Timestamps in reports

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• July 24, 2019 at 1:04 pm #32381
  Alan Carr

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  Hi

  Is there any way of producing a timestamp when showing when a test was actioned, currently I am using a custom report associated with an if statement

  Thanks

  July 25, 2019 at 6:27 pm #32382
  Sasha ZAP

  Moderator

  Hello alan.carrr,

  Basically you are already getting timestampד when the test starts its execution and ends it, also you can get as required timestamps using the “StartTransaction” and the “EndTransaction” methods:
  All the mentioned timestamps will appear in the test’s execution report.

  If the above does not help you please advise for what purpose do you need the timestamp.

  Thanks,
  ZAPTEST Team

  July 25, 2019 at 7:03 pm #32383
  Alan Carr

  Participant

  My API testing using GUI mode has a series of tests and assertions I wanted to know when each test occurred such that if a test fails I can further analyze to see if anything else may have occurred at that time to make the test fail.

  I added at the start of each test zap utility “Start Transaction” that added the text to the report however No timestamp appeared at that step. I guess somehow I need to add variable for time however I’m not sure how to do this.

  What resolution is available for the timestamps “Start Transaction”

  July 25, 2019 at 7:05 pm #32384
  Alan Carr

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  July 25, 2019 at 7:45 pm #32385
  Sergey ZAP

  Keymaster

  Hello Allan,

  Each “Start Transaction” must have corresponding “End Transaction” step. This reports number of seconds between ‘Start” and “End” steps.
  For getting current time value, please consider using “Zap.Common.GetFormattedDateValue” step.

  July 25, 2019 at 11:53 pm #32386
  Alan Carr

  Participant

  Thanks for the reply, how can I get “Zap.Common.GetFormattedDateValue” the time of my step into my report ?

  July 26, 2019 at 1:02 am #32387
  Sergey ZAP

  Keymaster

  In the Step view you need two steps
  – assign current time value to a variable
  – include the variable in the CustomReport step

  In the Script view the steps are:
  cTime = Zap.Common.GetFormattedDateValue(“”, “hh:mm:ss”)
  Application(“Application”).CustomReport True, “Timestamp”, cTime
  

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