If you want to browse screenshots taken during Tests inside Katalon Studio, follow these instructions.
But first a cautionary note from our good friend Boromir:
The details below are intended as a workaround for a minor shortfall in the behavior of Katalon Studio. At some point, you can expect the Katalon Team to make the Test Explorer treat the Reports folder as a first-class citizen allowing you to browse and view any file in the Report folder directly from within Katalon Studio.
In particular, if youâre using Git, please read @Ibusâ warnings in the thread below. If your test environment falls under a similar setup, you would be best advised to wait for an update to Katalon Studio.
Otherwise, letâs get this show on the roadâŚ
On Windows: Create a JUNCTION
Open a command prompt and issue this command:
cd <your katalon project folder>
mklink /J my-reports Reports
On Linux: Create a SYMLINK
cd <your katalon project folder>
ln -s Reports my-reports
These commands create a link between the real folder Reports and a virtual folder (aka shortcut) called my-reports. The link is created in your Katalon project folder so that it becomes visible in the Katalon Test Explorer.
Refresh Your Test Explorer
Due to a bug in Katalon Studio, to see your new my-reports folder in Test Explorer, you will need to close and reopen Katalon Studio.
@Russ_Thomas kindly make a note that, proposed solutions are just workarounds.
creating symlinks inside the project can lead to some funny effects if some will try to commit/push back to git (if the case)
there are plenty inconsistencies in git clients, mostly caused by huge differences between file descriptors handling between m$ and *nix filesistems.
the right solution will be to patch katalon to be aware by such âignoredâ folders.