System Properties

From the Admin menu, select System Properties to configure properties such as the RequisitePro® Host and Execution States.

Table 1.
Property Description
Artifact Options Enable locking to prevent the editing of test plans, test cases, and test scripts; increase or decrease the number of test artifacts that display during a search.
Build Provider Select and configure the repository where builds will be created.
RequisitePro Host Properties Configure and manage RequisitePro host properties after installing RequisitePro.
Shared Resource Locations Make resources from shared network locations available to IBM® Rational® Quality Manager. Use Universal Naming Convention (UNC) naming conventions on Windows® or the full path name on Linux®, AIX®, and Solaris.
Report Properties Include default images for report headers and footers.
Custom Reporting Host Properties Set the Custom Reporting host properties. These fields are required before you can import reports.
Global CPU Limitation Limit the number of active computers that can be stored in the repository.
Artifact State Transition Constraints Restrict users from performing certain actions on test artifacts, such as editing, reviewing, approving, or executing, before the artifact state has met a specific condition.
Execution States Determine the execution states that will be displayed during test runs and in execution results.
Quality Objectives Add, update, and remove the individual quality objectives that can be defined in all test plans in a project area. Quality objectives can be used to define entry criteria, exit criteria, and overall quality objectives.
Test Plan Categories Define default categories and category types that help to organize your test plans into logical groups. Later, when you list all of your test plans, you can use these categories to help you sort and manage the list. The following test plan category types are provided: Category, Function, Product, Release, and Theme.
Test Case Categories Define default categories and category types that help to organize your test cases into logical groups. Later, when you list all of your test cases, you can use these categories to help you sort and manage the list. The following test case category types are provided: Function and Theme.
Test Suite Categories Define default categories and category types that help to organize your test suites into logical groups. The following test suite category types are provided: Category, Function, Test Phase, and Theme.
Lab Resource Properties Add or hide types and attributes of lab resources, for example, you could add Mozilla FireFox version 3.0 as a new browser types.
Test Plan's Environment Types Define the test plan environment types that display in the Test Environment section of the Test Plan editor. If you select an environment type at the top level to display in the user interface, all its subtypes and attributes are also marked for display by default. You can manually unmark types, subtypes, and attributes so that they do not display.
Execution Preferences Use this section to define how testers can unblock test execution records and to enable or disable applying a verdict to all statements in a manual test.
  • Select Disable Apply All functionality for Manual test if you want a tester to execute every step of a manual test. When this check box is cleared, a tester can assign the same verdict to the remaining statements by clicking Apply All , and then selecting a verdict.
  • Select Unblock the Test Execution Record on closing all the associated defects to enable testers to run test execution records, that were blocked, when all defects associated with the test execution records have been closed. This option is selected by default.
  • Select Unblock the Test Execution Record on closing all the associated plan items to enable testers to run test execution records, that were blocked, when all plan items that are associated with the test execution records have been closed.
  • Select Unblock the Test Execution Record on availability of a build containing workitem fixes to enable testers to run test execution records, that were blocked, when a build that contains fixes to blocking work items is available.
Manual Script Dictionary Define the terms that identify verification points and reporting steps during automatic creation of a manual test script.
Related Sites Add, arrange, or remove links found in the Related Sites panel.
Risk Profiles Manage your risk profiles. With risk profiles you can create a set of risks that can be reused in every test plan, test case, or requirement in a project.
Risks Create and manage the custom risks that can be included in risk profiles.
Test Case Preferences Enable the Test Activity and Trigger categories in the test case summary.

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