Defining categories while editing a test asset

From the Summary section of a test plan, test case, or test suite, you can make additional modifications to the categories and category types for your project.

About this task

To add a new category type or category while editing a test asset:

Procedure

  1. Open the Summary section of any test asset that supports categories, such as test plans, test cases, and test suites.
  2. To modify categories for a test plan, click the Manage Test Plan Categories icon (Manage Test Plan Categories) to open the Manage Test Plan Categories window.
  3. From the Manage Test Plan Categories window, click the Add Category Type icon (Add) to create a new category type.
  4. Type the name of the new category type.
  5. Click Save.
  6. Click the Add icon (Add) to add new categories to each category type.

    For example, you can add a specific product, name or release number.

  7. Type the name of the new product, release number, test phase, or the entry for any new category type.
  8. Optional: Select an owner for each category.

    For example, you can assign a team member to be the owner of a particular category. Assume that you have a product, and thus, a category named Classics. Assigning a team member as the owner of the Classics category sends that team member a work item to create the test assets for the Classics product.

  9. Close the Manage Test Plan Categories window.
  10. Click Save.

Results

After you add the new categories and category types, you can start using them in individual test plans, test cases, and test suites.

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