Report results (without pipeline context) to ALM Octane

This flow demonstrates how to get a list of application modules whose automated tests failed in the last 24 hours.

Areas: CI/CD integration, Automated test runs, Defects, Environments (taxonomies) 

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Entity relationship diagram

We need to access the following entities for this flow, and understand the relationships between these entities.

Entity Relationships in this flow Description of relationship Reference / relationship fields
CI Server CI Job Multiple jobs can be defined for each CI server. ci_server
CI Build CI Job

Jobs are associated with builds. Each build can contain one or more jobs.

 ci_job
Automated Run CI Build Builds contain automated tests (jobs). build
Defect / Story Runs can be associated with defects and stories. defect
Release Runs can be associated with releases. run
Taxonomy Item Node Runs can be associated with specific environments (taxonomies), such as operating systems or browsers. taxonomies
Test   The test entity represents types of tests, including manual, Gherkin, and automated. subtype
Automated Test Test The automated test is a subtype of the test entity. type
Automated Run

Each automated test can have 0 or more runs associated with it.

last_runs

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Flow

For details, see Add automated test results to ALM Octane and Test results.

After authenticating, do the following:

Report test results, including the reference to the relevant CI server, job and build.

GET .../api/shared_spaces/<space_id>/workspaces/<workspace_id>//test-results

Payload:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<test_result>
   <build server_id="uuid" 
        job_id="junit-job" 
        job_name="junit-job" 
        build_id="1" 
        build_name="1"/>
   <release name="MyRelease"/>
   <backlog_items>
	<backlog_item_ref id="1011"/>
   </backlog_items>
   <product_areas>
	<product_area_ref id="1003"/>
   </product_areas>
   <test_fields>
       <test_field_ref id="1005"/>
   </test_fields>
   <environment>
       <taxonomy_ref id="1004"/>
   </environment>    
   <test_runs>
	<test_run module="/helloWorld" package="hello" 
                 class="HelloWorldTest" name="testOne" duration="3"
	          status="Passed" started="1430919295889">
	     <release_ref id="1004"/>
	</test_run>
	<test_run module="/helloWorld" package="hello" 
                 class="HelloWorldTest" name="testTwo" duration="2"
	          status="Failed" started="1430919316223">
	     <product_areas>
	        <product_area_ref id="1007"/>
	        <product_area_ref id="1008"/>
	        <error type="java.lang.NullPointerException" message="nullPointer Exception">at com.mqm.testbox.parser.TestResultUnmarshallerITCase.assertTestRun(TestResultUnmarshallerITCase.java:298) at com.mqm.testbox.parser.TestResultUnmarshallerITCase.assertTestResultEquals(TestResultUnmarshallerITCase.java:281) at com.mqm.testbox.parser.TestResultUnmarshallerITCase.testUnmarshall(TestResultUnmarshallerITCase.java:65)</error>
	     </product_areas>
	</test_run>
	<test_run module="/helloWorld" package="hello" 
                 class="HelloWorldTest" name="testThree" duration="4"
	          status="Skipped" started="1430919319624">
	     <test_fields>
	        <test_field_ref id="1006"/>
	        <test_field type="Micro Focus.qc.test-new-type" value="qc.test-new-type.acceptance"/>
	     </test_fields>
	</test_run>
	<test_run module="/helloWorld2" package="hello" 
                 class="HelloWorld2Test" name="testOnce" duration="2"
	          status="Passed" started="1430919322988">
	     <environment>
	         <taxonomy_ref id="1008"/>
	         <taxonomy type="OS" value="Linux"/>
	     </environment>
	</test_run>
	<test_run module="/helloWorld2" package="hello" 
                 class="HelloWorld2Test" name="testDoce" duration="3"
	          status="Passed" started="1430919326351">
	     <backlog_items>
	        <backlog_item_ref id="1012"/>
	     </backlog_items>
	</test_run> 
   </test_runs>
</test_result>

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