How do I reduce the database size that teststand creates

[TestStandUser]

Currently the test report access database file is growing like crazy.  Its now around 500mb.  I forcast in a month or two is will be 1 Gig.  Currently things are stored in verbose (complete mode).  What does one need to do to make it store in terse mode.  I took over the project from someone else and have not had Test Stand training.

Thanks

[Tyler T.]

You can filter the results of a TestStand execution.  This would minimize what is logged to the database.

(1)  From the Sequence Editor goto Configure -> Database Options.

(2)  Here you can set a Result Filtering Expression.  For instance, if you only to record the steps that failed select "Ignore Passed/Done/Skipped"

The other option is to change the Schema that logs the execution to a database.  The Schema represents a mapping of data from TestStand to the tables and records of a database.  You can create a custom Schema or modify an existing Schema. For more information, please take a look at Chapter 6 of the TestStand Reference Manual.

Regards,

Tyler Tigue
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

[Scott_Richardson]

A more extreme way of limiting step results is to set the Record Results step property to False for steps or sequence calls that you are not interested in logging at all, and only set it to True for those that you are interested in logging.