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Why does a TCER/TSER only incorporate the Test Environment into the name and not the Iteration and/or Test Plan?


Michael Haun (4921924) | asked Aug 17 '14, 11:37 p.m.
I'm using RQM 4.0.4 and wondering why a TCER/TSER only takes into account the Test Environment when creating the TCER/TSER name.  One example of why I bring this up is we have a Test Plan for our acceptance testing and we plan to run the same TSER over a period of several iterations/flights.  When an iteration/flight ends I add the new iteration/flight to the Test Schedule.  Screenshot:

This makes it hard to distinguish the TSERs as they have the same name.  If I go to schedule this suite in the scheduler all I can go off of is the ID, which slows me down having to compare 6 digit numbers:

There is no option to have a column display for iteration.  Is there a way to have the TCER/TSER also include the iteration?  If not, this seems like an area RQM can improve upon.

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Michael Haun commented Aug 18 '14, 9:34 a.m.

bump bump bump

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Don Yang (7.7k21109138) | answered Aug 18 '14, 11:50 p.m.
Hi, Machael

I tested with v5.0 and I do see the option to add iteration to TCER/TSER's name to make it unique when creating TCER from testcase section or TSER from test suite section in a test plan.
I am not sure if v4.0.4 has this option or not, I do remember that I saw it somewhere in v4.0.x but not sure it is after v4.0.4 or not, you may want to have a check if the option is there when creating a new TCER/TSER.


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Michael Haun commented Aug 19 '14, 9:10 a.m.

Thanks I see it now for both TCERs and TSERs.  I'm relieved RQM can do this.  ;-)

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Taly Hotimsky (2714557) | answered Aug 19 '14, 7:58 a.m.
 The option that Don mentioned is available on 4.0.6, not sure about 4.0.4
But I think the better question is "why can't we define the TCERs/TSERs naming standard as a project property, choosing which elements should be a part of it?". You'd want your TCERs/TSERs to be consistently named (based on Test Plan types, or on Iterations in same cases).

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