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FAQ-QA Test Management
How to perform round-trip editing of test cases in Excel, and importing or exporting test cases from Excel or Word?
For more information, see Importing and Round-Trip Editing of Test Cases with Test Steps in Excel
How to turn off timing of test runs?
The test-runner measures the time it takes to run each individual test case during the runs. It then saves this time to the test runs. This feature helps the test team to estimate how long a testing effort will take the next time it is executed.
Sometimes this feature is not required. To disable the function, set the "allowTiming" property to false in the "testManagement" application configuration:
Property
Description
 
"testManagement": {
  "allowTiming" : true
}
If set to true, the timing of test runs is enabled.
If set to false, the timing of test runs is disabled. If the timer is disabled,
• The timer control does not appear on the test runner dialog.
• No time information is collected and saved. As a result, the run-time of tests is always displayed as 0.
I do not want to use the "Blocked" result. How can I disable it?
Configure the "testRunnerShowsBlock" property in the "testManagement" application configuration to enable or disable this feature.
Property
Description
 
"testManagement": {
  "testRunnerShowsBlock" : true 
}
If set to true, the Block button is displayed in the Test Runner.
If set to false, the Block button is not displayed in the Test Runner.
Alternatively, you can also remove this from an individual test run tracker by turning off the Blocked state in the workflow for that tracker.
I do not want to allow the End Run button in the test runner dialog. How can I remove it?
Configure the "testRunnerShowsEndRun" property in the "testManagement" application configuration:
Property
Description
 
"testManagement": {
  "testRunnerShowsEndRun" : true 
}
If set to true, the End Run button is displayed in the Test Runner.
If set to false, the End Run button is not displayed in the Test Runner.
Alternatively, you can remove the End Run button from an individual test run tracker if you turn it off in the workflow for that tracker.
I want to set up test management defaults globally. How can I do that?
Configure the properties of the "testManagement" section in the "testManagement" application configuration:
Property
Description
 
"testManagement": {
  "runOnlyAcceptedTestCases" : true 
}
If set to true, the Run only Accepted Test Cases. option is selected by default when generating a test run.
If set to false, the "Run all Test Cases, even those which are not Accepted." option is set by default when generating a test run.
Each Test Runs tracker contains the hidden field Run only Accepted Test Cases. The value of this field is true by default in the field configuration of the tracker. The default value of the tracker always overwrites the value of the "runOnlyAcceptedTestCases" global configuration.
The "runOnlyAcceptedTestCases" global configuration is effective when the default value of the Run only Accepted Test Cases. is set to -- in the target Test Runs tracker.
 
"testManagement": {
  "createTestRunForEachTestCase" : false
}
If set to true, the "Yes, create separate Test Runs for each Test Cases." option is set by default when generating a Test Run.
If set to false, the "No, the Test Run will contain all Test Cases." option is set by default when generating a test run.
 
"testManagement": {
  "includeTestsRecursively" : true
}
If set to true, the "Yes, include all children/descendant Test Cases recursively." option is set by default when generating a test run from a single test case.
If set to false, the "No, the Test Run will contain all Test Cases." option is set by default when generating a test run from a single test case.
 
"testManagement": {
  "testRunnerShowsBlock" : true 
}
If set to true, the Block button is displayed in the Test Runner.
If set to false, the Block button is not displayed in the Test Runner.
 
"testManagement": {
  "testRunnerShowsEndRun" : true 
}
If set to true, the End Run button is displayed in the Test Runner.
If set to false, the End Run button is not displayed in the Test Runner.
 
"testManagement": {
  "canChangeRunOnlyAcceptedTestCases" : true
}
If set to true, the Include non-Accepted Test Cases? option can be modified when generating a test run.
Set to false to disable.
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