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Introduction
Advance Query Reports of QMetry Insight is designed for technical users with SQL knowledge who can write SQL queries and generate custom reports. The Advance Query view gives more power and flexibility to the users by providing them the ability to create custom reports by writing basic to complex SQL statements. The view is majorly divided into two sections. On the left side, there is a list of tables and their fields that has the consolidated QMetry data required for reports and are made available to users in just 15 tables which are synced in real time. For making the query creation easier the names of the tables have a resemblance with QMetry test assets & different modules.
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QMetry Insight module will only be visible if the user has the View and Modify rights for QMetry Insight.
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The QMetry Insight module consists of the Query Builder. The query builder is used to create custom queries and add filters to generate reports accordingly. This document includes details about how to create Custom Reports using SQL query.
The screen is divided into four parts:
A. View Report Schema DB Tables
B. Query Builder
C. Filter panel
D. Result panel
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Report Database Schema Database Schema / Entity Relationship Diagram
The following is the database schema to view the entity-relationship diagram for advanced query reports.
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In QMetry Insight, you can see the list of tables and their fields on the left panel. The panel contains the consolidated QMetry data in just 15 tables which are synced in real-time. For making the query creation easier, the names of the tables have resemblance with QMetry test assets and different modules.
Note: In Requirements and Issues tables, field names having "Jira" as prefix are renamed with “Ext” prefix. For more details refer this page.
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 | Fields with this icon indicate the Type - varchar. |
 | Fields with this icon indicate the Type - bigint/int. |
 | Fields with this icon indicate the Type - text. |
 | Fields with this icon indicate the Type - datetime. |
On expanding the table, you will find all the associated fields in it. It will give you the details of the field's `Type` and `Size` when hovering the mouse over any of the fields.
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Here is a quick overview of tables available as part of the report schema and the kind of data stored on it :
Table Name | Details |
issues | Details of QMetry and external issues. |
issuecycle | Details of cycles associated with issues. |
issueextudf | Details of custom fields of external tracker mapped with the Issue module. The table is available only if you have opted for the Advanced Reports App. |
requirementissue | Details of issues linked with requirements. |
requirementextudf | Details of custom fields of external tracker mapped with the Requirement module. The table is available only if you have opted for the Advanced Reports App. |
requirementreleasecycle | Details of release and cycle associated with a requirement version. |
requirements | Details of QMetry and Jira requirements. |
requirementtestcase | Details of Testcases linked to requirements. |
testcaseissue | Details of issues directly linked with test cases without execution. The table is provided to enable the creation of reports containing defects linked directly to the test case. |
testcasereleasecycle | Details of release and cycle associated with a test case version. |
testcases | All the test case details. |
testcasetestsuite | Details of test cases linked with test suites. |
testexecutionissue | Details of issues found during executions. |
testexecutions | Testcase execution details. |
teststepexecution | Execution details of a Test case - steps. |
teststeps | All the details of test case - steps. |
testsuitereleasecycle | Details of release and cycle associated with test suites. |
testsuites | All the test suites details. |
users | All the details of users. All ids like createdBy, owner, executed by, etc will be mapped with `users` table to get the username, userAlias, fisrtname, lastname etc. |
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If you have opted for the Advanced Reports App: Custom Fields (of Requirements and Issue modules) which are mapped with Jira, Rally, and Azure will be displayed in QMetry Insight tables if the Sync fields to Reports feature is turned “On” on the Integrations tab in the Integration module. Additional tables related to UDFs will be displayed. The external Custom Fields mapped with the Issue module will be covered under the issueextudf table. The external Custom Fields mapped with the Requirement module will be covered under the requirementextudf table. For example, an external custom field “Release Reference” is mapped with the Requirement module in Project > Integrations tab. This mapped field is then synced in the QMetry Insight tables using the Sync fields to Reports feature. The field will be displayed as “ext_release_reference” under the requirementextudf table.
If you have not opted for the Advanced Reports App: Custom Fields (of Requirements and Issue modules) which are mapped with Jira, Rally and Azure will not be displayed in QMetry Insight tables. Only QMetry Fields data and external tracker System Fields data which are synced will be available for generating reports.
Query Builder
Query Builder allows you to write SQL statements like SELECT statements. While writing a query the query builder auto-suggest field names when the user inserts the table name and enters a dot (.), the field names of that tables are auto-suggest.
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In case of a syntax error in a query, the query builder provides an ability to identify the error through the SQL the SQL Syntax Validator as shown in the below image.
Notes:
SELECT * clause is not allowed. Column names need to be specified in the select statement.
UPDATE and DELETE queries are not allowed.
