The left-hand side menu of a job's dashboard is valuable real estate. The developer's eyes naturally scan this area. This recipe describes how you can add a link from a custom HTML report to the menu, getting the report noticed more quickly.
Creating HTML reports
Getting ready
Install the HTML publisher plugin (https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/HTML+Publisher+Plugin). We assume that you have a subversion repository with the Packt code committed.
How to do it...
- Create a free-style software project and name it CH9.html_report.
- Under the Source Code...