Brief Description
Functional bug – when testing for accessibility, came across a null value on a death certificate information.
Steps to reproduce
1) 00:00, Go to site, using the link provided above.
2) 00:02, Used a common name to test website, in this case, “Patrick Ryan”
3) 00:04, All “Patrick Ryan” names appear in search
4) 00:15, Note that Patrick Ryan (highlighted in red) has a null value for age. This is a content bug as “null” should not be shown. As a suggestion, “unknown” would be used when the age is unavailable.
Desired Result
• Able to view death certificate information without content error (null.)
Actual Result
• Unable to view death certificate information without content error (null)
Screengrab/videos (insert file names here) 2020 08 25, Invalid Null Value.mp4
Link registry.boston.gov/death
Node # (if known)
Type of User: Anonymous
Environment (Device > OS > Browser) Computer > MacOs 10.15.5 > Chrome 84
Trusted Tester Test N/a
Brief Description Functional bug – when testing for accessibility, came across a null value on a death certificate information.
Steps to reproduce 1) 00:00, Go to site, using the link provided above. 2) 00:02, Used a common name to test website, in this case, “Patrick Ryan” 3) 00:04, All “Patrick Ryan” names appear in search 4) 00:15, Note that Patrick Ryan (highlighted in red) has a null value for age. This is a content bug as “null” should not be shown. As a suggestion, “unknown” would be used when the age is unavailable.
Desired Result • Able to view death certificate information without content error (null.)
Actual Result • Unable to view death certificate information without content error (null)