Defining categories from the System Properties page

From System Properties, you can define the categories and category types for your project.

Before you begin

Note: You must have JazzAdmins permissions to edit System Properties.

About this task

To define categories and category types:

Procedure

  1. Click Admin > System Properties and then select Test Plan Categories, Test Case Categories, or Test Suite Categories.
  2. Click the Add Category Type icon (Add) to create a new category type.
  3. Type the name of the new category type.
  4. Click Save.
  5. Click the Add icon (Add) to add new categories to each category type.

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

  6. Type the name of the new product, new release number, test phase, or the entry for any new category type.
  7. 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.

  8. Click Save.

Results

After you finish defining the category types and categories, individual authors can make additional changes to the category types and categories by editing the Summary section for that test asset.

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