What Can Go Wrong During Results Analysis

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Common causes

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• Unstable test data, exhausted accounts, or missing cleanup.
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Unified Test Platform community, use the Copy All button in the Output window to send the internal status of Unified Test Platform with your issue report.

The following issues may keep you from your desired results. Here is a list of issues and discussion of solutions:

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2. Compare openswith a Controller.known-good Use the Results tab in Preferences to validate your Repository settingsrun and connectivitycheck environment changes.

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Document Optionsconclusions, panelopen hasquestions, theand correctretest settings for your Results Repository criteria.

Request/Response values do not appear in the reports. Confirm the Save Request/Response option is selected in the Scenario Builder's Options panel