Test management
Tests are organized in a tree structure with two levels: family and suite, tests
being leaves of the tree.
A family contains suites, and a suite contains tests, whether automatic
or manual ones.
Figure:
Test tree
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Adding a family
For adding a family (Figure
):
- Click on the button "Add a family".
- Give the name and the description of the new family.
- Validate.
Figure:
Adding a test family
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The new family is then created under the root directory "Test suites".
Adding a suite
For adding a suite (Figure
):
- Click on "Add a suite".
- Give a name and a description to the new suite.
- Validate.
Figure:
Adding a test suite
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The new suite is then created:
- In the family "Default family" if this one was selected, or if a suite or a test in this
default family was selected, or if no family was selected.
- In another existing family if this family was selected, or if a suite or a test in this
family was selected.
Adding a manual test
For creating a manual test (Figure
):
- Select the suite in which the test will be created.
- Click on "Add a test".
- Give the name and the description of the test.
- Select the category "Manual".
- Validate.
Figure:
Adding a manual test
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The test is added to the selected suite. You need to modify it for
completing its description.
Adding parameters
The window tab "Parameters" (Figure
) enables to
view the parameters that can be used by this test and to add new ones
(see section
for more details).
Figure:
Window tab for test parameters
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Adding test actions
For adding an action to a manual test (Figure
):
- Go to this test.
- Activate the tab "Actions".
- Click on the button "Add".
- Complete the name, the description and the expected result.
- Add if necessary attachments, files or URLs, to which description
can be given.
- Validate the creation of the action by clicking on "Validate".
- Renew those steps for creating following actions.
Figure:
Adding a test action
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Using parameters in actions
For using a parameter in the description of the action or of the expected result
(Figure
):
- Click on "Parameter".
- For using an existing parameter, click on "Use".
- For using a new parameter, click on "New".
- Validate.
Figure:
Using a parameter
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Adding attachments to a test
It is possible to add attachments to a test (Figure
). For this:
- Go to this test.
- Activate the tab "Attachments".
- Click on the button "Add file" or "Add URL".
- Enter the file or the URL.
- Validate.
Figure:
Adding an attachment
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It is now possible to add a description to each attached element and to visualize them.
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