Random selection from CSV file in Jmeter

Question

I have a very large CSV file (8000+ items) of URLs that I\'m reading with a CSV Data Set Config element. It is populating the path of an HTTP Request sampler and iterating throu

Answer 1

There is another way to achieve this:

• create a separate thread group
• depending on what you want to achieve:
  • add a (random) loop count -> this will set a start offset for the thread group that does the work
  • add a loop count or forever and a timer and let it loop while the other thread group is running. This thread group will read a 'pseudo' random line

It's not really random, the file is still read sequentially, but your work thread makes jumps in the file. It worked for me ;-)