Introduction

The TabularReporter creates a linear report format and is suitable for non-BDD style tests, although, it can be used for BDD as well. Due to the table style format, this is a light-weight option if you have many tests to be displayed in a single page.

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Views

TabularReporter generates the following views:

• Test
• Tag
• Bug
• Dashboard

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Usage

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Initialize

Start and attach TabularReporter using attachReporter:

// directory where output is to be printed
var tabular = new ExtentTabularReporter("user/build/name/");
var extent = new ExtentReports();
extent.attachReporter(tabular);

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Shortcuts

A few shortcuts are available to speed up common tasks.

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Filters

p - show passed tests
e - show error tests
f - show failed tests
s - show skipped tests
w - show warning tests
esc - clear filters

Misc

l - switch theme

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Automatic Screenshot Management

To automatically create relative paths from the report, use configuration:

tabular.Config.AutoCreateRelativePathMedia = true;

This configuration will copy the media-file to a directory relative to the file without you having to manually provide path that works relative to the report.

// initialize
var tabular = new ExtentTabularReporter("user/build/name/");
tabular.Config.AutoCreateRelativePathMedia = true;

// provide the path of the image and it will be automatically referenced
// in the markup relative to the report
test1.Fail("details", MediaEntityBuilder.CreateScreenCaptureFromPath("1.png").Build());
test2.Fail("details", MediaEntityBuilder.CreateScreenCaptureFromPath("2.png").Build());

The above 2 screenshots will automatically be saved as and added to the report. This will allow you to move the screenshots along with the report without any side-affects, such breaking the report or failure to load screenshots on load.

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+-- index.html
+-- exception.html
+-- tag.html
+-- test.html
+-- extent-media.0
|   +-- 1.png
|   +-- 2.png
+-- extent-media.1
|   +-- 1.png
|   +-- 2.png

When the build executes in the same location the first time, extent-media.0 will be created. If the report is created in the same location extent-media.1 will be created next. These directories will not be removed by Extent automatically.

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Configuration

TabularReporter supports a host of configuration via XML and C#.

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XML

To load configuration via XML, use loadConfig().

// using the file path
tabular.LoadConfig("tabular-config.xml");

The below XML configuration is available to TabularReporter.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<extentreports>
    <configuration>
        <!-- report theme -->
        <!-- standard, dark -->
        <theme>standard</theme>
    
        <!-- document encoding -->
        <!-- defaults to UTF-8 -->
        <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
        
        <!-- enable or disable timeline on dashboard -->
        <enableTimeline>true</enableTimeline>
        
        <!-- title of the document -->
        <documentTitle>Extent Framework</documentTitle>
        
        <!-- report name - displayed at top-nav -->
        <reportName>Build 1</reportName>

		<!-- timestamp format -->
		<timeStampFormat>MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss</timeStampFormat>
		
        <!-- custom javascript -->
        <scripts>
            <![CDATA[
                $(document).ready(function() {
                    
                });
            ]]>
        </scripts>
        
        <!-- custom styles -->
        <styles>
            <![CDATA[
                
            ]]>
        </styles>
    </configuration>
</extentreports>

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C#

It is also possible to configure the reporter directly from code:

tabular.Config.EnableTimeline = true;
tabular.Config.EnableOfflineMode = true;
tabular.Config.AutoCreateRelativePathMedia = true;
tabular.Config.CSS = "";
tabular.Config.DocumentTitle = ""
tabular.Config.Encoding = "utf-8";
tabular.Config.JS = "";
tabular.Config.ReportName = "";
tabular.Config.Theme = Theme.Dark;

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