Understanding Certify Results

After process execution, the Result Viewer shows a log of the execution results. In the Result Viewer, you can expand the execution results to show each process and step executed. The Navigation tree displays a log header with process details. Under the log header is a hierarchy of processes executed. Expand each level of the hierarchy and view information about the executed processes and steps in the Summary pane.

The Certify Results window displays all of your results. By right-clicking a result in the Result Viewer Summary pane, you can perform the following tasks:

Task	Description
Print Table	Print the Summary pane information. The document opens, and you can select to save it as a Report Document File (RDF) or export it.
Export Table	Export the Summary pane information as a Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file.
View	Open the Results Viewer to view the steps of the selected result. For more information, see Viewing Results.
Compare to Other Result	Compare a test result to another result with the Compare Results utility. For more information, see Comparing Results.
Delete	Delete a result.
Export Report Summary	Export a summary of the execution results as an XML file.
Save Captures	Save Captures from the process results. Select a folder to save the Captures, and the Captures are saved as JPG files.
Promote a Result to a Result of Record	If you identify a result as a Result of Record, then the status and execution information of each requirement linked to each process in the selected execution will be updated. For more information, see Promoting a Result to a Result of Record.
Reset from Result of Record	Reset a result that already has been promoted to a Result of Record. If you reset the result, then the result will no longer appear bolded in the Summary pane. Also, the Status for each requirement linked to each process in the selected execution will be updated with an Unknown value.
Compress	Helps reduce the size of your database and increase performance by removing all process step execution results. You can choose to compress the following: Keep Summary Only Keep Summary and Failed Steps For more information, see Compressing Execution Results.
Reports	Generate one of the following reports for the selected result: Results (Summary) - Creates a summary report. Results (Details) - Creates a report with execution details. Results (Recordset) - Creates a report with steps that have values. Generate Report Using BPP - Creates a report using a Certify BPP template. For more information, see Creating Reports Using Certify BPP Templates.

Process Status

If a step fails execution in a process, the process also fails unless the process was aborted. If a step is aborted, the process shows aborted even though some steps may have passed, skipped, or failed execution.

If a process has more than one sub-process and the sub-process fails execution, the parent process is shown as a failed process. If a process has more than one sub-process and the sub-process is aborted, the parent process is shown as an aborted process even though some sub-processes may have passed, skipped, or failed.

Step Status Icons

The Summary pane shows the status for each step with the following icons:

Icon	Name
	Passed step
	Skipped step
	Failed step
	Aborted step

Each executed process or step is given one of these statuses. In some cases, a process inherits a status based on the status of another process or step. For example:

If a process passes, then all the steps in the process passed.
If a process fails, then at least one step in the process failed.
If a process is skipped, then all steps in the process are skipped.
If a step or process is aborted, then the execution is stopped.
If a step failed execution in a process, the process also fails unless the process was aborted.

Note: If a result is locked, you can only view the result. When you select a locked result, a message appears stating that the result has been locked.