[PERF-319] Run Volume Test on github Action (#97)

* Volume Test in VM

* update volume test name

* error cannot find comparison folder

* on workflow dispatch

* comments

* update name for the action

* workflow permissions update for PERF-324

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Co-authored-by: Vinaya Mayya <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/run_volume_test.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# Licensed to the Ed-Fi Alliance under one or more agreements.
+# The Ed-Fi Alliance licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+# See the LICENSE and NOTICES files in the project root for more information.
+
+name: Run Volume Test
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+env:
+    AzureTestVmUsername: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TEST_VM_USER_NAME }}
+    AzureTestVmPassword: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TEST_VM_PASSWORD }}
+
+jobs:
+  volume-test:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608  # v4.1.0
+
+      - name: Execute Test Runner
+        if: ${{ env.AzureTestVmUsername != '' && env.AzureTestVmPassword != '' }}
+        shell: powershell
+        working-directory: ./eng/
+        run: |
+            . $env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE/eng/AzureTestLab.ps1
+            Invoke-TestRunnerFromTeamCity volume
+
+      - name: Upload Package
+        if: success()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@0b7f8abb1508181956e8e162db84b466c27e18ce # v3.1.2
+        with:
+            name: TestResults
+            path: ${{ github.workspace }}/eng/artifacts/

src/perf-test-analysis/edfi_perf_test_analysis/ui_helpers.py

@@ -100,7 +100,15 @@ def get_result_directory() -> Tuple[str, str]:
         index = -2
         # find compare_dir with same type of test results as in the result_dir
         while not os.path.exists(os.path.join(time_sorted_list[index], result_file)):
+            # IndexError: list index out of range
+            if abs(index - 1) > len(time_sorted_list):
+                break
             index = index - 1
-        compare_dir = time_sorted_list[index]
+
+        # when it is the first execution of the test there is nothing to compare against
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(time_sorted_list[index], result_file)):
+            compare_dir = result_dir
+        else:
+            compare_dir = time_sorted_list[index]
 
     return (result_dir, compare_dir)