Planning your platform coverage

In the Test Environments section of a test plan, you can list the software and hardware platforms that you plan to cover and use that list to generate the actual test environments that you need to run your tests.

About this task

The Test Environments section of the test plan includes two tabs:

Use the Platform Coverage tab to create a non-binding list of platforms that you plan to cover.

To list the platforms that you plan to cover:

Procedure

  1. Open the Test Environments section of a test plan.
  2. Click the Platform Coverage tab.
  3. Click the Add platforms to be covered icon (Add platforms to be covered icon) to open the Available Environment Options window.
  4. Select the environment type from the list.

    The default environment types include Application Server, Browser, CPU, Database, Management Agent, Operating System, and Test Adapter.

  5. Move the specific application servers, browsers, CPUs, and so on from the Available column to the Selected column.
  6. Click OK to add the selected platforms to the test plan.
  7. Click Save to save the test plan.

Results

The list of covered platforms can be viewed in the test plan and are used as input if you choose to generate test environments automatically.

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