Checking Assertions and Pass/Fail the Build

I've added an important step here that takes us away from the happy path and towards real
performance issues. As time progresses using this solution, more of these steps may be
needed. The performance test analyst must keep an eye on this and adjust his models and
solutions for each particular project.

Here, I have added a method to check for text in responses and report results back up to
Jenkins. It is recommended that you check for text as far down the response as possible but
that text must be unique to the response coming back correctly i.e. don't just check for
'</body>' (!)

The assertion-check.sh script will then count the true and false assertions and report back
to Jenkins based on a percentage pass limit that you can set.

To use this feature, add a response assertion and an assertion results listener:

Follow the JMeter rules for assertion placement and follow the guidelines for this solution. Namely:

1. The filename must contain 'results' (as we use the results collation routine, see here)

2. The filename must end in .csv

3. DO NOT have different assertions with sub names based on others. e.g. you cannot have 'results-assertion-tags' AND 'results-
assertion-tags-scala'.

4. Do not select the option 'Save As XML'

Running a test from Jenkins now adds extra config lines for checking any assertions required. See the last two lines here:

The assertion-check.sh script will then count the number of lines in the collated assertion results
file that contain 'true' and 'false'. (Because of this, do not include 'true' or 'false' in any of your
jmeter step descriptions etc. (!)):

The script will echo results back to the screen and it will build a bespoke jtl file that produces graphs in
Jenkins. The only slight pain is that the Jenkins graphs are not highly configurable and they are titled
'Responding time' but that will just need explaining to your users - we are actually plotting percentage
passes of the assertions:
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