Report Tab
- Updated2025-07-21
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Report Tab
The Report tab in a TestStand User Interface displays the report for the selected execution. The user interface displays the Report tab when you view the list of open executions in the list bar control.
By default, an execution only generates a report when you start the execution through an Execution entry point, such as Test UUTs or Single Pass. Select Configure»Result Processing to launch the Result Processing dialog box and then launch the Report Options dialog box for the built-in reporting plug-in to set options that control report generation. The default process model can generate reports in HTML, ASCII-text, XML , and ATML formats.
The Report tab contains the following options:
- Back —Navigates to the previous page in the set of pages you have viewed. This button is available only for HTML and XML reports.
- Forward —Navigates to the next page in the set of pages you have viewed. This button is available only for HTML and XML reports.
- Stop —Cancels the current navigation or page display operation. This button is available only for HTML and XML reports.
- Refresh —Reloads and redisplays the current page. This button is available only for HTML and XML reports.
- Home —Navigates to the first page in the set of pages you have viewed. This button is available only for HTML and XML reports.
- Viewer —Launches an external viewer application to display the current report.
- Print —Prints the current report.The Print button is enabled only when Default Printer is configured on your machine.
- Active Report —Lists the reports that reporting plug-in instances create. This control is available only when you create multiple reports.
- Open Report Location —Opens File Explorer in the location where the currently displayed report is saved and selects the file.