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Build 8.7.1.4 - Release Date: 2021-05-01

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented the display of BitBucket folder structure repository in requirements BDD tab, if branch contained a forward slash '/' in its name.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the display of complete folder structure in the selected branch of the BitBucket repository.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the display o
• f full folder names for the selected branch of the BitBucket repository. Up to 70 characters are now displayed in the folder name. Complete folder names are visible on hover.

Build 8.7.1.3 - Release Date: 2021-03-20

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that utilized all available threads on the server leading to downtime for cloud users.
• Fixed a bug that prevented QMetry Agent to start on Mac OS with Open JDK v11.0.2.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the import of JUnit files that have empty testsuite with no testcases.
• Fixed a bug that restored default column sizes in all list views for new users on refresh.
• Fixed a bug that caused a delay while successively updating test case execution status.
• Fixed a bug that intermittently displayed an incorrect count of issues to be synced from Jira in the scheduler.

Build 8.7.1.2 - Release Date: 2021-03-06

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that was updating Due Date to the previous day of the selected Date in QMetry after an issue was created from QMetry to Jira.
• Fixed a bug that prevented syncing of some requirements and issues for the Jira server edition.
• Fixed a bug that was preventing the display of the full name of users on the Users screen.
• Fixed a bug that was preventing users to log into Azure from QMetry using the standard URL or extended URL.

Build 8.7.1.1 - Release Date: 2021-02-20

Improvements & Bug Fixes

General Improvements 

• Support for Azure AD for SAML Integration.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented creation of duplicate requirements from Jira to QMetry.
• Fixed a bug that caused “QMetry section/panel” hide in new Jira issue view.

Build 8.7.1 - Release Date: 2021-01-30

Improvements & Bug Fixes

General Improvements

• QQBot Insights is renamed as QQBot Prediction.
• Export an exploratory testing session into a PDF.
• Download all attachments of a test case/test step and their execution in just one click.
• Jira server and data center app - "Jira Integration - QMetry Enterprise" v2.1.1 compatible with QMetry v8.7.1 released.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that did not display the applied filters and tags on gadgets while viewing them on embedded URL or shared dashboards.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the display of pie chart gadgets when filtered only on Jira fields.
• Fixed a bug that prevented adding attachments while creating Rally issues from QMetry.
• Fixed a bug that prevented rich text from being displayed correctly on cross table custom gadgets.
• Fixed a bug that prevented test cases from appearing in the QMetry Insights reports if the test case folder is moved to another folder.

Build 8.7 - Release Date: 2020-12-19

New Features, Improvements & Bug Fixes

General Improvements

• QMetry now supports any International Language (available on request). Currently added support for Español (Spanish). - Introduced Internationalization App.
• Bulk-export up to 50 test cases to a single PDF file. 
• QMetry Automation Agent is now supported on Open JDK 11. 
• Archive individual test executions to prevent them from getting altered due to changes made to the scope of test suite when reusing test suite for future executions.
• Test cases added to the test suites are not added to the archived test executions. 
• Test case linked to archived executions can’t be unlinked from the test suites.

Integration Improvements 

• Integrate Azure & Rally to sync work items in QMetry to get complete traceability for Requirements -> Test cases -> Test Suites -> Test Executions -> Bugs.
• Sync Azure/Rally Work Items like User Story/Feature/Epic etc in QMetry as Requirements. The integration is unidirectional, changes made to work items sync real time to QMetry. 
• Sync Azure/Rally Work Items like Defect/Issue/Bug etc in QMetry as Issues. The integration is bidirectional, changes made to work items sync real time to QMetry and vice versa. Existing work items can be linked to executions or New work items can be created directly from the test case execution screen. 
• Improved Issue traceability in Requirements - Issues linked to test case executions are now auto linked to QMetry requirement under issue tab & also under Jira issue link for stories synced from Jira.
• `Jira Integration - QMetry Enterprise` app v2.1.0 is released compatible with QTM 8.7. Customers using Jira Server/DC need to update the app manually, while it is automatically upgraded for Jira Cloud.

