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. Identify the test asset or resource that you want to run by performing any of the following steps:
    1. Identify the test asset or resource by scrolling through the list.
      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 the test asset or resource
      AFT Suite
      API Suite
      Compound Test
      JMeter Test
      JUnit Test
      Postman resources
      Rate Schedule
      VU Schedule
    2. Search for the test asset or resource by entering any text contained in the test asset or resource name in the Search text box.
    3. Create a filter query by using the New filter option by performing the following steps:
      1. Click New filter.
      2. Select an operator, and add a rule, or a group of rules.
      3. 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
      4. Apply the filter query to filter the assets based on the query.

        The test assets that match the filter criteria are displayed.

      5. Save the filter query by performing the following steps, if you want to reuse the filter query later:
        1. Click Save.
        2. Enter a name for the filter query.
        3. Click Save.
    4. Retrieve a saved filter, if you have saved filter queries earlier by performing the following steps:
      Note: To open the filter query, you must have created and saved a filter query.
      1. Click the Open filters icon Image of the icon..
      2. Select the saved filter in the Filters dialog box.
      3. Click Apply to apply the filter.

        The test assets that match the filter criteria are displayed.

  3. 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: