Test Repository

Xray v3.0 introduces the Test Repository concept which enables the hierarchical organization of Tests at the project level by alowing users to organize Tests in folders.

This is a different approach from the traditional way of organizing Tests in flat lists by using Test Sets, which was the only available method before Xray v3.0.

Users coming from legacy Test Management tools may find this approach more natural and intuitive. Other organizations may prefer to not enable this feature at all and choose the Test Set approach instead. There are more some pros and cons on using this kind of organization but both concepts can live together.

A new custom field "Test Repository Path" for Test issues can be included in the respective screens, to see the Test Repository folder where the Test is included in.

Learn more about the Test Repository here.

While the Test Repository concern is related with the organization of Tests in the scope of a given project during the specification phase, the Test Plan Board concern is on organization at planning level (and as consequence, at execution).

The Test Plan Board gives you the possibility to organize the Tests that are part of your Test Plan in multiple folders and sub-folders. Implicitly, you can also define the order of the Tests and the relevance of those grouped Tests (i.e. folders) by ranking them within the tree presented within the Board.

By providing you the ability to define groups and sub-groups (i.e. folders and sub-folders) for the Test Plan's Tests, you're able to track them independently and see right way their current status, even if the scope of the Test Plan is broader. You can also more easily do operations for those subset of Tests, such as creating Test Executions .

Learn more here.

A long awaited feature was the ability to rank Tests within the Test Plan, so it could be used to define some sort of priority for the Tests being tracked within the planned.

This ranking can then be taken into account for the Test Executions created from within the Test Plan.

Ranking of Tests in the Test Plan can in fact be done in two ways: directly in the Test Plan issue screen or in the Test Plan Board, in the case hierarchical test organization is disabled or enabled respectively. This gives users the possibility to do ranking of Tests, independently on the decision of using hierachical test organization.

CHANGE SCREENSHOT

The new Tests Evolution gadget enables you to see, at a glance, the evolution/trend of the status of a group of Tests, taking into account the results of those Tests in certain Test Executions.

The calculated status (e.g. TODO, PASS, FAIL, etc) of the Tests per day is shown.

Possible usage scenarios:

• see the progress of the calculated status of certain Tests for a specific version
• see the progress of the calculated status of certain Tests for a specific version on a specific Test Environment
• see the progress of the calculated status of Tests in a given Test Plan, taking into account the Test Executions associated with the Test Plan.

Learn more here.

Xray v3.0 provides a basic built-in tests importer for HP ALM/QC v12.5x.

This importer is able to import test cases from HP ALM's "Test Plan" (not in any way related with Xray's Test Plan issue) by using HP ALM's REST API.

The current implementation is essentialy limited to import manual test specifications, their steps and their attachments.

Learn more here.

The documentation was completely reviewed, in terms of English spelling and also on the content being provided to you.

Some new pages worth giving a look include the whole User's Guide, How to implement QA in your projects, Advanced usage, Tips for planning tests, Using custom fields, Test Versioning, Time Tracking, Importing Manual Tests using Test Case Importer, just to name a few. Besides this, specific documentation is provided for the new features, including: Overview of the Test Repository, Test Repository, Overview of the Test Plan Board, Test Plan Board, Importing tests from HP ALM/QC.

We invite you to explore Xray's complete documentation starting with the Xray 3.0 Documentation Home page.