 Report Improvements

• New Report - “User Project Role Summary” added to “Login Summary” Dashboard - displays list of all users assigned to different projects along with their roles and status.
• Improved Traceability Report - 
• Trace by Requirements/Test Cases/Issues can filtered by any System or External Tracker fields. 
• Added “Trace by Test Executions” that allow users to view traceability by filtering executions with specific release/cycles/platform combination.  
• Filters applied or columns selected on module grids will apply to traceability report by default. This helps users to reuse the module filters instead of applying those filters again. 
• Filter icon on the report gadget displays count of filters applied & hovering the filter icon displays the applied filter.
• Archived Test Executions Runs are excluded from system reports. 
• Link to ER diagram for Release 8.7 - Added “isExecutionArchived” in “test execution” which denotes the status of Test Execution as “Archived” or “Unarchived”. 

Exploratory Testing Improvements

• “Exploratory Testing” extension is now available on Firefox. This Firefox extension is compatible with release 8.7 and above. Click here to download - QMetry Test Management Exploratory Testing for Firefox (v1.0.3)
• With release 8.7 upgrade users will be required to upgrade the compatible latest version v1.0.8 of QMetry Test Management – Exploratory Testing extension on chrome browser

Introducing QQBot with AI capabilities

QQBot provides insights to the end user by finding redundant test assets while creating, editing and viewing test cases and requirements through an intelligent duplicate detection algorithm. 

• QQBot provides suggestions for possible duplicates by displaying the test case and requirement matches with the matching percentage.
• QQBot predicts test cases that could possibly match a requirement and vice versa. 
• QQBot is currently available only for SaaS customers that have the feature enabled. – QQBot app.

End of Support for Internet Explorer 

• We are retiring IE support for QMetry Test Management – Cloud and Server products on 30th June 2021. End of support means we will not fix bugs that are specific to IE and new features will not be supported for IE. QMetry will continue to provide support on Edge.  We are expecting all of our customers using QMetry on IE to shift to Edge or Chrome/Firefox. Our support can help you along the way in this transition.
• In 2015, Microsoft released Edge as the browser to supersede Internet Explorer (IE). To allow us to continue to take advantage of modern web standards to deliver improved functionality and the best possible user experience across all of our products, we have decided to end support for IE.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that did not display test case steps in the correct order of execution when a same shareable test case is used multiple times along with data parameter in the test case.
• Fixed a bug that prevented syncing of deleted labels to QMetry Insights database. 
• Fixed a bug that displayed incorrect release and cycles dates due to day light saving changes.
• Fixed a bug that did not export test case entity key for Test Result Log Report.
• Fixed a bug that reset the date filters to default when columns were sorted in the Test Result Log Report.
• Fixed a bug that synced same Jira issues multiple times to QMetry causing them to duplicate in some cases.
• Fixed a bug that prevented auto sync of newly created Jira field values to QMetry filters.

API Changes

The following is the Summary of APIs modified. For more details, click Details of API changes from v8.6.4 to v.8.7.

Build 8.6.4.2 - Release Date: 2020-11-11

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented integrating with bitbucket repository with correct credentials.
• Fixed a bug that caused users to get logged out abruptly while working in QMetry.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the test cases in folders from loading for users who had a custom field enabled on the grid view which was deleted later.

Build 8.6.4.1 - Release Date: 2020-10-24

Improvements & Bug Fixes

Improvements

• "Jira integration - QMetry Enterprise" app is now compatible with Atlassian's site rename feature.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that did not display assignee information when Test Execution Summary Report by Assignee is exported.
• Fixed a bug that scrolled up the grid header while linking assets through bulk operation.
• Fixed a bug that prevented users from logging in to QMetry if password contains plus(+) character.
• Fixed a bug that displayed an error while applying filter to the 'Test Execution Summary by Folder' report.
• Fixed a bug that prevented navigating through test cases using previous and next buttons.
• Fixed a bug that prevented loading of the default dashboard for SAML authenticated users after login.
• Fixed a bug that forcefully logged out users after 15 mins of session idle time when multiple tabs are open.

Build 8.6.4 - Release Date: 2020-10-10

Improvements & Bug Fixes

Improvements

Improvements to Test Case and Test Execution

• Summary and Entity Key are now separate columns on all link test asset screens to allow better sorting and filtering.
• Enhanced test case steps edit experience with an option to open step details in maximized mode.
• Users can view shareable test case steps in the test case without scrolling.
• Test executions with archived release/cycle will be hidden by default.
• Filter requirements by External key while linking them to Test cases and Test Suites. 
• Users can hide test steps “Input data” and “Expected Outcome” fields on the execution screen to utilize the space effectively.
• Link Test case to Test suite panel now displays more test cases on the page. 

