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how to Initialize a csv file in jmeter via Simple table server

i am able to initialize a CSV file via Simple table server when file is in jmeter bin folder.

as per requirement i need to initialize CSV file from a different location, i tried multiple ways but i am getting error as "Error : Illegal character found !"

file location: C:/sample/sample.csv

please suggest solution how to handle this scenario

Solution

  • The documentation states:

    The filename is limited to 128 characters maxi and must not contains characters \ / : or ..

    This limits are for security reasons (E.g: NOT read "/etc/passwd" or ../../../tomcat/conf/server.xml).

    Instead of passing the full path to the file you should rather set the following JMeter property:

    jmeterPlugin.sts.datasetDirectory=C:/sample

    and use just sample.csv in the INTIFILE command.