Inflectra Customer Forums: SpiraTest Issues & Questions

Unable to integrate SpiraTest with Jira instance v5.2.6

System Administrator (webmaster@inflectra.com) — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:34:29 -0400

Hello! Unfortunately I was unable to integrate SpiraTest with our Jira instance. Please take a look at the attached screenshot. Seems Spiratest cannot establish connection with our Jira Instance. Tell me please where is the problem, what correct value for Connection Info field should be?

Incident custom properties disabled

Karen Purvis (Karen763Purvis@e-zpassct.com) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:07:19 -0500

How come when I create a new custom property in the incidents section, they are disabled when I try entering a new incident? They work fine in the other parts of the system (requirements, test cases, etc.)

Restoring Deleted Test Cases

Jennifer Lalor (jennifer.lalor@baesystemsdetica.com) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:08:57 -0500

In the last week, we have done some rather major reconfiguring of data in projects in test sets and test case moves. At some point, we lost a major set of test sets GÇô an entire suite. So, is there a way to restore that test set suite? I have backup of data from before the reconfigurations. I would do a simple restore, however the other work done since the data loss cannot be lost.

How do I get a copy of the Server Event Log?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:02:14 -0400

If you receive an error when using SpiraTest, our support team may ask you for a copy of your server's Event Log. The way to obtain the file is different depending on which Operating System you are running SpiraTest on.

How do I get the installer event log?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:12:37 -0400

During an installation of SpiraTest I get an error message. Is there a trace log I can find to send to Inflectra Support?

How to delete comments from a test case?

Jennifer Lalor (jennifer.lalor@baesystemsdetica.com) — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:08:28 -0500

Is it possible to delete comments from different enteties such as test cases? How to do it?

What does blocked test cases actually mean?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:42:27 -0400

Hi, I've just upgraded SpiraTest to the latest version, and I noticed that under the edit button on test cases screen, theres an option to block test cases. What does this status actually mean throughout the application? Thanks in advance, Michael

error "in sysdatabases no entry was found for database SpiraTeam" during installation

Steve M (mike.morrey+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:45:02 -0400

we would like to reinstall Spira V3.0 on a PC having SQL Server 2005 Express preinstalled. During the installation "in sysdatabases no entry was found for database SpiraTeam" occurs, the installation is then stopped. The error appeared also after a complete reinstallation of SQLServer. Any idea ?

Security leck in export to project

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:15:18 -0400

a user is able to export RQs to a project although if we has no create RQ right in the target project, this should be prevented ?

Is it possible to use the old Excel importer template with SpiraTest 3.0?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:53:51 -0500

Is it possible to use the old Excel importer template 2.3.0.0 (XLS-file which contains the importing code in the XLS-file, not in the add-in) with SpiraTest 3.0? I would like import test run results only for the test cases level, not for each test step, which seems impossible to do with the new addin based template. When trying to load projects from the old template, I get run-time error 438 "object does not support this method or property" at line Set xmlDataSetNodeList = wsImport.RetrieveIncidentTypes() I have Excel 2007 in Windows 7 Enterprise. The old template worked fine with previous 2.3.x SpiraTest version.

Database concurrency condition detected

Elena Solís (msolis@interax.com.mx) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:52:16 -0400

I'm trying to update existing test cases edited in the Excel Add-In but when I try to export the test cases from Excel to Spira, all test cases are marked with error "Database concurrency condition detected". I'm using SpiraTest v 3.0 (012).

Change individual status of a Test Step

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:45:34 -0400

Consider the following simple scenario: I have a Test Case with 4 Test Steps. I want to run this Test Case so I select the Test Case and then press 'Execute'. The 'Test Execution Wizard' is displayed, and I select the appropriate Release and then select 'Next'. I then execute my Test Steps in turn, with the following results Pass, Fail, Pass, Pass. The Failure has now been fixed, and so I want to run just this Test Step. So once again I select the Test Case, press 'Execute', select the appropriate Release and then press 'Next'. As I only want to run Step 2 I select this with the mouse [it is now bold] and then press 'Pass', followed by the 'Back To Tests' link. However, this change of status (for the Test Step) has NOT been reflected when I next go back into the Test Case. It seems the only way to change this is to run thru the WHOLE Test Case; but this process doesn't actually reflect the fact we want to run just the individual Test Step. Is this not possible with SpiraTest?

bulk change of owner

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:28:01 -0400

Hi, Is there a way to bulk change the owner of several test cases in a go (not having to select and edit 100's of test cases)?

V2.3.1) Web Service documentation...

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:28:17 -0400

I can't find any documentation on how to use the Web Services installed with Spira 2.3.1. I use TestExecute.asmx every day, but just barely. I'm looking for some formal explanations or samples of using TestExecute.asmx and Import.asmx.

bulk change of 'Execution Status'

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:40:29 -0400

I have a suite of 5,000 test cases for an upcoming product (that is currently in pre-Alpha development). Some of the test cases are ready to be run... because the functionality is "in". But a good number of the test cases cannot be run at this time. For reasons that I won't get into here, our team has agreed that we would like to include all 5,000 test cases in a test run... and simply mark them as Pass, Fail or Blocked (Blocked for the features that have yet to be implemented). I would expect that about 3,500 of the test cases will be marked as 'Blocked' initially. I would like to be able to multi-select the test cases and then mark them all as 'Blocked' in one operation. But I can't seem to figure out how to due a bulk change of the 'Execution Status' field. It is easy to bulk change things like 'Owner' and 'Active'... but is it possible to bulk execute tests?

Reports - Owners and Projects

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:34:00 -0400

Is there a way to run a report on all the projects a particular owner might have/had in SpiraTest? Also, once a report is marked "Inactive", are those projects still going to be displayed in the reporting feature? We normally mark projects inactive once the project has been completed. If there is a best practice for marking a project completed in SpiraTest, please let me know. Thank you.

Can I change the default display length for Test Cases and Incidents?

Tommy Daniels (tommy@ultrabling.com) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:48:23 -0400

The default display seems to crop the length of Incident names and Test Cases. Is there any way I can increase this default?

Emailing Incident Attachments

Steve M (mike.morrey+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:53:42 -0400

Is there anyway I can include attachments when emailing out incidents?

Emailing Test Steps?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:56:39 -0400

Is there any way to include the test steps in an automated email? I can only see the option to include Description.

Incident Summary Report

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:03:24 -0500

Is there any way of excluding certain fields from the Incident Summary Report?

Sending an email when an incident changes status

David Brizell (davidbr@bemac.com) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:20:28 -0500

How can I set up an email notification to be sent when an incident changes status?

Text execution when test step fails

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 13 May 2011 05:23:59 -0400

Hello, I have a question regarding the execution of test cases. If I mark a test step as "Pass" the test continues with the next step. If I mark a test step as "Fail" the test does not continue. The step still stays active and the execution does not continue with the next step. Is there any reason for this behavior? Thanks, Stefan

How can i add "Automation " tab to execute the TestCopmplete Scripts?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:24:27 -0400

Hi, How can i execute TestComplete automation scripts from the SpiraTest.I tried bewlo ways: Login with Admin user and go to Administarion page and tried to find the "Integation " link .But its not present . How can i execute these scripts and how can i add Automation tab in the spiratest in the new testcase creation. Regards

Rolling up sprint results into release

Sriman Chavakula (chavakula.sriman@gmail.com) — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:17:57 -0400

My company uses SCRUM agile approach with 2 week sprints. We have 10 sprints tracking various test cases. How can I roll up all these results into the release?

Execute test case without test step

Adam Geras (ageras@telus.net) — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:15:26 -0400

can a test case be executed without a test step? if not, how to automatically set a dummy test step for each test case while exporting test cases into spira

SpiraTest to JIRA only syncing in one direction

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:32:43 -0400

I have a SpiraTest 3.0 installation and a currently a couple projects configured to sync with JIRA. I've gone through the setup documentation several times now and still can't get incidents originated in SpiraTest to appear in the JIRA database. Bugs, Issues, etc. created in JIRA are replicated in SpiraTest as expected. I was guessing it was due to user restrictions, but I'm only using two users and I've granted them all rights in all projects in both systems now and still nothing. Are there other settings somewhere else I need to check? Nelson

Incident Type re-classification

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:00:04 -0400

Am I right to assume that an incident can be 're-classified' from one Type to another (eg "Defect" to "Issue") at any time using workflows? Where the incident reaches a status that permits the current owner to re-classify (eg the Lead Architect reviews a Defect and decides it's actually a Change Request), are we supposed to simply terminate the workflow for the old Type (Defect) and begin a fresh workflow for the new Type (Change Request)? Or else does there need to be a 'transition action' to handle the re-classification? Thanks.

Re-ordering of Column preferences

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:02:59 -0400

We would like to re-arrange the order of the columns in each view (eg Incidents, Tasks, Test Cases etc etc), so that the ID comes before the Name - which would seem pretty obvious - and also, for convenience only, the other shown properties are arranged in order of importance to our way of working. Currently, whenever we re-arrange them and then leave or refresh the page, the view switches back to a default order. It would be good if this re-arrangement persisted, or else if we could configure the preferred order somehow. Can you advise?

Password Recovery

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:00:34 -0400

Hello, Immediately after the installation of SpiraTestPlanTeam-v3.1.0.0 we were successfully able to login with user "Administrator" and password "PleaseChange". Three days later we are no longer able to access the system with the same user / password. How can we log in to the system now? Thanks

List sorting is not supported and it is too difficult to manage test case/set

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:27:03 -0400

I have about 250 test cases for a project and it is continuously increasing. I am new to SpriaTest and just trying some funtions of it now. By the way after I created a test set and added test cases into the set I was really surprised with the inside look of the set. The test cases added in the set is listed unsorted and it looks really messy and confusing. Now I have to remove some of test cases from the set but I am afraid to look up all test case list. I guess it might take more time than executing tests for a large sized project. I would like to hear the specific fix schedule from inflectra and to get at least a workaround for now.

Plz make some changes in Test Case Execution UI

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:18:21 -0400

hi, I have some issues that keep anoying me while executing test cases and want inflectra to resolve them soon. ISSUE 1. The right pane (test llist pane) in test execution page is a bit narrow and most of test names are truncated. ISSUE 2. The right pane doesn't have scroll bar and when we select a case near the bottom window step/expected results are not visible until scroll up to the top. I think the right pane must be RESIZABLE and SCROLLABLE so that we can see all test lists correctely and execute the tests efficiently. ISSUE 3. Step and Expected Result text boxes are a bit small and not arranged for user convenience. If step and expected result boxes are flexible to display all its contents without scroll testers might be able to see them all at once and execute the tests rapidly. Please refer to the screenshot attached.

Feature required to change multiple test run results at once

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:53:19 -0400

At test run page, only single test run or multiple test steps can be marked with their results. For regression test, usually all most same test sets are executed over and over and we don't even take a look into the detiails of tests step. We just run the tests without details and change the status of tests with their results. In this case, changing status of test individualy takes long for large sized run and we would recommend inflectra to provide the feature that can process the status of multple test run results at once.

Shift+click multiple selection function required

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:53:57 -0400

I have hundreds of test cases and sometimes need to select some relevant test cases to modify them. (e.g. add, delete..etc) However SpiraTeam doesn't support shift+click multiple selection and to select a hundred test case we have to click one hundred times. This is really a time consuming and inflectra will need to add the function shortly.

same test cases can be added into a testset multiple times

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:54:14 -0400

There is no need to execute the same test cases multiple times. However adding same test cases into a test set is allowed multiple times and this causes messy look of test set and extra cost becuase a tester can do the same test again.