Improvements to Jira Integration

• QMetry authentication from `Jira Integration - QMetry Enterprise` app now supports Open API key (part of Open API app) and two step verification.
• Jira field mapping configuration is now separate for each integrated issue type.
• Test case panel, test case details view and test execution sections in Jira issues now have resizable columns.
• Test case details view in Jira now displays all user defined fields.
• `Jira Integration - QMetry Enterprise` app v2.0.9 is released compatible with QTM 8.6.4. Customers using Jira Server/DC need to update the app manually, while it is automatically upgraded for Jira Cloud. Server customers need to sync the meta data for all the projects integrated with Jira.

Improvements to Reports

• Advance Query Reports database schema tables `Requirements` and `Issues` having field names starting with “Jira” are updated with “Ext”. (part of Advance Report app)

• Download the new ER Diagram 8.6.4.
• For more details refer this page.

• Users will now be able to set any system or custom dashboard as their default dashboard seen after logging in to QMetry.
• Introduced new report `Count of API Requests by User` which shows number of Open API or Automation API calls made by each user at a given time.
• Share dashboards with specific users or all users of a specific role, project combination. (part of Advance Report app)

Improvements to Automation API, Bamboo/Jenkins/Maven Plugins

• Upload automation results of Robot framework.
• Added support for uploading automation results from a Bamboo remote agent server.
• skipWarning parameter have been added that allows to import test cases by truncating summary having more than 255 characters.
• QMetry Test Management for Bamboo (v1.0.9), QMetry Test Management Plugin for Jenkins (v1.10) & QMetry Test Management Plugin for Maven has been released with above supported improvements.

Improvements to QMetry Administration

• QMetry Admin can now enforce two step verification for all users by making it mandatory. (part of Customization app)
• Password expiry related email notifications will be sent to QMetry authenticated users in advance. Organization who have subscribed for customization app can even configure the advance number of days. (part of Customization app)
• Users having two step verification enabled can now use recovery codes to regain access to the accounts. 
• Easily filter and find users having two step verification enabled on users list page. 
• QMetry Admin using On premise installation can now set a maintenance message that will be displayed on login screen to notify users about a scheduled maintenance. (part of Customization app).

General Improvements

• Export exploratory testing session details, documented test steps and associated defects to a word document. (part of Exploratory Testing app)
• Share defect details over email to users even outside of QMetry.
• Import test cases with longer summaries now truncated to 255 characters using option to `Import with Warning`.
• Gitlab support for BDD integration.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented cloning of a project when the project has test case or requirement with attachments moved from another project.
• Fixed a bug that prevented auto linking of requirements to testcases when requirement key is specified in the automation result file.
• Fixed a bug that did not display assignee information when Execution Summary Assignee report is exported as PDF.
• Fixed a bug that prevented display of all records for a tabular view gadget when dashboard is shared using embedded URL.
• Fixed a bug that displayed the test case execution for a deleted parameter value combination for custom reports generated using the Advanced Query module.
• Fixed a bug that displayed html tags for large text user defined field when test case is exported to a PDF.
• Fixed a bug that prevented proper loading of test case when accessed using URL with test case id.

Summary of Open Rest API Changes

The following APIs have been modified. Here is the detailed difference document. (part of Open API app)

Build 8.5.2.7 - Release Date: 2019-06-29

Summary: Improvements and Bug Fixes

Improvements

• Testers can now record actual attended and actual set up time on test execution screen.
• Improved performance of execution screen when loading and expanding all testcases.
• Improved performance of issue syncing during Jira project integration.
• Audit logs now include details of move and copy folder operations.
• Version tab in Test case details will now display release name along with cycle associated with that version.
• Test execution tab in test case details will now display project name and test case version information.
• Added filters for Project, Release & Cycle on Test execution tab in test case details screen.
• Custom fields on Test Cases/Requirements/Test Suites/Issues screens will now be displayed alphabetically; except large text fields will be displayed at the bottom.

