Patent ID: 7373360

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: during execution of a testflow, maintaining current testflow context information; if one or more test number factors have been specified for one or more levels of the current testflow context, using the test number factors to determine a base number for a current test number range, else setting the base number to a default base number; upon execution of a subtest in the testflow, indexing a test number database using index information comprising i) an identifier of the subtest, and ii) the current testflow context information, and if a test number corresponding to the index information exists in the database, comparing said base number with a specification number that is associated with the test number; if the base number and specification number match, assigning the test number to a result of the subtest; if a test number corresponding to the index information does not exist in the database, or if said base number and specification number do not match, assigning a new test number to the result of the subtest; and storing a set of numbered test results in a database, the set including the result of the subtest and its assigned test number.