Resuming a test set always begin at the very first test case.

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:54:28 -0400

Assuming that I have a hundred test cases #1 to 100 in a test set. I have completed by # 50 and moved out from the test run page. Now I want to resume the test run from where I stopped at (#51) but Spira always begin test run at the first case. Do I have to run the half of test cases that have been already completed again? or do i have to select 50 remaining test cases from the test set page by clicking 50 times? I have already reported several problems and it is like I am testing SpiraTest for inflectra. Please fix this issue ASAP!

Righit click context menu (delete) is not working if test set is not selected

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:54:43 -0400

I have several test buckets at the test set page of Spira. I have tried to delete one of sets by right click delete menu but whenever do that there is a pop-up says I have to select at least one item. When I right click an item and choose delete menu, the checkbox of the item is selected but once I click on 'Yes' of comfirm window the checkbox is cleared and asking me to choose at least one item. NOTE that even if i did not select the checkbox of an item other context menus like 'edit', 'open' are working great.

there are no Test Cases at Add Tests in Test Set

Denise Peterson (dpeterson@misoenergy.org) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:29:10 -0400

[Step] 1. Test Cases create 2. Testing>Test sets>New Test Set create 3. There is no Test Cases at Add Tests click clicking New Test Set. What is cause that there is no been Test Cases? Also, how can I solve this problem?

Need some help at creating report for test run detailed at the "TestRunDetails_MsWord2003.xslt"

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:22:17 -0400

Hi All, i need additional output in the test run detailed report. I need there the information about the requirements of the related test case. I added the following phrase into the "TestRunDetails_MsWord2003.xslt" file: ... ... ... : --> Description: --> Requirements: Req # Name RQ ... .. . When now creating the report there are only the column headline but no output. Mabe anyone of you has an idea ? Regards, Oliver

Enhancement Suggestions

L McMahon (leigh.mcmahon@deta.qld.gov.au) — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:51:27 -0400

Some minor UI suggestions. I've probably submitted these via support tickets before, but perhaps the forum could improve on them: . Sort name droplists in Surname, Firstname asc order for UI consistency with Outlook/Exchange. Not sure what you'd do with System Administrator, though. . Keypress cycling through droplists. I realise you can do that by moving the cursor to the field then key cycle though it, but this is un-intuitive compared to the control standard of dropping the list then keypress cycling through the values. I did say minor. . Include more projects in the View/Edit Projects administration page list. We have > 60 projects in our db. I tend to have Show 500 as the default in views that permit it. . Combine Project Membership admin page with the Project editing page. The Project Membership functions added to Edit User is huge.

How Configure user to see only his incidents?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:39:33 -0400

Hi there, i try to configure some users. i want that "issue users" can create incidents. that's no problem. but they see all the incidents of the given project then. when i set "create / edit" to a "issue user" so the "issue user" can not add an incident! (Cause the "Tracking" Tab is not clickable.) when i set "view / create" to a "issue user" so the "iusse user" can add an incident but see all the incidents of the project. i just want to configure some "issue users", they can create issues and only see them issues and not all issues of the project. can someone help me? regards

SpiraTest refresh functionality

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:58:02 -0400

Hi, We seem to have problems with SpiraTest refresh functionality. If folders are opened and closed in the 'Test Cases' area, the parent folders are shown twice or three times. This won't go away until F5 is presed and the page is refreshed. Any ideas? Thank you.

Test Case Export always fails on the second test case

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:32:05 -0400

I am trying to use the Excel import/export add-in, but every time I try to export new test cases to Spiratest it hits the second test case and fails with an error saying "SqlDateTime overflow. Must be between 1/1/1753 12:00:00 AM and 12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM.", even though there are no datetime fields in the export. All folders and test steps up to the second test case export correctly. Is this a known bug or am I missing something? I am using MS Excel 2010, and have downloaded and installed the latest add-ins and the latest excel spreadsheet.

Selenium Integration with SpiraTest

Sai Marcus (hellosai567@gmail.com) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:58:28 -0400

Hi Please do provide step by step guide to integrate Selenium with Spira Test?

How to set Type as Automated at test case level

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:12:40 -0400

Is it possible to set the Type as Automated at test case level? Currently i have a Test Set for which i have set the Type as "Automated". But when i try to Execute the test which belong to this Test Set from SpiraTeam ui, it basically consider the test as Manual test. In test case details for this test case, under "Automation" tab, i have set the Automation Engine as "Selenium RC 1.0" and Script Type is set to "Linked" with the path to test script in Filename field.

TestNG integration

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:20:16 -0400

What version of TestNG does SpiraTest v3.0 support? I am trying to integrate TestNG scripts with SpiraTest and running into issues. I followed the steps outlined in "Automated Unit Testing" guide. But when i run the automated test from my Eclipse, it fails to report the results in SpiraTeam. I get this in Eclipse Console: Starting test run... Test run finished with 0 Failures. 0 test results were successfully transmitted to SpiraTest (0 errors). I am using TestNG 5.14.1. Is there a step by step guide which explains how to setup the testcase in SpiraTeam UI so that its execution status will get updated when the corresponding testng script is run from an IDE like Eclipse? Thanks!

Associating requirements from different projects

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:27:26 -0400

Hi, I would like to know if the following functionality is available or planned for Spira: For requirements one can define "Associations". Unfortunately, the "Add new Association" dialog only allows to choose from requirements in the current project. For our development setup it would make sense to have the respective requirements in separate projects and allow to link between those requirements. (Example: A national standard provides a lengthy list of requirements that some - not all - projects needs to fulfill. Since I don't want to copy all requirements from this national standard into each project it would make sense to define them once in a separate project and only link to the individual project requirements.) Thanks for your response! Christoph

Reporting Test Set Status

Matt Voytilla (mvoytilla@cayenta.com) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:00:40 -0400

I need a straightforward status report for named/specific test sets. Spira does not seem to be allowing me to select the test stes.In the test set summary graph it just shows me alll the tests sets in the project. Any ideas? Ta G

Loading message

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:48:00 -0400

Every time I move to the tests tab I get a loading message that won't go away. I think it may be linked to this error: ***error start Webpage error details User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E) Timestamp: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:29:27 UTC Message: 'Inflectra.SpiraTest.Web.Services.Ajax' is null or not an object Line: 410 Char: 9 Code: 0 URI: http://spiratest.synergyhealthplc.com/WebResource.axd?d=deVvGzHWXau2-S6ms2leEdTeXxDRSgVtVmJEoVgDwq5U3YV8v0CydzexpFsx1KbDCrJZStJSGaqb-9Hwz-o1I6Jfx3TVAG2NyvlLeuaX2wY1&t=634469480780000000 **** error end Can anyone help??

Can't get Jira integration to work

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:31:06 -0400

I'm trying to get an instance of SpiraTest v3.1 to synchronize with an instance of Jira v4, so far without any success. How important are the mappings. I've done all the standard ones, but not custom ones such as component. For the project I want to synchronize I need to configure 20 components - I'm not sure that's possible in SpiraTest. I get the following error in the event log General Error: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive. at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebClientProtocol.GetWebResponse(WebRequest request) at System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpWebClientProtocol.GetWebResponse(WebRequest request) at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.PlugIns.Jira4DataSync.JiraSoapService.JiraSoapServiceService.login(String in0, String in1) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.PlugIns.Jira4DataSync.DataSync.Execute(Nullable`1 lastSyncDate, DateTime serverDateTime) Thanks for any help

Linking the same attachment to various testcases, Incidents

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:34:35 -0400

Hi, Can we link the same attachment to various test cases or the incidents? I need to use a single attachment for several instances. It avoids the redundancy in huge file attachments which can save hard drive space. Thanks.

Adding additional test step deletes previous step

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:59:50 -0500

Hi there I would like to be able to add a test step to a test case without necessarily manually pressing insert on the previous step. Pressing insert step should automatically save the changes to the current step I have now incidentally deleted an entire step again by pressing insert step (Here I could say something really bad about the user experience)

Folders in test case view

Eoin Robson (eoin.robson@nov.com) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:19:33 -0500

If I have a test case in a folder and I want to move it to another empty folder I find it unbelievably difficult to do so. If I drag it to the folder in the Test List nothing happens If I drag it to just below a folder it will add it at the same indentation as the folder but not inside the folder Same issue if I try to cut and paste If I add a new child test case to the folder then I can drag the existing test case to the folder between the folder name and the child test case.

Folders in test case view part 2

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:28:59 -0500

If I accidentally click a folder, I get to a strange page where I can rename the folder and add some text, but I cannot add test cases to the folder I have to press "Back to test list" before I can actually add content to the folder. Why? It seems like a folder is just a test case without test steps

order of test cases in the iteration page

Kevin London (kevin456london@www-ipass.com) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:37:41 -0500

Order of the test cases in the iteration page is alphabetical rather than according to their structure within their folders. This makes the test sets generated from the iteration page inconvenient to use. Does anyone know how to fix this?

JIRA SecurityLevel Integration with SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:22:26 -0500

Hi, I have configured integration of JIRA with SpiraTest and its working fine. But SecurityLevel in JIRA is not integrated with SpiraTest. I have followed below steps. 1. Created a custom property (Security Level) 2. Edited workflows for the custom property in SpiraTest. 3. Then, configured mapping. Updated ExternalKey for the custom property as SecurityLevel and updated respective level's IDs from JIRA as external keys for each level. (As mentioned in integration guide pdf) 4. Here 10000, 10001, 10002 are the External Keys(IDs) of security level in JIRA. 5. But itGÇÖs not integrating.(No errors in event viewer) So, I will greatly appreciate if you guys provide me solutions for the below. 1. WhatGÇÖs wrong here? 2. Also how that Issue Security Level will affect SpiraTest to restrict the view permission for specified users as in JIRA? (Normally JIRA sets view permission to specified level users only for the issue) Thanks, Shanmugavel.C

Error on import for 3.2 to 3.2 move

Yves M Gagnon (yves.gagnon@advmeas.com) — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:16:24 -0400

We are getting everything in place for our upgrade to 4.1 (finally), and the best process that we settled upon was to install 3.2 on the target Server, migrate all of the projects, then upgrade to 4.1. For all of our small projects (like the ones that are in place for upcoming development), this went smoothly. For the first one that is larger, or actually in use, there is an error occurring in the import phase: " [2014-03-12T13:35:56] **ERROR** Thread_Import.stp12_TestRuns() Loading Test Runs [System.ArgumentException] An item with the same key has already been added. at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Insert(TKey key, TValue value, Boolean add) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.Utilities.ProjectMigration.Thread_Import.stp12_TestRuns()" This happens after about 10 minutes of import process, and apparently before the Requirements have been imported, which means my project is not usable on the new server. Is there a way I can migrate this project directly in SQL management console? Or something I can do to address the error in the source? Or... something?

