have something called &#8220;Merge Results&#8220;.\u00a0 You can use the Merge Results feature and analyze all your results at once.\u00a0 In this brief post, we will discuss why many will find this to be useful. 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