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As of Xray v3.3, the importer only performs inline migration of data (i.e. Zephyr's Test issues are "moved" to Xray's Test issues).

Before using the

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Zephyr Import tool

Before using the tool, please check the necessary requirements and also the existing features and its limitations.

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  • Zephyr >= 4.0.0
  • Zephyr and Xray should be both installed
  • project Project where migration is being done must have Xray issue types (at least the Tests, Test Executions and Test Plans)
    • you You may use the "Add Xray Issue Types" action shortcut available in the project settings page
  • requirement Requirement issue types used in Zephyr must be configured in Xray
  • defect issue Defect issue types used in Zephyr must be configured in Xray
  • create Create similar Test Statuses and Test Step Statuses in Xray; this is not mandatory but may ease the process, which will always ask you to make the mapping between Zephyr statuses and Xray counterparts
  • make Make sure Zephyr is using different issue links between Test<=>Defect and Test<=>Requirement, by going into Zephyr's configuration settings
  • Do not change, create or delete any issue in the Project while the importation is running
  • The only mandatory field in Xray's Test, Test Execution and Test Plan should be the issue Summary and issue Reporter
  • Make sure that the Jira workflow states, that are being used by "Zephyr Test" issue type, are editable. Click here for the official Jira documentation on this subject.
  • We strongly recommend you to make a backup of your Jira instance before doing the importation.


Info
titlePlease note

The current process performs an inline migration, i.e. Tests and data is migrated to Xray and the original entities are "lost".

Thus, we recommend to backup your Jira instance before performing the migration.

Also, as the amount of data to migrate may be considerable large, we advise you to perform this on non-working hours. Please also make sure that users are not changing data on the project while the migration is being done.

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Supported FeaturesUnsupported

Inline migration (not cloning) of:

  • Test and Test steps
  • Test and Test step attachments
  • Links between Tests and Defects/Requirements
  • Cycle
    • including Cycle folders*
  • Executions
    • defects (global and step level)
    • attachments (global and step level)
    • result (global and step level)
    • comments (global and step level)
    • assignee
  • All Zephyr executions from the Ad-hoc cycle; only the last Execution is migrated
  • Custom fields in Test steps and on the Execution
  • Activity information
  • Test Statuses and Test Step Statuses configurations
  • Cycle folders as such*
(*) Cycle folders will be migrated to Test Executions, since the semantics on Xray are a bit different in terms of entities/organization.

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Zephyr entityXray entityNotes

Test

  • steps
  • attachments

Test

  • steps
  • attachments
  • if empty, the "Step" column will be filled with "<undefined>"
Cycle

Test Plan (optional)

  • Summary: <version> - <cycle's name>
  • fixVersion: version assigned to Cycle

Test Execution, linked to the previous Test Plan

  • Summary: <version> - <cycle's name> Execution
  • fixVersion: version assigned to Cycle

The Test Execution created here will contain the Executions assigned directly to the Cycle, since in Zephyr you can have Executions at that level besides on each folder.

Please note that...

  • if the Cycle contains multiple Executions for the same Test, only the last Execution will be migrated
Cycle's folder

Test Execution, linked to the Test Plan created earlier from the Cycle

  • Summary: <version> - <cycle's name> - <folder> <folder name> Execution
  • fixVersion: version assigned to Cycle

Ad-hoc Cycle

Test Plan (optional)

  • Summary: <version> - <cycle's name> Ah Hoc
  • fixVersion: version assigned to Cycle

Test Execution, linked to the previous Test Plan

  • Summary: <version> - <cycle's name>Ad Hoc Execution
  • fixVersion: version assigned to Cycle

Execution

  • global comment
  • global defects
  • global status
  • step results
  • step comments
  • step defects
  • step status

Test Run

  • global comment
  • global defects
  • global status
  • step results
  • step comments
  • step defects
  • step status

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titlePlease note

All issues will be created in the project where the migration is being performed.

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Then, you need to choose the project where to perform the migration; this will be same where the Xray entities will be created in. 

You may choose to p

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Upon successful connection, you can optionally define a label to assign to the Test issues that will be created. This may be quite useful if you need a quick way to identify the newly created issues. The label syntax is restricted in the same way as the label fields in Jira. We recommend using a unique label with numbers.

fine-tune the process by (un)checking some flags:

  • Links between requirements and tests to respective Xray Issue Link Type used for requirement coverage: creates the link Xray uses for tracking coverage between Tests and requirements; by default Xray used the "tests" issue link type
  • Zephyr Cycles to Xray Test Plans: creates Test Plans based on Zephyr Cycles
  • Zephyr Ad Hoc Cycles to Xray Test Plans: creates Test Plans based on Zephyr Ad Hoc Cycles


If Zephyr Cycles to Xray Test Plans and Zephyr Ad Hoc Cycles to Xray Test Plans are unchecked then no Test Plans will be created; nevertheless, Test Executions will always be created if Zephyr Executions exist. 


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You need to map Zephyr's Test Statuses to Xray counterparts.


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Likewise, you also need to map Zephyr's Test Step Statuses.


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A final confirmation dialog presents information about the total number of Tests Xray entities that will be importedcreated.


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At the end, a brief summary is shown mentioning the total number of Test Xray issues created and any warnings that occurred during the process.From this screen, you can also see the list of created issues based on the label you provided. You can also consult the detailed logs about the


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Please have a look at the following section for some additional steps before concluding the migration process.

After doing the migration

After migrating data from Zephyr to Xray you will need to perform some additional operations :to recalculate the status of Tests and the coverage of the related requirements.

  1. reset the "TestRunStatus" custom field of the migrated Tests
    1. you can use the link provided in the final screen mentioned earlier for quickly obtaining the created Tests; you will be redirected to the Issues search page 
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    2. save this search as a filter (you will need it afterwards)
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    3. do a bulk change operation on the Test issues
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    4. reset the TestRunStatus custom field
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  2. reset the "Requirement Status" custom field of the requirements linked to the migrated Tests

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        1. use the testRequirements JQL function using use the name of the previously saved filter as argument
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        2. do a bulk change operation on the requirement issues
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        3. reset the Requirement Status custom field
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