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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
+.. License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+.. Convention for heading levels in Yardstick documentation:
+
+ ======= Heading 0 (reserved for the title in a document)
+ ------- Heading 1
+ ^^^^^^^ Heading 2
+ +++++++ Heading 3
+ ''''''' Heading 4
+
+ Avoid deeper levels because they do not render well.
+
+========================
+Yardstick User Interface
+========================
+
+This chapter describes how to generate HTML reports, used to view, store, share
+or publish test results in table and graph formats.
+
+The following layouts are available:
+
+* The compact HTML report layout is suitable for testcases producing a few
+ metrics over a short period of time. All metrics for all timestamps are
+ displayed in the data table and on the graph.
+
+* The dynamic HTML report layout consists of a wider data table, a graph, and
+ a tree that allows selecting the metrics to be displayed. This layout is
+ suitable for testcases, such as NSB ones, producing a lot of metrics over
+ a longer period of time.
+
+
+Commands
+--------
+
+To generate the compact HTML report, run::
+
+ yardstick report generate <task-ID> <testcase-filename>
+
+To generate the dynamic HTML report, run::
+
+ yardstick report generate-nsb <task-ID> <testcase-filename>
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+1. When the command is triggered, the relevant values for the
+ provided task-id and testcase name are retrieved from the
+ database (`InfluxDB`_ in this particular case).
+
+2. The values are then formatted and provided to the html
+ template to be rendered using `Jinja2`_.
+
+3. Then the rendered template is written into a html file.
+
+The graph is framed with Timestamp on x-axis and output values
+(differ from testcase to testcase) on y-axis with the help of
+`Chart.js`_.
+
+.. _InfluxDB: https://www.influxdata.com/time-series-platform/influxdb/
+.. _Jinja2: http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/2.10/
+.. _Chart.js: https://www.chartjs.org/