Patent ID: 7415479

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: during execution of a testflow, maintaining current testflow context information; upon execution of a subtest in the testflow, indexing a database of test numbers using index information comprising i) an identifier of the subtest, and ii) the current testflow context information, and when a test number corresponding to the index information exists in the database, assigning the test number to a result of the subtest; when a test number corresponding to the index information does not exist in the database, assigning a new test number to the result of the subtest, and associating the index information and the new test number in the database; outputting a first set of numbered test results, including the result of the subtest and its assigned test number; during execution of a subsequent testflow, maintaining current testflow context information; using the database, repeating said indexing step, said assigning step, and said associating step in a context of the subsequent testflow; and outputting a second set of numbered test results, wherein when a particular subtest is executed in a same context in both the testflow and the subsequent testflow, results of the particular subtest are assigned a same test number in each of the first and second sets of numbered test results.