TRX exporter

The TRX exporter generates test results in the Visual Studio Test Results (TRX) XML format. This format is compatible with Azure DevOps Test Plans and Visual Studio.

Output structure

{output_path}/trx/
├── test_results.xml                          → TRX results file
└── test_results/
    └── In/
        └── {execution_id}/
            ├── Test case 1.xlsx              → Gap details (only for failed tests)
            └── Test case 2.xlsx

TRX format

The XML file follows the Visual Studio TestRun schema and includes:

TestSettings: Execution settings
ResultSummary: Counters for total, executed, passed, failed, error, and notExecuted tests
TestDefinitions: One entry per test case
Results: Outcome, duration, and error details per test
TestEntries: Links between definitions and results

Usage

Command line

ploosh --connections connections.yml --cases test_cases --export TRX

Azure DevOps integration

The TRX format integrates directly with Azure DevOps Test Plans using the PublishTestResults task:

- task: PublishTestResults@2
  inputs:
    testResultsFormat: 'VSTest'
    testResultsFiles: '*.xml'
    searchFolder: 'output/trx/'
    mergeTestResults: true
    testRunTitle: '$(Build.DefinitionName)'

See Azure DevOps pipeline for a complete pipeline example.

Gap analysis Excel files

For each failed test case, an XLSX file is generated in the testresults/In/{executionid}/ folder, showing a side-by-side comparison of differing values between source and expected datasets.

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