Parsing Batch Test Results for Expression Rules

Overview

This page explains how to read the results of test runs returned by Automated Testing for Expression Rules.

Test run results structure

The results of a test run will be returned in a TestRunResult data type, which organizes the results by application, followed by rules and finally by test cases.

The following diagram displays the different data types containing test result information:

TestRunResult
|_ ApplicationTestResult
   |_ ObjectTestResult
      |_ TestCaseResult

Each of these data types captures different metrics for a test run, along with additional metadata for test cases, expression rules, and applications. Each data type can be saved as a variable of the corresponding type when used in an expression rule, interface, or process model. Starting from the innermost data type:

Data Type	Description
TestCaseResult	Contains test statistics for each test case. Test cases are grouped by expression rule.
ObjectTestResult	Contains test statistics for each expression rule. Expression rules are grouped by application. Because expression rules can be moved after a test run starts, expresion rules will be part of the application they belong to when all test cases have been completed. Although it is possible to have expression rules that belong to multiple applications; each test case is executed only once. The rule will show up under each application that they are part of.
ApplicationTestResult	Contains test statistics for each application.
TestRunResult	Contains test statistics for the test run. A test run can contain zero or more application.

The following table contains a list of the different fields on each of the data types in this hierarchy. For additional details, see Data Type Definition section.

TestRunResult	ApplicationTestResult	ObjectTestResult	TestCaseResult
id	id	id	id
type	uuid	uuid	name
status	name	name	status
totalExecutionTime	status	version	errorMessage
totalElapsedTime	totalExecutionTime	url	failureMessage
queueTime	testCount	totalExecutionTime	executionTime
startTime	errorCount	totalElapsedTime	elapsedTime
endTime	failureCount	queueTime	queueTime
testCount	passCount	startTime	startTime
errorCount	problemObjectsTestResult	endTime	endTime
failureCount	passObjectsTestResult	lastModifiedBy
passCount		lastModifiedOn
executedBy		testCasesResult
applicationTestResults

Data Type Definition

The following sections describes the TestRunResult data type and its children.

Note: ApplicationTestResult and ObjectTestResult will be sorted by name. TestCaseResult, will have the same order in which the test cases appear in the expression rule object.

TestRunResult

TestRunResult contains test statistics for the test run across all applications being tested. A test run can contain zero or more applications.

Field - Type	Type	Description
id	Number(Integer)	Unique ID for each test run in the system. This id is passed to the a!testRunResultForId function to retrieve results for the test run.
type	Text	System Test Application Test
status	Text	Specifies the status of the test: `PASS` - All test cases executed passed `ERROR` - There is at least one error in a test case definition `FAIL` - There is at least one error in an assertion but no errors in the test case definition `IN PROGRESS` - Not all test cases have been executed yet Note: Status values are not internationalized.
totalExecutionTime	Number(Decimal)	Sum of executionTime for the individual test cases that are part of the test run in seconds. Difference between endTime and startTime fields in seconds. Note: Rounded to three decimals as they represent milliseconds.
totalElapsedTime	Number(Decimal)	Time it took to execute all test cases in the test run, from the moment the test was queued to the time the last test case finished. Difference between endTime and queueTime fields in seconds. Note: Rounded to three decimals as they represent milliseconds.
queueTime	Data and Time	Time and date when the first test case in the system or application(s) was added to the execution queue. Note: Rounded to three decimals as they represent milliseconds.
startTime	Date and Time	Time and date when the first test case in the test run started executing. Note: The timezone matches that of the user account calling this function.
endTime	Date and Time	Time and date when the last test case in the test run finished executing. If test cases, are still executing, this will be the end time for the last finished test case. If no test cases have been completed, this field will be empty. Note: The timezone matches that of the user account calling this function.
testCount	Number(Integer)	Total number of test cases across all expression rules in the system, or selected application(s) being tested. Note: If partial results are retrieved, this matches test cases executed thus far.
errorCount	Number(Integer)	Total number of errors in the system or selected applications. Either in the definition of expression rules, or in the definition of the test cases. Note: If partial results are retrieved, this matches the number of errors in test cases executed thus far.
failureCount	Number(Integer)	Total number of assertions failed in the system or selected application(s). Note: If partial results are retrieved, this matches the number of assertions failed in test cases executed thus far.
passCount	Number(Integer)	Total number of test cases passed in the system or selected application(s). Note: If partial results are retrieved, this matches the number of errors in test cases executed thus far.
executedBy	Text	The username of the person initiating the test.
applicationTestResults	Array of ApplicationTestResult	Test result for the system or selected application(s). Note: Objects that are not part of any application, will be grouped in an ApplicationTestResult structure with the application name: Other Objects; in this case, uuid will be set to an empty string.

