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15 January 2019

The Xray team is proud to announce the release of Xray 3.6.0.

The main goal for this version is to improve the Requirement issue web panel by providing a full data table with pagination, search and sort capabilities.

Also, there is now a dedicated "Actual Results" field on manual Test Step results. The actual results field also supports embedding images.

Another useful feature can be found on the Test Plan issue. Users can now use the new filter component with the ability to use any Jira field for filtering and also JQL.

As part of our continuous improvement, more performance enhancements have also been included in this version.

Discover the key features below. (smile)

Upgrading Xray to 3.6.x


If you are upgrading from a version lower than 3.2, this implies that an upgrade task will run to pre-calculate historical data. This action is a one time action and it will run in the background so that Xray is still available during the upgrade. A  re-index  operation of your Jira instance is required so that the internal data becomes searchable and usable by Xray.

Please be aware that this upgrade task will run immediately after updating Xray. As this operation can take some time and use a considerable amount of server resources, we suggest scheduling the upgrade of Xray outside of business hours. It is always possible to cancel the recalculation operation in the Xray configuration section → Custom Fields → Maintenance.

If you are upgrading from v3.2.x or v3.3.x to v3.5, you must recalculate data in the Xray configuration section → Custom Fields. This recalculation is necessary because of the huge improvement in the amount of data that Xray needs to add to the table and to the Lucene indexes.

As this operation can take some time and use a considerable amount of server resources, we suggest scheduling the upgrade of Xray and the recalculation of the custom fields, outside of business hours.

Downgrading from Xray 3.6.x


Downgrading from Xray 3.5.x to a version less than 3.2.0 implies that you must perform a re-index afterwards. This is because from Xray 3.2.0 onwards, the content and format of what Xray indexes, has changed.

Historical Coverage Gadget

Some configuration parameters for this gadget were modified as a result of supporting multiple projects whenever using a saved filter as a source. It is possible that some users will get errors on the gadget after downgrading from 3.5.x. If this happens, please edit the configuration to ensure the gadget is configured properly. 


Release highlights 

Requirement Test Coverage Data Table

You can now use a data table on the Test Coverage web panel within a Requirement issue. This data table features:

  • pagination

  • filtering

  • sorting

Other useful features have also been added:

  • Delete Test links direclty from the data table

  • Create Test/Test Set links using the Xray issue picker dialog

  • See latest Test Runs affecting the status for each Test


Learn more about importing execution results here.



"Actual Results" Field on Test Step Results


A dedicate "Actual Results" field is now available on Test Step Results. This field supports the Jira wiki markup notation. You can also reference attachments/images from the evidence available on the Test Run.

Learn more about this feature here.

Filter including additional fields and JQL


Filtering within a Test Plan issue has just been made easier. It is now possible to include any issue field (native or custom fields) to filter Tests within a Test Plan issue. JQL searches are also possible as of now.

Of course, the filter values are also saved in user preferences so that users do not lose context when navigating between issues and reports. 

Learn more about this feature here.

Performance improvements


As part of our continuous performance improvements, we have enhanced the loading times of the Requirement issue's Test Coverage web panel. We have also improved the Test Repository folder load times.

Improving performance is an ongoing effort, so expect additional enhancements to come ahead.

Please take a look at Usage tips to improve performance, containing setup and usage best practices.


New Features and Bug Fixes in this release

 

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