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Managing Step Results Order in SystemLink Test Module

Updated Apr 23, 2025

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SystemLink Test Module

Issue Details

When I'm posting steps to the Test Module in SystemLink, the step results display out of order. Is there something I can change to fix this behavior?

Solution

The ordering of the steps is determined by the parentId and the startedAt properties.

The parentId determines the hierarchy for the step results, and if the step results share the same parentId, the startedAt will define the display order in SystemLink Test Monitor.

The startedAt is a formatted timestamp and you need to make sure you add enough resolution in your format, otherwise the steps results might display on an undesired order.

Additional Information

The following concepts may result helpful to identify if you need to edit the content of any of these properties:

stepId
Is a string which uniquely identifies the step within its corresponding test result. You can have steps with the same name but their unique stepId will still identify them.

parentId
The parentId is the stepId of the parent. This allows Test Monitor to identify when a step is related or not to a specific sequence.

startedAt
It's an ISO-8601 formatted timestamp specifying when the step started. For example: 2022-11-01T09:31:59.123456-05:00. The SystemLink Test Module supports up to microsecond resolution in the startedAt field.

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