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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 Run
TestRay provides two options for updating a test result from test run:
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Overall Result: an overall result indicates the final pass/fail status of the entire test run after all steps finish.
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Step Result: a step result records the pass/fail status of a single action within a test case.
Note that overall result update will not reflect on all its step results, whereas updating of step result will reflect on the overall result.
The advantage of providing the option to update the test result (overall result) at test 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.
In TestRay, the link between each step result and the overall result follows a strict hierarchical weight (or influence) rule. TestRay evaluates every step result in a test run and maps the "worst step result" (the highest weight) to the overall result.
Regarding how to set weight for result, please refer to: Test Run Status
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.
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Flat View: It will list all your Test Runs in a flat list, no Test Case structure (hierarchy) in this view mode.
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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.