Spira 4: edit reports only as administrator?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:59:52 -0500

Hi, we installed SpiraTeam 4 on our test server and tested upgrade, all ok. I see now that as a project admin I am not able to change the report layouts. Only administrators are allowed to do this? Problem is that typically the IT department is administrator, and the SW guys are not. Was this on purpose that only administrators can change this? thx! Filip

baselining artifacts

Carlotta Simonson (csimonson1@gmail.com) — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:06:05 -0500

Hi, in another thread (https://www.inflectra.com/Support/Forum/spiratest/issues-questions/326.aspx) I saw that baselining is foreseen for release 4.1. questions: - is this still foreseen for release 4.1? - what can we expect from this feature? would it e.g. be possible to put a baseline on a number of requirements, and compare later how many and which of these requirement have been changed after this baseline? thx! Filip

REST interface for all artifacts?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:26:25 -0500

Hi, I like the REST interface (more than the SOAP). Are there plans to cover the whole application instead of only Incidents? Filip

displaying actual attachment in report instead of name

Jack Wright (manikya_89in@hotmail.com) — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:15:21 -0400

hi, in a test run detailed report, (output to html or word) I want to display the attachments (typically png files) instead of giving the default details. googling a bit I came up with: this displays the the file correctly, but only in project 14, because project_id is not available in attachment. I did not find a solution to make the project id variable. can you provide a working xslt solution for this? or is there another quicker/better solution? thx, Filip

"add to release" on selecting a folder takes too much tests

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:45:39 -0400

Hi, I have a test case tree with 2300 tests. 2100 of them are valid for release 1.0 2200 of them valid for release 2.0 these are spread in the same folders (1 folder can contain tests valid or not for either release) we now want to start preparation for release 3.0 so the way to do this is: get all tests applicable for 2.0 and add these to release 3.0 however, if I set in the test case list "display data for R2.0", and select all test cases (via select all checkbox), than all tests are added to R3.0, even the ones that were not valid for R2.0. So a folder that contains 40 test cases of which only 30 are visible in the "display data for R2.0" will still assign 40 test cases to R3.0. how to cope with this?? going over the folders one by one and selecting the test cases manually is not an option. thx for any suggestion. Filip

Adding testcase at a particular level of the requirement

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:46:09 -0400

We have requirements and testcase at several levels. Some testcases are only for the particular level (top, sub, subsub GÇª.) and others are for the several levels . In Spira we can only link testcases to the lowest level.

Using jasperreport/ireport with spiratest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:05:36 -0400

I see in a one of the next release "Ad-hoc report generator and cross-project reporting capabilities". I would like to use a reportgenerator (like jasperreport/ireport) ,

Running Test Run Summary Report Filter does not work

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:45:43 -0500

-½ Hide On creating a Test Run Summary Report or Test Run Detailed Report one can enter a filter for Execution status. Independent of the selected filter test cases that are not run do not appear in the report. If only Not run is selected for execution status an empty report is created. While the test set contains test cases Passed, Failed an Not run

Testlink importing

Giulio Buccini (giulio.buccini@astraia.com) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:07:17 -0500

Hello, I'm evaluating SpiraTest, I would like to know if there is any way to import test cases previously written in Testlink. Testlink provides a functionality for exporting all cases in a readable XML format. Is TestCase accepting imports in some file format? Currently we 60 test cases yet written in Testlink, but we would migrate to SpiraTest.

How to attach image in test steps

Vincent M Bailey Sr (vmbailey@onshoretech.com) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:29:21 -0500

Hello, I'm using the hosted trial demo for evaluation. I would like to include an image when documenting single test-steps but, after clicking on the image icon (like the one on this forum) SpiraTest prompts me for a web URL, why? Where should point this URL? I've searched for this topic in the pdf user manual but it is not covered. More than this, there is no way to simply upload an image from my local PC?

How to call SpiraTest API with Python?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:03:13 -0500

I write a Python code to call SpiraTest API TestRun_CreateFromTestCases , but it doesn't work. The code, from suds.client import Client client = Client("http://172.16.127.101/SpiraTest/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?wsdl") client.service.Connection_Authenticate("w9504102","password") client.service.Connection_ConnectToProject(6) client.service.TestRun_CreateFromTestCases(180) It always errors as below, C:\temp>python TestRun_CreateFromTestCases.py No handlers could be found for logger "suds.client" Traceback (most recent call last): File "TestRun_CreateFromTestCases.py", line 10, in client.service.TestRun_CreateFromTestCases(180) File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\suds\client.py", line 542, in __call__ File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\suds\client.py", line 602, in invoke File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\suds\client.py", line 649, in send File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\suds\client.py", line 702, in failed File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\suds\bindings\binding.py", line 265, in get_fault suds.WebFault: Server raised fault: 'The formatter threw an exception while trying to deserialize the message: There was an erro ile trying to deserialize parameter https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraTest/Services/v3.0/:testCaseIds. The InnerException message wa rror in line 1 position 368. Expecting state 'Element'.. Encountered 'Text' with name '', namespace ''. '. Please see InnerExc on for more details.' Can anyone guide me how to do it? Thanks, Jack Fan

Test Set Presentation

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:30:45 -0400

Hi there, I've just gotten around to creating test sets that encapsulate all of our system testing phases into more usable groups... but I noticed that when you add test cases into a test set, they are added as a flat list of test cases without the hierarchy from the Test Case list. Is it possible to add this hierarchy in the Test Set list so that they can be more effectively organized? Perhaps more hierarchy around the Completed Test Runs, as well?

Drag and Drop - SpiraTest 3.2

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:44:18 -0400

Hi there, I had been showing off SpiraTest to some other team members who have not started using it, so I set the zoom within my Chrome browser to 110% to make it more visible. I noticed for the next couple of days that drag and drop functionality became very difficult to use (the orange indicator of where the item would be dropped showed, and appeared to indicate that it would be successful, but the move failed at least 95% of the time.) It was a couple of days before I realized it started when I changed the zoom factor. Once I set the browser zoom back to 100%, drag and drop worked again. I thought you might like to know. Thanks!

Display Data for Release X in Test Cases - feature request

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:51:09 -0500

Hi there, I've noticed that when I associate Test Cases with requirements for a specific release, those test cases are not considered to be associated with that release (At least not for the purpose of the "Display Data for:[Release]" filter on the TC page). I think it would be useful to add that association to the filter, or even automatically make the Release association as soon as you connect a Test Case to a Requirement with a Release number identified, since every test case on a requirement for a release IS a test case for that release. This would save the extra step of identifying all the TC's associated with Requirements you are interested in, and updating them individually. Especially since that cannot be done from the TC grid view.

Integration with Ontime

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:05:57 -0500

Has anyone integrated with Ontime - Axosoft software? Is it possible?

Questions, possibly bugs

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:37:58 -0500

Hi We are currently evaluating SpiraTest to make sure it is the product we want to use, and have come across a few issues that may be bugs or may just be consequences of a design strategy that are different from what we are used to or expect. The main problem is that these issues makes me doubt what I'm looking at. 1. I can add test cases to a release, so why canGÇÖt I add test sets to a release? What is the philosophy behind adding test cases to a release but having to execute test sets? 2. Test coverage column in release list says GÇ£No testsGÇ¥, but the Test Runs tab on the release contains a passed test run. Clear Filter and Refresh makes no difference. What I did was execute a test set and specify the release. 3. List of testcase under Testing -> TestCases seems to be a little weird when selecting a release. When selecting the release that says GÇ£No testsGÇ¥, some of the folders in the test case list disappears. When selecting another release they are shown. When selecting GÇ£All releasesGÇ¥ they are shown. Best regards Michael

Wishes

Lynn Nelson (lynn.nelson@safe-banking.com) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:43:29 -0500

Hi We are currently evaluating SpiraTest to make sure it is the product we want to use. If we have misunderstood the concept of SpiraTest I apologize, but i think we have come up with a few things that would really help us and probably others too. 1. A log showing who did what and when. My worst nightmare: 10 people that are new to this, all creating/editing/moving test cases and folders and suddenly something has gone missing. 2. Test Runs tab on a release should be able to show ALL test cases 3. Test Cases added to a release should retain their organization in Folders and Test Sets. 4. It should be possible to assign the execution of a Release, a Folder of Test Cases in Release or a Test Set in a Release to another user. The process for a test manager would be: add testcases to the release as incidents are planned/done, add testsets to the release to handle for instance regression tests, assign execution of parts of the total release to different testers. Best regards Michael

Test Track

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:54:29 -0500

Does SpiraTest integrate with Test Track?

Adding a Release

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:10:23 -0400

When I added my 1st release number (4.1.4.1) it automaticly added an incremented release number (4.1.4.2). I deleted 4.1.4.2, but when I went back in to add that Release back in it states that it was already used. How do I free up that release number again?

How to copy workfows between projects or databases?

Olli Mensio (olli.mensio@nls.fi) — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:03:46 -0400

Hi! We have got the production environment and a testing environment for SpiraTest. Every now and then we are upgrading versions and from v 4.0 to v 4.1 there is lot of changes. One change is in requirements: workflows. So, we want first create our own workflow in testing environment (by using version 4.1) and later on put it on use in the production. This is going to happen right at the same time when the production is upgraded into 4.1. (today it is not). The qustion is: how to copy the new requirement workflow (made and tested in testing environment) from one database into anothet in order to avoid double work in making new workflows? I appreciate to get the answer alo into my email olli.mensio@nls.fi BR, Oll Mensio N

Can not see nor create new Tasks?

Olli Mensio (olli.mensio@nls.fi) — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:40:59 -0500

Hi! I just installed SpiraTeam 4.2 into my server which already had SpiraTest (and its lisence). I have now a trial lisence for SpiraTeam and i can see Tasks (and all related elements like graphts and reports) after a have created new projects. But existing project cannot see nor crate new Tasks. The functionality (eg. Tracking -> Tasks) does not exist at all. BR, Olli Mensio

How to change the default list of workflow of new projects

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:17:06 -0400

Hi, I have made my own custom incident workflow in the frame of a project. I would like that workflow to become the default one for my spiratest instance. The current situation is that each time I create a new project, the Spiratest default workflow is used, and moreover, I did not find how to import my custom workflow in that new project. I tried to find an answer in the admin ghuide, but without success. Can you tell me how to make my custom workflow the default one? Thanks Olivier Demin

Suggestion for next release: log incidents emails sent from Spiratest

Lynn J Harden (lynn.harden@icognition.com.au) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:00:23 -0400

Hi, We are often using the email feature on incidents in Spiratest to notify someone (different from the incident owner) that he should have a look at this incident. For next release, is it possible to foresee that the fact that a mail was sent about an incident appears along with the comments or in the history of that defect ? It would be nice to log the sender, recipient and subject of these mails. Thanks Olivier Demin Generali

How to Change the Requirements Status List

Jonathan Chandler (jonathan.chandler@kineticit.com.au) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:05:03 -0400

Hello all Is it possible to change the Status values for the Requirements? If so, how can I do this. The Administration interface does not appear to have any capacity for changing these values. Any help appreciated. Cheers J

Custom List Enhancement

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:52:02 -0500

Hello This is a possible enhancement request. Allow users to select multiple items from a Custom List (e.g. Test Case > Custom Properties > select multiple items from a list by allowing the use of CTRL / Shift + left mouse button to select multiple values from the list.) What I am trying to do is to show functional coverage of test cases for various components of a system. I could use the free text field, but this would allow people to add 'their own interpretation' of the functionality that is being tested, thereby making reporting / filtering almost next to useless. I hope this makes sense. Cheers J

SpiraTest Report Bug

Jonathan Chandler (jonathan.chandler@kineticit.com.au) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:57:07 -0500

Hello This is in Version 3.2. Create an Incident Summary Report (A) with the following parameters Format = EXCEL Sort Field = % Complete Create a second Incident Summary Report (B) with the following parameters Format = EXCEL Sort Field = Incident # The bug is that Report A contains 90 (399) less records than Report B (489) - there is no difference between the reports except the Sort Field condition. I can send you the attachments - what was frustrating about this is that I spent too much time trying to figure out why EXCEL wasn't "counting" correctly. My mistake for thinking that SpiraTest would at least report EXACTLY on what is in database. Cheers J

Excel Add-in - Project List displays the first 23 of 40 projects

Jonathan Chandler (jonathan.chandler@kineticit.com.au) — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 01:31:56 -0400

Hello In SpiraTest we have approximately 40 projects. However, when I connect via the EXCEL add-in, only the first 23 projects are listed in the Project List drop down. A second aspect to this is that if I then change the name any of the listed projects (first 23) in SpiraTest, the Project list in EXCEL still shows the original list. It appears that list is being cached from somewhere ... so I cleared all caches for all browsers on this PC from the "beginning of time." The project list still shows the original unchanged list of projects in EXCEL. Any help appreciated. I did search forums, but I could not find any thread related to the EXCEL Add-In Project List. Cheers Jonathan.

