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They are provided to help you understand different aspects of designing better tests. Sample plans with models with small numbers of Parameters tend to be highly simplified instructional examples. Plans with Models with higher numbers of Parameters tend to involve more complex Systems Under Test.

Since the sample plans themselves models themselves are not editable, you can make a copy of the plan model to explore and edit. Experimenting by making changes to the plans is models is a good way to learn.


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Sample Models are “view only” by default but copying a Sample Model will allow you to edit and interact with the planmodel. You’ll learn more, and faster, that way.

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Clicking around a bit and making changes to a few sample plans is model is a great way to quickly learn about how Xray Test Case Designer works!

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Pay attention to what makes sets of Xray Test Case Designer tests different

Xray Test Case Designer will not only help you create tests much faster, but it will also help you create much better tests than test scenarios you would be able to select by hand. They will be more varied, less repetitive, and leave significantly fewer gaps in coverage.

Xray Test Case Designer Difference #1: Generating optimized test sets with Xray Test Case Designer takes only seconds

When you click "Scenarios," count how many seconds it takes to generate a new set of tests once you have identified an appropriate set of model elements. Faster test scenario selection is the most obvious benefit that Xray Test Case Designer delivers to testers.

Having said that, most experienced users value other benefits more. For example, the benefit of much more thorough testing coverage comes from optimized test sets.

Xray Test Case Designer Difference # 2: Xray Test Case Designer tests always automatically minimize wasteful repetition; Xray Test Case Designer tests are as varied as possible

For example, the 10 test scenarios from the "A) Airplane Ticket Reservation" sample plan model are very different from most manual test scenarios. Typically, manual selection would either have far more scenarios that test similar paths through the system (e.g., Coach Class with 1 Adult flying from the United States multiple times) or contain far more unspecified values (often due to testers selecting the same value in test after test).


Xray Test Case Designer Difference #3: Manually selected test sets tend to leave many accidental gaps in coverage; Xray Test Case Designer tests do not leave any

You can easily examine testing coverage achieved by your Xray Test Case Designer generated tests in your plansmodels. Simply  Simply go to the “Analysis” screen and click on the “Coverage Matrix” option to see the coverage achieved by your optimized tests. Unlike manually selected sets of test scenarios, Xray Test Case Designer generated tests will not accidentally leave gaps in coverage.


Read the notes included in the Sample Plans Models to gain additional insights.

Finally, check the “Notes” for useful comments and links about the Sample PlansModels. This icon is present next to the Plan Model Name at the top.