Viewing and Analyzing Results: Extracting Results


Using the Extract Results feature, you can save results to a text file or an HTML file. Because log files contain a great deal of information, this feature allows you to choose which information you want to include in your extract. Once you've extracted the information, you can use it to prepare reports or incorporate into with other extracted data.

To extract results for a log file:

  1. In the Results Viewer, open the log file you want to work with.
    Don't worry about which options you have selected for log file viewing; these won't affect the extraction.

  2. Click the Extract button.
    You can find this button in the left button panel. Clicking this button opens the Extract Results dialog.

    Extract Results dialog

  3. Scroll through the list and select the log features you want to extract.
    You select a feature by clicking on the name. Note that certain features are selected by default--these are highlighted already--and you need to click on them only if you want to de-select them.
    The log file options are:

    Log file extract options

    Option Description
    Arguments Any arguments passed to the test. These are included for each node that accepts arguments.
    Control Change of control lines--in a JST, these are lines noting that a node was entered or exited. When JavaStar leaves a node, it notes whether the condition was normal or an exception.
    Other General information.
    Event Each event the test executed.
    Header Start time, test name, playback settings, system information (details of the system environment where the test was run) and start arguments.
    Result Detailed results of verifications, synchronizations, checks, JS.note comments, and JS.log print lines.
    Summary Comparison and checking results for each node, including exit conditions.
    Time Time stamp information for each test.
    Error JavaStar internal errors and problems, such as missing scripts.
    System.out Whatever the test program outputs to System.out.
    System.err Whatever the test program outputs to System.err.

  1. Specify the path and filename you want to use.
    By default, the path is already filled in with the work directory, but you can change this.

  2. Select HTML or Text file.
    HTML file outputs the same information in HTML format.

  3. Click OK.
    JavaStar confirms that it extracted the file information.



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