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name: ContinuousDelivery-overview_observe_trends
title: Observing trends over time
description: The Quality Trends page shows the number of test cases that are passed or failed for a particular build. You can view trends for quality data sets such as unit tests, functional verification tests, code coverages, SonarQube scans, and security scans for builds.
last-updated: 2026-07-23
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> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/ContinuousDelivery?format=markdown
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> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Observing trends over time
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DevOps Insights will reach end of service and be discontinued on **August 31, 2026**. After this date, the service will no longer be available. New DevOps Insights tool integrations can no longer be created. [Learn more](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/ContinuousDelivery?topic=ContinuousDelivery-faq_region_feature_consolidation&format=markdown)
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The Quality Trends page shows the number of test cases that are passed or failed for a particular build. You can view trends for quality data sets such as unit tests, functional verification tests, code coverages, SonarQube scans, and security scans for builds.
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For more information about data sets, see [Managing data sets](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/ContinuousDelivery?topic=ContinuousDelivery-adding-data-sets&format=markdown).

The following figure shows unit test trends for builds from the master branch, and the number of passed and failed test cases for the build.

![Deployment Unit Test Trends](images/DRA_unit_test_trends.png){: caption="Quality Trends page" caption-side="bottom"}

The Quality Trends graph correlates with the Quality dashboard, and it is a good reference for noticing patterns in your builds. You can view trends for all of the test data in your Quality Trends dashboard.

1. From the IBM Cloud console, click the **Menu** icon ![hamburger icon](images/icon_hamburger.svg) > **Platform Automation** > **Toolchains**.
1. On the Toolchains page, click your toolchain to open its Overview page.
1. On the **IBM Cloud tools** card, click the DevOps Insights tool integration.
1. From the menu, select **Quality Trends**.

Click the dots within the graph to find out why there are dips in quality.
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