Using the Progress Monitor

The Progress Monitor is a dialog box that displays information about the current configuration only when the harness is running tests. Unlike the Test Manager window, View filters do not change the information displayed by the Progress Monitor.

Choose Run Tests > Monitor Progress from the Test Manager menu bar or click the Progress Monitor button icon at the bottom of the Information Area to open the Progress Monitor.

The Progress Monitor dialog box

The following information is displayed:

  1. Progress
  2. Tests in Progress
  3. Memory
  4. Time

Progress

The Progress area contains the following information:
Name Description
Passed Displays the number of tests in the test suite that were run and had passing results
Failed Displays the number of tests in the test suite that were run and had failing results
Errors Displays the number of tests in the test suite could not be run
Not Run Displays the number of tests in the test suite have not yet been run
Test Results A colored progress bar representing the results of the tests in the test suite

As tests are completed, they are displayed as colored segments in the progress bar. The colors used in the progress bar represent the current status of the tests.

The colors below are the JavaTest default settings. The JavaTest harness allows you to use colors other than these default settings. See Specifying Status Colors.

The progress bar is the same as that displayed in the test progress display at the bottom of the Test Manager window.

Colors used in the progress bar are displayed from left to right in the following order:

Color Status Description
Green Passed Tests in the test run having passing results when they were executed.
Red Failed Tests in the test run having failed results when they were executed.
Blue Error Tests in the test run that the JavaTest harness could not execute.

Errors usually occur because the test environment is not properly configured.

White Not yet run Tests in the test run that the JavaTest harness has not yet executed. Tests excluded from the test run are not included.

You can display the progress bar in the Test Manager window by clicking the Test Progress display drop-down list button and then choosing Run Progress Meter from the selectable list. See Using the Progress Meter for detailed description.

Tests in Progress

The Tests in Progress text box displays the names of the tests that the JavaTest harness is currently running. It is empty when the JavaTest harness is not running tests. Concurrency settings and/or agents in use determine the number of items displayed in the text box.

You can click on this list to display the appropriate test view in the Test Manager window.

Memory

The Memory area contains two text fields and a bar graph.

Name Description
Used: The memory used to run the test
Total: The total memory available for use by the Java virtual machine

Time

The Time area contains two fields that are continuously updated throughout a test run:

Name Description
Elapsed: The time that has elapsed since the test run was started.
Remaining: The estimated time required to run the remaining tests.

Tests that timeout or have execution times significantly longer than the other tests being run can cause the JavaTest harness to display inaccurate times.

Tests in Progress Memory Time Progress Progress Bar Tests in Progress Memory Use Elapsed and remaining time