Defect configuration

Defines the project in which Defects (resulting from failed tests) should be created.

Defines which of the configured Work Item types is used to represent Defects resulting from test failures.

(Work Item Types are configured in Administration Work Items Enumerations.)

Defines which Work Item is used as a template for creating a new Defect type Work Item as a result of test failure while importing results of automated tests, or when a manual Test Case is performed. It is also used as the template for the Summary Defect). Enter the ID of a Work Item from the current project or the project ID and Work Item ID for Work Items from a different project, in this format: projectID/workItemID.

Defines which Link Role is used for linking Defect Work Items (created when test results contain failed tests) to Test Case Work Items.

(Link Roles are configured in Administration Work Items Enumerations.)

Defines when the defect created when a test case fails is reused.

Reuse Defect Options:

Never:

When set to Never, if the current Test Record does not have a linked defect, a new defect is always created. While retesting, the defect that is already linked to the test record can be reused.

If failed in group / If failed in previous:

1. First If failed in group and If failed in previous check iterations of the Test Case in the current Test Run. If there is a resolvable, unresolved, not summary defect, it is reused.

2. Then they check Test Runs with the same Group as the current Test Run and in the same Project as the current Test Run. If there is a resolvable, unresolved, not summary defect, then it is reused.

3. Then, the if failed in previous strategy checks Test Runs in the previous group and in the same project as the current test run. (The previous group is determined by searching last Test Run by creation time with a different group.) If there is a resolvable, unresolved, not summary defect, then it is reused.

4. Otherwise no defect is reused.

Always:

1. Always finds the top 20 Test Records in the Project of the current Test Run, for the same Test Case that have a defect set.

   (Sorted by execution time in descending order.)

2. It then iterates over these defects and finds the first one that is resolvable and not a summary defect of its Test Run.

3. If such a defect is found and has no resolution, it is reused.

4. Otherwise no defect is reused.

Defines if auto-assignment should automatically fill the Assignee field in new Defect items created automatically for a failed Test Case.

(Administration Work Items Auto-assignment.)

Defines whether rerunning of manually-performed Test Cases is allowed.