Want to set dynamic path for report generation.

[akalaiselvan]

Expected behavior

I want set report generation path outside the app path. By doing this i can keep the test reports data wise , it might be useful for future verification.

Actual behavior

I changed the value for the key "gauge_reports_dir " in default.properties file but it wasn't worked as expected . [Actual need : Need to keep test reports datewise to a folder in remote pc ]

Steps to reproduce

1.Changed the path in default.properties file
2.run the spec
3.but report keep on writing in default report path.

Gauge version

Gauge version : 1.0.3
html-report : 4.0.8
Run gauge -v on your system and paste the results here.

[Dharmendra Singh]

@akalaiselvan I have tried with the version of Gauge and html-report you have mentioned and it works fine.

My default.properties file

# default.properties
# properties set here will be available to the test execution as environment variables

# sample_key = sample_value

# The path to the gauge reports directory. Should be either relative to the project directory or an absolute path
gauge_reports_dir = /Users/xyz/custom-reports-dir

# Set as false if gauge reports should not be overwritten on each execution. A new time-stamped directory will be created on each execution.
overwrite_reports = true

# Set to false to disable screenshots on failure in reports.
screenshot_on_failure = true

# The path to the gauge logs directory. Should be either relative to the project directory or an absolute path
logs_directory = logs

# Set to true to use multithreading for parallel execution
enable_multithreading = false

# Possible values for this property are 'suite', 'spec' or 'scenario'.
# 'scenario' clears the objects after the execution of each scenario, new objects are created for next execution.
gauge_clear_state_level = scenario

# The path the gauge specifications directory. Takes a comma separated list of specification files/directories.
gauge_specs_dir = specs

# The default delimiter used read csv files.
csv_delimiter = ,

# Allows steps to be written in multiline
allow_multiline_step = false

[Actual need : Need to keep test reports datewise to a folder in remote pc ]

You can change overwrite_reports value to false in default.properties file and gauge will create a new report dir with the time stamp for every run. Those directoires will be located inside the <path-to-reports-dir>/html-report/

[akalaiselvan]

Okay fine, Good to know that we can achieve that in Gauge ..

It would be good if you tell me how to give gauge_reports_dir for windows..

gauge_reports_dir = D:/GAUGE_RESULTS/Daily/

Above is the key and value which I've given in .properties but it is keep on writing the report in same default path.

[akalaiselvan]

Came to know the real problem...i had couple of properties file [default.properties and default Copy.properties]. It took the directory from the second one [default Copy.properties]. Once i deleted that it works fine as expected . Thanks for your response.

If possible leave a comment that , is it possible to make the report to write in a remote machine ..?

[Nehashri]

@akalaiselvan What do you mean by writing the report in a remote machine? Do you want the report to get generated in a different machine other that the one you running Gauge on?

[Nivedha]

@akalaiselvan can you please explain a bit more on what @nehashri has asked ?

[akalaiselvan]

I did that by mentioning the remote path in default.properties file.

My actual need is to send gauge test report in mail after test completed.. I tried it by adding my mailsend function in aftersuite tag. Since report is generating in gauge once the entire test completed (after aftersuite method executed) i cant able to do that .. So help me in this case that Once the complete gauge test is completed i need to attach the html report in mail. How to achieve this in Gauge framework ...?

[Nivedha]

you may have to write a wrapper script to achieve that since the report is generated after executing afterSuite.

[Apoorva-GA]

Closing this for now.

[Jinal Desai]

For windows if you want to provide custom path for html reports
gauge_reports_dir = D:\GAUGE_RESULTS\Daily\

This works for me. I'd done POC and it's working fine.