A recursive query has encountered an infinite loop condition

Gerald Boutin (gboutin@techlinkentertainment.com) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:40:57 -0400

New to Spiratest, ghaving trouble getting started. Requirements & and sample Test Cases have been created. There are linkages between Req, TC and Releases. If i go to test steps, they are grayed out. Clicking Execute generates a pop-up with this message. Creating the Test Runs for this Test Case. Please Wait... A recursive query has encountered an infinite loop condition Looking for suggestions on how to move forward. -- Gerald Boutin

Is there a way to generate a test run or test set from the requirements?!

Critical Software (inflectra@criticalsoftware.com) — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:18:26 -0400

Imagine a scenario where you have all the requirements but you will have them implemented in let says two phases. I have requirements connected to test cases, I have requirements related to a release (phase 1) but I cannot generate a test run from this. Or the relation between test cases and requirements is just for relationship matrix and coverage? Kind Regards

Database concurrency condition detected

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:47:13 -0400

Attempting to update test case via your SOAP interface. Can insert new test cases without issue, but cannot modify due to "Database concurrency condition detected" error. Called TestCase_RetrieveById immediately prior to calling TestCase_Update. LastUpdateDates are different and in the correct time order.

Can't delete a project

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:17:46 -0400

Trying to delete a project from a partial/failed import from HP QC 10. When I try the delete, ST says it can't. Application log shows: APPLICATION.Business.DataAccess::ExecuteNonQuery: The DELETE statement conflicted with the REFERENCE constraint "FK_TST_PROJECT_TST_ARTIFACT_ATTACHMENT". The conflict occurred in database "SpiraTest", table "dbo.TST_ARTIFACT_ATTACHMENT", column 'PROJECT_ID'. The statement has been terminated. [System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException] Stack Trace: at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning() at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteNonQueryTds(String methodName, Boolean async) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(DbAsyncResult result, String methodName, Boolean sendToPipe) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() at APPLICATION.Business.DataAccess.ExecuteNonQuery(String sqlCommand, Boolean useParam)

Creating a custom report template for Word

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:10:59 -0400

Hi, I'm building a custom XML template for reports in Word to match other documentation. I've got a few problems with finding information on this OOXML format & some SpiraTest tags however. So first of all, beyond including the SpTest tags for is there a set of tags for things like title, author etc? We have a title page which details this kind of information so to be able to specifically target that kind of information would be ideal. Beyond there does anybody have any links to resources for OOXML or have any information on how you can setup header & footer detail in the xml template & also include images? thanks.

Custom language

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:14:09 -0400

We're just setting up Spira Test for use and wanted to change some of the terminology in the program to match what we've been using for a while. Is it possible to alter one of the language packs to change certain phrases Spira Test uses? If so, how?

Adding attachments to the Test Step

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:12:08 -0400

I having problem adding attachments to the Test Step. When I click on "Add New" a "Add New Document" window pops up for a brief second and disappears or sometimes when i click on "Add New" the "Loading..." window is spinning and not doing anything.

Risk Managment

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:18:43 -0400

Is there a way to add risk to the requirements and test cases so that we can do risk based testing?

Custom Properties not retaining any formatting after import/export

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:47:18 -0400

It appears Custom Properties (Type = Text) does not retain any formatting when exporting into SpiraTest from Excel even after importing a test case initially into Excel and modifying some text. Tried to use HTML tags to insert lines/paragraphs, etc, but whilst this works for Test Step Descriptions & Expected Result fields, it does not work for Custom Properties. Am I doing something wrong here or is this a feature that is likely to be introduced in a future release?

Adding values to a built-in field

Clark R (simon.bor@inflectra.com) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:20:04 -0400

Is there any possible way of adding additional values to built-in fields? Need some additional Statuses to exist within the Requirements module to cater for our particular workflow and would prefer to not have to create a Custom List... Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Effort pertaining to a given Release

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:08:06 -0400

Are Actual Effort, Est Effort, Remaining Effort and Projected Effort parameter values in relation to a given Release derived and calculated based on Incidents/Tasks only??? Why doesn't the Est Effort allocated to a Test Case, which is aligned with Release Test Coverage not taken into account when calculating Projected Effort against the Release? Am I missing something? We've allocated both Incidents and Test Cases against a Release, yet only the Est Effort allocated against the Incidents are being used in Projected Effort calculations. Apologies if this is available in later versions of Spira - currently using v3.1

How to delete users ?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:40:33 -0400

How to delete users ? Thanks for your help.

How to change Test result from Passed to Not Run

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:36:33 -0400

I have made a mistake when updating the result. I would like to change from Passed to "Not run", in stead of "Blocked". Is there any way to do that? Thanks you all for your replies

How to copy or import Test sets for another project

Victoria D (nino.diasamidze@inflectra.com) — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 04:13:03 -0500

hi Admin and all I have small concern that really needs your help. When working on the Test set on project A, I need to copy or import it into another project to re-use. Do we have any method to do it? Thanks and Best Regards Tu Nguyen

Issue with using a deleted version number

Laurent Bacchiana (lbacchiana@sopragroup.com) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:03:48 -0400

Greetings. I've come across an issue where when I have a release created in a project, delete the release, and then later try to add another release using the same version number I get an error: You need to choose a Version Number that's not already been used This proves difficult for us as our company cycles through version numbers every year. Is there any way to fully remove a release and make the version number available again?

New requirements being defaulted to Planned

Hugh Stiteler (hugh.stiteler@mdnllc.net) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:17:05 -0400

We have seen that when creating a requirement, when we create the requirement on any defined release, the Status changes to Planned. I'm assuming this is a workflow step created to say that the status should always be planned when it is assoicated with a release. Is there any way we can change this? We would like to track our test planning process with this Status field, and we have the requirements associated with releases before we start this planning, so it would be nice if we could not default to that planned status when creating the requirements. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!

spirateam access

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:48:08 -0500

Hello , Cant we have spira team locally on our laptop and then there is a system to synchronize in order to update . Because at my work , they hosted spirateam in a server which cant be accessible from home . kindly advise thank you

Relation between requirement and release: a relation n/n should be available, isn't it?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:23:18 -0400

Hello, I'm a new customer of your fantastic solution for 3 days but in the first configuration steps (I confess I didn't notice the point during my evaluation) , I note it's apparently not possible to link several releases to a requierement. In case we want to perform non-regression tests in grey-box, I think it's a fundamental functionality. We need to manage the fact that for two releases which live in a same time (n and n-1), the same requierements must be performed. What do you think about that? Regards

Difficulties to link TestCases to Releases automatically by TestSet way

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:30:52 -0400

Hello, We've created a lot of TestSets automatically from Requirements and Linked the TestSets to Releases/iterations. Unfortunately, all the TestCases inside a TestSets are not automatically linked to the release choosen for their TestSets. We have to start a run "artificially" (Start then Finish just after) to have the link created. By this way, the release summary of the project home dashboard indicates the right number of tests planned for each iteration. It would be too difficult indeed to opened each testcase to mapped the good release/iteration....I don't understand why the links between the testcases of a testset and the releases/iterations are not done automatically as soon as the testset is linked to a release. Regards

Different requirement types

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:40:04 -0400

Hi, I am at the evaluation stage of the product. Can someone let me know if there is a way to define different types of requirements in the system and make it somehow visible; by tagging differently for example. We are a big solution integration team and we need to have a clear visibility on the types of the requirements and the traceability between them. Can i for example define: use cases, features, functional requirements, non functional requirements etc, I would like to have in a system an attribute which defines the requirement type. Not a flat list... thanks in advance. Noune.

Can not delete "Custom List"

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:14:01 -0400

While trying out the features of the solution I have created a custom list with some custom properties. I could not find a way to delete them. Please advice, how can I remove them? Thanks.

Trace between the requirements

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:09:28 -0400

Hi, Is there a way to have a traceability between different types of requirements? Assume we have different level of requirements: business, functional, non-functional and that we would like to trace from a Stakeholder request to a Use case and down to a functional requirement. Kind of vertical traceability, i.s.o horizontal coverage? Would it possible? This is one of the main features in the requirement management tools as Rational RequisitePro or DOORS.Thanks.

View affected requirements

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:26:41 -0400

Hi, I have created a complete traceablity in the system, from the requirements to the TC, and some of the failed tests are linked to the defects. Is there a way to have clear view which are the requirements which are affected by the failed tests? Like to have a "red" indication somewhere, and that it becomes green once the incident ticket has been closed? For the moment we can see in the reports the traceability between the requirements and the TC, and between the TC and incidents. But I could not find a way to see the "affected" by the failed tests requirements. Thanks.

Baseline Management

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:43:01 -0400

Hi Adam, I have 2 additional questions. 1. Is there a possibility to create a baseline in SpiraTest and then step back to that baseline from any point in time of the project? 2. Which are the backup and restore options of the system? Thanks. Kind regards.

Question about a Test Set assigned to multiple owners

Tory Crandall (vcrandall@aperio.com) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:47:40 -0400

I have created a rather large test set. I want to split up the work among several testers who will perform the work. How do i go about assigning an owner to different users? I know i can set the owner of the overall test set to one individual user, but not sure about how to assign different tests to different users. When i assign the owner the overall Test Set to an user, it will show up on their 'My Page', which makes it easy for that user to start execution of the test set. But the situation is a little different when trying to split up the work of a Test Set among several users. Do you have any advise on how to make this happen?

How to change Execution Status after a Test Run

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:13:39 -0500

I created my test cases. I then created my test set. I then execute the test cases that are in the test set, I then review the results in the Test Run. OOPS, i just realized that one of the test cases was accidentally set to FAILED when it should have been PASSED. Is there a way to edit the 'Execution Status' after I have completed the execution of a Test Set? What can i do to repair my mistake?

Change the mail template for newly generated user accounts

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:25:21 -0500

When creating a user account, a mail is sent to the new user. Is there a possibility to affect the content of that mail in any way? From: SpiraTest@ourdomain.com Date: 14. Jänner 2013 07:36:20 MEZ To: Someone@ourdomain.com Subject: New SpiraTest Account A SpiraTest account has been created for you with the following logon information: URL: http://intranet/spiratest User Name: User1 Password: (LDAP Password) Please contact the System Administrator with any questions. cheers Martin Purkert

Web GUI swallows less-than greater-than (characters)

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:12:51 -0400

We use 3.2 (011). We see the effect that less-than/greater-than characters are swallowed in the GUI presentation in some places. I.e. the characters are shown in the testcase name in the test case list . But they are swallowed in the tooltip when you hover over the testcase name. Also in testcase detail view, the characters are shown in the testcase name entry field but swallowed in the test case name display field right above it. Since is a common way to describe "not equal", such effects migth confuse testers if a test name is "check if amount 100" and on some places you'll read "check if amount 100".... Haven't found such an issue in the forum yet. was this adressed already? cheers Martin Purkert

Printing Report Graphs

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:45:01 -0500

I am having some issues with printing the report graphs: (1) I tried Firefox, Chrome, and IE browsers. When I try to print the graphs as displayed on the page, the graphs become distorted - the layout does not appear as on the screen. (2) If I attempt to save the graphs as .jpg, .bmp, or .png, the images are missing the text, axis labels, etc. Is there a solution to this ? Thanks.

