Testing scalability with JMeter
JMeter is a tool from Apache that can be used to automate web-based interactions for the purpose of testing scalability. Basically, we can use this tool to automatically connect to a QlikView application, make different selections, look at different charts, drill up and down, and repeat to test how well the application performs.
JMeter first started being used for testing QlikView about 3 years ago. At the time, while it looked like a great tool, the amount of work necessary to set it up was very off-putting.
Since then, however, the guys in the Qlik scalability center have created a set of tools that automate the configuration of JMeter, and this makes things a lot easier for us. In fact, almost anyone can set up ...
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