resources/tools/presentation/input_data_parser.py

   1 # Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
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  13
  14 """Data pre-processing
  15
  16 - extract data from output.xml files generated by Jenkins jobs and store in
  17   pandas' Series,
  18 - provide access to the data.
  19 - filter the data using tags,
  20 """
  21
  22 import multiprocessing
  23 import os
  24 import re
  25 import pandas as pd
  26 import logging
  27
  28 from robot.api import ExecutionResult, ResultVisitor
  29 from robot import errors
  30 from collections import OrderedDict
  31 from string import replace
  32 from os import remove
  33 from os.path import join
  34 from datetime import datetime as dt
  35 from datetime import timedelta
  36 from json import loads
  37 from jumpavg.AvgStdevMetadataFactory import AvgStdevMetadataFactory
  38
  39 from input_data_files import download_and_unzip_data_file
  40 from utils import Worker
  41
  42
  43 # Separator used in file names
  44 SEPARATOR = "__"
  45
  46
  47 class ExecutionChecker(ResultVisitor):
  48     """Class to traverse through the test suite structure.
  49
  50     The functionality implemented in this class generates a json structure:
  51
  52     Performance tests:
  53
  54     {
  55         "metadata": {
  56             "generated": "Timestamp",
  57             "version": "SUT version",
  58             "job": "Jenkins job name",
  59             "build": "Information about the build"
  60         },
  61         "suites": {
  62             "Suite long name 1": {
  63                 "name": Suite name,
  64                 "doc": "Suite 1 documentation",
  65                 "parent": "Suite 1 parent",
  66                 "level": "Level of the suite in the suite hierarchy"
  67             }
  68             "Suite long name N": {
  69                 "name": Suite name,
  70                 "doc": "Suite N documentation",
  71                 "parent": "Suite 2 parent",
  72                 "level": "Level of the suite in the suite hierarchy"
  73             }
  74         }
  75         "tests": {
  76             # NDRPDR tests:
  77             "ID": {
  78                 "name": "Test name",
  79                 "parent": "Name of the parent of the test",
  80                 "doc": "Test documentation",
  81                 "msg": "Test message",
  82                 "conf-history": "DUT1 and DUT2 VAT History",
  83                 "show-run": "Show Run",
  84                 "tags": ["tag 1", "tag 2", "tag n"],
  85                 "type": "NDRPDR",
  86                 "status": "PASS" | "FAIL",
  87                 "throughput": {
  88                     "NDR": {
  89                         "LOWER": float,
  90                         "UPPER": float
  91                     },
  92                     "PDR": {
  93                         "LOWER": float,
  94                         "UPPER": float
  95                     }
  96                 },
  97                 "latency": {
  98                     "NDR": {
  99                         "direction1": {
 100                             "min": float,
 101                             "avg": float,
 102                             "max": float
 103                         },
 104                         "direction2": {
 105                             "min": float,
 106                             "avg": float,
 107                             "max": float
 108                         }
 109                     },
 110                     "PDR": {
 111                         "direction1": {
 112                             "min": float,
 113                             "avg": float,
 114                             "max": float
 115                         },
 116                         "direction2": {
 117                             "min": float,
 118                             "avg": float,
 119                             "max": float
 120                         }
 121                     }
 122                 }
 123             }
 124
 125             # TCP tests:
 126             "ID": {
 127                 "name": "Test name",
 128                 "parent": "Name of the parent of the test",
 129                 "doc": "Test documentation",
 130                 "msg": "Test message",
 131                 "tags": ["tag 1", "tag 2", "tag n"],
 132                 "type": "TCP",
 133                 "status": "PASS" | "FAIL",
 134                 "result": int
 135             }
 136
 137             # MRR, BMRR tests:
 138             "ID": {
 139                 "name": "Test name",
 140                 "parent": "Name of the parent of the test",
 141                 "doc": "Test documentation",
 142                 "msg": "Test message",
 143                 "tags": ["tag 1", "tag 2", "tag n"],
 144                 "type": "MRR" | "BMRR",
 145                 "status": "PASS" | "FAIL",
 146                 "result": {
 147                     "receive-rate": AvgStdevMetadata,
 148                 }
 149             }
 150
 151             # TODO: Remove when definitely no NDRPDRDISC tests are used:
 152             # NDRPDRDISC tests:
 153             "ID": {
 154                 "name": "Test name",
 155                 "parent": "Name of the parent of the test",
 156                 "doc": "Test documentation",
 157                 "msg": "Test message",
 158                 "tags": ["tag 1", "tag 2", "tag n"],
 159                 "type": "PDR" | "NDR",
 160                 "status": "PASS" | "FAIL",
 161                 "throughput": {  # Only type: "PDR" | "NDR"
 162                     "value": int,
 163                     "unit": "pps" | "bps" | "percentage"
 164                 },
 165                 "latency": {  # Only type: "PDR" | "NDR"
 166                     "direction1": {
 167                         "100": {
 168                             "min": int,
 169                             "avg": int,
 170                             "max": int
 171                         },
 172                         "50": {  # Only for NDR
 173                             "min": int,
 174                             "avg": int,
 175                             "max": int
 176                         },
 177                         "10": {  # Only for NDR
 178                             "min": int,
 179                             "avg": int,
 180                             "max": int
 181                         }
 182                     },
 183                     "direction2": {
 184                         "100": {
 185                             "min": int,
 186                             "avg": int,
 187                             "max": int
 188                         },
 189                         "50": {  # Only for NDR
 190                             "min": int,
 191                             "avg": int,
 192                             "max": int
 193                         },
 194                         "10": {  # Only for NDR
 195                             "min": int,
 196                             "avg": int,
 197                             "max": int
 198                         }
 199                     }
 200                 },
 201                 "lossTolerance": "lossTolerance",  # Only type: "PDR"
 202                 "conf-history": "DUT1 and DUT2 VAT History"
 203                 "show-run": "Show Run"
 204             },
 205             "ID" {
 206                 # next test
 207             }
 208         }
 209     }
 210
 211
 212     Functional tests:
 213
 214     {
 215         "metadata": {  # Optional
 216             "version": "VPP version",
 217             "job": "Jenkins job name",
 218             "build": "Information about the build"
 219         },
 220         "suites": {
 221             "Suite name 1": {
 222                 "doc": "Suite 1 documentation",
 223                 "parent": "Suite 1 parent",
 224                 "level": "Level of the suite in the suite hierarchy"
 225             }
 226             "Suite name N": {
 227                 "doc": "Suite N documentation",
 228                 "parent": "Suite 2 parent",
 229                 "level": "Level of the suite in the suite hierarchy"
 230             }
 231         }
 232         "tests": {
 233             "ID": {
 234                 "name": "Test name",
 235                 "parent": "Name of the parent of the test",
 236                 "doc": "Test documentation"
 237                 "msg": "Test message"
 238                 "tags": ["tag 1", "tag 2", "tag n"],
 239                 "conf-history": "DUT1 and DUT2 VAT History"
 240                 "show-run": "Show Run"
 241                 "status": "PASS" | "FAIL"
 242             },
 243             "ID" {
 244                 # next test
 245             }
 246         }
 247     }
 248
 249     .. note:: ID is the lowercase full path to the test.
