Producing a Pass/Fail Chart

You can create a chart out of a generated Pass/Fail report, or you can directly create a graph of the test plan results information without a preexisting report.

Note: You can only generate pass/fail reports for the results of test plans, not for the results of individual tests.
  1. Open the result file of a test plan execution in Silk Test Classic.
  2. In the Silk Test Classic menu, click Results > Pass/Fail Report. The Pass/Fail Report dialog box opens.
  3. Click the Chart tab. If you have already generated a report, Silk Test Classic displays a chart of the generated report. You might need to resize the window so there is enough room to display the chart well. If you have not generated a report, Silk Test Classic displays a default chart, which allows you to modify chart parameters before you actually generate the chart.
  4. Perform one of the following actions:
    Change basic charting properties
    1. Click Setup. The Chart Settings dialog is displayed.
    2. To change the chart type, select an option from the Chart Type list. Silk Test Classic provides bar charts, line charts, and area charts.
    3. Click Apply to update the chart and leave the Chart Settings dialog open. You can also choose whether the chart is three- dimensional, is stacked (for bar charts), and displays a legend, which describes the data being charted. Silk Test Classic displays a model that represents how the chart will look based on current settings.
    Add the results from another execution of the test plan to the chart
    1. Click Select. The Select Results dialog is displayed, listing recent runs of the current test plan. Silk Test Classic keeps a history of results for each test plan. The number of results it keeps is determined by the value for History Size in the Runtime Options dialog.
    2. Select the results you want to add to the chart. The results from the selected execution of the test plan will be added to the results currently charted. You can use this feature to compare two different runs of the same tests to spot problem areas. You can chart today's results, then click Setup and select yesterday's results to have both appear on one chart.
    Move a part of the chart
    1. Click the part you want to move, such as the title, legend, or footnote (the text that displays below the chart). The area is selected.
    2. Drag it with the mouse.
    Print the chart
    1. Click Print. The Print Pass/Fail Chart dialog displays. You can specify a header or footer.
    2. Click OK to print the chart.
    Copy the chart to the clipboard
    1. Right-click anywhere on the displayed chart, and then click Copy.
    2. The chart is placed on the clipboard. You can paste it into another application.
    Change advanced charting properties

    Usually you can get the chart you want using the default and basic charting properties. But if you want more customization, you can modify just about any property in the chart, including:

    • text that appears for the title and footnote
    • font used for any text in the chart
    • location for the title, legend, and footnote
    • colors used for the data
    • size and spacing of the bars in bar charts
    • borders and shading to the background (backdrop) of any area
    • See Customizing a chart.
    Generate the chart
    Once you are satisfied with the chart parameters, click Generate. The Pass/Fail chart is displayed.