Submitting a blocking defect

While viewing a test execution record, you can add a new defect and designate it as blocking. You can also designate an existing defect as blocking. If your team has set up cross-server communication with IBM® Rational® Team Concert, you can file these defects and track their status in Rational Team Concert.

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To submit a blocking defect while viewing test execution records:

Procedure

  1. Point Execution , (Execution), and click View Test Execution Records. Any blocking defects will be flagged with an icon in the Blocking Status column.
  2. Select the test execution record from the list.
  3. Click the Manage Blocking Defects icon (Change blocking status) to display the Manage Blocking Defects window.

    From here, you can either add a new defect or select an existing defect.

  4. To add a new defect:
    1. Click the Add New Defect (Add new defect) icon to open the Add New Defect form.

      If you have established integration with Rational Team Concert, you see a representation of the Rational Team Concert defect form.

    2. Complete the Defect form as needed. To designate the defect as blocking, select Blocker in the Severity field.
    3. When you finish the form, click Save.

      The Manage Blocking Defects window is displayed again, now showing the new defect that you just submitted.

      Manage Blocking Defects

      Note: Clicking the defect ID reopens the Defect form.
    4. To close the Manage Blocking Defects window and return to the View Test Execution Records window, click OK.
    5. Select the test execution record that contains the defect that you just added.
    6. In the Defect Status column of that test execution record, hover over the defect that you just created.

      The hover text states the following: This test execution record is blocked. You can see defects in the related info section. If you look in the upper right corner of the related information section, you see the defect listed under Related Defects.

    7. Hover over the new defect in the Related Defects section to see the status of the defect, which at this time is reported as New.
    8. When the developer fixes the defect and updates the defect status, the changes are reflected in Rational Quality Manager.
  5. To add an existing defect:
    1. Click the Add Existing Defect (Add existing defect) icon to open the Add Existing Defect window.
    2. Select either Show related defects or Show defects in query. For the query, use the defect ID or text from the defect to search for a particular defect.
    3. Select the defect, and click OK.

      The Manage Blocking Defects window opens, showing the defect that you just added.

    4. Click OK to close the Manage Blocking Defects window and return to the View Test Execution Records window.
    5. For each additional existing defect that you want to add, repeat steps 5e through 5h.
  6. If your team has set up cross-server communication with Rational Team Concert, verify in Rational Team Concert that the defect is no longer listed as blocking.
    1. In the Rational Team Concert Web interface, click Work Items.
    2. Under Shared Queries, expand Quality Management, and select the Defects blocking tests query. The defect is no longer be included in the query results.

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