title: Writing to a file named with variables in distributed JMeter testing
body: <p>Okay I've been having an issue with writing results to folders in JMeter.</p>
  
  <p>I have set 2 variables, one for the name of the test and one for the submit date. I want the reports to be written to the folder named with these two variables.</p>
  
  <p>Here's the variables:</p>
  
  <pre><code>TestRun = "Name of test"
  DateRun = $__{time(dd-MMM-yyyy HH.mm.ss)}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The path of the folder to be written to looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Tests\TestEnvironment\Results\\${TestRun}${DateRun}\file.csv
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I run it on the master machine, it's fine. It saves to the correct file and folder path, and ends up looking something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Tests\TestEnvironment\Results\Test Run 1 - 08-May-2014 08.55.47\file.csv
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, when I run it on remote machines, it saves it literally as below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Tests\TestEnvironment\Results\${TestRun}${DateRun}\file.csv
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So I end up with a folder named "${TestRun}${DateRun}"</p>
  
  <p>Am I missing something blindingly obvious, or is this an actual JMeter issue?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>