To begin working with test sets, go to Test Management > Test Sets. From here, you can access various types of operations which you can perform with a test set of your choice.
Create a test set
Once you created tests in the Test Library and prepared several configurations, you can build a test set. To do that, click Add New.
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On the subsequent Create Test Set form, provide the necessary information about a new test set. You can use the auto-fill option to quickly describe the configuration – to do that, just select a recent entry in the Auto-fill from Recent drop-down list.
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| Tip: | The required fields are marked with a red asterisk (*). |
To learn more about each field, see Test Set Reference.
If tests in this test set must be run in a sequential order, select the Is Sequential check box. The Test Runner will process the tests only in the defined order.
Once your test set is ready, click Save and Close to apply the changes you have made.
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The new test set will appear on the Test Sets screen.
Edit tests in a set
On the Tests tab of the Create Test Set and Edit Test Set forms, you can add existing QAComplete tests to the test set.
To the right, there is the Test Selection panel. Use it to select an existing test and add it to your new test set. With drop-down lists, you can navigate to any other available test in QAComplete.
| Tip: | You can add the same test multiple times to repeat it during the run. |
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| Note: | You can move the Test Selection between the right and left edges of the screen – to do that, click Switch Side Bar. |
Click Add New to open the Create Test form and tailor a new test, then QAComplete will add this test to the set automatically.
In the set edit area, move the mouse cursor over the test’s row for the buttons to appear to the left. Use these to do one of the following:
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Click Edit to edit a test of the set.
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Click Delete Test to remove a test from the set.
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Click Printer Friendly to view the test in an easy-to-read printable form.
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Click the arrow icon and drag and drop the step to change the order of the steps.
Use check boxes in the Is Active column to temporarily exclude tests from the test set.
Select the Stop on Failure check box for a specific test to block the remaining tests of the set if that test fails during a test set run.
To apply the changes and return to the Test Sets screen, click Save and Exit.
A new test set will appear on the Test Sets screen.
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Edit test sets
To perform operations with a specific test set, move the mouse cursor to it on the Test Sets screen. The Edit button will appear to the left.
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Click Edit to open the Edit Test Set form.
On the Edit Test Set form, you can apply the changes you need to the test set: for example, edit the fields describing the set, modify the test structure, attach error logs, make some comments, and so on. See below for more information.
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To apply the changes you have made and return back to the Test Sets screen, click Save and Close.
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To apply the changes you have made and stay in the Edit Test Set form, click Save.
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To revert the changes and return back to the Test Sets screen, click Cancel.
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Modify Active Test Sets
If you or another user is running the test set that you want to edit, a notification dialog will appear when you try saving a test after performing any of the following actions:
- Add a test to the test set.
- Delete a test from the test set.
- Change the test order in the test set.
- Select the Stop on Failure check box.
- Select the Is Active check box.
Use this dialog to command QAComplete to apply the changes to the unfinished test set runs.
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In active runs, QAComplete will modify only the tests that currently have the In Queue status.
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If you specify a host in the Run by Host field or a user in the Assigned To field for the newly added test, these values will also be applied to the active runs. This does not happen when you modify values of the Run by Host and Assigned To fields for a test that is already present in the test set.
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When you change the order of tests in the test set, and this test set already has some active runs, and you or other users have already logged results for some tests in the set, these results will not be affected.
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During the reordering, the position of the completed test (the one which has logged run results) is bound to its position during the initial launch. This means if you change the status of the second test and leave the first test uncompleted, then after the reordering, the completed second test will appear under the first test.
How it worksDelete a test set
To delete a test set, click Delete on the Edit Test form, then confirm this action in the subsequent dialog.
What else you can do
Link items to test sets
If you need to link some other items to the test set (for example, requirements or releases), use the Linked Items panel on the Edit tab of the Create Test Set or Edit Test Set form. See Linked Items for more information.
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Add and edit comments
Work with attachments
To attach files to the test set, switch to the Files tab on the Edit Test Set form, then drop the file to the panel. You can also click Choose File and upload a file from your device, or click Add / Link Files to open the Add New Link/Files dialog and upload the attachment from there.
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On that tab, you can also download or delete the existing attachments.
View the history of changes
To view the history of changes of an existing test set, switch to the History or Fast Edit History tab on the Edit Test Set form.
To learn more about the history of changes, see the corresponding topic.
Review a test set
To view the full information about a test set in an easy-to-read printable form, do one of the following:
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On the Test Sets screen, move the mouse cursor to the needed test set, then click the Printer Friendly that appears to the left.
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Click Printer Friendly at the top of the Edit Test Set form.
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Email a test set
To email the test set, do one of the following:
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Move the mouse cursor to the needed test on the Test Sets screen, then click the Email button that appears to the left.
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Click Send Email at the top of the Edit Test Set form.
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To learn more about the emailing functionality in QAComplete, see Emails.
If you need to add some comments on the test set, switch to the Notes tab on the Edit Test Set form and click Add New.
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On that tab, you can also edit or delete the existing comments.