Add And Edit Automated Test Cases And Test Steps

The Test Designer page allows users to manage their Test Cases and Test Steps. Only Active Test Cases appear in Test Designer.

Users can also Quick Search and Advanced Search, and Manage Test Case Folders.

1. Add and Edit Automated Test Cases

To add Test Cases and their Test Steps:

1. Click Test Designer.
   
2. Search for a Test Plan:
   
   Test Designer only displays Active Test Plans.
   1. Search for a Test Plan. 
      
   2. Type a search query.
   3. Press Enter on your keyboard.
3. Add or Edit a Test Case:
   1. Add a Test Case to a Test Plan:
      
      Each Test Plan can have associated Requirements and Test Case Folders, to which Test Cases can be added. At least one Test Plan must exist before a Test Case can be created.
      1. Click the folders button. 
      2. Select a location for the new Test Case:
         • Click the Requirements tab and click to select a Requirement.
           Or:
         • Click the Test Case Folders tab and click to select a folder.
      3. Click + Add New. The Add a new test case pop up opens.
      4. Type the Test Case Name. (Mandatory field.)
         
         
   2. Edit a Test Case:
      1. Click the folders button. 
      2. Locate the Test Case:
         1. Click the Requirement tab and click to select a Requirement.
            Or:
         2. Click the Test Case Folders tab and click to select a folder.
         3. See Quick Search and Advanced Search for using the Advanced Search button.
            
         4. Choose an automated test case. (Automated test cases have a Selenium icon.) 
            
            
            For the Manual Test procedure, see Add And Edit Manual Test Cases And Test Steps.  
      3. Hover your mouse cursor over the Test Case until the buttons appear.
         
      4. Click the pencil button. 
      5. Click the pencil button on the top-left corner of the Tes Folder View pop up to edit the Test Case name. 
         
4. Type the Test Case Description. (Mandatory field.)
5. Add an attachment using Plutora Test Chrome Plug-In:
   
   To manage attachments, users need the Attachment View / Download, Attachment Access, Attachment Create, and Attachment Delete user permissions. 
   1. Add a screenshot:
      1. Click the black camera icon.
         
         
         If the camera icon has a red dot, Plutora Test Chrome Plug-In is not installed. Click here to see the installation instructions. (You must also be using Google Chrome browser.)
      2. Manage the screenshot using the toolbar. The tools from left to right are:
         
         1. Edit the screenshot title:
            1. Click the pen icon.
               
            2. Type the new file name.
            3. Click outside the file name field.
         2. Annotate the screenshot with the following tools:
            • Selection: Select and move annotations.
              
            • Crop: Select this tool, draw a rectangle around the area you want to keep, and click Confirm Crop.
              
            • Arrow: Draw an arrow.
              
              
              Arrows, text, rectangles, ellipses, and free draws will use the color selected in the Color tool (see below).
            • Text: Click to drop text and click the text to edit.
              
            • Rectangle: Draw a rectangle.
              
            • Ellipse: Draw a circle or oval.
              
            • Free Draw: Draw a line.
              
            • Undo: Undo the last action.
              
            • Redo: Redo the last action.
              
            • Delete: Deletes an annotation that has been selected using the Selection tool.
              
            • Color: Click to select a color for your annotations. The button on the right opens a color wheel so you can select a color that isn’t in the menu.
              
         3. Click Download to download the file to your computer.
         4. Click Save to Attachments to save the file to Plutora Test.
         5. Click the X to close the pop up without saving the screenshot.
   2. Add a video:
      
      Videos created from Plutora Test’s Screen Capture are now saved in AWS, meaning that an unlimited number of 25 MB videos can be saved as attachments. 
      1. Click the black video icon.
         
         
         If the video icon has a red dot, Plutora Test Chrome Plug-In is not installed. Click here to see the installation instructions. (You must also be using Google Chrome browser.)
      2. Click to select which application window should record.
      3. Click Share.
      4. Click Start Recording.
         