 250     """
 251
 252     # TODO: Remove when definitely no NDRPDRDISC tests are used:
 253     REGEX_RATE = re.compile(r'^[\D\d]*FINAL_RATE:\s(\d+\.\d+)\s(\w+)')
 254
 255     REGEX_PLR_RATE = re.compile(r'PLRsearch lower bound::\s(\d+.\d+).*\n'
 256                                 r'PLRsearch upper bound::\s(\d+.\d+)')
 257
 258     REGEX_NDRPDR_RATE = re.compile(r'NDR_LOWER:\s(\d+.\d+).*\n.*\n'
 259                                    r'NDR_UPPER:\s(\d+.\d+).*\n'
 260                                    r'PDR_LOWER:\s(\d+.\d+).*\n.*\n'
 261                                    r'PDR_UPPER:\s(\d+.\d+)')
 262
 263     # TODO: Remove when definitely no NDRPDRDISC tests are used:
 264     REGEX_LAT_NDR = re.compile(r'^[\D\d]*'
 265                                r'LAT_\d+%NDR:\s\[\'(-?\d+/-?\d+/-?\d+)\','
 266                                r'\s\'(-?\d+/-?\d+/-?\d+)\'\]\s\n'
 267                                r'LAT_\d+%NDR:\s\[\'(-?\d+/-?\d+/-?\d+)\','
 268                                r'\s\'(-?\d+/-?\d+/-?\d+)\'\]\s\n'
 269                                r'LAT_\d+%NDR:\s\[\'(-?\d+/-?\d+/-?\d+)\','
 270                                r'\s\'(-?\d+/-?\d+/-?\d+)\'\]')
 271
 272     REGEX_LAT_PDR = re.compile(r'^[\D\d]*'
 273                                r'LAT_\d+%PDR:\s\[\'(-?\d+/-?\d+/-?\d+)\','
 274                                r'\s\'(-?\d+/-?\d+/-?\d+)\'\][\D\d]*')
 275
 276     REGEX_NDRPDR_LAT = re.compile(r'LATENCY.*\[\'(.*)\', \'(.*)\'\]\s\n.*\n.*\n'
 277                                   r'LATENCY.*\[\'(.*)\', \'(.*)\'\]')
 278
 279     REGEX_TOLERANCE = re.compile(r'^[\D\d]*LOSS_ACCEPTANCE:\s(\d*\.\d*)\s'
 280                                  r'[\D\d]*')
 281
 282     REGEX_VERSION_VPP = re.compile(r"(return STDOUT Version:\s*|"
 283                                    r"VPP Version:\s*|VPP version:\s*)(.*)")
 284
 285     REGEX_VERSION_DPDK = re.compile(r"(return STDOUT testpmd)([\d\D\n]*)"
 286                                     r"(RTE Version: 'DPDK )(.*)(')")
 287
 288     REGEX_TCP = re.compile(r'Total\s(rps|cps|throughput):\s([0-9]*).*$')
 289
 290     REGEX_MRR = re.compile(r'MaxReceivedRate_Results\s\[pkts/(\d*)sec\]:\s'
 291                            r'tx\s(\d*),\srx\s(\d*)')
 292
 293     REGEX_BMRR = re.compile(r'Maximum Receive Rate trial results'
 294                             r' in packets per second: \[(.*)\]')
 295
 296     REGEX_TC_TAG = re.compile(r'\d+[tT]\d+[cC]')
 297
 298     REGEX_TC_NAME_OLD = re.compile(r'-\d+[tT]\d+[cC]-')
 299
 300     REGEX_TC_NAME_NEW = re.compile(r'-\d+[cC]-')
 301
 302     REGEX_TC_NUMBER = re.compile(r'tc[0-9]{2}-')
 303
 304     def __init__(self, metadata, mapping, ignore):
 305         """Initialisation.
 306
 307         :param metadata: Key-value pairs to be included in "metadata" part of
 308             JSON structure.
 309         :param mapping: Mapping of the old names of test cases to the new
 310             (actual) one.
 311         :param ignore: List of TCs to be ignored.
 312         :type metadata: dict
 313         :type mapping: dict
 314         :type ignore: list
 315         """
 316
 317         # Type of message to parse out from the test messages
 318         self._msg_type = None
 319
 320         # VPP version
 321         self._version = None
 322
 323         # Timestamp
 324         self._timestamp = None
 325
 326         # Testbed. The testbed is identified by TG node IP address.
 327         self._testbed = None
 328
 329         # Mapping of TCs long names
 330         self._mapping = mapping
 331
 332         # Ignore list
 333         self._ignore = ignore
 334
 335         # Number of VAT History messages found:
 336         # 0 - no message
 337         # 1 - VAT History of DUT1
 338         # 2 - VAT History of DUT2
 339         self._lookup_kw_nr = 0
 340         self._conf_history_lookup_nr = 0
 341
 342         # Number of Show Running messages found
 343         # 0 - no message
 344         # 1 - Show run message found
 345         self._show_run_lookup_nr = 0
 346
 347         # Test ID of currently processed test- the lowercase full path to the
 348         # test
 349         self._test_ID = None
 350
 351         # The main data structure
 352         self._data = {
 353             "metadata": OrderedDict(),
 354             "suites": OrderedDict(),
 355             "tests": OrderedDict()
 356         }
 357
 358         # Save the provided metadata
 359         for key, val in metadata.items():
 360             self._data["metadata"][key] = val
 361
 362         # Dictionary defining the methods used to parse different types of
 363         # messages
 364         self.parse_msg = {
 365             "timestamp": self._get_timestamp,
 366             "vpp-version": self._get_vpp_version,
 367             "dpdk-version": self._get_dpdk_version,
 368             "teardown-vat-history": self._get_vat_history,
 369             "teardown-papi-history": self._get_papi_history,
 370             "test-show-runtime": self._get_show_run,
 371             "testbed": self._get_testbed
 372         }
 373
 374     @property
 375     def data(self):
 376         """Getter - Data parsed from the XML file.
