Xray provides powerful capabilities for analysis of test results and coverage on a per environment basis, allowing users to easily understand how tests and requirements are on specific target environments.
However, Xray is somehow limited on the management capabilites of Test Environments; they are created similar to labels and they're available to all your Jira projects. You may require more advanced management capabilities for your Test Environments, such as the ability of defining and manage them on a per-project basis. Fortunately, there is Apwide Test Environment Manager which complements Xray built-in features, allowing you to fully manage Test Environments, their availability amongst other.
The current integration allows you to:
As limitations, please consider that:
In order to use the new extenders that Xray provides, you need to:
The configuration is managed in Apwide Xray-Integration settings.
Whenever creating a Test Execution, or whenever editing an existing one, you can specify a Test Environment being managed by Apwide Test Environment Manager.
Depending on the Apwide Xray-Integration configuration, you may be limited or not to use just Test Environments from Apwide.
It's possible to assess in loco, current/actual information about a given Test Environment.
1. In Test Execution issue screen
2. In the Test Runs section, in the Test issue screen
3. In the reports
Test Executions can be planned right in the Timeline view provided by Apwide Test Environment Manager.
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