Test sets - Actual Duration

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:39:42 -0400

Hi there, How to enter Actual Duration manually while executing test sets ? Any suggestions/comments on this are highly appreciated.

Defects migration to Spira Test

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:18:09 -0400

Hello! We migrated from Mercury Test Director 8.0 defects with attachments to Spira Test. Problem is that attachments are ir Spira Test deafault directory, but they aren't attached to defects, at least in the Incident details there aren't an attachment. Your suggestion? Thanks&rgds

Setting an incident template

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:48:52 -0400

I know creating an incident from a test case will set up a template, but can you set up a template similar to the one created from the test case, so those not using a specific test case can enter an incident and we can guarantee we have the same information available for research?

How to pause a test

Wanda Meisel (wanda.meisel@geha.com) — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:07:01 -0400

We have several tests that require we do a partial test and note results then finish the test 12 hours later and note the results. We have used the pause button and even just getting out of the test and going to the dashboard and using resume and the data in the actual results field that we entered is removed. How can we pause a test case and return with actual data still visible. Is there a "save" somewhere?

Deleted incident

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:31:36 -0400

Is there a way to undo a delete of an incident by another user or is there a log/history of an incident being deleted?

Would like information as to how other users are reporting on severity.

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:19:13 -0400

We would like to have the graphs on the reporting tab report on severity instead of priority. Since this can't be changed, we were wondering how other users are reporting on severity.

Unable to see anything other than PDF Documents when browsing

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:56:45 -0400

When attempting to select a document to attached to a Test Run the only documents which are visible depending on the computer being used are PDF. Has anyone else encountered this issue?

Editing test steps whilst executing

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:41:45 -0400

Hi all Does anyone know if it's possible to edit test steps whilst you are executing? SpiraTest doesn't seem to allow this, which is a shame as it would be handy to edit steps if required whilst executing rather than have to remember what the changes were and go back and edit the test case after the run. Many thanks Jane

Is there any plan to change the fields on the associations tab?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:25:30 -0400

When viewing the associated defects on the Associations tab (for Requirements), the defect status is not listed. Instead there is a notes field (which is a bit short anyway). Be great to either switch Status for Notes or allow users to pick fields for this tab.

Is there a way to Generate reports showing statuses across time.

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 21 May 2014 09:49:37 -0400

Is there a way using Spiratest or via the underlying database to report on defect statuses by date e.g. View the number of defects fixed on a given date? That would be the date an incident / bug transitioned to a Fixed status.

Problem importing test cases containing special characters

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 22 May 2014 08:33:59 -0400

We have found that when importing test cases containing symbols, all text after the < symbol fails to be imported into SpiraTeam. Is there a work around for this? Nick

When Exporting Requirements the last row is not exported

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:39:19 -0400

Consistently when exporting new lists of Requirements from SpiraTest > Excel 2010 the last line is not exported and I have to create it manually in the browser. Just wondering if there is a known work around?, something that could be missing in the file thats making it not detect the last line perhaps? A google search found others with this issue on another forum but not this offical one. Cheers!

How can I export Links into a Test Case as Test Steps with the Excel Importer?

J D (derelictfrog@gmail.com) — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:45:52 -0400

Currently I have created 1 Test Case with a few manually created Links as the Test Steps, the Links are other Test Cases previously created. Importing these into Excel then creating more using them as examples (Test Step Description = "Call" & Expected Result = Test # (of previously created Test Cases) seems to be the way they are imported) then Exporting them displays them as Steps rather than Links in SpiraTest :(. Is it possible to create Links as Test Case steps using the Excel addin?, perhaps not everything is being Imported to the Test Step Description cell, as it contains more than just Call in SpiraTest? Cheers!

Change port number of URL

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:37:16 -0400

How can I change the port number of the URL ? Currently I'm jevaluating SpiraTest and I need to move the URL from http://localhost/SpiraTest to e.g. http://localhost:9000/SpiraTest

launching applications

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:16:43 -0400

For automation of Cisco testing, can I interface SpiraTest to launch applications? I would like to run PuTTY SSH or Wireshark using test scripts.

SpiraTest 3.1 - Not able to upload attachments

Shivani Katoch (skatoch@esriaustralia.com.au) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:23:21 -0500

Hi, I am trying to upload attachments to test cases in spiraTest but I get the following error message: "The Attachment folder specified in the Administration section does not exist." Any help to resolve this is appreciated.

reverted project releases folder do not show updated history

Steve M (mike.morrey+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:17:50 -0400

i am not able to view the updated history details for each of the Artifacts. this is what have done. 1.accidentally deleted a release folder. the folder contained several test cases. 2.reverted the folder using the Administration option. while trying to view the history of updates on a test case under this folder, you get a list of history items performed couple of months ago. and not the update that has been done recently i mean 2 days ago or a week ago. Is there a way to resolve this issue and be able to list the history details in synch with updates performed on each artifact to date? thanks, KeenB

Choosing mulitple releases to report at once

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:41:15 -0400

Is there a way to be able to choose multiple Releases at once to filter in the incidents or have the ability to report on multiple releases at once? It seems its an All or 1 release at a time. I would like to be able to choose multiple releases (much like how you would choose multiple status' to filter)

Completed test set shows Deferred instead of Completed

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:23:47 -0500

A test set was completed and Finished was clicked, but the test set will now show as Deferred instead of Completed. There were no test cases/steps that was not passed or failed. Is there a way to make it say completed instead of deferred and NOT have to run through the whole test set again.

Timeout when opening Testing Tab

Fotini Charpidi (fotini.charpidi@intrasoft-intl.com) — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:06:24 -0500

When a user is trying to open up the testing tab within Spiratest 3.2, it will give this error 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.' The weird part is that this is only happening for one user and not the others. We have tested this scenario using the same computer with the same roles and 1 user can get the test cases to load and the other user cannot.

Jira 4 Spiratest 3.2 Integration question

Carlos Reyes (carlos.reyes@utas.edu.au) — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:57:14 -0500

G'Day Spiratest Gurus, I am the Jira administrator and not really experienced spiratest user however I was given the task of the integration of these products. So, after following the documentation, I have spiratest v3.2 and Jira v4.2 integrated. I can create a Jira issue and see it in Spiratest showing in *custom props the Jira component is coming from. Now, If I try to create an incident in spiratest then the option of component in *custom props is grey out , only the JiraDataSync ID: is available . My question is how can I make available the component in spiratest to select an option from the custom list? because I create the incident in spiratest without filling the component out then it goes to Jira without component specified and I want to go to Jira with the component filled. Warm regards Carlos

Jira 4 Spiratest 3.2 Integration issue working with Jira components

Pieter Grobler (pieter.grobler@momentum.co.za) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:11:21 -0500

G'Day Spiratest Gurus, I am the Jira administrator and not really experienced spiratest user however I was given the task of the integration of these products. So, after following the documentation, I have spiratest v3.2 and Jira v4.2 integrated this way: 2 spiratest projects to the same Jira project but to two different components Spiratest stream 1 Jira Project A Component 1 Spiratest stream 2 Jira Project A Component 2 It works fine in the Jira side (issues created in Spiratest gets mapped in the right component in Jira and do not get duplicated) No so good in the spiratest side for issues created in spiratest in one stream (gets mapped right in Jira) but gets duplicated in the other stream also the Jira project A has more than 2 components and when an issue is created in different components still gets mapped in both streams of spiratest (with blank component) . Is there a way to avoid duplicate issue in spiratest? or the only way is to map the two streams to two different Jira projects Cheers Carlos Warm regards Carlos

Pause is not stopping the duration watch for Test Run

Angie Man (angie.man@sectra.co.uk) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:35:50 -0400

If the test run has been paused overnight, it displays something like 16 hours spent on it whereas actually there was only 2 hours spent. It seems like the Pause is not stopping the duration watch. How do we fix this?

The test set estimated duration is staying 0 when it should display the total duration of associated test cases

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:38:42 -0400

T he test set estimated duration is staying 0 when it should display the total duration of associated test cases . how do we fix this?

Next version

Richard Leask (richardl@cubeconsulting.com) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:18:04 -0400

Hello Is there already a target release date for the next version. We specially awaiting the feature to export images from a requirement to Word. Best regards Stefan

Testset Folder + SOAP

Stefan Eichenberger (stefan.eichenberger@netmodule.com) — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:33:02 -0500

Hello everyone Is it somehow possible to request all Testsets in a Testset folder via SOAP as it is possible for Testcases with TestCase_RetrieveByFolder ? Best regards Stefan

Need a Test Run Report that actually includes all Statuses.

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:52:42 -0400

We would like to be able to run one Report for Test Runs that will actually show all test Run statuses. Currently the Test Run Report does not include the Not Run Test Cases. There is an option for Not Run in status but this is not active.

Attachments not included in search?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:39:25 -0400

Is it a known issue that attachments cannot be searched for using the global search? I understand that it is likely a big task to search through the text of an attachments, but I also cannot find a document by searching for its ID or name. Is this a known limitation and are there any plans to add the functionality in a future release?

Custom Prefixes?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:20:20 -0400

Is there any way to customize the prefixes for testcases, requirements, etc? Instead of TC123456, could we configure something and make the default IDs start with ABC? ie ABC123456? I don't think we would want to use ABC, but you get the idea. :)

Oracle Support

Steve Claypool (steven.claypool@cgifederal.com) — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:01:09 -0400

Are there any estimates on when Oracle will be a supported database? My company has several Oracle licenses, and we are a little concerned with the 1GB of memory/1 core limitation of MS SQL server express. We have a large test and requirements repository in Rational Req Pro and Test Manager and we are concerned that we may see performance issues with SQL server express limitations when we get all of our testers and designers in the tool (possibly up to 100 people at a time). We may consider purchasing an enterprise version of SQL server, but we wouldn't want to do that if you are planning to add Oracle support in a few months.

System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Login failed for user 'SpiraTest'.

Steve Claypool (steven.claypool@cgifederal.com) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:00:46 -0500

We just purchased a license and we are trying to install against a remote SQL Server Enterprise server. I installed and evaluated the trial on a local SQLExpress instance without any issues, but we are getting an error when trying to navigate to the login page after installing the licensed version against our remote SQL Server. Are there any settings that need to be made to the SQL server, other than setting up the initial admin user for the install?

Timeout When Filtering Requirements

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:15:49 -0500

We just purchased a SpiraTest licenses and after importing approximately 35,000 requirements, we are getting a timeout when trying to apply filters to the requirements page. We tried rebuilding the indexes, but that didn't solve the issue. Is there any way to fix this? System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.

4.1 On Track?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:29:28 -0400

Is 4.1 still on track for a mid June release? We are hoping to go live on SpiraTest in the June/July timeframe, and it sounds like the added requirements functionality being added to 4.1 will make life a lot easier for our transition from the IBM Rational tools. Any word on when you may have a beta ready for testing?

4.1 Release Date

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:05:40 -0500

I was just wondering how progress in 4.1 is coming along. Are you still planning to release it at the end of the month? We are about to start pushing to go live, and the different requirement types would be a big help with our process.

I have error: WARNING: Failed to authenticate against LDAP server, please check configuration and try again. Settings have not been saved.