 377
 378         :returns: Data parsed from the XML file.
 379         :rtype: dict
 380         """
 381         return self._data
 382
 383     def _get_testbed(self, msg):
 384         """Called when extraction of testbed IP is required.
 385         The testbed is identified by TG node IP address.
 386
 387         :param msg: Message to process.
 388         :type msg: Message
 389         :returns: Nothing.
 390         """
 391
 392         if msg.message.count("Arguments:"):
 393             message = str(msg.message).replace(' ', '').replace('\n', '').\
 394                 replace("'", '"').replace('b"', '"').\
 395                 replace("honeycom", "honeycomb")
 396             message = loads(message[11:-1])
 397             try:
 398                 self._testbed = message["TG"]["host"]
 399             except (KeyError, ValueError):
 400                 pass
 401             finally:
 402                 self._data["metadata"]["testbed"] = self._testbed
 403                 self._msg_type = None
 404
 405     def _get_vpp_version(self, msg):
 406         """Called when extraction of VPP version is required.
 407
 408         :param msg: Message to process.
 409         :type msg: Message
 410         :returns: Nothing.
 411         """
 412
 413         if msg.message.count("return STDOUT Version:") or \
 414             msg.message.count("VPP Version:") or \
 415             msg.message.count("VPP version:"):
 416             self._version = str(re.search(self.REGEX_VERSION_VPP, msg.message).
 417                                 group(2))
 418             self._data["metadata"]["version"] = self._version
 419             self._msg_type = None
 420
 421     def _get_dpdk_version(self, msg):
 422         """Called when extraction of DPDK version is required.
 423
 424         :param msg: Message to process.
 425         :type msg: Message
 426         :returns: Nothing.
 427         """
 428
 429         if msg.message.count("return STDOUT testpmd"):
 430             try:
 431                 self._version = str(re.search(
 432                     self.REGEX_VERSION_DPDK, msg.message). group(4))
 433                 self._data["metadata"]["version"] = self._version
 434             except IndexError:
 435                 pass
 436             finally:
 437                 self._msg_type = None
 438
 439     def _get_timestamp(self, msg):
 440         """Called when extraction of timestamp is required.
 441
 442         :param msg: Message to process.
 443         :type msg: Message
 444         :returns: Nothing.
 445         """
 446
 447         self._timestamp = msg.timestamp[:14]
 448         self._data["metadata"]["generated"] = self._timestamp
 449         self._msg_type = None
 450
 451     def _get_vat_history(self, msg):
 452         """Called when extraction of VAT command history is required.
 453
 454         :param msg: Message to process.
 455         :type msg: Message
 456         :returns: Nothing.
 457         """
 458         if msg.message.count("VAT command history:"):
 459             self._conf_history_lookup_nr += 1
 460             if self._conf_history_lookup_nr == 1:
 461                 self._data["tests"][self._test_ID]["conf-history"] = str()
 462             else:
 463                 self._msg_type = None
 464             text = re.sub("[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3} "
 465                           "VAT command history:", "", msg.message, count=1). \
 466                 replace("\n\n", "\n").replace('\n', ' |br| ').\
 467                 replace('\r', '').replace('"', "'")
 468
 469             self._data["tests"][self._test_ID]["conf-history"] += " |br| "
 470             self._data["tests"][self._test_ID]["conf-history"] += \
 471                 "**DUT" + str(self._conf_history_lookup_nr) + ":** " + text
 472
 473     def _get_papi_history(self, msg):
 474         """Called when extraction of PAPI command history is required.
 475
 476         :param msg: Message to process.
 477         :type msg: Message
 478         :returns: Nothing.
 479         """
 480         if msg.message.count("PAPI command history:"):
 481             self._conf_history_lookup_nr += 1
 482             if self._conf_history_lookup_nr == 1:
 483                 self._data["tests"][self._test_ID]["conf-history"] = str()
 484             else:
 485                 self._msg_type = None
 486             text = re.sub("[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3} "
 487                           "PAPI command history:", "", msg.message, count=1). \
 488                 replace("\n\n", "\n").replace('\n', ' |br| ').\
 489                 replace('\r', '').replace('"', "'")
 490
 491             self._data["tests"][self._test_ID]["conf-history"] += " |br| "
 492             self._data["tests"][self._test_ID]["conf-history"] += \
 493                 "**DUT" + str(self._conf_history_lookup_nr) + ":** " + text
 494
 495     def _get_show_run(self, msg):
 496         """Called when extraction of VPP operational data (output of CLI command
 497         Show Runtime) is required.
 498
 499         :param msg: Message to process.
 500         :type msg: Message
 501         :returns: Nothing.
 502         """
 503         if msg.message.count("Thread 0 vpp_main"):
 504             self._show_run_lookup_nr += 1
 505             if self._lookup_kw_nr == 1 and self._show_run_lookup_nr == 1:
 506                 self._data["tests"][self._test_ID]["show-run"] = str()
 507             if self._lookup_kw_nr > 1:
 508                 self._msg_type = None
 509             if self._show_run_lookup_nr == 1:
 510                 text = msg.message.replace("vat# ", "").\
 511                     replace("return STDOUT ", "").replace("\n\n", "\n").\
 512                     replace('\n', ' |br| ').\
 513                     replace('\r', '').replace('"', "'")
 514                 try:
 515                     self._data["tests"][self._test_ID]["show-run"] += " |br| "
 516                     self._data["tests"][self._test_ID]["show-run"] += \
 517                         "**DUT" + str(self._lookup_kw_nr) + ":** |br| " + text
 518                 except KeyError:
 519                     pass
 520
 521     # TODO: Remove when definitely no NDRPDRDISC tests are used:
 522     def _get_latency(self, msg, test_type):
 523         """Get the latency data from the test message.
 524
 525         :param msg: Message to be parsed.
 526         :param test_type: Type of the test - NDR or PDR.
 527         :type msg: str
 528         :type test_type: str
 529         :returns: Latencies parsed from the message.
