QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.x
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.1.6
Release Date: 2021-09-07
Version 4.1.6
Summary: Improvement & Bug Fix
Improvements:
- Now share reports with other users using a URL.
- Improvements to Test Case Execution Summary Report
- The graphical view displays the test execution summary in percentage.
- The tabular view now displays the test execution summary in a two-dimensional view that includes the count of the executed test cases and the percentage.
- Export of the report will now include the test case execution comments.
Bug Fix
- Fixed a bug that prevented displaying all executions for a test case after deleting one of the test case executions in a test cycle on Jira v7.x PostgreSQL DB.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.1.5
Release Date: 2021-07-30
Version 4.1.5
Summary: Improvement
- QMetry v4.1.5 is compatible with Jira Software 8.18.1.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.1.4
Release Date: 2021-07-14
Version 4.1.4
Summary: Bug Fix
- Fixed a bug that prevented the display of all test step executions for test cases with a large number of steps created via import of automation test results.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.1.3
Release Date: 2021-06-30
Version 4.1.3
Summary: Bug Fix
- Fixed compatibility issue with "Version and Component Sync for Jira" app that prevented loading of QMetry screens.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.1.2
Release Date: 2021-06-18
Version 4.1.2
Summary: Improvements & Bug Fixes
Improvements :
- QTM4J app supports Content Delivery Network (CDN) enablement for Data Centre.
- Enabled on request (lazy) loading of QMetry sections to enhance the overall performance while loading the Jira Story page.
- Expand or collapse test case steps view is preserved for a user across the app.
- The "Link" button on all asset link screens allows linking test assets selected sequentially from different folders. The "Link and Close" button allows quick linking for test assets without a need to separately click on the close button.
- The test cycle name will now get displayed while generating the Test Case Execution Summary report by test cycle.
- The bar graph displays the test cycle name on mouse hover.
- The tabular chart displays the test cycle name under the new column.
Bug Fixes :
- Fixed bug that prevented linking bug (defect) while executing test cases for a rare case if the Jira issue type id is less than 10000.
- Fixed bug that prevented displaying traceability reports for the Postgres database.
- Fixed bug that allowed the selection of a field multiple times on report filter criteria.
- Fixed bug that caused slowness when generating the test case summary report for an empty defect filter criteria for the oracle database.
- Fixed bug that prevented editing test case/test case step description when clicked on back button while in the edit mode.
- Fixed bug that did not display QMetry permissions for some new installations. Re-enabling QMetry for the project should fix the issue.
- Fixed bug that prevented the display of all QMetry report filters while creating a dashboard gadget.
- Fixed bug that displays all Jira issue types instead of ones enabled for Bug issue type, while creating a bug from the exploratory session.
- Fixed a bug that displayed an error after logging a bug from the exploratory testing session when the user does not have "create attachment" permissions.
- Fixed bug that prevents deletion of the exploratory testing session having "In Progress" status.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.1.1
Release Date: 2021-04-30
Version 4.1.1
Summary: Bug Fix
- Fixed a bug to update the correct URL for the help guide.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.1.0
Release Date: 2021-04-17
Version 4.1.0
Summary: New Features, Improvements and Bug Fixes
New Features and Improvements
Improvements on Story detail page - “Test Case/Acceptance Criteria” section
- Now view/add/modify/clone/delete test case steps directly from the story page.
- Set/reorder the sequence of test cases linked to the story. Also, the test case sequence will be preserved as per the order of selection while linking to the story
- Execute test cases that are linked to the test cycle from the execution tab, on the story page, instead of navigating to the execution screen.
- Create a test cycle directly from the story, with all the test cases associated with the story auto-linked to the test cycle.
- Link selective test cases associated with the story to an existing test cycle.
- Link multiple versions of a test case to the story to get accurate end-to-end traceability.
- Clone a linked test case version directly from the story page. The cloned test case will be auto-linked with the story.
- Renamed option labels :
- “Create New Test case” as “Link New Test case”
- “Reuse Test case/Test cycle” as “Link Existing Test case/Link Story to Existing Test Cycle”
- “Unlink Test case” as “Bulk Unlink”
Improvements to Test case module
- Now view/add/modify/delete/clone test case steps from the test case list view.
- Execute test cases linked to the test cycle directly from the Test Execution tab, instead of navigating to the execution screen.
- QMetry automatically classifies test cases as manual or automated based on their creation method.
- Import Test Case improvements :
- Now, import test cases from excel to multiple folders by mapping folder path during import.
- Import test cases button is now available on the default test case view.
- The maximum file size limit for importing test cases using excel is increased from 2 MB to 10 MB.
- Export all test cases of a folder directly from its context menu.
- Clone or Export a test case directly from the detail screen.
- View the entire content of test steps using the expand/collapse quick buttons available at the step grid.
- A confirmation warning will be displayed while permanently deleting test cases.
- The audit log now captures details of test cases exported from the Exploratory Testing session.
- The character limit for test case step summary, expected results, test data is increased from 65k characters to 512 MB.
Improvements to Test Cycle & Test Plan
- Update the test cycle/test plan summary directly from the list view.
- Save filters applied to columns on test cycle/test plan as public or private.
- Now clone the test cycle directly from the test cycle details page.
- Redesigned the "clone" test cycle screen with an additional test case filter on the execution assignee.
- View/add/modify/delete/clone test case steps directly from the Test Cycle >> Test Case tab.
- Added Execution Summary(tabular) column on Test Cycle List view to show the count of test case execution based on status.
- Renamed button “Add Test Case” as “Link Test Case” on Test Cycle >> Test Case tab.
Improvements to Test Execution Screen
- All-New Test Execution Screen - List View.
- Improvements to Existing Test Execution Screen – Grid View.
- Revamped Test Execution Grid View now has two tabs - Test case details & Execution.
- Test Steps in the test execution screen can be viewed in either list view or grid view.
- The test case details tab now displays all test case system fields.
- The execution tab (default) displays the test cases and steps execution. This allows testers to directly reach the execution section.
- The execution tab now has 4 sections that can be re-ordered – Steps, Bugs, Attachments, and Comments.
- Attachments uploaded while authoring test cases/steps are now available on the execution screen.
- Bugs and Attachments added at test steps during execution are now also displayed at the test case level.
- Bulk update of execution status, assign tester, update build & environment details can now be directly performed on the execution screen after selecting the test cases.
- Clone/Delete an existing test execution record.
- Get a warning about the changes to test steps. Auto Sync test case steps directly from the execution screen.
- View the entire content of test steps while executing them using the expand/collapse quick buttons available at step grids.
- QMetry automatically classifies test cycle execution as Manual or Automated based on the execution method.
- Test Cycle Execution Summary on Test Execution screen now displays all bugs and attachments associated with the test case/steps execution.
- Export Test cycle execution details for Latest or All test executions along with test steps and associated bugs details.
- Execution assignee and build can now be set as unassigned to reset their values.
- Testers can add new list value for the environment & build while executing test cases, instead of adding them every time for the configuration page.
Improvement on Bug Detail Page
- Renamed “Test case” section as “Bug Traceability” for Issue Types enabled as bugs.
- View traceability from the Test case, Test Cycle to Test Execution in the Bug Traceability section.
Improvements to Configuration Section
- Added support for additional custom field types - Cascading List, Single & Multi-Select User Picker, Labels
- Users can set pagination up to 100 records across the product from General Settings
- Copy project configurations to other projects for the following fields - Labels, Components, Priorities, Status, Execution Results, Environment, Build values, Custom Fields, and Parameters.
- Added a separate list to maintain Build values.
- Redesigned Configuration menu with a better grouping of options.
- Sync project-key changes using the re-index operation.
- Only Admins can now view/modify the storage configurations.
Improvements to Report
- Chart preferences on the Jira dashboard for a gadget are now retained.
- All reports can be filtered based on Test case type - Automated or Manual.
- Gadget graphical chart options are now displayed on the report header.
General Improvements
Bug Fixes
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.0.9 Release Date: 2021-03-23 Version 4.0.9 Summary: Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that prevented users from loading the automation page.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.0.8
Release Date: 2021-03-22 Version 4.0.8 Summary: Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that prevented users from creating/updating tables or using hyperlinks in the description/steps fields.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.0.7
Release Date: 2021-03-10 Version 4.0.7 Summary: Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that repositioned the title and buttons on the Jira Create Issue screen.