• Fixed bug that allowed to import test cases containing archived list values.
• Fixed bug that prevented syncing of Jira projects that have issue security enabled.
• Fixed bug that prevented syncing of Jira projects that have custom fields type as version picker.
• Fixed bug that prevented creation of test case directly from requirement when associating release and cycle.
• Fixed bug that caused error when deleting test case folder after restarting database services for server customers.
• Fixed bug that caused error when cloning a project structure after restarting database services for server customers.
• QMetry Jira Integration Addon - Issue type configuration screen under Jira project settings will now list issue types which are associated to that Project instead all. Note: Add-on v1.7.1 is released, which is compatible with QMetry v8.5.2.7

→ Important details: QMetry Jira Integration - Important Fixes and Changes Required.

Open API Changes

APIs Changed

Build 8.5.2.6 - Release Date: 2019-06-09

Summary: Improvements and Bug Fixes

Improvements

• Jira Integration – QMetry Enterprise add-on is now supported on Jira Server v8.2.1. 
• User will be prompt with detailed information about test execution changes on syncing latest version of test case on the execution screen.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug that prevented users from linking test assets if they had "link" permissions but no "modify" permissions.
• Fixed bug that did not save changes made to issue description for issues created from execution screen.
• Fixed bug that caused docker process to keep running in the background and utilize one core (CPU) on server
• Fixed bug that caused exception when trying to schedule a report.
• Fixed bug that reset the dashboard name to default when generated for multiple projects.
• Fixed bug that caused slowness when searching Jira issues while linking them during test execution.
• Fixed bug that prevented data from being displayed while editing dashboards with pie graph and data filters.
• Fixed bug that marked test case execution status as passed instead not run for Junit automated "skipped" test execution results when imported using automation API
• Fixed bug that prevented bulk copy of test cases to other projects for customers on base platform, if the labels did not match.
• Fixed bug that displayed archived list values while creating a test case.
• Fixed API response of “Create a new version of Test case” to remove obsolete parameters “updateversionflag”, “createSeperateTestcase” & “tcFolderID”.
• Fixed Jira add-on bug that caused Jira to become unresponsive.

Build 8.5.2.4 - Release Date: 2019-05-11

Summary: Bug Fixes

Bug Fix

• Fixed bug that caused broken UI while displaying automation error trace on import of result file.
  

Build 8.5.2.3 - Release Date: 2019-05-08

Summary: Improvement 

Improvements

• Added support for SMTP integration that does not require user name and password for authentication.

Build 8.5.2.2 - Release Date: 2019-05-04

Summary: Improvement and Bug Fixes

Improvements

• Import TestNG Results by mapping Test "Name" as Test Case Summary and Test Method "Name" as Test Step.
• Test Category and Priority system list values can be archived.

Bug Fix

• Fixed bug that prevented admins from editing user details if SMTP is not configured. 
• Fixed bug that did not allow to un associate Jira custom fields from QMetry modules that were mapped before Release 8.5 

Build 8.5.2 - Release Date: 2019-04-13

Summary: Improvement and Bug Fixes

Improvements

• Testcase estimated time is now available while generating custom reports using Visual Analysis.
• Pending Test cases report in My Dashboard displays test cases which are not executed (Not Run status) and assigned to selected user.
• Executed Test cases report in My Dashboard displays test cases which are executed by selected user.
• QMetry - Jira Integration add-on is renamed to “Jira Integration - QMetry Enterprise” in Atlassian Marketplace.
• Jira integration changes to comply with Atlassian GDPR privacy policy
• Improved overall performance and scalability using Redis caching

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug that caused error while opening a requirement imported from Jira containing double quotes.
• Fixed bug that prevented import of results using Automation API if Test suite has mandatory fields with default values.
• Fixed bug that prevented bulk linking requirements to testcases that had requirements already linked.
• Fixed bug that did not allow scheduling of reports in Chrome.

• Fixed bug that gives error while import of results using Automation API if Test suite has mandatory fields with default values.

• Fixed bug that displays permission error when creating an internal issue.

• Fixed bug that did not allow to set assignee while creating issues during exploratory testing; released chrome add-on version 1.0.2

  
  

Open API Changes

APIs Added

APIs Modified