 530         :rtype: dict
 531         """
 532
 533         if test_type == "NDR":
 534             groups = re.search(self.REGEX_LAT_NDR, msg)
 535             groups_range = range(1, 7)
 536         elif test_type == "PDR":
 537             groups = re.search(self.REGEX_LAT_PDR, msg)
 538             groups_range = range(1, 3)
 539         else:
 540             return {}
 541
 542         latencies = list()
 543         for idx in groups_range:
 544             try:
 545                 lat = [int(item) for item in str(groups.group(idx)).split('/')]
 546             except (AttributeError, ValueError):
 547                 lat = [-1, -1, -1]
 548             latencies.append(lat)
 549
 550         keys = ("min", "avg", "max")
 551         latency = {
 552             "direction1": {
 553             },
 554             "direction2": {
 555             }
 556         }
 557
 558         latency["direction1"]["100"] = dict(zip(keys, latencies[0]))
 559         latency["direction2"]["100"] = dict(zip(keys, latencies[1]))
 560         if test_type == "NDR":
 561             latency["direction1"]["50"] = dict(zip(keys, latencies[2]))
 562             latency["direction2"]["50"] = dict(zip(keys, latencies[3]))
 563             latency["direction1"]["10"] = dict(zip(keys, latencies[4]))
 564             latency["direction2"]["10"] = dict(zip(keys, latencies[5]))
 565
 566         return latency
 567
 568     def _get_ndrpdr_throughput(self, msg):
 569         """Get NDR_LOWER, NDR_UPPER, PDR_LOWER and PDR_UPPER from the test
 570         message.
 571
 572         :param msg: The test message to be parsed.
 573         :type msg: str
 574         :returns: Parsed data as a dict and the status (PASS/FAIL).
 575         :rtype: tuple(dict, str)
 576         """
 577
 578         throughput = {
 579             "NDR": {"LOWER": -1.0, "UPPER": -1.0},
 580             "PDR": {"LOWER": -1.0, "UPPER": -1.0}
 581         }
 582         status = "FAIL"
 583         groups = re.search(self.REGEX_NDRPDR_RATE, msg)
 584
 585         if groups is not None:
 586             try:
 587                 throughput["NDR"]["LOWER"] = float(groups.group(1))
 588                 throughput["NDR"]["UPPER"] = float(groups.group(2))
 589                 throughput["PDR"]["LOWER"] = float(groups.group(3))
 590                 throughput["PDR"]["UPPER"] = float(groups.group(4))
 591                 status = "PASS"
 592             except (IndexError, ValueError):
 593                 pass
 594
 595         return throughput, status
 596
 597     def _get_plr_throughput(self, msg):
 598         """Get PLRsearch lower bound and PLRsearch upper bound from the test
 599         message.
 600
 601         :param msg: The test message to be parsed.
 602         :type msg: str
 603         :returns: Parsed data as a dict and the status (PASS/FAIL).
 604         :rtype: tuple(dict, str)
 605         """
 606
 607         throughput = {
 608             "LOWER": -1.0,
 609             "UPPER": -1.0
 610         }
 611         status = "FAIL"
 612         groups = re.search(self.REGEX_PLR_RATE, msg)
 613
 614         if groups is not None:
 615             try:
 616                 throughput["LOWER"] = float(groups.group(1))
 617                 throughput["UPPER"] = float(groups.group(2))
 618                 status = "PASS"
 619             except (IndexError, ValueError):
 620                 pass
 621
 622         return throughput, status
 623
 624     def _get_ndrpdr_latency(self, msg):
 625         """Get LATENCY from the test message.
 626
 627         :param msg: The test message to be parsed.
 628         :type msg: str
 629         :returns: Parsed data as a dict and the status (PASS/FAIL).
 630         :rtype: tuple(dict, str)
 631         """
 632
 633         latency = {
 634             "NDR": {
 635                 "direction1": {"min": -1.0, "avg": -1.0, "max": -1.0},
 636                 "direction2": {"min": -1.0, "avg": -1.0, "max": -1.0}
 637             },
 638             "PDR": {
 639                 "direction1": {"min": -1.0, "avg": -1.0, "max": -1.0},
 640                 "direction2": {"min": -1.0, "avg": -1.0, "max": -1.0}
 641             }
 642         }
 643         status = "FAIL"
 644         groups = re.search(self.REGEX_NDRPDR_LAT, msg)
 645
 646         if groups is not None:
 647             keys = ("min", "avg", "max")
 648             try:
 649                 latency["NDR"]["direction1"] = dict(
 650                     zip(keys, [float(l) for l in groups.group(1).split('/')]))
 651                 latency["NDR"]["direction2"] = dict(
 652                     zip(keys, [float(l) for l in groups.group(2).split('/')]))
 653                 latency["PDR"]["direction1"] = dict(
 654                     zip(keys, [float(l) for l in groups.group(3).split('/')]))
 655                 latency["PDR"]["direction2"] = dict(
 656                     zip(keys, [float(l) for l in groups.group(4).split('/')]))
 657                 status = "PASS"
 658             except (IndexError, ValueError):
 659                 pass
 660
 661         return latency, status
 662
 663     def visit_suite(self, suite):
 664         """Implements traversing through the suite and its direct children.
 665
 666         :param suite: Suite to process.
 667         :type suite: Suite
 668         :returns: Nothing.
 669         """
 670         if self.start_suite(suite) is not False:
 671             suite.suites.visit(self)
 672             suite.tests.visit(self)
 673             self.end_suite(suite)
 674
 675     def start_suite(self, suite):
 676         """Called when suite starts.
 677
 678         :param suite: Suite to process.
 679         :type suite: Suite
 680         :returns: Nothing.
 681         """
 682
 683         try:
 684             parent_name = suite.parent.name
 685         except AttributeError:
 686             return
 687
 688         doc_str = suite.doc.replace('"', "'").replace('\n', ' ').\
 689             replace('\r', '').replace('*[', ' |br| *[').replace("*", "**")
 690         doc_str = replace(doc_str, ' |br| *[', '*[', maxreplace=1)
 691
 692         self._data["suites"][suite.longname.lower().replace('"', "'").
 693             replace(" ", "_")] = {
 694                 "name": suite.name.lower(),
 695                 "doc": doc_str,
 696                 "parent": parent_name,
 697                 "level": len(suite.longname.split("."))
 698             }
 699
 700         suite.keywords.visit(self)
 701
 702     def end_suite(self, suite):
 703         """Called when suite ends.
 704
 705         :param suite: Suite to process.
 706         :type suite: Suite
 707         :returns: Nothing.
 708         """
 709         pass
 710
 711     def visit_test(self, test):
 712         """Implements traversing through the test.
 713
 714         :param test: Test to process.
 715         :type test: Test
 716         :returns: Nothing.
 717         """
 718         if self.start_test(test) is not False:
 719             test.keywords.visit(self)
 720             self.end_test(test)
 721
 722     def start_test(self, test):
 723         """Called when test starts.
 724
 725         :param test: Test to process.
 726         :type test: Test
 727         :returns: Nothing.
