Reuse Test Cases / Shareable Test Cases

Introduction

QMetry Test Management encourages users to maximize efficiency in managing tests. It provides different ways to reuse test cases, which saves the time of testers and makes information maintenance easier for testers. The following is a summary of the options that users can use in the same project.

1. Shareable Test Cases: Create shareable test cases to enable reuse of repetitive test cases across multiple projects.

2. Copy/Move Shareable Test Cases: Easily copy and/or move test cases between folders within the same project or across different projects, either individually or in bulk.

3. Copy Test Steps: Easily copy selected test steps from one test case to another test case present in the same project or another project.

4. Move Test Cases: Move test cases in the same project or across different projects.

Shareable Test Cases

QMetry allows users to create Shareable Test Cases that can be reused in other test cases as needed. This feature helps avoid duplicating test steps across different tests within the same project.

The shareable test case functionality is beneficial as it:

• Saves Time: Common test steps are consolidated into a single test case, eliminating the need to enter them repeatedly in every test case.

• Maintains Consistency: Update the shareable test case once to apply changes across all test cases that use it.

Create Shareable Test Cases

To create shareable test cases, navigate to: Home > Test Case

After creating a test case, users can designate any or all of the steps within the test case as shareable.

• Click on the test case entity key to open the test case details page

• Go to the Test Steps tab.

• Select the test steps to share.

• Click on the Create Shareable Test Case button.

The Create Shareable Test Case pop-up appears. Enter a summary or name for the shareable test case and click Create. The shareable test case will then be generated.

Update Shareable Test Cases

Users can update a shareable test case at any time.

→ If updated with the same version, any changes to the steps will automatically reflect in all test cases using the shareable test case.

→ If updated with a new version, the latest version will be synced across all linked test cases. Users do not need to link the new version separately. All test cases that utilize the updated shareable test case will automatically incorporate the latest changes.

Steps to sync the latest version of a shareable test case with the test cases it is linked with.

1. Open the test case that uses a shareable test case in steps.

2. Go to the Steps tab on the test case details page.

3. Check the sync icon. If the shareable test case version is not synced, a refresh icon appears adjacent to the shareable test case.

4. Click on the refresh icon to sync the latest version of the shareable test case.

5. The shareable test case version is updated as per the latest version. Click Update to save the changes.

View Shareable Test Cases

To view shareable test cases in the project, check the "Show Only Shareable" box in the test case list view. This will filter the list to show only shareable test cases.

Shareable test cases are marked with a distinct icon.

To open the test case details page, click on the Entity Key of the shareable test case.

Reuse Shareable Test Cases

Shareable test cases are useful for reusing common test steps across multiple test cases. When creating a new test case, testers can incorporate a shareable test case if it includes the same steps needed.

To reuse shareable test cases, perform the following steps:

1. On the Test Case detail/create screen, go to the Test Steps section.

2. Click Edit to enable the “+” icon for adding steps.

3. To insert a shareable test case at the end, click the “+” sign and select Insert Shareable Test Case.

4. To insert a shareable test case in the next row, click the cog icon on the test step and choose Insert Shareable Test Case.

3. The Link Shareable Test Case pop-up appears. Select the test case to link and choose a specific version.

4. Click either Link to keep the window open or Link and Close to close the window after linking the test cases.

The shareable test cases are added to another test case. On the Steps tab, users can view the test case Key and version that has been linked.

Users can -

A. Drag & Drop test steps to re-arrange them.

B. Open the shareable test case in a separate tab.

Viewing Test Cases having Shareable Test Case

The Show Test Cases with Shareable Test Case filter is present in the basic filters menu.

Use Case: Testers want a quick way to see test cases that contain shareable test cases linked to them. The filter allows users to get such a list of test cases promptly, instead of checking individual test cases for the shareable test cases attached to them.

Copying/Moving Shareable Test Cases

Test cases, both regular and shareable, can be copied or moved between folders. You can copy or move test cases either individually or in bulk.

Within the Same Project

You can move individual test cases within the current project by selecting the test case and choosing the target folder.

To copy or move shareable test cases, perform the following steps:

1. Navigate to the Test Cases module.

2. Apply the filter by selecting Show Only Shareable to display shareable test cases.

3. Click the cog icon next to the test case.

4. Choose either Move or Copy from the options.

5. Select the target folder as the destination.

6. Click on Copy or Move based on the operation you wish to perform.

Across Projects

You can move multiple test cases at once, either within the same project or across different projects, by selecting the desired test cases and specifying the destination folder. The steps for copying/moving bulk test cases (Shareable or Regular) are depicted below.

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​Copy or Move Bulk Test Cases

You can copy or move test cases within the same project or to another project. In case of bulk copy, the copied test cases will operate independently from the originals. Any changes made to the original test cases will not affect the copied ones.

