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Execute Test Case Run from Test Cycle

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Yuri Matsumoto
Jan 20, 2022
2 min read

Once Testers have been assigned to a Test Case in a Test Cycle, the Tester can bring the Test Cycle to the test execution phase. The user will follow Test Case steps to execute testing and update the test result.

Steps to execute Test Case Run

synapseRT provides two options for updating a test result:

Test Case Run Result

The user can update the result from the Test Cycle page or the Test Case Run details page.

Note that if a test result is updated at the Run level it will not reflect on all its step results, whereas updating of test results at each step will reflect on the test result at the Run level. 

The advantage of providing the option to update the test result at the Run level is that the testing team may only be concerned with if Test Case Run is passed or not, instead of with each specific test step. It can save time when compared with updating the result step-by-step.

Test Step Result

Because Test Case Run is executed step-by-step, if the testing team wants to know the test result of each step they can open the Test Case Run details page to update the result step-by-step.

The advantage of Test Step Result is that it makes it easy to track any issue from a particular step; making it more specific than the result from the Test Case Run level.

Note: Test Case Run result will be updated along with the step result following the criteria below:

  • If any of the step results is marked as "Failed," Test Case Run Result will be updated to "Failed" automatically
  • If there are no "Failed" steps, any "Blocked" step will update Test Case Run Result to "Blocked" automatically
  • If there are no "Failed" or "Blocked" steps, any "Not Tested" step will update Test Case Run Result to "Not Tested" automatically
  • If all step results are marked as "Passed," Test Case Run Result will be updated to "Passed" automatically
  • If there are only "Passed" and "NA" steps, Test Case Run Result will be updated to "Passed" automatically
  • If all steps are marked as "NA," Test Case Run Result will be updated to "NA" automatically

Flat View and Test Suite View

You can ether switch to 'Flat View' or 'Test Suite View' to view your tests in the Test Cycle and execute them.

  • Flat View: It will list all your Test Runs in a flat list, no Test Case structure (hierarchy) in this view mode.
  • Test Suite View: It will list all your Test Runs in a tree structure, Test Case structure (hierarchy) is visible in this view mode. 
    Please note that the Root Test Suite which holds the most Test Cases will be listed at the top.