Zephyr Squad is available for different Jira Software editions: Cloud, Server, and Data Center. ReadyAPI supports only Zephyr Squad Cloud.
Note
You can also use ReadyAPI command-line runners to configure automatic runs using Zephyr Enterprise. To learn how to do that, see the Zephyr Enterprise documentation.
Zephyr Squad adds a test issue type to your Jira projects. You use tests to declare test steps and describe the expected results. You organize tests by releases, link them to other Jira issues (tasks, stories, bugs, and so on), assign tests to QA engineers, and store the results of test runs.
For each release, you use one or more test cycles to plan your testing process and monitor the test results:
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To learn more about Zephyr Squad, see its documentation.
Zephyr Squad contains information on how tests should be run and stores their results. QA engineers have to run tests manually and enter the results in Zephyr Squad.
Using Zephyr Squad integration in ReadyAPI, you can automate test runs and pass their results to Jira.
When you map your ReadyAPI project to Zephyr Squad, you bind it to an individual test cycle and associate a functional test case with a Zephyr Squad test. Thus, each time you run the test case, ReadyAPI will post its results to the test execution of the related test in the specified test cycle:
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Note
ReadyAPI will not update Zephyr Squad tests that are not included in the test cycle you set in your project options.
To start using the integration, make sure your Jira instance has the Zephyr Squad - Test Management for Jira app installed:
Log in to your Jira instance as an administrator.
Open Apps > Find new apps from the top menu.
Search for Zephyr Squad:
Install the Zephyr Squad - Test Management for Jira app. To do this, select the app and click Try for free in the subsequent dialog:
2. Map a ReadyAPI project to Zephyr Squad
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Open ReadyAPI Preferences.
Switch to the Zephyr Squad tab.
Specify all the settings on the tab:
Option
Description
JIRA Cloud URL
The URL of your Jira instance.
Zephyr Squad Base URL
The URL of the Zephyr Squad Cloud API:
https://prod-api.zephyr4jiracloud.com/connect
Login
The username or email address of the user on behalf of which ReadyAPI will post the results. This user must have the appropriate permissions.
Important
If you use an API token (for example, when you use two‑step verification), you must use the email address.
API Token or Password
The API token or password of the user account.
Important
If you use two-step verification you must use an API token.
In Jira, open your profile and click Manage your account.
Select the Security section and click Create and manage API tokens.
Click Create API token.
Specify a name for the API token and click Create.
Copy the created token to ReadyAPI.
Important
You will not be able to see the created API token after you close the dialog, so make sure you have copied it to ReadyAPI.
Access Key
Secret Key
The access and secret keys for your Zephyr Squad installation.
To check whether your settings are correct, click Test Connection.
Click OK.
To post the results of test case runs to Zephyr Squad test executions, you need to map your test cases to Zephyr Squad tests. To do this:
Open your project and click Map to Zephyr:
Specify the following options in the subsequent dialog:
Option
Description
Project Name
The name of the Jira project.
Version
The release version of the Jira project with which you want to associate the ReadyAPI project.
Cycle
The test cycle with which you want to associate the ReadyAPI project.
Associate test cases with Zephyr Squad tests by using a drop-down list next to each test case.
Tip
You also associate a test case in the Test Case options dialog.
Each time you run a test case, ReadyAPI posts the results of the test case run to the associated Zephyr Squad test execution within the specified test cycle:
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For each failed test execution, ReadyAPI posts a comment with detailed information on what went wrong.
Important
ReadyAPI replaces the existing comments.
To see the comments, select the needed test execution and switch to the Detail view:
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