NI TestStand Idea Exchange

I would like a new option in the Step Properties -> Run Options -> Results Recording Option.  The new option would appear for Sequence Call steps only and would allow the step to disable results recording for all steps in the sequence being called.  I would like this to recursive and apply even to subsequences within the sequence being called.

It'd be neat, in the scenario when a parallel thread is called, if there was some smooth way of gathering the results back into the main thread of the execution for the sake of the report. 

I've handled this historically by passing a parameter into the subsequence/thread with the ResultList-index of the parent-step, and then doing some notification based handshaking during cleanup of both threads to quickly copy the Result container out of the sub and back to the parent via API calls. But I bet the R&D types could do this far slicker and reduce the whole thing to a checkbox... 😉

When I create reports they usually look like:

I just think it'd be a simple feature to add for users who might be uncomfortable with the API  & ResultList? (Naturally if the sequence doesn't wait at the end it may never be safe to 'pass back' results. But if you're already killing time on the back stretch, why not copy the block up?

Cheers,

Elaine