Generate HTML report in jmeter

Question

I am using apache jmeter 5.5 and jdk 1.8.0_352. I have been running the jmx file using non-GUI mode as shown below: jmeter -n -t./MockTest.jmx -l report.jtl As expected.jtl file has been generated, but while trying to create HTML report using cmd as shown below: jmeter -g./report.jtl -o./myStat01 It is not working as expected instead it is generating only json file. Upon checking the "jmeter_html_report.log" the below error is found:

 2022-12-19 17:00:09,488 INFO oajrpAbstractSampleConsumer: class org.apache.jmeter.report.processor.graph.impl.ResponseTimePercentilesOverTimeGraphConsumer#stopProducing(): responseTimePercentilesOverTime produced 0 samples 2022-12-19 17:00:09,488 INFO oajrpAbstractSampleConsumer: class org.apache.jmeter.report.processor.graph.impl.ResponseTimeOverTimeGraphConsumer#stopProducing(): responseTimesOverTime produced 0 samples 2022-12-19 17:00:09,488 INFO oajrpAbstractSampleConsumer: class org.apache.jmeter.report.processor.graph.impl.ConnectTimeOverTimeGraphConsumer#stopProducing(): connectTimeOverTime produced 0 samples 2022-12-19 17:00:09,488 INFO oajrpAbstractSampleConsumer: class org.apache.jmeter.report.processor.graph.impl.LatencyOverTimeGraphConsumer#stopProducing(): latenciesOverTime produced 0 samples 2022-12-19 17:00:09,488 INFO oajrpAbstractSampleConsumer: class org.apache.jmeter.report.processor.FilterConsumer#stopProducing(): nameFilter produced 750 samples 2022-12-19 17:00:09,488 INFO oajrpAbstractSampleConsumer: class org.apache.jmeter.report.processor.FilterConsumer#stopProducing(): dateRangeFilter produced 150 samples 2022-12-19 17:00:09,488 INFO oajrpAbstractSampleConsumer: class org.apache.jmeter.report.processor.NormalizerSampleConsumer#stopProducing(): normalizer produced 50 samples 2022-12-19 17:00:09,488 INFO oajrpCsvFileSampleSource: produce(): 50 samples produced in 39ms on channel 0 2022-12-19 17:00:09,488 INFO oajrdReportGenerator: Exporting data using exporter:'json' of className:'org.apache.jmeter.report.dashboard.JsonExporter' 2022-12-19 17:00:09,576 INFO oajrdJsonExporter: Found data for consumer statisticsSummary in context 2022-12-19 17:00:09,576 INFO oajrdJsonExporter: Creating statistics for overall 2022-12-19 17:00:09,577 INFO oajrdJsonExporter: Creating statistics for other transactions 2022-12-19 17:00:09,577 INFO oajrdJsonExporter: Checking output folder 2022-12-19 17:00:09,578 INFO oajrdJsonExporter: Writing statistics JSON to /home/apache-jmeter-5.5/bin/myStat01/statistics.json 2022-12-19 17:00:09,601 INFO oajrdReportGenerator: Exporting data using exporter:'html' of className:'org.apache.jmeter.report.dashboard.HtmlTemplateExporter' 2022-12-19 17:00:09,602 ERROR oajrdHtmlTemplateExporter: "/home/apache-jmeter-5.5/bin/report-template" is not a valid template directory 2022-12-19 17:00:09,603 ERROR oajJMeter: An error occurred: org.apache.jmeter.report.dashboard.GenerationException: Data exporter "html" is unable to export data. at org.apache.jmeter.report.dashboard.ReportGenerator.exportData(ReportGenerator.java:388) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.5] at org.apache.jmeter.report.dashboard.ReportGenerator.generate(ReportGenerator.java:260) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.5] at org.apache.jmeter.JMeter.start(JMeter.java:462) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.5] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_352] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:1.8.0_352] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[?:1.8.0_352] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[?:1.8.0_352] at org.apache.jmeter.NewDriver.main(NewDriver.java:259) ~[ApacheJMeter.jar:5.5] Caused by: org.apache.jmeter.report.dashboard.ExportException: "/home/apache-jmeter-5.5/bin/report-template" is not a valid template directory at org.apache.jmeter.report.dashboard.HtmlTemplateExporter.export(HtmlTemplateExporter.java:316) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.5] at org.apache.jmeter.report.dashboard.ReportGenerator.exportData(ReportGenerator.java:382) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.5]... 7 more

Answer 1

"/home/apache-jmeter-5.5/bin/report-template" is not a valid template directory

it means that your JMeter installation is broken somehow, JMeter expects to find report-template folder under it's "bin" folder, it contains all the necessary files which are needed for proper report generation.

So either get this directory from JMeter Github or simply re-install JMeter , the installation bundle contains the "proper" report-template folder.

If you moved the report-template folder somewhere for some specific reason you can make JMeter aware of the new location by specifying jmeter.reportgenerator.exporter.html.property.template_dir JMeter property pointing to the new location.