I don’t use the built in reporting stuff. A little over three years ago, I realized the same thing and wrote my own. There were two main reasons why I felt this important enough to do that:
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I wanted complete control of the startup and shutdown of suites and test cases AND the reporting mechanism.
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The built in reports are noisy. I really (I mean, REALLY) don’t care about PASSES. They’re just noise. I want to know what failed and why. A list of fails is all I care about. Period.
However, if you’re thinking of going this route, be aware it’s a lot of effort - worth it in my case, but I can’t speak for you or anyone else.