A test suite is a collection of test cases that are grouped
for test execution purposes.
About this task
To create a test suite:
Procedure
- Point to the Construction icon (
), and click Create
Test Suite. The new test suite opens with
a Table of Contents on the left and an editor on the right.
- In the test suite heading, enter a test suite name.
- Optional: Select a test suite owner from the list.
- Click Click here to enter a description,
and type a description of the test suite.
- Complete the test suite Summary section or assign the Summary
to another team member to complete.
To complete the
test suite Summary yourself, assign the test suite to some or all
of the existing categories - Category, Function, Test
Phase, and Theme.
You can
use these attribute categories to group your test suites along related
themes. You can also add your own categories and category types. To
do so, click the Manage Test Case Categories icon
(
).
To assign the Summary section,
or any section of the test plan, to another team member to complete:
- Click Work Item: Create to open
the Create Work Item window.
- In the Summary field, enter a
summary of the work item.
- In the Owned By field, select
an owner to assign the work item to.
- In the Due field, assign a work
item due date.
- Click OK.
A work item of the Task-Quality type is created and assigned
to the designated owner.
- Complete the Test Suite Design.
- In the Table of Contents, click Test Suite
Design.
- Optional: Click Select Test Plan to
associate the test suite with a particular test plan. Doing this restricts
the test cases in the Test Cases section to those test cases that
are associated with the test plan.
- Optional: Click Add Content to
open a full-text editor that you can use to describe the design of
the test suite.
- In the Table of Contents, click Test Cases.
- Click the Add Existing Test Cases icon
(
).
- Select test cases from the list, and click OK.
- Click the Move Up or Move
Down icons to reorder the list of test cases as needed.
- Optional: Change the execution properties of a test case:
- In the Test Cases section, select
a test case.
- Click the Change execution properties icon
(
).
- In the Test Environment field,
select a different test environment from the list.
- Optional: Select a test plan and milestone to associate
with the execution results.
- Click OK.
- To run the test cases concurrently, select Run
this suite in parallel.
Note: This feature
works best when test cases are associated with automated test scripts.
For tests that are associated with manual test scripts, you will need
to click Run to start each test.
- Click Save to save the new test
suite.
Note: You cannot run a test suite until it has been
saved.
- Proceed to running a test suite.