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Test Automation

The Test Automation web application provides a convenient environment for setting up and performing automated software tests.
The Test Case is the smallest unit within a test, which in turn forms part of a User Story. User Stories can be combined to form Test Plans. An overview of the results of executing a Test Plan is provided under Test Plan Statistics.
Test Cases are implemented based on Workflows. Each Test Plan is executed by a Servicetrace Robot.
Software tests are saved as projects. You can create multiple versions of a project. The results of a test are always assigned to a specific version. The associated User Stories and Test Plans can be copied from another version.
Each version provides a detailed overview of the tests run with charts to show the results of the test according to various aspects.

There will always be at least one Version of a Test Automation project. Each Version contains User Stories, Test Plans, Test Plan Statistics and Requirement Labels. User Stories are combined to form Test Plans. The results of executing a Test Plan are shown together under Test Plan Statistics.

Test Automation - Structure

The Projects page shows an overview over all Projects of the currently selected Customer:

Test Automation - Projects - Overview

User
Only users with the Test Automation Management Open privilege can access the Test Automation application.

Multitenancy

Test Automation projects are created for the Customer currently selected by the Customer Switch. Standard users will only see Test Automation projects for their allocated Customer.

System users may select any Customer. After selecting a Customer using the Customer Switch, work carried out by the system user is performed in the context of that Customer. New Test Automation projects created by System Users are then associated with the selected Customer for use by that Customer's users.

Caution: Test Automation projects are not supported when logged in as a System User. When the Customer Switch is set to [System], the following message will appear:

Access denied: no support for System context

Robot Types

A special Robot Type is needed for deploying Test Automation Workflows. The Robot Type is assigned to the Robot in the Control Center. Only Robots of type Test Automation or of type Shared are shown in the list of Robots for the execution of a Test Plan.

Navigation

BreadCrumbs Test Automation Project

For easier navigation Breadcrumbs are shown at the top of each page. Clicking on the names opens the respective page or menu.

Menu

The Projects table on the Test Automation home page contains the following menu items:

Refresh

This menu item updates the list of Test Automation projects. The table's status bar shows the time stamp of the last refresh.

Create

This menu item creates a new Test Automation project.

Test Automation - Create New Project

Fields:

  • Project Owner
  • Test Manager
  • Product Owner

These fields can take free text or be filled using the buttons next to the text fields to insert the names of users stored in User Management.

User
This menu item is only available to users with the following privilege: Project Create / Edit.

Copy

This menu item creates a copy of a Test Automation project. The copy contains all the same content as the original (User Stories, Test Plans, and Test Plan Statistics) and is saved under a new name.

User
This menu item is only available to users with the following privilege: Project Create / Edit.

Edit

All Test Automation project parameters can be modified later using this menu item.

User
This menu item is only available to users with the following privilege: Project Create / Edit.

Remove

If a Test Automation project is no longer required, it can be removed from the System using this menu item.

User
This menu item is only available to users with the following privilege: Project Delete.

Detailed View

Click on a project name in the Projects table on the Test Automation home page to see more details of that project.
Clicking the Projects link in the left pane takes you back to the Test Automation home page and therefore to an overview of all the application's projects.

Test Automation - Detailed View

Versions

The detailed view of a Test Automation project contains a list of all versions belonging to this project. You can add new versions and edit or remove existing versions.

Menu

The Versions support the following menu items:

Create

This menu item creates a new version of a Test Automation project. A project can contain any number of versions.

Test Automation - Create New Version of Project
  • Copy user stories from version
    You can copy all User Stories and Test Plans from another version of this project into a new version and then make modifications via the User Stories tab.
  • Include requirement labels when copy
    You can also include the Requirement Labels when copying a version.

User
This menu item is only available to users with the following privilege: Project Create / Edit.

Edit

All parameters for a Version of a Test Automation project can be modified later using this menu item.

User
This menu item is only available to users with the following privilege: Project Create / Edit.

Remove

If a Version of a Test Automation project is no longer required, use this menu item to remove it from the project.

User
This menu item is only available to users with the following privilege: Project Delete.

Show Version Result Overview

Clicking the name of a Version opens the Result overview of that version.