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Adding notes/comments to SOATestReport

StriderX303
StriderX303 Posts: 7 ✭
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HI,
I have SOATest configured to send me an email after each nightly run that shows me a list of all tests ran and their pass/fail results. I would like to add comments/notes to this report as part of the email so I can provide more info about each test to my managers but I can't find anything on how to do it. Can someone point me in the right direction if this is possible? I've attached a small screenshot of what the email from SOATest contains.

Thanks

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  • jakubiak
    jakubiak Posts: 813 admin

    You can include comments for individual tests that you choose. First, open the editor for the top-level test suite in the .tst file. Within the first tab "Requirements and Notes", you will see a tree that shows each of the tests within the .tst file. For each test for which you would like a comment, select it and enter text into the Comment field.

    Next, configure the reports to show the information. Go to Window > Preferences > Reports and make sure that "Only top-level test suites" and "Only tests that failed" are disabled. Also make sure that "Requirement/defect details" is enabled.

    Now the report will contain comments for each test for which you added comments:

  • StriderX303
    StriderX303 Posts: 7 ✭

    Thanks for the response...It seems like "Only top-level test suites" and "Only tests that failed" are greyed out for me and I cannot disable/enable them. Top-level test suite is already checked and "Only tests that failed" is unchecked currently and I'm using the Automation Edition for my license. I seem to have access to Server and Professional Desktop edition as well. Any suggestions?

  • jakubiak
    jakubiak Posts: 813 admin

    To make those two options enabled, make sure the option "Overview of checked files and executed tests" is also checked.

  • StriderX303
    StriderX303 Posts: 7 ✭

    Ah, it was something so simple :( .

    Thanks

  • StriderX303
    StriderX303 Posts: 7 ✭

    Hi Jakubiak,

    I can't seem to get this to work after following all of your instructions. Soatest is still emailing the same report from what I pasted above and I don't have any option to expand the test to view comments. Here's what I did so please let me know if I missed anything.

    1. Selected my first .tst file
    2. Under that .tst file I selected the first test suite
    3. Under the "Requirements and Notes" tab I see the tree list of all my tests that you mentioned. In this situation I had 4 tests under my current .tst file.
    4. I selected each test and added a comment in the Comment field box to each of the test. I just wrote "comment 1", "comment 2", "comment 3", etc on each of the test just to verify them.
    5. After saving my comments I went to "Windows --> Preferences --> Parasoft --> Reports.
    6. Under "Report contents" I have the following boxes checked: Detailed report for developers, Overview of tasks by authors, and Overview of checked files and executed tests.
    7. Under "Overview contents" I have the following boxes checked: Task details and Requirement/defect details. Everything else is unchecked.
    8. I also have "Generate formatted reports in command-line mode" and "Setup problems on" checked as well. My format report type is HTML.

    I ran the test through the soatestcli but when the report came in I didn't any of my comments. Any suggestions?

    Thanks

  • jakubiak
    jakubiak Posts: 813 admin

    When you generate the report from the UI does the report have the comments?

  • StriderX303
    StriderX303 Posts: 7 ✭

    Yes it does. I exported the settings again and was able to get the comments to show up the 2nd time around. I noticed that only comments from the lowest level of the test suite shows up. I only need the comments from the top level if possible because I'll be including a lot of tests and that report will get pretty large and messy if it expands out every single one of my .tst files. Ideally, it would be better if I can generate comments outside of the test suite summary so I can just give a quick summary of what each .tst file is testing.

  • jakubiak
    jakubiak Posts: 813 admin

    Unfortunately what you are requesting is not currently supported. :(

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