 728         """
 729
 730         longname_orig = test.longname.lower()
 731
 732         # Check the ignore list
 733         if longname_orig in self._ignore:
 734             return
 735
 736         tags = [str(tag) for tag in test.tags]
 737         test_result = dict()
 738
 739         # Change the TC long name and name if defined in the mapping table
 740         longname = self._mapping.get(longname_orig, None)
 741         if longname is not None:
 742             name = longname.split('.')[-1]
 743             logging.debug("{0}\n{1}\n{2}\n{3}".format(
 744                 self._data["metadata"], longname_orig, longname, name))
 745         else:
 746             longname = longname_orig
 747             name = test.name.lower()
 748
 749         # Remove TC number from the TC long name (backward compatibility):
 750         self._test_ID = re.sub(self.REGEX_TC_NUMBER, "", longname)
 751         # Remove TC number from the TC name (not needed):
 752         test_result["name"] = re.sub(self.REGEX_TC_NUMBER, "", name)
 753
 754         test_result["parent"] = test.parent.name.lower()
 755         test_result["tags"] = tags
 756         doc_str = test.doc.replace('"', "'").replace('\n', ' '). \
 757             replace('\r', '').replace('[', ' |br| [')
 758         test_result["doc"] = replace(doc_str, ' |br| [', '[', maxreplace=1)
 759         test_result["msg"] = test.message.replace('\n', ' |br| '). \
 760             replace('\r', '').replace('"', "'")
 761         test_result["type"] = "FUNC"
 762         test_result["status"] = test.status
 763
 764         if "PERFTEST" in tags:
 765             # Replace info about cores (e.g. -1c-) with the info about threads
 766             # and cores (e.g. -1t1c-) in the long test case names and in the
 767             # test case names if necessary.
 768             groups = re.search(self.REGEX_TC_NAME_OLD, self._test_ID)
 769             if not groups:
 770                 tag_count = 0
 771                 for tag in test_result["tags"]:
 772                     groups = re.search(self.REGEX_TC_TAG, tag)
 773                     if groups:
 774                         tag_count += 1
 775                         tag_tc = tag
 776
 777                 if tag_count == 1:
 778                     self._test_ID = re.sub(self.REGEX_TC_NAME_NEW,
 779                                            "-{0}-".format(tag_tc.lower()),
 780                                            self._test_ID,
 781                                            count=1)
 782                     test_result["name"] = re.sub(self.REGEX_TC_NAME_NEW,
 783                                                  "-{0}-".format(tag_tc.lower()),
 784                                                  test_result["name"],
 785                                                  count=1)
 786                 else:
 787                     test_result["status"] = "FAIL"
 788                     self._data["tests"][self._test_ID] = test_result
 789                     logging.debug("The test '{0}' has no or more than one "
 790                                   "multi-threading tags.".format(self._test_ID))
 791                     logging.debug("Tags: {0}".format(test_result["tags"]))
 792                     return
 793
 794         if test.status == "PASS" and ("NDRPDRDISC" in tags or
 795                                       "NDRPDR" in tags or
 796                                       "SOAK" in tags or
 797                                       "TCP" in tags or
 798                                       "MRR" in tags or
 799                                       "BMRR" in tags):
 800             # TODO: Remove when definitely no NDRPDRDISC tests are used:
 801             if "NDRDISC" in tags:
 802                 test_result["type"] = "NDR"
 803             # TODO: Remove when definitely no NDRPDRDISC tests are used:
 804             elif "PDRDISC" in tags:
 805                 test_result["type"] = "PDR"
 806             elif "NDRPDR" in tags:
 807                 test_result["type"] = "NDRPDR"
 808             elif "SOAK" in tags:
 809                 test_result["type"] = "SOAK"
 810             elif "TCP" in tags:
 811                 test_result["type"] = "TCP"
 812             elif "MRR" in tags:
 813                 test_result["type"] = "MRR"
 814             elif "FRMOBL" in tags or "BMRR" in tags:
 815                 test_result["type"] = "BMRR"
 816             else:
 817                 test_result["status"] = "FAIL"
 818                 self._data["tests"][self._test_ID] = test_result
 819                 return
 820
 821             # TODO: Remove when definitely no NDRPDRDISC tests are used:
 822             if test_result["type"] in ("NDR", "PDR"):
 823                 try:
 824                     rate_value = str(re.search(
 825                         self.REGEX_RATE, test.message).group(1))
 826                 except AttributeError:
 827                     rate_value = "-1"
 828                 try:
 829                     rate_unit = str(re.search(
 830                         self.REGEX_RATE, test.message).group(2))
 831                 except AttributeError:
 832                     rate_unit = "-1"
 833
 834                 test_result["throughput"] = dict()
 835                 test_result["throughput"]["value"] = \
 836                     int(rate_value.split('.')[0])
 837                 test_result["throughput"]["unit"] = rate_unit
 838                 test_result["latency"] = \
 839                     self._get_latency(test.message, test_result["type"])
 840                 if test_result["type"] == "PDR":
 841                     test_result["lossTolerance"] = str(re.search(
 842                         self.REGEX_TOLERANCE, test.message).group(1))
 843
 844             elif test_result["type"] in ("NDRPDR", ):
 845                 test_result["throughput"], test_result["status"] = \
 846                     self._get_ndrpdr_throughput(test.message)
 847                 test_result["latency"], test_result["status"] = \
 848                     self._get_ndrpdr_latency(test.message)
 849
 850             elif test_result["type"] in ("SOAK", ):
 851                 test_result["throughput"], test_result["status"] = \
 852                     self._get_plr_throughput(test.message)
 853
 854             elif test_result["type"] in ("TCP", ):
 855                 groups = re.search(self.REGEX_TCP, test.message)
 856                 test_result["result"] = int(groups.group(2))
 857
 858             elif test_result["type"] in ("MRR", "BMRR"):
 859                 test_result["result"] = dict()
 860                 groups = re.search(self.REGEX_BMRR, test.message)
 861                 if groups is not None:
 862                     items_str = groups.group(1)
 863                     items_float = [float(item.strip()) for item
 864                                    in items_str.split(",")]
 865                     metadata = AvgStdevMetadataFactory.from_data(items_float)
 866                     # Next two lines have been introduced in CSIT-1179,
 867                     # to be removed in CSIT-1180.
 868                     metadata.size = 1
 869                     metadata.stdev = 0.0
 870                     test_result["result"]["receive-rate"] = metadata
 871                 else:
 872                     groups = re.search(self.REGEX_MRR, test.message)
 873                     test_result["result"]["receive-rate"] = \
 874                         AvgStdevMetadataFactory.from_data([
 875                             float(groups.group(3)) / float(groups.group(1)), ])
 876
 877         self._data["tests"][self._test_ID] = test_result
 878
 879     def end_test(self, test):
 880         """Called when test ends.
