Define test cases in the Tracker

If your team prefers a tool-based approach to defining test cases, you can create Work Items of the Test Case type directly in the integrated Work Item tracker. If your project is based on one of the standard Polarion project templates with QA and testing support, the Test Case type is preconfigured. If your project's configuration is customized, the Work Item type corresponding to a test case may have a different name, which you should substitute for "Test Case" in the procedure that follows.

  1. Log on and open the relevant project. Your user permissions for the project must allow you to create new Work Items.

  2. In Navigation, select Work Items topic.

  3. On the toolbar of the Work Items page, click Create and choose Test Case on the menu. A new, empty Work Item form appears in the viewer/editor pane of the page.

    (You cannot create new Work Items in the Matrix and Time Sheet views of the Work Items topic.)

  4. Fill in the fields, supplying a value for all required fields. Optionally create links to other Work Items, specify hyperlinks to relevant resources, and add attachments.

  5. Click Create on the viewer/editor toolbar to create the new Test Case item

Tip:

Projects can be configured by an administrator to include a table of manual test steps in the Description field of Test Case items. When Test Steps support is enabled, the results of the individual test steps can be logged for manual tests. If there are multiple tables in the Description, the table of test steps must be the first table in the field. Rows can be added to the table using the Add Row button, which appears when the cursor is located inside the test steps table when the Description field is in Edit mode. For more information, see Execute a Test Run and Enable Manual Test Steps.