Exclusions Tab

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | QualityMonitor

Edition:QualityMonitor is included with AdminStudio Professional and Enterprise Editions.

When a Deployment Test is run on a package, some of the tests related to Class IDs, Prog IDs, and Type Library IDs fail because they refer to components which belong to the operating system rather than the software which is being tested. These errors have no impact on the integrity of the software being tested, and cause confusion among some users testing the software. Users need to be able to prevent error messages caused by files that are not affecting the performance of the software package to be listed in the test results.

On the Exclusions tab, to prevent these operating systems errors from being reported, you can specify a list of files to be excluded when any of the Class ID, Prog ID, or Type Library ID Deployment Tests are run. You can maintain a different list for each of these three Deployment Tests.

Note:After a Deployment Test has been run, the test results are listed in the Class IDs View, Prog IDs View, or Type Libraries View. The items included in the exclusion lists are not shown in these views, but are still stored in the QualityMonitor Project File (.iqm). When this project file is opened again in QualityMonitor, the results are checked against the exclusion list before being displayed in the Class IDs View, Prog IDs View, or Type Libraries View.

The following options are included on the Exclusions tab:

Options Dialog Box—Exclusion Tab Options

Options	Description
Exclusion list	Select the type of Deployment Test that you want to modify the exclusion list for: • Class ID • Prog ID • Type Libraries
Listing	Listing of the Class IDs, Prog IDs, or Type Libraries that you have chosen to exclude from the selected Deployment Test. The following information is included: • Identifier—Number identifying the Class ID, Prog ID, or Type Library. • File Name—Name of file that contains the Class ID, Prog ID, or Type Library. • Status—The exclusion status is either Active or Inactive. Only Active exclusions are excluded from the test results. Inactive exclusions are neglected/omitted from the exclusion process. The only way to change the status from Active to Inactive (or vice versa) is to manually edit the exclusions file. • Type—The exclusion type is either User or System. Exclusions added by the user are of User type. Users can delete only User type exclusion entries.
Add	Click to open the Add Exclusions Dialog Box, where you can select a Class ID, Prog ID, or Type Library to exclude from Deployment Tests.
Remove	Click to delete the selected Class ID, Prog ID, or Type Library from the exclusion list.