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 hierarchy level and view information about the executed processes and steps in the Summary pane.

Result Viewer Menu

You can do the following tasks with the Result Viewer menu options.

File Menu

Option	Description
Print	Print the Summary pane information. The document opens, and you can select to save it as a Report Document File (RDF).
Export Step Summary	Export the Summary pane information as a Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file.
Close	Close the Result Viewer.

Actions Menu

Option	Description
Save Captures	Save Captures from the process results. Select a folder to save the Captures and the Captures are saved as JPG files.
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.
Compare to Other Results	Compare a test result to another result with the Compare Results tool. For more information, see Comparing Results.
Highlight First Failed Step on Start	Highlight the first step that fails. This option makes the results load more slowly.

Reports Menu

Option	Description
Results (Summary)	Create a summary report.
Results (Detail)	Create a report with execution details.
Results (Recordset)	Create a report with values in the steps.
Generate Report Using BPP	Create a report using a Certify BPP templates. For more information, see Creating Reports Using Certify BPP Templates.

Toolbar Buttons

Listed below are the Processes window toolbar buttons:

Option	Description
	Export the Summary pane information as a Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file.
	Create a report with execution details.
	Create a report with values in the steps.
	Keep only the summary when compressing your results. Compressing results reduce the size of your database and increase performance by removing all process step execution results. For more information, see Compressing Execution Results.
	Keep only the summary and failed steps when compressing your results. Compressing results reduce the size of your database and increase performance by removing all process step execution results. For more information, see Compressing Execution Results.
	Move to the next failed or aborted step in the result.
	Move to the previous failed or aborted step in the result.

Result Viewer Summary Pane

From the right-click menu in the Summary pane, you can select to do the following tasks:

Option	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.
Export Step Summary	Export the step summary as a Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file.
Edit Step	Edit a failed process step. For more information, see Editing Process Steps from the Result Viewer.

Certify Results Window

The Certify Results window displays all of your process results. By right-clicking a result in the 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 tool. 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	You will see this option if you select the From Result of Record option from the Requirements Status Calculation menu in Global Settings. If you identify a result as a Result of Record, the status and execution information for 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	You will see this option if you select the From Result of Record option from the Requirements Status Calculation menu in Global Settings. Reset a result that already has been promoted to a Result of Record. If you reset the result, 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. For more information, see Promoting a Result to a Result of Record.
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 is 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 opens stating the result has been locked.