- Fixed a bug that misaligned HTML data in the Introduction gadget on the Jira Dashboards.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.0.6Release Date: 2021-02-10 Version 4.0.6 Summary: Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that prevented enabling QMetry features on new installations for a project having key length of more than 10 characters.
- Fixed a bug that exported test cases with steps in incorrect sequence after rearranging test steps in a test case.
- Fixed a bug that did not display the permissions required to create new Labels, Components while importing test cases using excel.
- Fixed a bug that repositioned the “Add a Gadget” & “Manage Gadget” title while adding a gadget in the Jira Dashboard.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.0.5Release Date: 2020-10-22 Version 4.0.5 Summary: Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that caused the Automation API key to reset on restarting the Jira Server.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.0.4Release Date: 2020-09-05 Version 4.0.4 Summary: Improvement - Compatibility with Jira Software v8.12.1
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.0.3Release Date: 2020-08-29 Version 4.0.3 Summary: Bug Fix - Fixed performance issues that caused Jira slowness for Data Center hosting.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.0.2
Release Date: 2020-06-16
Version 4.0.2 Summary: Improvements
- Export test cases to other projects using bulk operations.
- Set sequence for the test cases to be executed on the test cycle.
- Infield search is added for all the list fields on all module.
- Enhanced Project search and selection option across the application.
- "Bug" issue type will be auto-selected by default while creating a Bug from the execution screen
- Revamped Project Settings page which includes -
- Bulk “Enable/Disable” Test case/Acceptance criteria panel for all issue types
- Manage issue types for Story and Bug in a separate tab, along with search capabilities.
- Labels for the following operations are renamed -
- On Test case/Acceptance criteria section –
- “Add to Test Cycle" label is renamed as "Reuse Test Cycle".
- “Add Test Case” label is renamed as "Create New Test Cases”.
- "Bulk Remove" for Test Cases and Test Cycles is renamed as “Bulk Delete”.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.0.1Release Date: 2020-05-27
Version 4.0.1 Summary : Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that prevented installation of QTM4J App on Jira installations where Base URL has some extended folder name in path.
- Fixed a bug that displayed incomplete execution result summary on test cycle list view.
- Fixed a bug that decreased size of dashboard title when QMetry gadget is added to a dashboard.
QMetry Test Management for Jira Server 4.0Release Date: 2020-04-25
Version 4.0 Summary : New Features - New, intuitive and user friendly UI.
- QMetry Test assets are now integral part of QMetry app and no longer Jira Issue types.
- Introducing Test Plans and Test Cycles for managing and tracking test executions.
- Define custom fields for test cases, test cycles and test plans at project level.
- Granular permissions for all operations at user or group level.
- Project settings that allow customization and templatization of all test assets.
- Reuse test cases using test data parameterization.
- Test case versioning with detailed change logs.
- Group Test cases by Folder, Priority, Assignee, Execution Result etc. on execution screen.
- Assign priority to execution statuses. The test case execution status will be auto calculated as per cumulative test steps statuses.
- Organize test assets hierarchy as tree structure in folders.
- Improved sorting & filter search with ability to save filters as public or private across the product.
- Manage environments for execute test cases against any platforms or configurations.
- New flexible and customizable test case workflow.
- Tag labels to all your test assets.
- Inbuilt export & import feature for test cases.
- Comprehensive enterprise grade reporting with ability to filter & grouping data on all possible fields.
- Inbuilt 30+ cross project reports as per industry best practices.
- Save reports as gadget on Jira Dashboard and share them with other users.
- All new Rest APIs for integration with 3rd party tools.
- CI integration with latest versions of Jenkins & Bamboo.
Deprecated Features - Test Scenarios are deprecated. Existing scenarios will be converted as Test Case Folders.
- Import of Story, Executions and Defects.
Note : - QMetry Test Management for Jira v4.0 is available only for new customers.
- Customers who are using QMetry Test Management for Jira v3.x, QMetry Support team will separately reach out to them to their Jira technical point of contact to upgrade their QMetry app to version to 4.0.
- After upgrade to QMetry 4.0 app, there will be change in Open API for customers who are using QMetry Test Management for Jira v3.x.
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