Alex D (falcon2700@mail.ru) — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:12:53 -0400

Hi, I have error WARNING: Failed to authenticate against LDAP server, please check configuration and try again. Settings have not been saved. I'm sure that settings to LDAP correct and no network problem here. Please advice the way how i will be able to understand the root cause of issue. BR, Alex

Update from Version v3.2 to 4.0 and Patch

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:59:32 -0500

Hello, currently we are using Version 3.2. In the manual it says if you start the installer it automatically detects if you there is Spira installed on the computer but when I run it it didnt. So how should I install the new version optimally? 1. Backup DB 2. Install 3. Restore DB Backup? And then just run the patch for version 4.0? Thank you in Advance

Update from Version v3.2 to 4.0 and Patch

Isabell Wohlgenannt (info@innoforce.com) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:59:33 -0500

Deleting Saved Report

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:27:56 -0500

We are using SpiraTeam v 3.2 (010) - I am the administrator of the system. My predecessor saved some reports and they appear on the side bar for all employees. I would like to remove some obsolete reports and update some other reports. However, I cannot figure out how to do either of these things. Do you have any suggestions / tips? Thanks!

Unable to copy test cases between projects

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:03:27 -0400

Hi, I need to copy a set of standard test cases from project 1 to a new project 2. When I load project 1, select test cases and Copy Items the following is displayed on screen. Items successfully copied to the clipboard. When I then load project 2 and select paste items the following is displayed on screen. The clipboard is currently empty! It appears that the copied test cases are lost when I select project 2. Has anyone experienced this issue or know of any workaround? kind regards, Ollie.

Linking a Test Case to a Requirement using the TC number - Is this possible?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:25:56 -0400

Hello, It would save me a lot of time if I could link a Test Case to a requirement using the TC number in 'Test Coverage - Available Test Cases ' section rather than selecting down the list (this requires knowing where the Test Case has been saved in the Test List). It is possible to associate requirements or incidents using the RQ or IN number but I can't seem to find a quick way of linking tests to requirements. Also if the 'Available Test Cases' had a search field this would be very useful. Many thanks for your time

Adding requirements at test step level

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:43:28 -0500

Hi, I'm not sure if it's on your roadmap at all, but would it be possible for you to consider adding the ability to add a requirement at test step level as well as at test case. I appreciate this is a major change but it would help the tool comply with a military standard (MIL-STD-498). Most test management tools (if not all) don't seem to do this and we appreciate that. I know we could generate more granular test cases but sometimes this isn't practical. For now we will be adding them at header level to gain from the metrics in the system and are adding a customisable field at test step level, and will run bespoke reports to ensure data integrity with the actual requirements. Thanks Kyle (Emiraje Systems)

Account request notification email configuration?

Jeff Feldstein (jeff.feldstein@zuora.com) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:08:39 -0500

How do I set up the email address that receives the new account requests from the login page>

Cannot Pause, then Resume a test

Jeff Szlauko (jszlauko@xendata.com) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:24:08 -0400

I've got a short test case of 6 steps. I completed the first 4 steps, then clicked on PAUSE. Going to 'My Page' I see the pending test run. I click on Resume, and the Test Execution Wizard page opens, asking for the Release To Execute Against. The 6 steps are shown in the left side window with the 4 completed tests marked in green and with a check mark. Clicking on any of the steps results in the "Loading..." message to appear, but after a few seconds it goes away, and nothing happens on the screen. I'm still at the Test Execution Wizard page, asking for the Release To Execute Against. Seems to me I should be able to click on any step and be taken there. Please advise.

Edit report filters

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:50:48 -0400

Hi, Is there a way to add the parameter "runnerTestName" under "Standard Field Filters" in Reporting tab ? or how do I filter the report based on "runnerTestName" ?

What's the meaning of test result: Caution? And can I add other type of test result?

Vijayabharathi Balasubramaniyan (spirateamsupportmb@aegon.co.uk) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:12:00 -0400

Hi, During my work experience, sometime I need to mark test step result as "Not implement" or "Obsolete" or something else. Bug I only find: Pass, Pass all, Fail, Blocked, Caution. Can I custom other result ? and what is the usage of Caution? Thanks, Yan Wang

Why not show in "My assgined test caes" when part of cases of one test set is assigend to me?

Yan Wang (wang.ci.ci@163.com) — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:53:00 -0500

Hi, I created one test set for one iteration, then assgine test set to userA. In test set detail page, part of set cases is assigned to userA, and rest cases is assigned to userB. Bug there is no assigned test cases or set in userB's My page, why? Thanks, Yan

Cannot create TestSet any more

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 05:52:40 -0500

There is a testSet contains about 1000 cases in my project. I deleted this test set. Then I found I cannot do any operation in TestSet page now. It always report below error. Please provide your help on this issue. "System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding."

Test Requirements associated with a test step?

Grant Bell (grant.bell@geckots.co.uk) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:40:42 -0500

Why is it not possible to assign a requirement to a test step in the excel importer (or spiratest), in my experience I should be able to have many test requirements / conditions within in a test case and should be able to pass or fail varying test requirements / conditions however it only seems to associate the requirement with the full test case

Duplicate Test Cases in Test Sets when uploading via XLS

Praveen Sreenivasan (praveen.sreenivasan84@gmail.com) — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:21:03 -0400

When using the XLS import tool for Excel 2007, after assigning test case numbers to a test set if i then export them all works fine. If however I export again it assigns the test cases to the test set twice, would you not normally just have a test case assigned to a test set once in which case this is a fault? Thanks Grant

Pre-conditions for test steps

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:43:14 -0500

I want to assign each test step a precondition . For example, that data needs to meet certain requirements. But I have found no corresponding field in SpiraT est . Where are the pre-conditions to be entered ?Thank you.

Test Result on Linked Scenarios

Fotini Charpidi (fotini.charpidi@intrasoft-intl.com) — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:33:57 -0400

Hello, We have created Test Scenarios in SpiraTest (v4.0) using parameters, and we linked them with other scenarios, changing only the values of the parameters. However, when we record the result of a linked scenario, it immediately alters the result of the parent scenario. This results the display of the parent scenarios as executed, with no test run information which seems a bit confusing. Is it possible for the parent scenarios to remain "Not Run" until they are actually executed? Thank you in advance.

Uploading manual test results

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:05:56 -0500

We intend to extract, via Reporting, 'Printable Test Scripts' (actually Excel spread sheets) to give to users / testers who do not know how to use Spiratest. If they filled in the Excel sheets while performing tests, would it be possible to load these completed scripts back into Spiratest and update Test Cases with test execution results?

Overriding Actual Duration

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:32:35 -0400

Hi, Is it possible for admins to override the values posted to the actual duration field?

How to update the Test Step status using the SpiraImportExport webservice reference.

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:07:55 -0500

Hi SpiraTest Support, I would like to know, how can I update the status of a Test Step inside a Test Case using the webserice reference. Currently I am able to get the list of test steps in a test case and its associated atributes like Test StepID , Test StepDescription ,etc. //to retrieve list of test cases RemoteTestCase[] rtcList = spiraExport.TestCase_RetrieveByTestSetId(automatedTestRun.TestSetId.Value); int? a = rtcList[0].TestCaseId; int b = a.Value; //RemoteTestStep[] rtst = rtcList[0].TestSteps ; try { RemoteTestCase remoteTestCase = spiraExport.TestCase_RetrieveById(b); RemoteTestStep[] remoteTestSteps = remoteTestCase.TestSteps; } catch (Exception) { throw; } Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Satyabrata Saha

How to add new incident status to the workflow

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:04:46 -0500

The only available steps(or status) for an incident in Spira Test are New, Open, Assigned, Duplicate,Not Reproducible, Reopen, Resolved, and Closed. How to I add more status that I need, namely Fixed, Deferred, Retest, Rejected, Cannot Fix etc

Automated LoadRunner test case won't run

Mike Derban (mike.derban@autodata.net) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:25:30 -0500

I've created a test case using Loadrunner automation engine. When I try to execute that test case, I can see Loadrunner 11.50 Controller launched, and than silently shut off. This is what I can see in the event log: I nflectra.RemoteLaunch.Business.RunTestThread:Execute() Error running test. Error launching test. No Application Object at Inflectra.RemoteLaunch.Engines.LoadRunner11.LR11Engine.StartExecution(AutomatedTestRun automatedTestRun) at Inflectra.RemoteLaunch.Business.RunTestThread.Execute() Have someone encountered this issue? Thanks, Mike

Configuring custom lookups

Radoslaw Rozkowinski (radoslaw.rozkowinski@gmail.com) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:49:47 -0500

I am trying to override the original ranges of 'Importance' lookup (1-4) to custom values (A-C), which is a standard within the company. Is that possible in SpiraTest?

Feeds from project

Radoslaw Rozkowinski (radoslaw.rozkowinski@gmail.com) — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:04:12 -0500

Is there a possibility to have a widget in a Project home (or in other place) which would display the selected updates within the project? To clarify: Consider we have a Project with dynamically changing requirements. As a tester I would like to see information about every update regarding the requirements (add/change/delete).

Conditional steps within workflow

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:47:43 -0500

While Edit Workflow Steps, is there a possibility to apply a conditional operation? Example: - Assume you have Workflow Steps: Working, Fixed, Re-testing; - Assume I established a Custom Property for incidents: 'Require tester's confirmation' (RTC) - If RTC is 'Yes', then I would expect ending 'Working' Step would only be possible by selecting 'Re-testing' transition (not the direct 'Fixed'). I hope it makes sens.

Removing fields from records

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:31:53 -0500

Precisely, I want to get rid of 'Priority' in Test Cases - is that possible?

Differentiate custom props for Folders and Test Cases

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:41:49 -0500

I have noticed the Custom Properties are equal for Test Cases and Folders (holding test cases) - can it be differentiated?

Build new usable lookup for Custom Properties

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:17:58 -0500

I have established some Custom Properties for my projects (for Test Cases precisely) and would like to update the Excel spreadsheet to be able to import the from xls. I know this can be done by input the property ID, however it is not quite usable. I would like to create my own lookup inside the spreadsheet, in the style of other existing (for instance 'Importance'). Assuming I will have cust prop 'Difficulty' with values Hard, Moderate, Easy, I would like to have lookup list with these descriptive values, which would then be exported using correct IDs - may configure that in you Excel template?

How to make 'newline' when populating custom properties in Excel?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:56:51 -0500

The pre-defined fields handle HTML markups (thus I am able to use or ), but custom properties fields seem not to act the same way. I have also tried '/n' with no success - is there any way to do it in Excel?

Insert link using Excel

Sandeep Nalla (nallas@ftdi.com) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:00:17 -0500

How to link Test Step to the Test Case using Excel? I've tried to do it other way round, i.e. imported to Excel Test Steps containing links. These has imported as 'Call' + TC ID. I then did try to export this, and it did not exported as link.

Configure design of Test Step elements while executing

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:09:24 -0500

That would be of good idea to enable re-sizing particular elements (input boxes). As an example, I was going to add an image (screenshot) into 'Expected result' - as you may guess this is pretty much useless in the current size of the box - it's not visible while executing test steps :-(

Various actions depending on a role

Radoslaw Rozkowinski (radoslaw.rozkowinski@gmail.com) — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:53:54 -0500

Probably not possible, but if you could consider in future versions... I would like to be able to set different actions available for various roles in an incident lifecycle.

Export to project

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:33:36 -0500

If I want to export the whole structure to other project, let's say: test cases (I already know the custom props won't be exported...) + requirements + association between tcs and reqs + attachment associations, what is the best practice for this? In my case I want to split huge project into number of smaller.

