About the Test-Name Page

Tasks You Can Perform

You can perform the following Tasks on the Test-Name page:

• View Test details—You can view the following details related to the Test:

  • Test name—The name of the Test that you have specified at the time of creating the Test.

  • Test description—The description of the Test that you have entered at the time of creating the Test.

  • Test duration—The total duration of the Test.

  • Test creation time—The date and time when the Test was created.

  • Test status—The overall status of the Test that you run.

• View the details of each Step within the Test—A Test can include multiple Steps. Each Step within a Test is displayed as a tab. Click a Step (tab) to view the Step results, the details of the Tasks within the Step, events generated for the Step, and the Streams for each Task within the Step.

  If a single Step fails, Paragon Automation evaluates the overall Test result status as Failed.

• View the list of events—You can view the events generated by the Test and the date and time at which the event has occurred. Only the latest event is displayed on the Events bar.

  To view the list of all the events generated in the order of occurrence, expand the Events bar by clicking >. When you click More, the Events page appear. For more information on the events generated by the Test, see Table 1.

• View the events on an event bar—You can view all the events generated on an event bar. The event bar is a colour-driven bar graph that indicates events and the time at which the event has occurred. The colors represent the severity of events. That is, critical events are represented in red, errors are represented in orange, warnings are represented in yellow, information is represented in blue.

  You can also hover over an event generated on the event bar to view the start time, end time, total number of events generated, and the number of events generated in each type.

• View the status of each Task within a Step—A Step is a collection of Tasks. Each Task within a Step is displayed as different event bars. Click > to view the event bar for each Task. When you hover over the event bar, you can view the events generated for the Task.

• View the list of Streams—You can view the list of Streams generated for the Task you selected and their details as displayed in Table 2. To view the details of a specific Stream, click a Stream-Name. The Stream-Name Details page displays the result for metrics as stream graphs. For more information, see View Stream Details.

• Group all the Tasks—By default, all Streams are displayed in a table format. When you enable the Group by Task toggle button, the Streams are grouped based on the Task that you have selected. For example, all the Streams related to HTTP will be grouped under HTTP Task. By default, this toggle button is disabled.

  When you enable this toggle button, you can expand and hide the Streams within the Tasks by using Expand and Minimize icons. When you click Expand icon, the Stream details for each Task are displayed, and when you click Minimize, the Stream details for each Task are hidden.

• Delete the Test—You can delete a Test by using the Delete option. To delete the Test, click More and select Delete. A message is displayed asking for your confirmation. Click Yes.

  A message confirms that Paragon Automation has successfully deleted the Test and you are redirected to the Tests (Observability > Active Assurance > Tests) page. Paragon Automation also deletes the Test from the Tests page and the data on the widgets is updated.

• Rerun a Test—You can rerun a Test by using the Rerun option. To rerun a Test, click More and select Rerun.

  A message confirms that Paragon Automation successfully rerun the Test and the overall status of the Test changes to Running.

• Clone a Test—You can clone a Test by using the Clone option. To clone a Test, click More and select Clone. When you clone a Test, an editable copy of the Test you configured is displayed.

  You are redirected to the Measurement Designer (Observability > Active Assurance > Measurement Designers) page and a clone of the Test you configured is displayed.

Table 1: Fields in the Events page

Field	Description
Severity	The type of severity level of the event that is raised when there is a criteria violation. The following are the severity levels: Critical—Indicates that the event is critical and needs immediate attention. Warning—Indicates that the event needs to be fixed but does not require immediate attention. Info—Indicates the progress of the Task and provides information on the event. The informational event does not require attention. Error—Indicates that the event needs to be fixed and requires immediate attention and troubleshooting.
Description	The description that you specified when you configured the evaluation criteria for a Test.
Raise Time	The date and time when the event was generated. The timestamp is displayed in the following format: Month DD, YYYY, HH:MM:SS AM/PM. The date and time is displayed according to the Raise delay you specified when you configured the evaluation criteria for a Test. For example, Mar 5, 2024, 4:29:52 PM.
Clear Time	The date and time when the event was cleared. The timestamp is displayed in the following format: Month DD, YYYY, HH:MM:SS AM/PM. The date and time is displayed according to the clear delay you specified when you configured the evaluation criteria for a Test. For example, Mar 5, 2024, 4:29:52 PM.
Subject	The details of the event generated is displayed in JSON format. It displays various IDs related to the event like Test Agent ID, Test ID, Task ID, Stream ID, and so on. To view the details, click show hyperlink.
Data	The details of the evaluation criteria associated with the event generated. To view data, click show hyperlink.

Table 2: Fields in the Test Result Table

Field	Description
Stream Name	The name of the Stream that is auto-generated by Paragon Automation when you run a Test.
Config	The configuration details of the selected Stream. Click show to view the details of the results metrics measured by the Stream. You can also copy the configuration.
Task Name	The name of the Task that generated the Stream. Tasks such as a ping are bi-directional. A bi-directional Task produces more than one Stream in each direction.
Severity	The severity level of events raised by Streams. The following are the severity levels: Debug—Indicates that the event needs troubleshooting. Critical—Indicates that the event is critical and needs immediate attention. Warning—Indicates that the event needs to be fixed but does not require immediate attention. Info—Indicates that an informational event is raised that provides details on the progress of the Task and does not require attention. Error—Indicates that the event needs to be fixed and requires immediate attention and troubleshooting.
Event Overview	The event overview of a Stream displays an event bar. You can view the start time, end time, total number of events generated, and the number of events generated in each type. The events can have Critical (Red), Error (Orange), Warning (Yellow), or Info (Blue) status. If you click a Stream-Name, you can access a detailed result of all metrics measured by the Stream. See View Stream Details for more information.