Test cases can be copied or moved to a specific folder or the root folder of the destination project.

What will be copied/moved with test assets?

To copy test cases from one project to another project or the same project, perform the following steps.

Select the project to copy a test case. Go to the Test Cases module, click on the Con icon, and select Bulk Operations.:

Step 1: Choose Operation: Select Copy/Move as the operation to perform and click Next.

Step 2: Select records

1. Select test case records that are to be copied/moved. To copy/move all the test cases across pages then select the Select All (Across Pages) option. A maximum of 1000 records can be selected at a time.

2. Select test case version options:

• Specific Version: Test Cases in the grid appear expandable when this option is selected. On expanding test case, users can view all the available versions for the test case.

• All Versions: if this option is selected, then the Version button is disabled. Users can not select a particular version of the test case.

3. Click Next.

Step 3: Operation Details

• Project: Users can copy/move test cases within the same project and across projects. Select the destination Project/folder path to copy the selected test cases to.

• Owner: If the test cases are being copied to another project, then select the Owner of the test cases in the destination project. The Owner list is populated as per the Project.

• Folder: Select the folder to copy the selected test cases. The Destination Path is displayed according to the Folder selection. Users can also create a new folder by adding the folder name and clicking on the Add folder button and move or copy the test cases to the newly created folder.

Step 4: Click Copy/Move to get the confirmation message.

Identify Steps from Shared Test Cases

On the Test Execution screen, you can view Shareable Step details. An icon opens them in a new tab and shows the Entity Key on hover. You can pass or fail the test case or update each step’s status individually.

Copying Test Steps

QMetry allows users to copy and paste test steps within the same test case.

Copying and Pasting test steps within the same test case

1. Go to the Test Steps section and click Edit.

2. Select the test step to create a copy of.

3. Click on the Con icon for the step and select Duplicate Row.

4. It will create a copy of the existing step and add it to the test steps.

Test Data Parametrization in Shareable Test Cases

You can create shareable test cases from steps with data parameters and insert these parameterized shareable test cases into existing test cases. During execution, the parameter values for the shareable test case will be sourced from the main test case using it.

Creating a shareable test case from parameterized steps

1. Open the test case that contains parameterized steps.

2. Select the parameterized steps to include in the shareable test case and click on the Create Shareable Test Case button.

3. Enter the name of the shareable test case and click Create.

On the test case list view, apply a filter to view only Shareable, and the shareable test cases will be listed on the screen.

Open the shareable test case detail page. The shareable test case created from parameterized steps is displayed as below.

Inserting Parameterized Shareable Steps

To insert parameterized shareable steps, follow these steps:

To insert parameterized shareable steps, perform the following steps:

1. Open the test case detail page.

2. Go to the Steps tab.

3. Open the cog icon and click on the Insert Shareable Test Case.

On the Link Shareable Test Case pop-up, users can also insert a parameterized shareable test case from other projects. If the parameters of a parameterized shareable test case do not exist in the current project, then the parameters will get created in the project once the shareable test case is linked.

4. Select the shareable test case(s) to link and click Link

The parameterized shareable test steps are linked to it.

Mapping Data Grid for Test Cases

To insert values in the parameterized shareable test steps, users need to map the data grid with the test case.

To map data grid for test cases, perform the following test cases:

1. Link the main test case, which contains parameterized shareable steps, to a test suite.

2. Open the test suite details page.

3. Go to the Test Cases tab in the test suite.

4. Click on the Link Parameter Values sign @ to add values to the parameters for the test case that contains the shareable test steps.

The @ sign for parameterization is highlighted and has a hyperlink on it.

The Mapping DataGrid screen opens.

5. Choose a Data Source:

• Select DataGrid: Choose this option to use a Data Grid from the Data Parameterization module. The drop-down will display all available Data Grids, and data will populate accordingly.

• Fill Data Manually: Choose this option to enter parameter values manually. Map the values to the corresponding parameters.

6. Click Save to save the entered data.

Execute Parameterized Test Cases

Users can execute the parameterized shareable test steps. The values in the steps will get replaced as per the mapping of grid data for the test case.

Steps

1. Open the test suite detail page.

2. Open the Test Execution tab on it.

3. Click on the play icon to navigate to the Test Execution Screen to execute the parameterized test case.

On the Test Execution Screen, clicking on the Expand All button displays the test cases with parameterization get expanded up to Parameter Groups.
The steps count at the test case level displays (the count of test steps X count of data sets).

4. Expand each Parameter Combination to view the test steps under it.

The parameter values for shareable steps are displayed as per the data grid mapping done for the main test case using the shareable steps.

If the normal steps have parameters, their values also get replaced as per the data grid mapping of the test case.