Sample TestRunResult

The following table shows a sample test run for an application test, which contains a total of 10 test cases, out of which there is 1 failure and 9 successfully executed test cases.

TestRunResult
   id: 2
   type: Application Test
   status: FAIL
   totalExecutionTime: 0.023
   totalElapsedTime: 0.816
   queueTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:30.430
   startTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:30.890
   endTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:31.240
   testCount: 10 
   errorCount: 0 
   failureCount: 1
   passCount: 9 
   executedBy: michael.smith
   applicationTestResults:  …

ApplicationTestResult

ApplicationTestResult contains test result for all expression rules in an application, and provides statistics for an individual application.

Field	Type	Description
id	Number(Integer)	Unique ID for the application test result.
uuid	Text	Uuid of the application being tested.
name	Text	Name of the application. Or, Other Objects for objects that don’t belong to any application.
url	Text	URL of the application. Or, empty for objects that don't belong to any application.
status	Text	Specifies the status of the application being tested: `PASS` - All test cases executed passed. `ERROR` - There is at least one error in a test case definition. `FAIL` - There is at least one error in an assertion but no errors in the test case definition. `IN PROGRESS` - Not all test cases have been executed yet. Note: Status values are not internationalized.
totalExecutionTime	Number(Decimal)	Sum of executionTime for the individual test cases that are part of the application in seconds. Note: Rounded to three decimals as they represent milliseconds.
testCount	Number(Integer)	Total number of test cases across all expression rules in the application being tested.
errorCount	Number(Integer)	Total number of errors in the application. Either in the definition of expression rules, or in the definition of the test cases Note: If partial results are retrieved, this matches the number of errors in test cases executed thus far.
failureCount	Number(Integer)	Total number of assertions failed in the application. Note: If partial results are retrieved, this matches the number of errors in test cases executed thus far.
passCount	Number(Integer)	Total number of passed test cases in the application. Note: If partial results are retrieved, this matches the number of errors in test cases executed thus far.
problemObjectsTestResult	Array of ObjectTestResult	Contains object information and a reference to each of the object’s test cases with failed assertions or errors in the definition of the expression rule or in the test case definition.
passObjectsTestResult	Array of ObjectTestResult	Contains object information and a reference to each of the object’s test cases with passed test cases.

Sample ApplicationTestResult

The following table shows the details on the application that was tested in the previous section. Although this example is for one application test, a system test can include as many ApplicationTestResult data types as applications are in the system.

applicationTestResults
   id: 5379
   uuid: _a-0000dbf6-6dd4-8000-643f-01ef9001ef90_4076
   name: Common Objects
   url: https://myapp.appian.com/suite/design/1EkOlUEUY4g_iybY1hw3HrlEJ0gPV_iNyOG7M2JYrQ
   status: FAIL
   totalExecutionTime: 0.023
   testCount: 10
   errorCount: 0
   failureCount: 1
   passCount: 9
   problemObjectsTestResult: ...
   passObjectsTestResult: ...

ObjectTestResult

This section provides details for the problemObjectsTestResult and passObjectsTestResult elements, which are arrays of type ObjectTestResult.

The ObjectTestResult contains data for each of the expression rules with test cases.

Field	Type	Description
id	Number(Integer)	Unique ID for the object test result.
uuid	Text	Object uuid.
name	Text	Name of the object.
version	Number(Integer)	Object version.
url	Text	URL to view the rule in expression rule designer.
totalExecutionTime	Number(Decimal)	Sum of executionTime for the individual test cases that are part of the expression rule. Difference between endTime and startTime fields in seconds. Note: Rounded to three decimals as they represent milliseconds.
totalElapsedTime	Number(Decimal)	Time it took to execute all test cases in the object, from the moment the first test case was added to the queue to the time the last test case finished. Difference between endTime and queueTime fields in seconds. Note: Rounded to three decimals as they represent milliseconds.
queueTime	Date and Time	Time and date when the first test case in the object was added to the execution queue. Note: The timezone matches that of the user account calling this function.
startTime	Date and Time	Time and date when the first test case in the object began executing. Note: The timezone matches that of the user account calling this function.
endTime	Date and Time	Time and date when the last test case in the object finished executing. Note: The timezone matches that of the user account calling this function.
lastModifiedBy	Text	Username who last modified the object. This can be used to create a task to inform that user when a test fails.
lastModifiedOn	Date and Time	Date and time when the object was last modified.
testCasesResult	Array of TestCaseResult	Test results for each of the test cases setup for an object (for example, a rule). Note: Test cases are filtered (that is, pass, failure) on the ApplicationTestResult data type.

