LoadRunner Analysis: “No Stop_Time Value Defined” Error Fix

I was running a load test overnight (SOAK) for 10 hours. Something happened overnight, and the Controller machine locked up. I could not log into it or connect to it remotely. It  had to be rebooted. When it came back up, I tried to recollate the results for this test and launch LoadRunner Analysis. I received this error message:

I was then prompted to look at the error log. I got: Analysis Error log:

<8/1/2014 9:35:19 AM> Error 75012: in file e:\xxxxx.lrr the Stop_time is 0

I opened up the LRR with the Notepad application. There was no Stop_time variable in the LRR file.

[Scenario] Product=HP LoadRunner Controller Version=12.0.0.0 Path=E:\XXX.lrs
Subject=Baseline Result_file=e:\XXXX.lrr
Description= ResultName=xxx
Time_Zone=21600
Start_time=1406841216
Daylight_Bias=-60
[Configuration]
Public_local=1
Is_mix=1
Is_runner_file=0
Runner_file=
[Running_mode]
Start_reason=By command
[Data Collection]
FullData=1
[Scenario_summary]
Scenario Type=Manual Scenario
Goal Profile Name=Schedule 1
Mode=Scenario Scheduling
Scenario Duration=Start all Vusers: 2 every 00:00:32 (HH:MM:SS); Run for 08:00:00 (HH:MM:SS); Stop all  users: 1 every 00:01:22 (HH:MM:SS)
Load Behavior=Initialize all Vusers simultaneously
[Scripts]
xxx_v4=E:\xxx.usr
[Scripts_types]
xxxs_v4=Multi+QTWeb

I looked at other LRR files and noted that there was a Start_time variable value missing, in addition to the Stop_reason variable. This Start and Stop time values represent Epoch time –  the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Thursday, 1 January 1970. I went to http://www.epochconverter.com/ and punched in the start time value from the LRR file: I  entered in the start time value and was able to determine the start time of my test for my local time zone. I added 10 hours to the local time and input that into the human date to time stamp. I took that information and added the Stop_time variable and its value (I took off the trailing zeroes – three of them):

Stop_time=1406877216

I added this and Stop_reason=By command into the LRR file so it now looks like this:

[Scenario]
Product=HP LoadRunner
Controller Version=12.0.0.0
Path=E:\xxx.lrs Subject=Baseline Result_file=e:\xxxx.lrr
Description=
ResultName=xxx
Time_Zone=21600
Start_time=1406841216
Daylight_Bias=-60
Stop_time=1406877216
[Configuration]
Public_local=1
Is_mix=1
Is_runner_file=0
Runner_file= [Running_mode]
Start_reason=By command
Stop_reason=By command
[Data Collection]
FullData=1
[Scenario_summary]
Scenario Type=Manual Scenario
Goal Profile Name=Schedule 1
Mode=Scenario Scheduling Scenario
Duration=Start all Vusers: 2 every 00:00:32 (HH:MM:SS); Run for 08:00:00 (HH:MM:SS); Stop all  Vusers: 1 every 00:01:22 (HH:MM:SS)
Load Behavior=Initialize all Vusers simultaneously
[Scripts]
xxx_v4=E:\xxx.usr
[Scripts_types]
xxx_v4=Multi+QTWeb

This allowed me to open the Analysis file.

I also recommend Martin Spier’s web site article on this issue. Apparently, this issue is not new.