Viewing the state of test assets

After you initiate or schedule a test run on the Execution page, you can view the state of the test assets on the Progress page by clicking the Show in the Progress page icon Image of the icon. that is enabled for that test asset on the Execution page. You can view all the states of the test asset from the past hour such as In transition, Running, Scheduled, Completed, or Stopped.

Before you begin

You must have initiated runs of the test assets in your project from the Execution page.
Note: The Show in the Progress page icon Image of the icon. is enabled for the test asset only if a run of the test asset is either started or scheduled.

Procedure

  1. Click Execution, if you are not already on the Execution page.
  2. Select the branch of the repository that contains the test assets.
    The test assets that are contained in the selected branch of the repository are displayed in the following tabs on the Execution page:
    Tab Description
    SUITES Lists all suites, compound tests, JMeter tests, JUnit tests, Postman tests, Rate Schedules, or VU Schedules that are in the selected branch of the repository.
    TESTS Lists all API tests, functional tests, or performance tests that are in the selected branch of the repository.
    ADVANCED Lists all assets that are displayed when custom filters are applied for assets in the selected branch of the repository.
  3. Identify the test asset or resource that you want to run by performing any of the following actions:
    • Scroll through the list.
      Tip: You can hover over the icon in the Type column to know the type of the test asset.
      Note: You can also identify the type of the asset from the icon that represents the test type as shown in the following table:
      Icon Represents Listed in the SUITES tab Listed in the TESTS tab Listed in the ADVANCED tab
      API test image of checkmark image of checkmark
      Functional test image of checkmark image of checkmark
      Performance test image of checkmark image of checkmark
      AFT Suite image of checkmark image of checkmark
      API Suite image of checkmark image of checkmark
      Compound Test image of checkmark image of checkmark
      HCL AppScan CodeSweep image of checkmark image of checkmark
      JMeter Test image of checkmark image of checkmark
      JUnit Test image of checkmark image of checkmark
      Postman test image of checkmark image of checkmark
      Rate Schedule image of checkmark image of checkmark
      VU Schedule image of checkmark image of checkmark
    • Search for the test asset or resource by entering any text contained in the test asset or resource name in the Search field.
    • Click the Filter icon Image of the filter icon in the SUITES or TESTS tab to filter the displayed assets based on the asset type.

      For example, select API Suite in the SUITES tab to display all API Suites or select Functional Test in the TESTS tab to display all functional tests in the selected branch of the repository.

    • Click the Filter icon Image of the filter icon in the ADVANCED tab, and then create a filter query by using the New filter option by performing the following steps:
      1. Click New filter.
      2. Enter a name for the filter.
      3. Select an operator, and add a rule, or a group of rules.
      4. Add or enter the relevant parameters and either select or enter the condition and the criteria for the condition.
        You can select a parameter from the following list:
        • Type
        • Test Asset Name
        • Test Asset Path
        • Last Result
        • Next Run
        • Components
      5. Save the filter query to save and apply the filter query to filter the assets based on the query.

        The test assets that match the filter criteria are displayed.

    • Retrieve and apply a saved filter query, if you have saved filter queries previously by performing the following steps:
      Note: The filter query applied previously is selected and the assets based on that filter query are displayed. To apply a different filter query, you must have created and saved the filter query.
      1. Click the Filter icon Image of the filter icon in the ADVANCED tab.

        The filter queries that you created and saved are displayed.

      2. Click the filter that you want to apply.

        The test assets that match the filter criteria are displayed.

  4. Click the Show in the Progress page icon Image of the icon. in the Actions column of the test asset.
    The Progress page is displayed with the following details:
    • The different states of the test asset runs that were initiated or completed in the past hour are displayed as follows:
      • In transition
      • Running
      • Completed
      • Stopped by User
      • Canceled
    • The ID of the selected test asset is applied as a filter and is displayed in the filter row.
      The applied filter is removed along with the displayed items for this filter when you perform any of the following actions on the Progress page:
      • You click Hide inactive, and then click Show all.
      • You visit any other page in the Navigation pane and return to the Progress page.

Results

You have viewed all the states of a specific test asset runs that were initiated during the past hour.

What to do next

You can choose to perform any of the following tasks from the Progress page:
  • Stop test assets that are running. See Stopping test runs.
  • Cancel scheduled runs. See Canceling scheduled test runs.
  • View the results or the execution log of the test asset from the Actions column by clicking the Open action menu icon Image of the icon.. See Checking logs.
  • View the results, reports, and logs of the completed test run from the Results page. See Test results.