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Migrating to Zephyr Enterprise

You can migrate projects from various test management tools to Zephyr Enterprise in three ways by using the following means:

ALM Migration Wizard (recommended to migrate data from HP ALM).
REST API operations.
Excel spreadsheets.

The table below contains brief information on the available migration options:

	Migration via ALM Migration Wizard	Migration via REST APIs	Migration via spreadsheets
Summary	Preferred when migrating data from HP ALM and Micro Focus Quality Center. Involves using a migration tool, ALM Migration Wizard, that communicates with both Zephyr and ALM during the migration process.	A fallback method (if, for example, you cannot migrate some data in any other way). Involves using REST APIs to migrate assets to Zephyr.	The simplest migration method. Involves exporting assets from an existing tool to spreadsheets, and then importing them to Zephyr.
Used to migrate from	HP ALM Micro Focus ALM	All tools	All tools
Assets migrated	Users Projects Releases Requirements Test cases and test steps Mapping of test cases to requirements Test runs and test cycles Execution history Custom fields of requirements and test cases Test Attachments Test Folder Organization	Projects Users Requirements Tests and test steps Test attachments Step attachments Test folder organization Test custom fields Releases Cycles Test runs (test executions in Zephyr)	Requirements Test cases Test steps
Assets not migrated	Сustom fields of the following types: Lookup list User list Float Defects Releases that have attachments Test step execution attachments Release folders that contain special or international characters Cycles whose name has only one character Users whose name has only one character Releases that have only one character in their name Test cases that have a priority in HP ALM Cycle phases whose name contains only one character Custom fields that are not used in requirements and test cases	Сustom fields of the following types: Lookup list User list Float	Users Execution history Custom fields Attachments

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For information on how to migrate data to Zephyr Enterprise, follow the links below:

See also

Zephyr Enterprise REST API

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