Running a manual test

This topic describes how to create and run a manual test.

Before you can run a test, you must create a test deployment.
To run a manual test:
  1. From the Test Navigator click Run > Run. The Run dialog box opens.
  2. In the Configurations pane on the left, click Hyades Manual Test.

  3. Optionally, in the Perspectives tab, you can associate the Run launch mode with a different workbench perspective by clicking the appropriate arrow and selecting the perspective from the drop-down list.
  4. To create a new configuration, click the New button on the bottom left.

    A new test configuration, initially named New_Configuration, is created. Change the name if you like. Alternatively, expand Hyades Manual Test and click a listed configuration that you want to inspect or modify. The Run dialog box opens in the Test tab.

  5. In the Select Test to run pane in the middle listing all projects in the workspace, navigate to the project containing the test to run and click it.
  6. In the Select a deployment pane on the right listing all defined deployments in the workspace, click the one to use for this run.

    To run the test using default values, or using the same values that you set during the previous test run, you can click Run now and stop reading.

  7. Click Apply to save the selections on this tab.
  8. Click Execution Results to display that tab, as shown below.

  9. To overwrite the test results file that was used the last time this test was run, rather than creating a new results file, check the box beside Override existing Execution Results resource.
  10. In the Location box listing Java projects in the workspace, click the one in which to store the test results.
  11. Click Apply to save the selections on this tab.
  12. Click Common to display the Common tab, as shown below.

  13. When you run a test configuration, Eclipse creates a file, with a .launch suffix, containing metadata. If you select Local, Eclipse stores this file in your workspace's metadata folder, which is not visible to other users. If you want other users to have access to the file, select Shared, click Browse, and navigate to a folder in your workspace where you want to store the file.
  14. To have the test configuration appear in the Run favorites toolbar menu, check this item in the Display in favorites menu box.
  15. Select Launch in background to have Eclipse run the test configuration in the background so that you can perform other Eclipse tasks while the test runs.
  16. Click Apply to save the settings for the configuration.
  17. Click Run. The Manual Remote Application dialog box opens, as shown below.

  18. Navigate to a test in the left pane. The name and description of the test appears in the right pane. After you perform the steps specified in the test's description, indicate whether the test passed, failed, returned an error, or was inconclusive by selecting a value in the Status drop-down list. Enter comments about the test results in the Info field.
  19. Click Next to save the test results and move to the next test.
  20. When you finish running all tests, click End Execution to close the dialog box.

Parent topic: Manual testing with TPTP

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