Scorecard - Not copied by mastercontroller when in subdirectory

[rschwietzke]

All property files support subdirectories. The scorecard feature does support that too (reading) but it appears that the MC cannot deal with a definition file in a subdirectory within config when preparing the final results.

[h-arlt]

We don't have any special handling for Scorecard definition files.
As long as it is

• named correctly (must end on .json),
• readable and
• located in config directory (regardless of the nesting level)

it should be copied as part of the test configuration when downloading results.

Need to debug this further.

[h-arlt]

Well, it seems that XLT copies only files at 1st level below config plus those that are included using property includes. So, this is not related to the Scorecard feature but a general issue.

[rschwietzke]

Don't we copy included properties with subdirs?

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[h-arlt]

XLT copies only files at 1st level below config plus those that are included using property includes.

You have to include it explicitly when it resides in a sub-directory. Otherwise, it won't be copied (although users might expect it to be).

Assume for example, users store their load test profiles in a sub-directory named 'profiles'. Then, only the currently active load test profile as configured by property com.xceptance.xlt.testPropertiesFile will be copied but not the others. Whether or not this is expected depends on the point of view. As long as the other files are not part of the effective load test configuration, they don't have to be copied. Nevertheless, they are part of the overall load test configuration and may be copied as well.

Regarding scorecard configuration files, they are no properties files and thus cannot be included. So, the copy-when-included path is not applicable for them. As a consequence, scorecard definition files have to be located at first level below config in order to get copied. So far for the explanation of the current state.
Question now is: how do we want to proceed from here? Do we want to handle scorecard definition files somewhat specifically? Or, do we want to rethink the current approach (e.g. copy all files inside of config directory that match a certain file filter instead of those at 1st level only)?