Test Case In Test Plan
To manage test plans, you need a permission such as Project Manager, Create Plan/TC … . For more information, please refer to Global Permissions.
Before being able to execute a test plan, there needs to be test cases inside the plan to be executed. TESTaide allows the user a few different ways of including test cases in your plans, this document provides guidelines on creating, adding, and managing the test cases inside of your test plan.
Before continuing with this guide, make sure that you have created at least on test plan already, please refer to this guide for more information regarding test plans.
In this guide
Create Test Case
Quick note!
When creating a new test case via the test plan menu, the type (Auto/Manual) of the test case will be automatically set to the type of the test plan and cannot be changed. For more information about test case types, please refer to the test case field description further down in this guide.
To create test cases in a test plan, firstly, click on the desired project from the TESTaide homepage & select the ‘Test Plans’ option from the left-hand side navigation menu. Once you have been redirected to the test plan page, click the ‘More’ button on the bottom right and when the pop-up menu appears, select ‘Create Test Case’ and…
On the test case creation page, enter the require and any optional information. Refer to the table below for more information on the input fields.
Continue the test case creation by clicking the ‘Test Case Save’ button on the top right of the page. This will redirect you to the next part in the test case creation process where you will create the actual test step/script.
According to the test case type, refer to the corresponding guide for the process to create the steps/script for the test case.
For test cases with the manual type, follow this guide (Create Test Step).
For test cases with the auto type, follow this guide (Create Test Script).
To create more test steps/scripts, click the ‘Step Create’ button on the right side of the test panel at the bottom to create it.
The newly created test case can be viewed and managed via the ‘Test Case’ page accessible from the left-hand side navigation menu.
Test case field descriptions
Fields | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Category (Optional) | Choose a predefined category of test case | |
Test Case Name | The maximum length for the name is 50 characters | |
Test Case type | Choose between manual and auto type. Note that you cannot change the type after the test case has been created. | ‘Manual’ type test cases do not produce any automated results. They are meant to be text based steps indicators for external unit testing where users can input PASS / FAIL results for organizational purposes. |
‘Auto’ type test cases produce automated PASS / FAIL results based off of Python based scripts that are run from a Server/Hub environment. The ‘Auto’ type is only available for the Pro edition of TESTaide. | ||
Priority | Users are able to place a priority on the test case to notify the importance of the case. | |
Requirement (Optional) | Requirements defined in Jira (multiple inputs possible) | |
Tags (Optional) | By using tags, you can search for plans using the Tag Search on the navigation bar to quickly find the plan. Note that you can enter multiple tags by pressing the Enter button on your keyboard after each tag. | |
Pre-Condition (Optional) | Precondition for testing | |
Attachments (Optional) |
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Adding test cases
Users are also able to add existing test cases instead of creating new ones. You can either add a test case from the list of all test cases available to the project or from a specific test suite.
From the list of test cases
On the test plan detail page, click the ‘Add Test Cases’ button on the top-right of the page.
On the ‘Add Test Cases’ pop-up window, from the list of test cases, select the cases you want to add by clicking on the checkbox on the left-most column.
Test cases that are already attached to the plan are not listed.
Finally, click the ‘Add Test Cases’ button at the bottom to complete adding test cases.
From a test suite
To add test cases which are in a test suite:
On the test plan detail page, click the ‘More’ button on the bottom right. When a pop-up menu appears, select ‘Add Test Cases in Test Suite’.
On the ‘Test Suites’ pop-up window, select a test suite with test cases you want to add and from the list of test cases that is presented select any or all test cases by clicking the checkbox for individual test cases or the top checkbox for all test cases.
Finally, click the ‘Add Test Cases’ button at the bottom of the window to complete adding test cases.
Delete Test Case
When a test case is no longer needed, you can simply remove it from the test plan by clicking the remove (🗑️) icon and click ‘OK’ on the deletion confirmation pop-up window that appears.
Changing Test Case Ordering
There are two ways to change the order of test cases in a test plan:
Drag & Drop
Click & hold the ‘No.’ of the test case you want to change the order of and drag & drop it at the desired location.
Up-down arrows
Alternatively, click either the up or down arrow on the Action column for the test case you want to change the order of.