Sample ObjectTestResult

Both, the problemObjectsTestResult and passObjectsTestResult elements, are arrays of type: ObjectTestResult. The Common Objects application contains 4 expression rules, one of which has a failing expresion rule. The example below reflects this by showing 1 problemObjectsTestResult and 3 passObjectsTestResult elements. For simplicity, the sample snippet only shows values for two expression rules, the details for the remaining expression rules are represented with "…"

problemObjectsTestResult: 
   id: 5387 
   uuid: _a-0000dbf6-6dd4-8000-643f-01ef9001ef90_4135
   name: EPC_getShipmentDate 
   version: 2 
   url: https://mytestsite.com/suite/design/lIBwMofBiV
   totalExecutionTime: 0.004 
   totalElapsedTime: 0.816 
   queueTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:30.430
   startTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:31.060
   endTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:31.240
   lastModifiedBy: michael.smith 
   lastModifiedOn: 2016-04-19T21:15:27.050
   testCasesResult: ... 
   testCasesResult: ... 
   testCasesResult: ... 

passObjectsTestResult: 
   id: 5375 
   uuid: _a-0000dbf6-6dd4-8000-643f-01ef9001ef90_4112 
   name: EPC_isUserTypeExternal 
   version: 1 
   url: https://mytestsite.com/suite/design/lIBwMofBiV
   totalExecutionTime: 0.004 
   totalElapsedTime: 0.784 
   queueTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:30.430Z 
   startTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:30.990Z 
   endTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:31.210Z 
   lastModifiedBy: michael.smith 
   lastModifiedOn: 2016-04-19T21:12:49.420Z 
   testCasesResult: ... 
   testCasesResult: ... 
   testCasesResult: ... 
 
passObjectsTestResult: ... 

passObjectsTestResult: ...

TestCaseResult

The TestCaseResult stores data relevant to each of the test cases in an object.

Field	Type	Description
id	Number(Integer)	Unique ID for the test case result.
name	Text	Name of the test case.
status	Text	`PASS` - Test case passed. `ERROR` - There is an error in the test case definition. `FAIL` - An assertion failed. `TIMEOUT` - The execution of the test case timed out. Note: A timeout status in test cases, will manifest itself as an error at the ObjectTestResult level.
errorMessage	Text	Error message due to configuration error or timeout.
failureMessage	Text	Assertion error message.
executionTime	Number(Decimal)	Time it took to execute the individual test case in seconds. Note: Rounded to three decimals as they represent milliseconds.
elapsedTime	Number (Decimal)	Time it took for the test case to finish executing, including time in the queue. Difference between queueTime and endTime fields in seconds.
queueTime	Data and Time	Time and date when the test case was added to the execution queue.
startTime	Date and Time	Time and date when the test case started executing.
endTime	Date and Time	Time and date when the test case finished executing.

Sample TestCaseResult

The following table shows the details on the 3 test cases that were created for the PO_getShipmentDate expression rule. Notice that these test cases are grouped under a problemObjectsTestResult data type, as the overall test on this expression rule is considered a failure because one of the three test cases in it failed.

problemObjectsTestResult: 
   id: 5387 
   uuid: _a-0000dbf6-6dd4-8000-643f-01ef9001ef90_4135 
   name: PO_getShipmentDate 
   ...
   testCasesResult: 
   id: 1255 
   name: December
   status: FAIL 
   failureMessage: Assertion expression returned false 
   executionTime: 0.002 
   elapsedTime: 0.635 
   queueTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:30.430 
   startTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:31.060
   endTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:31.060
 
   testCasesResult: 
      id: 1253 
      name: October 
      status: PASS 
      executionTime: 0.001 
      elapsedTime: 0.705 
      queueTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:30.430
      startTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:31.130
      endTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:31.130
 
   testCasesResult: 
      id: 1254 
      name: November 
      status: PASS 
      executionTime: 0.001 
      elapsedTime: 0.816 
      queueTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:30.430
      startTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:31.240
      endTime: 2016-04-19T21:15:31.240

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