Cannot export more than 1 document at a time

Radoslaw Rozkowinski (radoslaw.rozkowinski@gmail.com) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:39:01 -0500

...not even mention about holding or exporting the documents structure... Got a message when try to export multiple (2) files: APPLICATION.Business.DataAccessConstraintViolationException: Database constraint violation occurred

Custom view for test execution

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:38:37 -0500

How do I customize the view while executing test cases? I want to be able to see some of custom properties for both, test cases and test steps, at this stage. I am currently only able to see the Test Case description in test case detaiols section...

What does 'Default workflow' really means?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:49:15 -0500

I was confused couple of hours until I've found out what is going on... 1. Assume you got two different workflows: Default, Custom1. 2. Edit Workflows and set 'Default' as default workflow 3. Edit incident types and assign 'Custom1' workflow to the 'Bug' type 4. Raise a bug (of 'Bug' type) - it turned out the system uses 'Default' workflow! BUT, once you change type to something else and back to 'Bug', it correctly switches to 'Custom1' workflow now. It drove me crazy for quite a long time, as in previous SpiraTest version it worked as expected (used Custom1 workflow)... There's obviously easy workaround to set Custom1 as default workflow, but seriously: what is the Default workflow for???

Bulk update multilist

Radoslaw Rozkowinski (radoslaw.rozkowinski@gmail.com) — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:57:57 -0500

It's great you've established custom properties of multilist type! However, what I don't like, if I want to bulk update list of records, it updates all settings with no option to append value to existing settings. Example: Incidents have custom property Tags with values: property1, property2, property3, property4, newProperty. There are incidents: - Inc1 - property1 associated - Inc2 - property2 associated - Inc3 - property3 associated I want all of them to be associated additionally to newProperty tag. Select them all on the list, for Inc1 append newProperty, click on 'Fill with this value' and... now I got: - Inc1 - property1 and newProperty associated - Inc2 - property1 and newProperty associated - Inc3 - property1 and newProperty associated While I wanted: - Inc1 - property1 associated - Inc2 - property2 and newProperty associated - Inc3 - property3 and newProperty associated Can you think about some solution/workaround? I don't want to have large number of customproperties, thus 'Tags' sounds like a good solution for temporary labelling, however manually appending new tag could be painful if applied to hundreds of records...

How do I specify which information are incorporated into an incident description, if raised during test case execution?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:18:42 -0500

As default, if raise a bug while executing test case, the bug will have following information in description: Description Expected Result Actual Result Test run steps What I miss here, is the Test Case description (the 'Description' refers to the Test Step description) - as this would add a context to the issue (in a way we've designed the test cases). Is there any way to configure this within the SpiraTest? If not, can we somehow tweak it?

Import requirements from MS Word to SpiraTest

Radoslaw Rozkowinski (radoslaw.rozkowinski@gmail.com) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:26:09 -0400

I am investigating import requirements from MS Word template to SpiraTest. I know this functionality has been originally implemented for SpiraPlan, but your documents mention it should work for SpiraTest as well. I cannot import anything though, and as an example I am using your sample document - what are the limitations for SpiraTest?

Can I link Test Cases with TFS?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:09:37 -0400

Your documentation says you may link incidents and tasks - while I would like to synchronise Test Cases written and managed in SpiraTest with items in TFS.

Import images from MS Word

Radoslaw Rozkowinski (radoslaw.rozkowinski@gmail.com) — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:44:47 -0400

Is there any wat to import (and embed) images while importing from MS Word document? Currently it imports Alt-text instead of actual image.

Integration with Coded UI

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:55:01 -0400

Anyone knows whether SpiraTest may be integrated with Coded UI Tests?

Can't start service after force re-sync

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:24:53 -0500

hi I get a trial SpiraTest, I encountered a problem that I can't re-start the DataSyncService after I force re-sync the data with Jira plugin. When I start the service, it always denote "The local machine SpiraTest Data Sync Service stoped after starting. Some services stoped automatic, if there is nothing to do such as 'performance log and warning service' ", can you give me some suggestion. I am trying re-start my server, but it still can't work. Thanks Suixian

Can I only sync the SpiraTest bugs to Jira in one direction?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:14:38 -0500

Hi I want to know if I can only sync the bugs which reported by SpiraTest into Jira, and when I update these bugs in jira, they will be updated in SpiraTest. But the bugs whic reported by Jira, I don't want to sync them into SpiraTest， does it work?

Syncing with Redmine

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:13:44 -0500

Is it possible to configure SpiraTest to open issues in Redmine automatically?

Delete Update of a ReleaseBuild over API

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 07:59:54 -0400

As stated in https://www.inflectra.com/Support/Forum/spiratest/issues-questions/2137.aspx It would be great to have this possibility in the API. I cant comment on the link above, but this is something that were also looking forward to (already quite a while) I hope the priority of this can be set higher. Thanks Kim

Unable to connect to server with excel 2007 add-in: content type mismatch

Matthew McComb (mmccomb@bioscale.com) — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:33:53 -0400

I installed the excel add-in and all prerequisites according to documentation. Downloaded and opened SpiraImportTemplate for excel. When I go to the add-in and connect I get the following message: "Unable to connect to Server. The error message was 'The content type text/html of the response message does not match the content type pf the binding (text.xml; charset=utf-8)." My browser access to spiratest works without issue. Please advise. Running Spiratest v4.0 (006).

Spira 3.2 - Queries

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:41:00 -0500

Hi, I am using Spira 3.2 and have few queries on it 1) is there a separate space for entering pre-conditions in test case artefact ? 2) I dont see artefacts for Code review and Test case review ? Currently, i create a task for code review, test case review and custom property called comments (free text box) to capture the review comments. But it would be beneficial if we have a separate artefacts. In the manual process, we used to capture review comments in the excel sheets with prority in it and it will be tracked to close by the user. 3) I find two types of traceabilty - Requirement Traceability and Test Case traceability. but i find both doesn't complete traceable information. Information which i expect is Requirement, Test case, Code changes, Incident raised for the requirement. If possible Task but that is only optional.. 4) In test case execution, it prompts for release and build no, but it is not possible to enter the build no in Spira. We do manual testing and it is important to capture the build number to know against which build the test case has been executed. 5) Is there a way to have a pre-defined tasks in Spira ? where we need to choose that instead of manually entering the task. For e.g tasks like coding, review, testing are common for all the requirement, but everytime i have to enter that in spira.. 6) Is there a way to capture the no of rounds the test cases has been executed before passing the deliverables.. count of rounds.. This might be useful in the management perspective to see whether how many level of rework is done on the requirement before it gets passed. Sorry to ask all the above queries in single thread

NUnit Integration with the Spira

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:25:09 -0500

NUnit Integration with the Spira

Spira can support the NUnit 2.6.1 version rather than using 2.5.5

reddy rakasi (reddy.rakasi@accessintelligence.com) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:02:01 -0500

How to change the size of the "Step" and "expected result"?

Radoslaw Rozkowinski (radoslaw.rozkowinski@gmail.com) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:16:24 -0500

How to change the size of the "Step", "expected result" and "sample data" in the test-Case? I wish that these fields were always in 2 times more than the default.

Including test steps in incidents raised on failed test run

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:01:58 -0500

Hi, We are using SpiraTest to execute test runs, and as a result of a failed test we are using the automatically raised incidents to integrate with Jira to then pass to the developers to co-ordinate bug fixes. The problem we are currently having is that the raised incident includes only expected result and actual result, so it is not clear to the developers viewing the issue in Jira how to reproduce the bug without having to navigate through to SpiraTest and then to the test run associated with the incident. In order to provide the developers with steps to reproduce the issue without the need to navigate through to the test run details, is it possible to configure raised incidents to automatically include the test steps as well as the expected and actual result? Thanks, Chris.

Upgrade from 3.2 to 4.0: report problems

Nathalie Laborde (nathalie.laborde@cp.com) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:45:35 -0500

Hi, I have just upgraded SpiraTest from 3.2 to 4.0. When I try to open report page, I have the following message: A system error has occurred... Please click on the 'My Page' link to return to the application Offending URL: __Page Source: System.Web Message: Cannot deserialize the blob of personalization data associated with the current page. Parameter name: data Stack trace: at System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.BlobPersonalizationState.DeserializeData(Byte[] data) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.BlobPersonalizationState.get_UserState() at System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.BlobPersonalizationState.ApplyPersonalization(Control control, String personalizationID, Boolean isWebPartManager, PersonalizationScope extractScope, GenericWebPart genericWebPart) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.BlobPersonalizationState.ApplyWebPartManagerPersonalization() at System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPartManager.TrackViewState() at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) How can I correct this problem? Thank you Nathalie

Is it possible for Nunit to read a configuration file with information for test run (Release ID, etc...)

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:21:56 -0400

Currently we are running automated tests in Nunit that are associated with test cases in a test set in SpiraTest. In order to test different iterations, we need to recompile each time with an updated release ID, username, password, etc... Is there any way to get Nunit to read these values from a configuration file? We've reviewed the documentation online for Nunit, without any luck. Thanks! Matthew

SOAP API download limits?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:02:03 -0400

We are using the Spira SOAP API to download and reupload a large number of tests. This was working fine until the number of requirements exceeded 1,337. Once it crossed that threshold, we start getting the following exception. Is there a built-in limit to the number of requirements we can download at once? (We are using Apache Axis on the client.) Exception in thread "main" java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at com.transcendsys.tools.ant.spira.SpiraXlsDownloader.main(SpiraXlsDownloader.java:231) Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at org.apache.axis.AxisFault.makeFault(AxisFault.java:101) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:154) at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32) at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118) at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83) at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:165) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2443) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812) at com.inflectra.www.SpiraTest.Services.v3_0.BasicHttpBinding_IImportExportStub.requirement_Retrieve(BasicHttpBinding_IImportExportStub.java:8819) at com.transcendsys.tools.ant.spira.RequirementRepository.readRequirements(RequirementRepository.java:44) at com.transcendsys.tools.ant.spira.RequirementRepository. (RequirementRepository.java:34) at com.transcendsys.tools.ant.spira.BaseSpiraXlsDownloadUpload. (BaseSpiraXlsDownloadUpload.java:118) at com.transcendsys.tools.ant.spira.SpiraXlsDownloader. (SpiraXlsDownloader.java:24) at com.transcendsys.tools.ant.spira.SpiraXlsDownloader.main(SpiraXlsDownloader.java:223) Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:189) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:121) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:235) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:254) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.readHeadersFromSocket(HTTPSender.java:589) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:143) ... 15 more

Custom Properties on test cases and test runs

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:29:14 -0500

Hello, I have been using SpiraTest for quite some time now and have recently created some custom properties on test cases. I wanted to use them to make it easier to detect the test coverage of my application. Using those properties, I can see clearly which components have been tested thoroughly in one of the iterations that we ran. I was happy to see that those properties also appear on the reporting page which makes it very easy to create pivot tables based on a list of the test cases that we ran. As I was preparing my reports for my monthly deep dive with management, I wanted to generate a report and this time I ran the Test Run Summary report. I was surprised to see hardly any of my custom properties on the test cases that are in the report. After some investigation I found out that even though you have properly defined and filled out the custom properties on your test cases, this is not reflected in the test run report. As a matter of fact, testers need to enter those custom properties once again when performing the test cases, i.e. when creating a test run. I am wondering why Spira does not simply take the properties as they are set in the test cases to include them in the test run. By not doing so, testers are forced - in my case - to change their way of testing. If you want to have a clean test run report, you'd have to group similar test cases (i.e. test cases whose custom properties - 4 in our case - are completely identical) so you can have clean test runs. Furthermore, testers need to enter those custom properties once again. I'd like to understand the rationale behind this way of working in Spira. Wouldn't it be easier to just take the custom properties from the test case and use those in the test run? Thank you Gert

Pre-purchase Questions

Feliks Goh (feliks.goh@maxsys.com.my) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:14:51 -0500

Hi, I would like to confirm several doubts before purchasing SpiraTest. 1. Is there any older version available? (Our test server is currently using .NET Framework 3.5) 2. Is collaboration provided?