Group By can be applied to custom fields as well as system fields of type text, which includes lookup, multi-lookup, etc. Custom fields include of QMetry custom fields and external tracker fields that are synced to QMetry Insights.
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The gadgets other than the table are generated on the 500 records.
While creating queries, during execution the query will return just the first 500 records. However,
all dataall data is available in the reports export.
The latest test execution status of uncovered test cases is displayed as "null" by default. If you want to display a status other than "null" for such uncovered test cases, use the COALESCE function in the query in the following syntax:
COALESCE
(<fieldname>,'<statusvalue>')
Where, fieldname=testcases.latestExecutionStatus and status = the value that you want to print instead of "null"
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The following query shows the usage of the COALESCE function in the query.
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Note: Custom Fields (of Requirements and Issue modules) mapped with Jira and Azure will not be displayed in QMetry Insight tables. Only QMetry Fields data and Jira System Fields data which are synced will be available for generating reports. |
The test asset key will become clickable on the report if the column name contains the keyword (i.e. Entity Key), in any of the formats like - "entity key" or "entityKey" or "entity-key" or "entity_key" in it.
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Adding Filters
Once you edit the query using required fields, click Run Query to generate the report.
Refer to the attached link for more details on - System Filters Available For Query.
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Gadget Charts
On the Result panel, select the report type you want to preview the report.
Here is an explanation on - Types of Gadget Charts supported along with examples.
Saving Gadgets
You can write a query and run it to generate the report. Different types of charts can be generated and then added as a report to dashboard using Add Gadget button.
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Report : Generate a bar chart that displays the Count of the test cases by status over priority.
SQL Query
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Count Of Test Cases By Status Over Priority
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SELECT count(1) as "Test Case Count", COALESCE(testcases.priority, 'No Priority') as "Test Case Priority", COALESCE(testcases.testCaseStatus, 'No Status') as "Test Case Status" FROM testcases WHERE testcases.projectID in (`@filter.project`) GROUP BY testcases.priority, testcases.testCaseStatus |
Apply the Filter
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Query Output
By default, it gives you output in tabular format. You can modify the output format by switching to the available chart types from the table. In our case, we will switch it to the Bar Chart.
You can adjust the Columns based on the requirement to Label, Data and Cross Tab sections.
Label always holds a single Test entity field with any value.
Multiple Test entity field on Data creates a stacked chart; Data always contain fields with numeric values.
Cross Tab field will help to create a Group Stacked chart.
Step 2 : Modify Chart Colors
The Chart Settings icon is provided with each type of chart that allows you to customize the appearance of the graph. You can customize the chart colors of your choice based on legends used in the chart along with a feature to enable/disable the legends as required; here’s how you can do it.
Click on the cog icon on the graph. It opens the Chart Settings panel.
You can customize the color of the legends as per your requirement.
You can show/hide the legends on the graph by enabling/disabling the Visible settings.
You can also show/hide the axis labels on the legends by enabling/disabling the Visible settings.
Click on the “Reset All” option under the Colors section to revert the changes (it will reset the colors to system-defined colors).
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Note: Colors of Execution Status used as legends appear as they set under Customization > Execution Status. You can not modify the colors from chart settings as the option remains grayed out for execution status (refer to the attached screenshot).
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Edit Gadgets
The gadgets created under Advance Query Reports can be edited from the QMetry Custom Gadget.
1. Open the My My Gadget tab tab.
2. Click on the Edit icon for the gadget that you want to edit. It navigates you to the Advance Query Reports (SQL query builder view) of of the QMetry Insight module module.
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Exporting Gadget Data
The excel file can contain maximum 1000000 records in one time export. Individual Gadget data can be exported into CSV with the same limit.
You can download the chart image in PNG, JPEG, SVG Vector, and PDF formats.
Export All Data: It will schedule the Export Report task. You can see the scheduled job in the Scheduled Task section and download the report in CSV. This will be a detailed report.
Export column Data in XLS: It will immediately download the details of the Chart Data Table (tabular details) in XLS.
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You can also export all the custom dashboard gadgets through the API call. Refer to the link - API for Reports for more details.
Best Practices
Rights to write custom queries must be provided only to those users who have knowledge of writing SQL queries and can access any QMetry data, as there is direct access to all QMetry data in Report Schema DB.
The custom SQL queries must always include a project filter specified as : @FILTER.PROJECT. This will prevent the recipients of the shared report gadgets from inadvertently viewing data from other projects that they do not have access to.
The custom SQL report queries after creation must be run and saved against a Sample Project, so that the report does not load with the data of an un-intended project.
The Report DB has tables like testcase, testexecutions, etc. which now only have user IDs instead of the actual information of the users. This information should be queried by writing an SQL Join with user IDs from `users` table now available in the Report DB schema.