 881
 882         :param test: Test to process.
 883         :type test: Test
 884         :returns: Nothing.
 885         """
 886         pass
 887
 888     def visit_keyword(self, keyword):
 889         """Implements traversing through the keyword and its child keywords.
 890
 891         :param keyword: Keyword to process.
 892         :type keyword: Keyword
 893         :returns: Nothing.
 894         """
 895         if self.start_keyword(keyword) is not False:
 896             self.end_keyword(keyword)
 897
 898     def start_keyword(self, keyword):
 899         """Called when keyword starts. Default implementation does nothing.
 900
 901         :param keyword: Keyword to process.
 902         :type keyword: Keyword
 903         :returns: Nothing.
 904         """
 905         try:
 906             if keyword.type == "setup":
 907                 self.visit_setup_kw(keyword)
 908             elif keyword.type == "teardown":
 909                 self._lookup_kw_nr = 0
 910                 self.visit_teardown_kw(keyword)
 911             else:
 912                 self._lookup_kw_nr = 0
 913                 self.visit_test_kw(keyword)
 914         except AttributeError:
 915             pass
 916
 917     def end_keyword(self, keyword):
 918         """Called when keyword ends. Default implementation does nothing.
 919
 920         :param keyword: Keyword to process.
 921         :type keyword: Keyword
 922         :returns: Nothing.
 923         """
 924         pass
 925
 926     def visit_test_kw(self, test_kw):
 927         """Implements traversing through the test keyword and its child
 928         keywords.
 929
 930         :param test_kw: Keyword to process.
 931         :type test_kw: Keyword
 932         :returns: Nothing.
 933         """
 934         for keyword in test_kw.keywords:
 935             if self.start_test_kw(keyword) is not False:
 936                 self.visit_test_kw(keyword)
 937                 self.end_test_kw(keyword)
 938
 939     def start_test_kw(self, test_kw):
 940         """Called when test keyword starts. Default implementation does
 941         nothing.
 942
 943         :param test_kw: Keyword to process.
 944         :type test_kw: Keyword
 945         :returns: Nothing.
 946         """
 947         if test_kw.name.count("Show Runtime Counters On All Duts"):
 948             self._lookup_kw_nr += 1
 949             self._show_run_lookup_nr = 0
 950             self._msg_type = "test-show-runtime"
 951         elif test_kw.name.count("Start The L2fwd Test") and not self._version:
 952             self._msg_type = "dpdk-version"
 953         else:
 954             return
 955         test_kw.messages.visit(self)
 956
 957     def end_test_kw(self, test_kw):
 958         """Called when keyword ends. Default implementation does nothing.
 959
 960         :param test_kw: Keyword to process.
 961         :type test_kw: Keyword
 962         :returns: Nothing.
 963         """
 964         pass
 965
 966     def visit_setup_kw(self, setup_kw):
 967         """Implements traversing through the teardown keyword and its child
 968         keywords.
 969
 970         :param setup_kw: Keyword to process.
 971         :type setup_kw: Keyword
 972         :returns: Nothing.
 973         """
 974         for keyword in setup_kw.keywords:
 975             if self.start_setup_kw(keyword) is not False:
 976                 self.visit_setup_kw(keyword)
 977                 self.end_setup_kw(keyword)
 978
 979     def start_setup_kw(self, setup_kw):
 980         """Called when teardown keyword starts. Default implementation does
 981         nothing.
 982
 983         :param setup_kw: Keyword to process.
 984         :type setup_kw: Keyword
 985         :returns: Nothing.
 986         """
 987         if setup_kw.name.count("Show Vpp Version On All Duts") \
 988                 and not self._version:
 989             self._msg_type = "vpp-version"
 990         elif setup_kw.name.count("Set Global Variable") \
 991                 and not self._timestamp:
 992             self._msg_type = "timestamp"
 993         elif setup_kw.name.count("Setup Framework") and not self._testbed:
 994             self._msg_type = "testbed"
 995         else:
 996             return
 997         setup_kw.messages.visit(self)
 998
 999     def end_setup_kw(self, setup_kw):
1000         """Called when keyword ends. Default implementation does nothing.
1001
1002         :param setup_kw: Keyword to process.
1003         :type setup_kw: Keyword
1004         :returns: Nothing.
1005         """
1006         pass
1007
1008     def visit_teardown_kw(self, teardown_kw):
1009         """Implements traversing through the teardown keyword and its child
1010         keywords.
1011
1012         :param teardown_kw: Keyword to process.
1013         :type teardown_kw: Keyword
1014         :returns: Nothing.
1015         """
1016         for keyword in teardown_kw.keywords:
1017             if self.start_teardown_kw(keyword) is not False:
1018                 self.visit_teardown_kw(keyword)
1019                 self.end_teardown_kw(keyword)
1020
1021     def start_teardown_kw(self, teardown_kw):
1022         """Called when teardown keyword starts. Default implementation does
1023         nothing.
1024
1025         :param teardown_kw: Keyword to process.
1026         :type teardown_kw: Keyword
1027         :returns: Nothing.
1028         """
1029
1030         if teardown_kw.name.count("Show Vat History On All Duts"):
1031             self._conf_history_lookup_nr = 0
1032             self._msg_type = "teardown-vat-history"
1033             teardown_kw.messages.visit(self)
1034         elif teardown_kw.name.count("Show Papi History On All Duts"):
1035             self._conf_history_lookup_nr = 0
1036             self._msg_type = "teardown-papi-history"
1037             teardown_kw.messages.visit(self)
1038
1039     def end_teardown_kw(self, teardown_kw):
1040         """Called when keyword ends. Default implementation does nothing.
1041
1042         :param teardown_kw: Keyword to process.
1043         :type teardown_kw: Keyword
1044         :returns: Nothing.
1045         """
1046         pass
1047
1048     def visit_message(self, msg):
1049         """Implements visiting the message.
1050
1051         :param msg: Message to process.
1052         :type msg: Message
1053         :returns: Nothing.
1054         """
1055         if self.start_message(msg) is not False:
1056             self.end_message(msg)
1057
1058     def start_message(self, msg):
1059         """Called when message starts. Get required information from messages:
1060         - VPP version.
1061
1062         :param msg: Message to process.
1063         :type msg: Message
1064         :returns: Nothing.
1065         """
1066
1067         if self._msg_type:
1068             self.parse_msg[self._msg_type](msg)
1069
1070     def end_message(self, msg):
1071         """Called when message ends. Default implementation does nothing.
1072
1073         :param msg: Message to process.
1074         :type msg: Message
1075         :returns: Nothing.
