# unable to submit tests to cdash.org
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [November 17, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446 "2023-11-17T08:17:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@saadmuizz](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/saadmuizz)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/1 "2023-11-17T08:17:58Z")
It may not be CDash problem but with my CMake configurations itself.
I’m unable to submit the tests to the [cdash.org](http://cdash.org), for the command `ctest --submit`
I get the error: Although i have added tests through `add_test`
> No tests were found!!!
**CMakeLists.txt**
```auto
option(NANOJSON_BUILD_TESTS "Build tests" ON) # tests
if (NANOJSON_BUILD_TESTS)
enable_testing()
include(CTest)
set(CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE ON)
add_subdirectory(test) #
add_subdirectory(example)
endif ()
```
**test/CMakeLists.txt**
```auto
add_executable(test_object test_object.c)
target_link_libraries(test_object PRIVATE nanojsonc)
target_include_directories(test_object PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../include)
add_test(NAME TestObject COMMAND test_object)
```
**CTestConfig.cmake**
```auto
set(CTEST_PROJECT_NAME nanoJSONc)
set(CTEST_NIGHTLY_START_TIME 01:00:00 UTC)
set(CTEST_DROP_SITE "my.cdash.org")
set(CTEST_DROP_LOCATION "/submit.php?project=projectname")
set(CTEST_DROP_SITE_CDASH TRUE)
```
If I run them from` cmake-build-debug` directory `ctest`
> The following tests FAILED:
> 1 - TestObject (Not Run)
Please advise on what’s the right way to run and submit tests.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/2 "2023-11-19T02:36:41Z")
This looks fine to me. Did you build the project? The error at the end doesn’t align with the “No tests were found” error at the beginning but instead indicates that the tests were run before building.
One other (minor) thing I see is:
> [@saadmuizz](#):
>
> ` set(CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE ON)`
This is not read as a variable, but is expected to be an environment variable used at test time.
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### Author:  [@saadmuizz](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/saadmuizz)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/3 "2023-11-20T10:29:55Z")
Thanks, Ben, for looking into this. I removed the unneeded variable.
I’m able to run tests in my IDE (CLion → All CTest Debug), and it can see all the tests run successfully.
1. I cannot do so with the command line from the root directory.
`ctest --submit`
output: No tests were found!!!
2. Therefore, I assume the results of my tests don’t get submitted to [cdash.org](http://cdash.org)
Maybe the problem is with my command?
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/4 "2023-11-20T12:25:36Z")
I would suggest using a CTest script to perform CDash-related actions. There is some state that CTest keeps around for submissions that’s easier to track if it’s all done as part of a script. These are the relevant commands:
```cmake
ctest_start()
ctest_configure()
ctest_build()
ctest_test()
ctest_submit()
```
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### Author:  [@saadmuizz](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/saadmuizz)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/5 "2023-11-20T15:53:08Z")
I created a separate file CTestScript.cmake and executed it, here is the output.
```auto
/Users/user/Applications/CLion.app/Contents/bin/cmake/mac/bin/cmake --debug-server-port 63212 --debug-token-path /private/var/folders/5v/9cyndhqn10d__qsf4pwsdbd80000gn/T/cmake-debugtoken -S "/Users/user/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Projects/project" -B "/Users/user/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Projects/project/cmake-build-debug" -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=/Users/user/Applications/CLion.app/Contents/bin/ninja/mac/ninja
-- Configuring done (0.1s)
-- Generating done (0.0s)
-- Build files have been written to: /Users/user/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Projects/project/cmake-build-debug
Process terminated with exit code 0
```
research a bit and then on the command line, I tried
` ctest --test-dir cmake-build-debug`
it worked and ran all the tests, but then this didn’t work, I don’t see submissions on [cdash.org](http://cdash.org)
` ctest --test-dir cmake-build-debug --submit`
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/6 "2023-11-20T20:14:02Z")
`ctest` runs scripts using `-S`. See the [`ctest_*.cmake` scripts here](https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/tree/master/.gitlab/ci).
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### Author:  [@saadmuizz](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/saadmuizz)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 5:52am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/7 "2023-11-21T05:52:50Z")
`ctest -S CTestScript.cmake --test-dir cmake-build-debug`
Still no success with executing tests or submission to cdash.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/8 "2023-11-21T13:16:37Z")
Can you share the script?
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### Author:  [@saadmuizz](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/saadmuizz)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/9 "2023-11-21T13:33:29Z")
Do you mean CTestScript? I used your code
```auto
ctest_start()
ctest_configure()
ctest_build()
ctest_test()
ctest_submit()
```
my other scripts are mentioned up in the question.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/10 "2023-11-21T13:34:54Z")
Oh, sorry, I should have been clearer that it was skeleton code. You’ll need to set up arguments to those calls based on their docs. CTest also wants things like `CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY` and `CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY` set so that it knows what directories to look at.
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### Author:  [@saadmuizz](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/saadmuizz)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/11 "2023-11-21T13:52:44Z")
I see. I am unfamiliar with that. Can I get a complete script?
Here’s the structure
```auto
- cmake-build-debug
- include
- src
- test
```
both src and test directories have their own CMakeLists.txt referenced in the root CMakeLists.txt
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/12 "2023-11-22T14:21:28Z")
I linked to CMake’s CI scripts [here](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-submit-tests-to-cdash-org/9446/6). They are separate, but you can also perform the steps all together (after factoring the prep each does at the top of its file).