Parser Template Syntax

Owned by Kevin Pham (Deactivated)
May 18, 2020
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A parser template is a JSON structure:

Its fields specify the properties of a test execution item that Zephyr will create for a test run:  

Field 

Description 

status 

A string that specifies the test status. Can be an arbitrary string. Typical values are Passed, OK, Failed, Failure, and so on. For more information, on how Zephyr checks if a test failed or not, see below. 

statusExistPass 

An additional indicator of the test status. Can be true or false. For more information, on how Zephyr treats this field value, see below. 

statusString 

An expected value for the status field. Zephyr users this field to check if a test failed or not. See below. 

statusFailAttachment 

An additional description of test results used when a test failed. Typically, has an extended error message or a call stack for a failed function. Zephyr saves this extended description to a file and then attaches this file to an automation item: 

statusPassAttachment 

An additional description of test results used when a test passed. Typically, has information on the test case name and execution time. Zephyr saves this extended description to a file and then attaches this file to an automation item. See the image above. 

packageName 

This property is used only if you commanded Zephyr to create a package-like hierarchy of test execution items. The property specifies the name of the last level in the hierarchy. 

testcase
    id 

The name of the executed test case. Will be displayed in the Name column of the Test Execution screen in Zephyr. 

skipTestcaseNames 

An XML file can have information on one or multiple test cases. By default, Zephyr will create a test execution item for every test case it finds in the XML file. 

This field is a string of test case names that which Zephyr will skip and for which it will not create a test run item. 

The names are case-sensitive. Separate multiple test case names with a comma. Don’t put extra spaces around test case names. 

requirements
    id 

An array of requirement IDs or alternative IDs with which a test run is linked. IDs should start with the ID_ prefix, for example, ID_17 or ID_74. Alternative IDs start with the AltID_ prefix, for instance, AltID_MYPROJ-234 or AltID_simpleTest.  Often, alternative IDs are used to indicate the Jira ticket to which a requirement relates, so the AltID_ string includes the project name and ID of that Jira ticket.

attachments
    filePath 

An array that specifies additional files to be attached to the item. You should specify the path in terms of the computer, where the test ran. The path can be relative or absolute. If you use a relative file name, then it should be relative to the folder, where the test result XML file is located. 

How Zephyr determines if a test failed or passed 

Zephyr uses the following field values to determine the overall test result: 

  • status 

  • statusExistPass 

  • statusString 

The status field indicates the test results briefly. It might have or have no contents (for instance, the expression you use can refer to a non-existing element in the resulting XML file, or this expression can return an empty string). The other two fields specify how Zephyr treats the status value. 

If statusString is null … 

 

status has contents 

status has no content 

statusExistPass: true 

Test passed 

Test failed 

statusExistPass: false 

Test failed 

Test passed 

If statusString is some string … 

Zephyr uses statusString as an expected value for status: 

  • If status is not equal to statusString, then Zephyr considers the test failed. 

  • If status is equal to statusString, then Zephyr checks the statusExistPass property: 
    - If it is true, the test passed. 
    - If is false, the test failed. 

Examples 

Example 1. Custom test case name 

Suppose, you want the test execution item’s name to include both the test suite name and the test case name. In this case, you can use an expression like this (the “-” symbol will be a separator in the resulting name): 

… "testcase": { "name": ${testsuite:name}-testsuite.testcase:name} } … 

Example 2. Include additional data 

You may want to retrieve extra properties from the XML file and store them along with a test execution item. To do this, specify their names in the statusFailAttachment or statusPassAttachment property. For example: 

…  statusFailAttachment: "name: ${testsuite.testcase:name} \ntime: ${testsuite.testcase:time}\ndata: ${testsuite.testcase.message}"  … 

More examples 

To get the idea of how to perform this or that action, explore the pre-configured templates that comes along with Zephyr. See how you can get them. 

See Also

Parser Templates

Create, Edit, and Delete Parser Templates