      5. Click Stop to end the recording.
      6. Edit the video title:
         1. Click the pen icon.
            
         2. Type the new file name.
         3. Click outside the file name field.
      7. Click Record New Clip to discard the current video and record a new one.
      8. Click Download to download the file to your computer.
      9. Click Save to Attachments to save the file to Plutora Test.
         
         Plutora Test can accept attachments up to 25 MB in size. If the video is larger, it cannot be saved as an attachment, but you can still download it.
      10. Click the X to close the pop up without saving the video.
6. Add an attachment manually:
   
   To manage attachments, users need the Attachment View / Download, Attachment Access, Attachment Create, and Attachment Delete user permissions. 
   1. Click the green cross button under Attachments.
      
   2. Select a file and click Open.
      The attachment uploads and appears as a circular icon.
7. Manage uploaded attachments:
   
   *NEW* Uploaded attachments are now sorted in descending order by upload date.
   1. View an attachment:
      1. Click the view button.
         
      2. Click the X in the top right corner to close the attachment.
   2. Download an attachment:
      1. Click the download button.
         
         Your attachment should start downloading immediately.
         Save the file to your hard drive if prompted.
   3. Delete an attachment:
      1. Click the delete button.
         
8. Click Automated Test. (Mandatory field.)
   
9. Type the Test File Path.
   This is the location of your test files, inside the directory file path specified in AutoHub’s config file.
10. Type the Test Arguments.
11. Type the Precondition. (In the future, this will be a drop-down menu instead of a text field.)
12. Type the Post Condition. (In the future, this will be a drop-down menu instead of a text field.)
13. Click to select a Priority button:
    • Low priority is 1.
    • High Priority is 5.
14. Type the Environment. (In the future, this will be a drop-down menu instead of a text field.)
15. Manage Associations:
    
    1. Manage Test Plan associations:
       
       The selected Test Plan will be automatically added to Associations when creating a Test Case.
       1. Add:
          1. Click the green cross.
          2. Select a Test Plan from the Select a test plan drop-down menu.
          3. Click to select checkboxes to select Test Plans.
          4. Click Save & Close.
       2. Remove a Test Plan Association:
          1. Hover your mouse cursor over the Test Plan to make the delete button X appear.
          2. Click the X on the Test Plan to remove it.
          3. Click Confirm.
       3. Remove Test Plan from selected folders or completely remove the Test Plan:
          1. Click the right-pointing triangle to open the list of Test Plan folders. 
             
          2. Hover your mouse cursor over the folder to make the delete button X appear.
             
             • If there is only one folder listed, clicking the X will delete the Test Plan association.
             • If there are more than one folders listed, clicking the X will remove the Test Plan from that folder but will not remove the association.
          3. Click Confirm.
    2. Manage Requirement associations: Adding a Requirement to a Test Case shows that the Test Case fulfills the Requirement.
       
       Now Requirement ID appears next to Requirement Name and can be searched for and selected too.
       
       
       1. Add:
          1. Click the green cross.
          2. Click Requirements to browse for Requirements or use the search fields.
          3. Click to select checkboxes to select Requirements.
          4. Click Save & Close.
       2. Remove:
          1. Hover your mouse cursor over the Requirement to make the delete button X appear.
          2. Click the X on the Requirement to remove it.
          3. Click Confirm.
16. Click Show Right Panel to open the panel if it is closed.
    
17. Fill in the Test Designer Custom Fields.
    • These are fields that administrators have added using Test Designer Custom Fields Customization. These fields will vary between each Plutora Test installation. Please consult your administrators for the procedure for filling in these fields.
    • Multi-select custom fields now contain checkboxes for easy selection. Selected items in multi-select custom fields can now be deleted without opening the menu by clicking on the X next to each item.
    • Data containing the following symbols cannot be used in a Plutora Analytics report:
      • !@#$%^*()+-=|\:/?,.&””<>{}[]_
18. Test Steps cannot be added to automated Tests Cases.