JMeter - Request running in parallel with two sequentially executed Transaction Controllers

[Ajith R]

Hi Team,

I have a script with the following structure:

Transaction Controller - 1
Request - X
Transaction Controller - 2
Transaction Controller - 3
   
Request - X is fired right after Transaction Controller - 1.

Now, this request needs to run in parallel with the Transaction Controllers 2 and 3 respectively.

i.e. TC - 2 and TC - 3 should execute sequentially. But TC - 2 followed by TC - 3 should run parallelly to Request - X.

Am not sure how to use Parallel Controller here. Could you please help me with this?

Thanks for your support.

Regards,
Ajith

[Dmitri T]

Parallel Controller executes it's children at the same time.

So the closest you can achieve is to put Request - X and Transaction Controller - 2 under the parallel controller and they will be executed at the same time. Then Transaction Controller - 3 will be executed.

Otherwise move Request -X to another Thread Group and use Inter-Thread Communication Plugin for starting it after Transaction Controller - 1.