1076         """
1077         pass
1078
1079
1080 class InputData(object):
1081     """Input data
1082
1083     The data is extracted from output.xml files generated by Jenkins jobs and
1084     stored in pandas' DataFrames.
1085
1086     The data structure:
1087     - job name
1088       - build number
1089         - metadata
1090           (as described in ExecutionChecker documentation)
1091         - suites
1092           (as described in ExecutionChecker documentation)
1093         - tests
1094           (as described in ExecutionChecker documentation)
1095     """
1096
1097     def __init__(self, spec):
1098         """Initialization.
1099
1100         :param spec: Specification.
1101         :type spec: Specification
1102         """
1103
1104         # Specification:
1105         self._cfg = spec
1106
1107         # Data store:
1108         self._input_data = pd.Series()
1109
1110     @property
1111     def data(self):
1112         """Getter - Input data.
1113
1114         :returns: Input data
1115         :rtype: pandas.Series
1116         """
1117         return self._input_data
1118
1119     def metadata(self, job, build):
1120         """Getter - metadata
1121
1122         :param job: Job which metadata we want.
1123         :param build: Build which metadata we want.
1124         :type job: str
1125         :type build: str
1126         :returns: Metadata
1127         :rtype: pandas.Series
1128         """
1129
1130         return self.data[job][build]["metadata"]
1131
1132     def suites(self, job, build):
1133         """Getter - suites
1134
1135         :param job: Job which suites we want.
1136         :param build: Build which suites we want.
1137         :type job: str
1138         :type build: str
1139         :returns: Suites.
1140         :rtype: pandas.Series
1141         """
1142
1143         return self.data[job][str(build)]["suites"]
1144
1145     def tests(self, job, build):
1146         """Getter - tests
1147
1148         :param job: Job which tests we want.
1149         :param build: Build which tests we want.
1150         :type job: str
1151         :type build: str
1152         :returns: Tests.
1153         :rtype: pandas.Series
1154         """
1155
1156         return self.data[job][build]["tests"]
1157
1158     def _parse_tests(self, job, build, log):
1159         """Process data from robot output.xml file and return JSON structured
1160         data.
1161
1162         :param job: The name of job which build output data will be processed.
1163         :param build: The build which output data will be processed.
1164         :param log: List of log messages.
1165         :type job: str
1166         :type build: dict
1167         :type log: list of tuples (severity, msg)
1168         :returns: JSON data structure.
1169         :rtype: dict
1170         """
1171
1172         metadata = {
1173             "job": job,
1174             "build": build
1175         }
1176
1177         with open(build["file-name"], 'r') as data_file:
1178             try:
1179                 result = ExecutionResult(data_file)
1180             except errors.DataError as err:
1181                 log.append(("ERROR", "Error occurred while parsing output.xml: "
1182                                      "{0}".format(err)))
1183                 return None
1184         checker = ExecutionChecker(metadata, self._cfg.mapping,
1185                                    self._cfg.ignore)
1186         result.visit(checker)
1187
1188         return checker.data
1189
1190     def _download_and_parse_build(self, job, build, repeat, pid=10000):
1191         """Download and parse the input data file.
1192
1193         :param pid: PID of the process executing this method.
1194         :param job: Name of the Jenkins job which generated the processed input
1195             file.
1196         :param build: Information about the Jenkins build which generated the
1197             processed input file.
1198         :param repeat: Repeat the download specified number of times if not
1199             successful.
1200         :type pid: int
1201         :type job: str
1202         :type build: dict
1203         :type repeat: int
1204         """
1205
1206         logs = list()
1207
1208         logs.append(("INFO", "  Processing the job/build: {0}: {1}".
1209                      format(job, build["build"])))
1210
1211         state = "failed"
1212         success = False
1213         data = None
1214         do_repeat = repeat
1215         while do_repeat:
1216             success = download_and_unzip_data_file(self._cfg, job, build, pid,
1217                                                    logs)
1218             if success:
1219                 break
1220             do_repeat -= 1
1221         if not success:
1222             logs.append(("ERROR", "It is not possible to download the input "
1223                                   "data file from the job '{job}', build "
1224                                   "'{build}', or it is damaged. Skipped.".
1225                          format(job=job, build=build["build"])))
1226         if success:
1227             logs.append(("INFO", "    Processing data from the build '{0}' ...".
1228                          format(build["build"])))
1229             data = self._parse_tests(job, build, logs)
1230             if data is None:
1231                 logs.append(("ERROR", "Input data file from the job '{job}', "
1232                                       "build '{build}' is damaged. Skipped.".
1233                              format(job=job, build=build["build"])))
1234             else:
1235                 state = "processed"
1236
1237             try:
1238                 remove(build["file-name"])
1239             except OSError as err:
1240                 logs.append(("ERROR", "Cannot remove the file '{0}': {1}".
1241                              format(build["file-name"], repr(err))))
1242
1243         # If the time-period is defined in the specification file, remove all
1244         # files which are outside the time period.
1245         timeperiod = self._cfg.input.get("time-period", None)
1246         if timeperiod and data:
1247             now = dt.utcnow()
1248             timeperiod = timedelta(int(timeperiod))
1249             metadata = data.get("metadata", None)
1250             if metadata:
1251                 generated = metadata.get("generated", None)
1252                 if generated:
1253                     generated = dt.strptime(generated, "%Y%m%d %H:%M")
1254                     if (now - generated) > timeperiod:
1255                         # Remove the data and the file:
1256                         state = "removed"
1257                         data = None
1258                         logs.append(
1259                             ("INFO",
1260                              "    The build {job}/{build} is outdated, will be "
1261                              "removed".format(job=job, build=build["build"])))
1262                         file_name = self._cfg.input["file-name"]
1263                         full_name = join(
1264                             self._cfg.environment["paths"]["DIR[WORKING,DATA]"],
1265                             "{job}{sep}{build}{sep}{name}".
1266                                 format(job=job,
1267                                        sep=SEPARATOR,
1268                                        build=build["build"],
1269                                        name=file_name))
1270                         try:
1271                             remove(full_name)
1272                             logs.append(("INFO",
1273                                          "    The file {name} has been removed".
1274                                          format(name=full_name)))
1275                         except OSError as err:
1276                             logs.append(("ERROR",
1277                                          "Cannot remove the file '{0}': {1}".
1278                                          format(full_name, repr(err))))
1279         logs.append(("INFO", "  Done."))
