How to Run a JMeter Script as a Windows Cron Job

You can do it using Windows Task Scheduler like

1. Open Task Scheduler
2. Click Action -> Create Task
3. On "General" tab provide name
4. On "Triggers" tab provide when you would like to run it

5. On "Actions" tab create a new action like:

   • Program: c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

   • Arguments: /c c:\jmeter\bin\jmeter.bat -n -t c:\jmeter\extras\Test.jmx -l c:\jmeter\bin\Test_%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%.jtl

     

Change JMeter and .jmx script location to match your details.

Each time your task runs the file with current date should appear in "bin" folder of your JMeter installation like Test_20180514.jtl for today

Just in case here is exported task:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.2" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
  <RegistrationInfo>
    <Date>2018-05-14T07:50:02.7061254</Date>
    <Author>aldan\anonymous</Author>
    <URI>\JMeter</URI>
  </RegistrationInfo>
  <Triggers />
  <Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>S-1-5-21-2873627350-121124179-3591956082-1001</UserId>
      <LogonType>InteractiveToken</LogonType>
      <RunLevel>LeastPrivilege</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
  </Principals>
  <Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>false</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>false</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>PT72H</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
  </Settings>
  <Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe</Command>
      <Arguments>/c c:\jmeter\bin\jmeter.bat -n -t c:\jmeter\extras\Test.jmx -l c:\jmeter\bin\Test_%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%.jtl</Arguments>
    </Exec>
  </Actions>
</Task>

Be aware that easier option could be using Jenkins to orchestrate your builds, this way you will have history, metrics, conditional failure criteria and performance trend charts.

See Continuous Integration 101: How to Run JMeter With Jenkins article for more information regarding adding performance tests under Jenkins control