Manage Test Types

As an Xray administrator, you can create and manage globally available Test Types.

A Test Type characterizes the Test in terms of its nature, so it can be clearly distinguished from other Tests.

An Xray Test Type can be one of three kinds:

• Steps: structured; composed of multiple steps
• Unstructured: it has only one Definition field that can be used to define the Test case
• Gherkin: a test composed of Gherkin statements.

By default, upon installation, Xray will create the following Test Types:

You can configure options for the Test Type and Pre-Condition Type custom fields on this page. You can also configure contexts that will be associated with different projects. A project-level context will override the global context.
In addition to Jira's custom field configuration capabilities, you can choose the kind for each Test Type (Steps, Gherkin, and Unstructured) and keep issues updated when there are changes to Test Types.

Configure Test Type affects Jira's Configuration contexts for Test Type and Pre-condition Type

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Creating a new Tests or Pre-conditions Type Context

You can create a new context by associating it with any project.

Configuring the Tests or Pre-conditions Types for a Context

You can add new test types or copy from other contexts.

Create a New Type

• Click on New Test Type
  
• Choose a name and map it to a kind (Steps; Gherkin; Unstructured)
  

Copy Types from another Context

Inline actions

Set as default

This will set the test type as the default option for this context

Disable

The users won't be able to choose this option when creating new Issues. This action will not affect existing issues (Tests or Pre-conditions) using the disabled option.

Delete

The option will be deleted from the Options available. This action will affect existing issues using the disabled option. When deleting an option being used, you will be prompted to choose a new type for the affected issues (Tests or Pre-conditions).