create TER for TestCase/Testplan and no milestone?

Hello,
Milestones aren't really the right concept for what you're looking for.

Instead, we do offer a concept of "Builds" in RQM. You don't necessarily need to integrate with a build system to populate this information - you can create lightweight build records "by hand" to track your daily/weekly/etc builds.

Reference:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/rqmhelp/v2r0/topic/com.ibm.rational.test.qm.doc/topics/t_verify_builds.html

When you run a test, open the Execution Result and you can edit it to associate a build.

Let us know how that works and if you have any feedback.

Thanks for this - Builds do seem like a better option. In TestManager we used Iterations so I had mapped this to the Milestones....

Is it possible to report results per build?

Also, there doesn't seem to be any link between a Build and a Test Plan. Perhaps this doesn't matter?

Hmmm - you know you raise a good point.
We don't have an execution status by build (i.e. "build health") report. You could always write your own, but I'm not aware of anything out of the box. I just checked Insight/RRDI and BIRT and don't see anything there.
I do suggest you submit enhancements in this area to jazz.net.

I'm not quite following why you'd link a build to a Test Plan.
The Execution Result will be linked to a Build. The Execution Result is also associated with a Test Execution Record, which will be your linkage to the Test Plan itself (and optionally Milestone).

I agree with John in the sense that you shouldn't be using milestones for each of your builds, as that seems unmanageable overtime.

In either case, you can still create TERs for your Test Plan that don't have a milestone set. On the first page of the generate TER wizard where it shows plan and milestone, you can hold down the control key and click the milestone that was selected for you by default. This will deselect it and allow you to generate a TER without a milestone.

It shouldn't be that hard for you to find and I've created this work item to improve the user experience:

https://jazz.net/jazz02/resource/itemName/com.ibm.team.workitem.WorkItem/51830

Thanks very much - this is useful

One final question on the subject - is it possible to add the Build used to multiple Test Results at once?

We run suites with many tens of tests and I am looking for a quick way of updating all the results for a given suite execution

Hi
RQM 301 provides a column for build in the Testcase Result table and there is a open workitem to add same for Testsuite result table.
However currently this column does not provide multi row change like it is supported in some other tables like Testcase Execution Record. You can open Enhancement request for it.

Note: Tests executed due to schedule (Execution Sequence) are automatically associated with build in RQM 301, if scheduled is triggered by new build

-|- Pramod K Chandoria

There's already an enhancement request to allow bulk update of the build associated with execution result. That work items is:

https://jazz.net/jazz02/resource/itemName/com.ibm.team.workitem.WorkItem/52449

Feel free to add a comment indicating your needs for this enhancement.