After you run an instance of a job, you can view the results in the Windows® Assessment Services - Client (Windows ASC). By default, the results are stored on the Windows® Assessment Services server in a results share that you set up when you configure the server. You can also use the ResultsUtil commands to configure the Windows Assessment Services server to automatically move the results from the results share to a SQL Server database when a job finishes. For more information about the ResultsUtil commands, see the Windows Assessment Services Technical Reference.

This topic describes how to find results and how to filter or search through a long list of results to focus quickly on the result that you're interested in.

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Finding Results for a Current Job Instance

  1. When you click Run to start the job instance, the Monitor job instances window appears. You can also click the Monitor job instance link on the Configure job page.

  2. In the Monitor job instances window, select one or more jobs that have a status of Complete.

  3. Click View Results.

    By default, these results appear in the detailed results view. For more information about this view of results, see Details View

Finding Results on a File Share or Another Location

If the results that you want to open aren't in the results share, you can browse to the location and open them in Windows ASC.

To find results that aren't in the results share

  1. On the File menu, click Compare results.

  2. In the Select Results window, click Browse.

  3. Browse to the location of results files, select the .xml files, and then click Open.

Finding the Path of the Results File

You can find the full path of the results file when you're reviewing the results in details view.

To find the full path

  1. On the File menu, click Compare results.

  2. Select the result that you want to find the path for, and then click Open.

  3. Select the job instance column, and then click View details to open the results in the details view.

  4. On the View Results page, in the Details pane on the right, click the results file path to open the folder where the results file is located.

Searching for Results in a List of Available Results

  1. In the Windows ASC, click File, and then click Compare results.

  2. In the Select Results window, type a keyword in the search box.

Filtering a List of Available Results

  1. In the Windows ASC, click File, and then click Compare results.

  2. In the Select Results window, click the green plus sign (+) next to the search box.

  3. In the drop-down list, select the metadata that you want to filter on. You can filter results based on the following metadata.

    Run information Description

    Architecture

    The architecture of the computer that the job ran on.

    Available memory (MB)

    The available memory on the computer that the job ran on.

    Build number

    The build number for the Windows operating system that's installed on the computer that the job ran on.

    CPU description

    A description of the CPU in the computer.

    File path

    The full path of the job results.

    Graphics chipset

    The vendor's description of the graphics chipset.

    Graphics vendor

    The vendor of the primary graphics card.

    ID

    A GUID that identifies the result file.

    Job name

    The name of the job.

    Job start time

    The date and time that the job started running.

    Machine class

    The type of the computer, like laptop or desktop.

    Machine ID

    The name of the computer.

    Run notes

    Notes that were added before the job ran.

    System disk model

    The model of the hard drive that the operating system is running from.

    System disk size

    The size of the computer's hard drive.

    System disk vendor

    The name of the vendor, if it's available.

    Template settings

    An indication of whether template settings or custom settings were used.

    Total memory (MB)

    The amount of total RAM that's available on the computer.

    Windows version

    The full build number for the Windows operating system that's installed on the computer.

    WinEI CPU score

    A Windows Experience Index score for the performance of the processor. The score uses a scale of 1.0 to 9.9.

    For more information, see Winsat.

    WinEI D3D score

    A Windows Experience Index score for the ability to run Direct 3D applications. The score uses a scale of 1.0 to 9.9.

    For more information, see Winsat.

    WinEI disk score

    A Windows Experience Index score for the performance of disk drives. The score uses a scale of 1.0 to 9.9.

    For more information, see Winsat.

    WinEI graphic score

    A Windows Experience Index score for desktop performance. The score uses a scale of 1.0 to 9.9.

    For more information, see Winsat.

    WinEI memory score

    A Windows Experience Index score for the memory bandwidth. The score uses a scale of 1.0 to 9.9.

    For more information, see Winsat.

  4. Click the relational expression and choose one that you want to use.

    Depending on the metadata filters that you use, the following relational expressions are available:

    • equals

    • not equals

    • less than

    • greater than

    • less than or equal

    • greater than or equal

    • starts with

    • ends with

    • contains

    • not contains

    • between

    • regex

      Note
      The regex expression refers to regular expressions. For more information, see .NET Framework Regular Expressions.
  5. In the text box, enter the metadata value that you want to filter on.

  6. To add filter criteria, repeat the previous steps.

  7. To remove filter criteria, click the X next to the filter criteria.

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