You can configure the report settings in the GUI or from the command line interface (using settings). In addition to generating local reports, you can also send reports to Parasoft DTP. Sending reports to DTP enables you to apply sophisticated analytics to better understand the risk associated with the application under test and your overall development and testing processes.

Sections include:

From the GUI

You can specify the report settings for all tests—whether they are run from the command-line interface or the UI–using the GUI controls. Before configuring report settings, you should review the settings on the following preference pages to ensure that task authorship is being calculated correctly, that results are being sent to the appropriate system, that the correct email host is used, etc.:

• Configuring Email Settings
• Connecting to DTP
• Connecting to Parasoft Team Server (Deprecated)
• Configuring Task Assignment and Code Authorship Settings
• Connecting to Your Source Control Repository
• Licensing

The settings specified in the UI can be fully or partially overwritten by those specified via settings.

To specify reporting settings from the GUI:

1. Choose Parasoft> Preferences. The Preferences dialog will open.
2. Select  Parasoft> Reports.
3. Specify the appropriate settings. Available settings are described in Report Configuration Settings below.
4. If you have not already configured e-mail settings (sender address, hostname, etc.) in either the GUI or from the command line, do so now in Parasoft> E-mail.
5. Select Parasoft> Reports> E-mail Notifications.
6. Specify the appropriate e-mail notification settings. Available settings include:
   • Send reports by e-mail: Specifies whether reports are sent via e-mail.
   • E-mail subject: Specifies the subject for e-mails containing reports. Specifies the subject line of the emails sent. The default subject line is "[Product Name] Report." For example, if you want to change the subject line to "Functional Testing Report for Project A", you would enter Functional Report for Project A
   • Send manager reports to: Specifies where to send manager reports. You can enter a single address or a semicolon-separated list.
   • Send reports without tasks: Specifies whether reports are sent when zero tasks are reported. You can enter a single address or a semicolon-separated list.
   • Send developer reports to: Specifies where to send developer reports. You can enter a single address or a semicolon-separated list.
   • Send ’Unknown’ developer reports to: Specifies where to send developer reports for tasks assigned to "unknown" (tasks that could not be traced back to a specific developer). These reports can be sent to only one user / address. A semicolon-separated list of addresses is not valid.

Report Configuration Settings

Reports Content

Report Format

Advanced Settings

From Settings

See Reporting Settings for details. 

Legacy Report Format

Support for Custom Report Formats

You can customize locally generated and emailed reports by building a custom XSL transformer that specifies how you want the results formatted. For instance, you could use a custom transformer to map data into the format you need to demonstrate compliance with an internal security policy.

To specify a custom report format, you need to:

1. Create an XSL file that specifies how you want to transform the XML data.
2. In the Preferences panel’s Reports page, specify the location of this XSL file, as well as the extension that should be assigned to the resulting file.

   • Alternatively, you can specify this information in a settings file via the settings
     (results.)report.custom.extension and (results.)report.custom.xsl.file.

Available Parameters

The following parameters can be used in custom XSL files:

soatestcli -config team://xtest-static.properties^
 -settings /home/nightly/settings.properties^
 -publish -report /home/nightly/reports/report.html^
 -resource myproject^
 -dtp.autoconfig [email protected]:8080