1280
1281         for level, line in logs:
1282             if level == "INFO":
1283                 logging.info(line)
1284             elif level == "ERROR":
1285                 logging.error(line)
1286             elif level == "DEBUG":
1287                 logging.debug(line)
1288             elif level == "CRITICAL":
1289                 logging.critical(line)
1290             elif level == "WARNING":
1291                 logging.warning(line)
1292
1293         return {"data": data, "state": state, "job": job, "build": build}
1294
1295     def download_and_parse_data(self, repeat=1):
1296         """Download the input data files, parse input data from input files and
1297         store in pandas' Series.
1298
1299         :param repeat: Repeat the download specified number of times if not
1300             successful.
1301         :type repeat: int
1302         """
1303
1304         logging.info("Downloading and parsing input files ...")
1305
1306         for job, builds in self._cfg.builds.items():
1307             for build in builds:
1308
1309                 result = self._download_and_parse_build(job, build, repeat)
1310
1311                 job = result["job"]
1312                 build_nr = result["build"]["build"]
1313
1314                 logging.info("  {job}-{build}".format(job=job,
1315                                                       build=build_nr))
1316                 if result["data"]:
1317                     data = result["data"]
1318                     build_data = pd.Series({
1319                         "metadata": pd.Series(
1320                             data["metadata"].values(),
1321                             index=data["metadata"].keys()),
1322                         "suites": pd.Series(data["suites"].values(),
1323                                             index=data["suites"].keys()),
1324                         "tests": pd.Series(data["tests"].values(),
1325                                            index=data["tests"].keys())})
1326
1327                     if self._input_data.get(job, None) is None:
1328                         self._input_data[job] = pd.Series()
1329                     self._input_data[job][str(build_nr)] = build_data
1330
1331                     self._cfg.set_input_file_name(
1332                         job, build_nr, result["build"]["file-name"])
1333
1334                 self._cfg.set_input_state(job, build_nr, result["state"])
1335
1336         logging.info("Done.")
1337
1338     @staticmethod
1339     def _end_of_tag(tag_filter, start=0, closer="'"):
1340         """Return the index of character in the string which is the end of tag.
1341
1342         :param tag_filter: The string where the end of tag is being searched.
1343         :param start: The index where the searching is stated.
1344         :param closer: The character which is the tag closer.
1345         :type tag_filter: str
1346         :type start: int
1347         :type closer: str
1348         :returns: The index of the tag closer.
1349         :rtype: int
1350         """
1351
1352         try:
1353             idx_opener = tag_filter.index(closer, start)
1354             return tag_filter.index(closer, idx_opener + 1)
1355         except ValueError:
1356             return None
1357
1358     @staticmethod
1359     def _condition(tag_filter):
1360         """Create a conditional statement from the given tag filter.
1361
1362         :param tag_filter: Filter based on tags from the element specification.
1363         :type tag_filter: str
1364         :returns: Conditional statement which can be evaluated.
1365         :rtype: str
1366         """
1367
1368         index = 0
1369         while True:
1370             index = InputData._end_of_tag(tag_filter, index)
1371             if index is None:
1372                 return tag_filter
1373             index += 1
1374             tag_filter = tag_filter[:index] + " in tags" + tag_filter[index:]
1375
1376     def filter_data(self, element, params=None, data_set="tests",
1377                     continue_on_error=False):
1378         """Filter required data from the given jobs and builds.
1379
1380         The output data structure is:
1381
1382         - job 1
1383           - build 1
1384             - test (or suite) 1 ID:
1385               - param 1
1386               - param 2
1387               ...
1388               - param n
1389             ...
1390             - test (or suite) n ID:
1391             ...
1392           ...
1393           - build n
1394         ...
1395         - job n
1396
1397         :param element: Element which will use the filtered data.
1398         :param params: Parameters which will be included in the output. If None,
1399         all parameters are included.
1400         :param data_set: The set of data to be filtered: tests, suites,
1401         metadata.
1402         :param continue_on_error: Continue if there is error while reading the
1403         data. The Item will be empty then
1404         :type element: pandas.Series
1405         :type params: list
1406         :type data_set: str
1407         :type continue_on_error: bool
1408         :returns: Filtered data.
1409         :rtype pandas.Series
1410         """
1411
1412         try:
1413             if element["filter"] in ("all", "template"):
1414                 cond = "True"
1415             else:
1416                 cond = InputData._condition(element["filter"])
1417             logging.debug("   Filter: {0}".format(cond))
1418         except KeyError:
1419             logging.error("  No filter defined.")
1420             return None
1421
1422         if params is None:
1423             params = element.get("parameters", None)
1424             if params:
1425                 params.append("type")
1426
1427         data = pd.Series()
1428         try:
1429             for job, builds in element["data"].items():
1430                 data[job] = pd.Series()
1431                 for build in builds:
1432                     data[job][str(build)] = pd.Series()
1433                     try:
1434                         data_iter = self.data[job][str(build)][data_set].\
1435                             iteritems()
1436                     except KeyError:
1437                         if continue_on_error:
1438                             continue
1439                         else:
1440                             return None
1441                     for test_ID, test_data in data_iter:
1442                         if eval(cond, {"tags": test_data.get("tags", "")}):
1443                             data[job][str(build)][test_ID] = pd.Series()
1444                             if params is None:
1445                                 for param, val in test_data.items():
1446                                     data[job][str(build)][test_ID][param] = val
1447                             else:
1448                                 for param in params:
1449                                     try:
1450                                         data[job][str(build)][test_ID][param] =\
1451                                             test_data[param]
1452                                     except KeyError:
1453                                         data[job][str(build)][test_ID][param] =\
1454                                             "No Data"
1455             return data
1456
1457         except (KeyError, IndexError, ValueError) as err:
1458             logging.error("   Missing mandatory parameter in the element "
1459                           "specification: {0}".format(err))
1460             return None
1461         except AttributeError:
1462             return None
1463         except SyntaxError:
1464             logging.error("   The filter '{0}' is not correct. Check if all "
1465                           "tags are enclosed by apostrophes.".format(cond))
1466             return None
1467
1468     @staticmethod
1469     def merge_data(data):
1470         """Merge data from more jobs and builds to a simple data structure.
1471
1472         The output data structure is:
1473
1474         - test (suite) 1 ID:
1475           - param 1
1476           - param 2
1477           ...
1478           - param n
1479         ...
1480         - test (suite) n ID:
1481         ...
1482
1483         :param data: Data to merge.
1484         :type data: pandas.Series
1485         :returns: Merged data.
1486         :rtype: pandas.Series
1487         """
1488
1489         logging.info("    Merging data ...")
1490
1491         merged_data = pd.Series()
1492         for _, builds in data.iteritems():
1493             for _, item in builds.iteritems():
1494                 for ID, item_data in item.iteritems():
1495                     merged_data[ID] = item_data
1496
1497         return merged_data