Introduction
Export is moved to be a background activity to reduce CPU consumption and better support large exports of data. The Export Job Scheduler allows all the export activities in QMetry to run in background as scheduled jobs. This saves users from sticking to the export activity until it is finished.
Use Case 1: Testers want to export large numbers of assets in bulk; however, during the export process they need to keep doing other important tasks and do not want to wait until the entire export process is completed. So they just initiate the export, which then keeps running as a background process. When it is done they download the file to work on it.
Use Case 2: Users want to export assets; however, once the export process is finished, they may want to download the export onto their local drive, or another workstation later in the day.
The export can be carried out from Requirement, Test Case, Test Suite, and Issue modules.
- Users with Admin role can view export jobs of all other users.
- Users other than Admin role can view export jobs which are initiated by themselves only.
View the Progress of Export
When you complete the export process, the message pops up to view notification for the export progress. Check the notification window on the application header. It shows the list of Activities.
Scheduled Task
Click on the Scheduled Task icon 
on the application header to view the progress. This allows scheduled exports to run in the background and allows users to continue with their other work.
The screen shows all the activities completed or in queue. Expand the activity to view its status.
The progress bar shows the following statuses for each of the imports:
- Started: It indicates that the import is initialized.
- In-Progress: It indicates that the import process is started and in-progress.
- Completed: It indicates that the intended records of the job are imported and the import is completed now.
Downloading the Exported File
The exported Excel file is available to download. Click on the Download icon 
for the task to download the Excel file.
The download process is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
The Export functionality works same for requirements, test cases, test suites, and issues.