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Msbuild.exe to pushing Test results to TFS 2010, but no results in TFS

Symptoms

Using 
Mstest.exe
to run a collection of unit tests and push the results into TFS gives the following output as expected:


MSTest command:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\mstest.exe" /testcontainer:C:\temp\AnyCPU\Release\TestAssembly.dll /publish:http://tfsserver:8080/tfs/prod /TeamProject:ProjectName /publishbuild:1.2.3.4.5 /platform:AnyCPU /flavor:Release
Output:
Summary
-------
Test Run Completed.
  Passed  15
  ----------
  Total   15
Results file:  C:\temp\MachineName 2012-04-17 18_57_48_AnyCPU_Release.trx
Test Settings: Default Test Settings
Waiting to publish...
Publishing results of test run alias@machinename 2012-04-17 18:57:48_AnyCPU_Release to http://tfsHost:8080/tfs/prod.
..
........Publish completed successfully.

However, the results are not visible in TFS associated with the build.

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Cause

In order to properly associate the test results with a build, the value for the /platform tag must be specified exactly. Incorrect flags will result in a success message from MSTest.exe, but the results will not be placed anywhere that they can be retrieved in TFS.

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Resolution

In the command above the AnyCPU platform flag is used, but the value should be "Any CPU"

The resulting correct command in this instance would be:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\mstest.exe" /testcontainer:C:\temp\AnyCPU\Release\TestAssembly.dll /publish:http://tfsserver:8080/tfs/prod /TeamProject:ProjectName /publishbuild:1.2.3.4.5 /platform:"Any CPU" /flavor:"Release"


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Article Info
Article ID : 2704782
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 4/20/2012
Exists online : False
Views : 149