Structure the reports using a run title

Introduction

In this knowledgebase article, we will look at the "Run Title" feature in the ByteBlower GUI. This often-overlooked feature can be a useful addition to your testing methodology due to its ability to differentiate your testing scenarios based on the device(s) of interest.

We will walk you through a simple example to highlight the usefulness of the "Run Title".

A simple project

We will look at a very simple test case where we have a server and a CPE device. 

  • We will run a simple wired connection test using UDP traffic. 
  • If you would like a reminder of how to do this, please refer to this previous knowledgebase article.

 In this example, we have included two flows in our scenario.

 

Now, we will use the "run title" feature. Choose a name that you would like all of the results to be saved to. In this example, we are going to focus on the CPE1 device itself. This means that whenever we test this device, in this test or other .bbp files and we use the CPE1 run title, all of our results will be conveniently stored in the same place.

  • Then run the scenario.

After looking back at the server view â†’ click on 'Archive'.


A new project or test

If you want to start a new .bbp project file or run a different scenario in the same .bbp file, the results can be stored under the same run title. This will save your results in the archive in the same folder.

In the following example, a new test has been created using the CPE_1 device of interest. After running the scenario, we see the following ByteBlower report with the CPE_1 run title highlighted. This report will be saved alongside all other reports with the same run title in the archive.

Now we look at the Archived data stored on the PC. In the ByteBlower workspace we go â†’ "Archive" → "CPE_1" â†’ Here we can see our two HTML reports from the two different testing scenarios using CPE_1.

This is a useful tool in the GUI that can help you with storing your test results more effectively. 

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