Hiding Failure Chain from TestStand HTML Report Header

Updated May 24, 2023

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  • TestStand

Report generation is very important to understand the performance of the test performed. In some scenarios, a report header customization is needed to ensure the important information is included and confusing parameters are removed to avoid any miscommunication and misalignment.

This article will be focusing on how to hide the Failure Chain header in an HTML report.

  1. Launch TestStand with Administrator privilege
  2. In the TestStand, press <CTRL-O> to open reportgen_html.seq located at:
    • For TestStand 32-bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\<TestStand Version>\Components\Models\TestStandModels
    • For TestStand 64-bit: C:\Program Files\National Instruments\<TestStand Version>\Components\Models\TestStandModels
  3. Select the following steps: 
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  4. Right-click and select Run Mode>>Skip
  5. Press <CTRL-S> to save the changes.

After the changes have been saved, on upcoming report generation, the Failure Chain header will no longer be included. Below is how will the report looks like after the modification has been performed.
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