When you purchase or try Xray for JIRA, often you already have one or more projects you're working on and you want to test. This guide provides you a step-by-step explanation specifying what actions following guides you through the steps that must be done in order to configure an existing project, whether you have a vanilla Project or a highly customised customized one.

When you create a project in JIRA Jira, this is most likely the screen you see in the Project Administration page. In order to enable the Xray components, you must configure the correct project schemes and this can be done from this project administration using this page.

You have two options to configure an existing project for Testing with Xray:

1. Adding Default Xray Schemes to the Project

2. Modify Modifying your Current Project Schemes

Adding Default Xray Schemes to the Project

Xray provides default configuration schemes that you can simply directly associate with your project directly. You can customise customize these default Xray schemes but keep in mind that all changes any change will affect all projects that are using these schemes. This is one of the advantages of One advantage of creating a new Test Project using the Xray project template .It is that it will create dedicated schemes for the project being created.

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One way to set Xray as part of your project is to simply to replace the Project Specific Issue Type Scheme by with Default Issue Type Scheme, where all Xray issue type have been added at installation time. To do this, perform this actions: 

• Click on the Issue Type Scheme link you see that is on top of the page and you'll see the . The page below will appear.
• Click on Actions -> Use a different scheme and choose Default Issue Type Scheme.
  
  

Issue Type Screen Scheme

Now that Once the Issue Type Scheme is configured, you have to configure the Issue Type Screen Scheme.  To do this, perform this actions: 

• Click on the project's Issue Type Screen Scheme link you see below the screen section
• Click on Actions -> Edit Screens
• Associate an Issue Type with a Screen Scheme
• Choose Test for Issue type and Default Xray Test Screen Scheme

• Repeat this action for Pre-Condition with Default Xray Pre-Condition Screen Scheme, Test Plan with Default Xray Test Plan Screen Scheme, Test Execution with Default Xray Test Execution Screen Scheme, and Test Set with Default Xray Test Set Screen Scheme

  
  

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Modify your Current Project Schemes

It may be the In case that you have highly customised customized schemes for your projects and you do not want to use the Default default schemes provided by Xray. In this particular case , you must perform some customisations to have Xray available in you custom projectcustomizations.

Edit Issue Type Scheme and add Xray Issue Types

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Edit Issue Type Screen Scheme

Now that Once the Issue Type Scheme is configured, you have to configure the Issue Type Screen Scheme.  To do this, perform this actions: 

• Click on the project's Issue Type Screen Scheme link you see below the screen section
• Click on Actions -> Edit Screens
• Associate an Issue Type with a Screen Scheme
• Choose Test for Issue type and Default Xray Test Screen Scheme

• Repeat this action for Pre-Condition with Default Xray Pre-Condition Screen Scheme, Test Plan with Default Xray Test Plan Screen Scheme, Test Execution with Default Xray Test Execution Screen Scheme, and Test Set with Default Xray Test Set Screen Scheme

  
  

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Troubleshooting

"I see Xray issue types, but I don't get screens with specific issue type information."

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