Assertion Component

An assertion checks for errors. if an assertion fails it increases the global assertion count, depending on the weight of the assertion

loadUI Assertion Component

	Option	Description
	Input	The message to assert.
	Value to test	Once some component is connected to Assertion component, drop down is populated with values available for validation. User picks the one he wants to validate.
	Minimum Value	All values lesser than this value will be considered as invalid.
	Maximum Value	All values greater than this value will be considered as invalid.
	Number of Assertions Tested	Shows the number of messages that were tested.
	Number of Assertions Failed	Shows the number of failures that were raised. It depends on other settings if every invalid value will raise a failure or not.
	Reset Button	Resets the counters.
	Output	The output giving the info about raised failures.
	Min	Value of min button.
	Max	Value of max button.

Compact View:

Assertion Compact Component

	Option	Description
	Input	The message to assert
	The name of the value tested	Displays the name of the value that has been tested.
	Minimum Value	Displays the minimum value.
	Maximum Value	Displays the maximum value.
	Number of Assertions Tested	Displays the number of asserted values.
	Number of Assertions Failed	Displays the number of raised failures.
	Output	The output giving the info about raised failures.

Settings

The settings for the Assertion Component have two tabs: General and Advanced

Assertion General Properties

	Option	Description
	Tolerance	The number of incoming messages, within the Time frame, that are allowed to fail before increasing the failure counter.
	Time frame	The number of seconds that a failed message will be remembered.
	Fail on missing value	If this is enabled, the assertion will fail if it gets a message that does not contain the value
	Sample ID	If set, only messages with this Sample ID will be evaluated.
	Fail on mismatching ID	If this is enabled, the assertion will fail if it gets a message with the wrong sample ID
	Include original message in failure messages	If enabled, this attaches the failure message to the outgoing message.

Assertion Advanced Properties

	Option	Description
	ModelItem.description	Description of the Component
	min	All values lesser than this value will be considered as invalid.
	max	All values greater than this value will be considered as invalid.
	failOnMissingID	Raises a failure if the ID is missing
	value	Value to validate.
	tolerance	The number of invalid values component must received during the time defined by 'period' parameter for the failure to be raised.
	failsOnMissingValue	Raises a failure if the tested value is not present
	period	Period (in seconds)
	includeAssertedMessage	Includes the asserted message in the output
	sampleId	The sample Id expected

Input:

• Message containing data for analysis

Output

• Assertion Failures

Visible Components

• Weight
• Period
• Reset Button - This will reset all the counters to zero

Counters

• Asserted messages
• Failed assertions