Master the Art of Node Creation in Extent Reports

By Bhau Automation • Professional Automation Reporting Guide

🎯 What You Will Learn in This Video

What are nodes in Extent Reports?
Why node structure is important in reporting
How to create parent and child nodes
Best practices for node management
Improving report readability for stakeholders

📌 What is Node Creation in Extent Reports?

Node creation in Extent Reports allows you to create hierarchical test steps under a single test case. Each node represents a logical step or validation, making reports clean, structured, and easy to understand.

Parent Test → High-level scenario
Child Nodes → Individual test steps
Clear Pass / Fail visibility
Better debugging and analysis

📌 Why Use Nodes in Automation Reports?

Using nodes makes your automation reports professional and stakeholder-friendly. Instead of flat logs, you get a well-structured execution flow.

Improves report readability
Separates validation steps clearly
Easy root-cause analysis
Enterprise-level reporting standard

🛠 Java Implementation – Node Creation

1️⃣ Create Parent Test

ExtentTest parentTest =
extent.createTest("Login Functionality Test");

2️⃣ Create Child Nodes

ExtentTest node1 = parentTest.createNode("Enter Username");
node1.pass("Username entered successfully");

ExtentTest node2 = parentTest.createNode("Enter Password");
node2.pass("Password entered successfully");

ExtentTest node3 = parentTest.createNode("Click Login Button");
node3.fail("Login button not clickable");

3️⃣ Final Report Output

The generated HTML report will clearly display:

One main test
Multiple child steps
Individual pass/fail status

📊 Best Practices for Node Management

Create nodes only for meaningful steps
Use clear and descriptive node names
Log assertions inside nodes
Attach screenshots at node level
Avoid unnecessary deep nesting

🎯 Real-World Use Case

Login validation steps
Checkout process in e-commerce
API request → response validation
Complex business flow automation

🎥 Watch Full Video Tutorial

👉 Watch: Node Creation in Extent Reports (Java)

✅ Key Takeaways

Nodes improve clarity and structure
Essential for professional automation reports
Makes reports stakeholder-friendly
Must-have skill for advanced QA engineers

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