How to log strings stored in Station Globals and/or PreUUT values?

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Hi all,
I have a Station Global that is persistent across all UUTs in a particular PC. I have also created a custom PreUUT dialog to obtain user input that applies to the upcoming UUT (I pass this user input to the UUT by storing it in a File Global). Both the Station Global and the File Global store a string.
What is a good way to log these strings into the ATML report and SQL database?
Currently, the best solution I can think of is:
Create a LabVIEW VI that takes a string input and passes it straight through to the output
Pass the Station Global (or the File Global) into the VI input
Assign the VI output to Step.Result.ReportText
This seems rather cumbersome though. Is there a simpler way to achieve this? (i.e. is there a built-in TestStand action that logs a variable directly into the report?)
In case it's important, I'm using TestStand 2013 SP1 and I'm using the default report templates: tr5_horizontal.xsl for ATML, and C:\Program Files\National Instruments\TestStand 2013\Components\Models\TestStandModels\Database\SQL Server Create Generic Recordset Result Tables.sql for SQL.
Thanks!
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Answer 1

JKSH,
You can handle this with the Additional Results functionality in TestStand, which can be configured in the settings for an existing step, or as a standalone step type. We have an example of this in the TestStand Fundamental Example series here: http://www.ni.com/product-documentation/52354/en/#toc3   (Look for section 3, "Adding Custom Data to a Report"
I hope it helps, and let us know if we can do anything else to help!
Daniel E.
TestStand Product Support Engineer
National Instruments