diff --git a/Testsuite/test/parse-ctest-dashboard-xml.py b/Testsuite/test/parse-ctest-dashboard-xml.py
index fabf7702c55..0f1bacff715 100644
--- a/Testsuite/test/parse-ctest-dashboard-xml.py
+++ b/Testsuite/test/parse-ctest-dashboard-xml.py
@@ -5,20 +5,27 @@ import os
 import errno
 import re
 import sys
+import base64
+import zlib
+import gzip
 
 result_file_name='{dir}/results_{tester}_{platform}.txt'
-test_report_filename='{dir}/TestReport_{tester}_{platform}'
+result_info_file_name='{dir}/results_{tester}_{platform}.info'
+test_report_filename='{dir}/TestReport_{tester}_{platform}.gz'
 
-xml = open("Test.xml", 'rb').read();
+xml = open("Test.xml", 'rb').read()
 
-def open_file_create_dir(filename, mode):
+def open_file_create_dir(filename, mode, *args, **kwargs):
     if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(filename)):
         try:
             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(filename))
         except OSError as exc: # Guard against race condition
             if exc.errno != errno.EEXIST:
                 raise
-    return open(filename, mode)
+    if kwargs.get('gzip', None) == True:
+        return gzip.open(filename, mode)
+    else:
+        return open(filename, mode)
 
 root=ET.fromstring(xml)
 testing = root.find('Testing')
@@ -34,11 +41,18 @@ labels = set()
 tester_name=sys.argv[1]
 platform_name=sys.argv[2]
 for t in testing.findall('Test'):
+    t_output = t.find('Results').find('Measurement').find('Value')
+    t_output_value = t_output.text
+    if t_output_value != None:
+        if 'encoding' in t_output.attrib and t_output.attrib['encoding'] == 'base64':
+           t_output_value = base64.standard_b64decode(t_output_value)
+        if 'compression' in t_output.attrib and t_output.attrib['compression'] == 'gzip':
+           t_output_value = zlib.decompress(t_output_value).decode("utf-8")
     tests[tests_ids[t.find('FullName').text]] = \
          { \
            "Name":   t.find('Name').text, \
            "Status": t.attrib['Status'], \
-           "Output": t.find('Results').find('Measurement').find('Value').text, \
+           "Output": t_output_value, \
            "Labels": [l.text for l in t.find('Labels').findall('Label')] if t.find('Labels') is not None else ['UNKNOWN_LABEL'], \
          }
 
@@ -59,8 +73,8 @@ with open_file_create_dir(result_file_name.format(dir=os.getcwd(),
                 print("   {} {}".format("successful " if (t['Status'] == 'passed') else "ERROR:     ", t['Name']), file=error)
                 if t['Status'] != 'passed':
                     result_for_label='n'
-                elif t['Output'] != None and re.match(r'(^|[^a-zA-Z_,:-])warning', t['Output']):
-                    result_for_label='y'
+                elif t['Output'] != None and re.search(r'(^|[^a-zA-Z_,:-])warning', t['Output'], flags=re.IGNORECASE):
+                    result_for_label='w'
 
                 with open("{}/ProgramOutput.{}".format(label, t['Name']), 'w') as f:
                     f.write(t['Output'] if t['Output'] != None else "")