This tool is deprecated and is going to be removed on future versions. From Xray 2.1 onwards, the preferred way of importing Manual Tests is by using Xray's Test Case Importer, as detailed in Importing Manual Tests using Test Case Importer. |
For some users, it is easier to create Manual Test definitions in a spreadsheet and then import them to Xray using the import procedure described in Importing Tests with (CSV). Xray provides a xray-converter tool to make it straightforward.
It converts a CSV, that basically contains the steps definitions, into the generic Jira CSV-compatible import format, which requires all rows to be filled.
Your spreadsheet must strictly follow this format (example file):
TCID | Project | Region | Issue_Type | Environment | Summary | Component | Description | Reporter | Priority | Labels | Test_Type | Step | Data | Expected_Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | QA Test Repository | AMER | Test | Test | Test Case 1 | App1 | Test Description 1 | Ivaan, Iftekhar: IT (NYK) | Trivial | Java,Test | Manual | Browse to url | www.bn.com | BN home page shows |
1 | Click login | |||||||||||||
1 | Enter Userid | iivaan | ||||||||||||
1 | Enter Password | xyz123 | OK button enable | |||||||||||
1 | Click OK | Welcome Msg shows | ||||||||||||
2 | QA Test Repository | AMER | Test | Test | Test Case 2 | App1 | Test Description 2 | Ivaan, Iftekhar: IT (NYK) | Trivial | Java,Test | Manual | Browse to url | www.bn.com | BN home page shows |
2 | Click OK | Welcome Msg shows | ||||||||||||
3 | QA Test Repository | AMER | Test | Test | Test Case 3 | App1,App2 | Test Description 3 | Ivaan, Iftekhar: IT (NYK) | Trivial | Java,Test | Manual | Browse to url | www.bn.com | BN home page shows |
The TCID must be the first column of your spreadsheet and the Step, Data and Expected_Result the last three columns. These columns are mandatory; otherwise, the conversion won't work properly. It is also recommended that you always have the Issue_Type and the Test_Type columns in order to force Jira to create your tests with the correct Issue Type and Test Type. |
Export your "steps spreadsheet" to CSV and set your separator type as ;. You'll now have a file similar to the following output (example file).
TCID;Project;Region;Issue_Type;Environment;Summary;Component;Description;Reporter;Priority;Labels;Test_Type;Step;Data;Expected_Result 1;QA Test Repository;AMER;Test;Test;Test Case 1;App1;Test Description 1;Ivaan, Iftekhar: IT (NYK);Trivial;Java,Test;Manual;Browse to url;www.bn.com;BN home page shows 1;;;;;;;;;;;;Clicl login;; 1;;;;;;;;;;;;Enter Userid;iivaan; 1;;;;;;;;;;;;Enter Password;xyz123;OK button enable 1;;;;;;;;;;;;Click OK;;Welcome Msg shows 2;QA Test Repository;AMER;Test;Test;Test Case 2;App1;Test Description 2;Ivaan, Iftekhar: IT (NYK);Trivial;Java,Test;Manual;Browse to url;www.bn.com;BN home page shows 2;;;;;;;;;;;;Click OK;;Welcome Msg shows 3;QA Test Repository;AMER;Test;Test;Test Case 3;App1,App2;Test Description 3;Ivaan, Iftekhar: IT (NYK);Trivial;Java,Test;Manual;Browse to url;www.bn.com;BN home page shows |
Make sure you have Java environment installed on your machine and set JAVA_HOME. Detailed instructions are in https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CROWD/Setting+JAVA_HOME |
Copy the CSV with the steps to the data/ subdirectory within the xray-converter folder.
In Unix based systems or OS X, you must use the xray-convert.sh executable; in Windows, you should use the xray-converter.bat batch file. |
Argument | Description | Example (based on spreadsheet example) |
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-path | The path to the file to convert | -path ./data/SampleTestCase.csv |
-data | The test step's Data column name | -data Data |
-result | The test step's Expected Result column name | -result Expected_Result |
-step | The test step's Step column name | -step Step |
-attrDelimiter | The delimiter used in the file to separate the different attributes | -attrDelimiter ";" |
-testDelimiter | The delimiter used in the file to separate the different tests to import or please provide the column name. When this cell value changes, it means that the line represents a new Test. | -testDelimiter TCID |
./xray-converter.sh -path ./data/SampleTestCase1.csv -step Step -data Data -result Expected_Result -attrDelimiter ";" -testDelimiter TCID |
xray-converter.bat .\data\SampleTestCase.csv Step Data Expected_Result ";" TCID |
When executing the xray-converter.bat file, you do not specify the argument's names, but you must follow the order shown in the example. |
When exporting from XLS to CSV, choose the option: "CSV (comma separated)". |
The test steps in the XLS cannot contain the character " at the end of any line; otherwise, the exported document will be unformatted. |
If you get an error like 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, it's because Windows is not interpreting the JAVA path correctly. e.g., ECHO %JAVA_HOME% You can fix it by providing JAVA_HOME path with a "" e.g., "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_45" or more radically, copy this folder to C:\jdk1.8.0_45 and change JAVA_HOME to C:\jdk1.8.0_45 |
New version. Compatible with newlines inside cells ("\n", "\r"). |