Why is the Tested By Test Case decoration "Failed" when most recent TCER is "Passed"?
We have version 4.0.3 of all 3 Jazz tools. In RTC, we've linked a work item to a test case in RQM using the Tested By Test Case link. The test case has 6 test case execution records associated with it. The oldest one failed. The 5 most recent passed. The Tested By Test Case link in RTC shows a "Failed" decoration. Why is this? I would expect that the decoration would show "Passed", given that the most recent TCER associated with the test case has a status of "Passed".
3 answers
As per documentation, the status icon shows the highest severity result among the most recent execution results for each unique environment. For example, if a test case has a Passed result in one environment and a Blocked result in another environment, the Blocked status icon is displayed for the test case. https://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/clmhelp/v4r0m3/topic/com.ibm.rational.test.qm.doc/topics/c_status_icons.html
Please check if in your case the failed TCER is for a different environment than the passed. If not, open a PMR so that it can be investigated further and defect created.
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Antoinette Iacobo
Dec 09 '13, 12:10 p.m.Hi Ken,
Antoinette Iacobo
Dec 09 '13, 12:14 p.m.I was looking at the documentation on the icons, and in any case, that test case icon status should be "Passed" since it should reflect the result of the last run of the test in the most recent iteration - so the latest status.
Antoinette Iacobo
Dec 09 '13, 12:24 p.m.Had hopes this WI would make it clearer:
Ken Murphy
Dec 10 '13, 9:58 p.m.Toni,
Thanks for your reply. When I browse a list of test cases, the status of the test case is "Failed". The failed TCER associated with this test case is from 2-1/2 years ago. All TCER's since that time have a status of "Passed". I read the two work items that you reference above, but I have to admit that I found them hard to follow. Do you still recommend opening a PMR?