how to extract test log from MTM ? - file

Question

I'm testing a project and all my test cases are in MTM , I'm looking for a way to extract all the test result we have in the MTM in a separate file , is there any way to do that ? please share if you have any idea
thanks a lot

Answer 1

If you wish to export the results of an automated run, you can download the .trx (test run execution) file from the attachments section and use XSLand XSLT to create an html report from it (you can also use the command-line tool tcm.exe run /export to get a .trx file).
But if you created the test run by manual execution, this won't be possible. The only way to get a "result file" would be to parse the result of the test run using the TFS API (in C# or Powershell via TfsTeamProjectCollection from Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestManagement.Client and store it in a file.
Or you can use the TFS Rest-API with this PowerShell-Script (save as .ps) which lets you query a JSON and extract the data you want and display it the way you want to:
$RunId = Read-Host -Prompt "TFS Run Id"
$Url = "http://<tfsurl>/tfs/<CollectionName>/<TeamProject>/_apis/test/runs/$RunId/results"
$Client = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$Client.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential("<username>", "<password>", "<domain>")
$Json = $Client.DownloadString($Url) | ConvertFrom-Json
$Dict = #{}
ForEach($Test in $Json.value)
{
$Key = "Run " + $Test.testRun.name + " [" + $Test.testRun.id + "]"
$Val = $Test.testCase.name + " [" + $Test.testCase.id + "]" + " = " + $Test.outcome
if (!$Dict.ContainsKey($Key))
{
$List = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
$Dict.Add($Key, $List)
}
$IgnoreIndex = $Dict[$Key].Add($Val)
}
ForEach($Key in $Dict.Keys)
{
Write-Host $Key
ForEach($Val in $Dict[$Key])
{
Write-Host $Val
}
}
Exit
(replace values like <xxx> with yours)