Spira Unavailable between certain times

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:09:19 -0400

Our SpiraTest becomes unavailable after 7 p.m. and then isn't available again until 6 a.m. If we try to access it during these times, we get an 'Authorization' error. Our IT manager swears that it isn't something he has implemented, so I'm wondering if there;s somewhere within Spira that availability times can be configured. Thanks Matt

Department information for incident's owners

Janet McKee (janet.mckee@windstream.com) — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:28:04 -0500

Hello all, I need to include the User Department information for incident's owners, because we have several development groups for thems, and we need to track where they are asigned. Could you please tell me how can I do that? Thanks a lot in advance. Regards, Sebastian

Error message while trying to import/export test cases from MS-Excel to SPIRA

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:23:54 -0500

Error message while trying to import/export test cases from MS-Excel to SPIRA

SpiraTest MS Office 2007/2010 Addin - V4.0 Release date

Holger Grube (h.grube@ceyoniq.com) — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:05:06 -0400

I am using the actual SpiraTest MS Office 2007/2010 Addin (v3.0.0) to export test cases from MS Excel 2010 to the spiraTest system. Unfortunately the last line in the sheet (>TestStep) is not exported. If I add any additional line with a dummy text after the last line which should be exported everything went well. So maybe this bug might be fixed in a newer Version?! In the SpiraTest ® Development Roadmap the new version " Updated MS-Office Plugins for SpiraTest 4.0" is announced for March 2013. When will it be available? Kind regards Holger Grube

Custom Columns - Incident Screen - for tracking purposes?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:59:59 -0500

Hi Spira Support, Had a question. probably overlooked the answer somewhere on here, apologies in advance if i have. I wanted to know if i could add custom columns to the incident tracking screen? For example, i might want to have a column which is numeric and i could values 1-20 and that could then be used to prioritise defects with a external vendor? another example would be the ability to define a phase within a project/release which the defect was detected i.e. SALES phase or ONBOARDING phase etc. Appreciate any thoughts on this. Cheers Paul

spiratest- jira integration questions

Christoffer Willenfort (christoffer@spielog2.com) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:40:09 -0500

I am trying to integrate our spiratest system ( SpiraTest v 4.0 (007) ) with our jira (5.0) and i have some problems. 1) in jira we have the field " Affects Version/s " that as far as i can determine should correspond with spiratests "Releases" however the data only flows from spiratest to Jira and not the other way. and the data only moves if you create a incident with that relese selected. We need to change this as the plan is to handle all releasees in jira. 2) we have several list type custom properties that are uppdated regularely. is there a way to get spiratest to just overwrite its data with the data from JIRA on uppdates. (if not could you consider adding this functionallity in a uppdata as this would make administration simpler.)

Kickoff automation scripts or batch files from Spira

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:27:32 -0400

Hi, Is it possible to kickoff execution from Spira test? Right now we have managed to execute and post the results using webservices. Please let me know incase you need additonal details. Thanks Gulshan

No able to generate java classed using wsimport command

Ben Fox-Moore (ben.foxmoore@gmail.com) — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:47:53 -0400

I found that Junit and TestNg libraries in download section are little outdated. So i thought to create Java classed from wsdl using wsimport command but when i issue following command on cmd prompt i get following error C:\Users\gulshan.saini\Desktop\New folder>wsimport -keep -verbose https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL parsing WSDL... [WARNING] src-resolve.4.2: Error resolving component 'q1:RemoteAutomationHost'. It was detected that 'q1:RemoteAutomationHost' is in namespace 'http://s hema document 'https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL#types?schema1'. If this is the incorrect namespace, perhaps the p ://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL#types?schema1'. line 1 of https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL#types?schema1 [WARNING] src-resolve.4.2: Error resolving component 'q96:ArrayOfint'. It was detected that 'q96:ArrayOfint' is in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.c /Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL#types?schema1'. If this is the incorrect namespace, perhaps the prefix of 'q96:ArrayOfint' needs to be changed. If vc?WSDL#types?schema1'. line 1 of https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL#types?schema1 [WARNING] src-resolve.4.2: Error resolving component 'q216:ArrayOfint'. It was detected that 'q216:ArrayOfint' is in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft mo/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL#types?schema4'. If this is the incorrect namespace, perhaps the prefix of 'q216:ArrayOfint' needs to be changed. t.svc?WSDL#types?schema4'. line 137 of https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL#types?schema4 [ERROR] Two declarations cause a collision in the ObjectFactory class. line 767 of https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL [ERROR] (Related to above error) This is the other declaration. line 734 of https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL [ERROR] Two declarations cause a collision in the ObjectFactory class. line 794 of https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL [ERROR] (Related to above error) This is the other declaration. line 751 of https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL Can anybody look into this issue or provide generated java classes? Thanks & Regards Gulshan

Is it possible to change color scheme/logo etc for a hosted site?

Jamie A Barnes (j.barnes@hermes.co.uk) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:16:01 -0400

Hi - I'd like if possibel to be able to bring our hosted site in line with our company standards, colour scheme/logo etc. Is this possible? Thanks Jamie

Workflow setting not effective

Jamie A Barnes (j.barnes@hermes.co.uk) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:19:27 -0400

I’ve made some workflow adjustments but am having problems. I’ve set the workflow so that when an Incident is ‘New’ the ‘Difficulty’ field is Disabled and Hidden, but I get message : >The field 'Difficulty' requires a value. I've made the same setting for the closed date/time, but this is also appearing, although no prompt/error message? Thanks Jamie

Assigned incidents now showing on My Page

Jamie A Barnes (j.barnes@hermes.co.uk) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:05:08 -0400

Hi, On My Page, none of the 4 incidents assigned to me are showing? Thansk Jamie

Assigned incidents not showing on My Page

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:02:38 -0400

Hi I logged some incidents as admin, then assigned them to my 'own' user ID, but they are not showing in My Page. Please help. Thanks Jamie

Logged in as administrator but unable to delete project

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:03:44 -0400

I am trying to delete an obsolete project but the system will not allow me to do so. I have tried making the project inactive first but this does not work either. Please help Thanks Jamie

Using MS Office add-ons and Citrix

Jamie A Barnes (j.barnes@hermes.co.uk) — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:04:42 -0400

Hi there, We've recently started to convert our physical desktop PC's with Thin Clients and connecting to 'virtual' desktops via Citrix. Are there any consideration we need to make in order to have the MS Office add-ins loaded onto and runing in a Citrix environment? Thanks Jamie

Exporting from excel - custom defined fields

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:00:34 -0400

I am in the process of moving from excel spreadsheet based test plans to Spiratest. I am able to export folders, test cases and test steps but haven't figured out how to deal with special fields. I have defined 2 custom properties of test cases in the project I'm exporting to. Both custom properties are booleans (Automatable and Regression). I tried using the TEXT-xx fields in the SpiraImportTemplate.xlsx but the values I entered didn't go anywhere that I could find in Spiratest. How can I populate the custom properties during the export process from excel?

Upgrade from v3.2 to v4.0 does not work with .NET 4.5 installed.

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:50:24 -0400

I am trying to upgrade our installation of SpiraTest from v3.2 to v4.0. Everything seems to go well until at the very end of the installer is says that .NET Framework 4.0.30319 must be installed. Our server has been updated to .NET 4.5 (4.5.50709) which was required for other applications and it is my belief that it is backward compatible with .NET 4.0 applications. How can I get around this issue?

Reports not part of the Import/Export SOAP API. Any plans on adding Reports to Import/Export SOAP API?

Aaron McIver (amciver@scfaz.com) — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 18:37:45 -0500

I have a custom report that that needs mulitple inputs to tailor the sql query with multiple substitutions, filtering does not supply the functionality to input multiple releases. If Reports were available via the SOAP API, the sql query statement could be updated remotely to inject the mutliple substitutions to make the appropriate query. Any plans to have Reports accesible via SOAP in 4.1.x? Thanks!

Automation Host not a filter in Reports for Test Sets or Test Runs.

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 03:55:45 -0500

Having the filter would be an immense help. Is the filter being added in a future release? Is it planned?

Can I have the requirement cover depending on the release assigned ?

Soazig Verré (soazig.verre@biomerieux.com) — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:19:32 -0400

Hi, I explain what I want to do : I've got a product to test. I must test with several releases (Alpha release, Beta release). I use different types of test case in each release, so I plan my work like this : Alpha Release => Req A, B, C - exploratory test case Beta Release => Req A, B, C - black box test case I need to check the cover requirements for the alpha release, in order to reach a specific cover requirements, before use the Beta release. So I want to do that : 1- creation of Alpha Release 2- creation of req A, B, C, assigned to the Alpha release 3- creation of exploratory test case, assigned to the req A, B, C and the alpha release => the cover requirements shows all the req are covered (but not run) for alpha release 4- execution of the test case => the cover requirements shows all the req are run (pass or fail or caution or blocked) for alpha release 5- Assign the req A, B, C to the Beta release => I would like the cover requirements shows all the req are not covered for Beta release. But Spiratest keeps the cover requirements from alpha release 6- creation of the test case assigned to the req A, B, C and the beta release => the cover requirements would show all the req are covered (but not run) for beta release 7- execution of the test case => the cover requirements would show all the req are run (pass or fail or caution or blocked) for beta release Is it possible to use Spiratest like I want ? Thank Best regards Soazig

Email notification of SpiraTest Outage

Julie Cuthbertson (julie.cuthbertson@woodmac.com) — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:47:45 -0500

Is it possible to send an email to all registered users directly from SpiraTest to advise them of scheduled or unscheduled outages? I don't really want to have to set up and maintain an Outlook distribution list to which I can then forward the notification from Inflectra. It would make much more sense to implement a splash screen that advises of any outages - this is what Salesforce do and that means that all users are kept up to date with the current status of the service but in the absence of that I'd at least like the capability to mail directly from SpiraTest. Does anyone know if this is possible? Thanks

Ideas for Enhancements

Lynn J Harden (lynn.harden@icognition.com.au) — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:16:30 -0500

Hi - is there any way of suggesting ideas for improvement, seeing ideas others have suggested and voting for these to help decide what makes it into future releases? Thanks Julie

Some improvements to SpiraTeam

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 31 May 2013 07:58:55 -0400

Hi all, In my company, we are working with SpiraTeam for a month. I am very satisfied, but my co-workers and I miss something: - We have mapped SpiraTeam with TFS2010 and we would like show the field MsTfsDataSync ID in the filter. This enhancement would make easier the job between Testers and Developers. - In other bugs tracking system applications (eg: TFS or ClearQuest) we can define Team Queries in order to locate and to modify an incident. In SpiraTeam we have seen how we define user filters but not team filters. - Developers can’t found in TFS the attached files in Spira. - TFS allows linking an incident with other and that information is not imported to SpiraTeam and vice versa. Thanks and regards, Rafael Baena Sage

Test cases/test sets in progress

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:59:04 -0400

I use SpiraTest to control integration test scenarios. These scenarios could take even few days to complete as several parties are involved. However such test cases/test sets are still in "not run" status. I can't see how many such cases/sets are "in progress" except in "My Page". Would be nice to add status "in progress" and show this in "Project Home" review. Thx

Test case name in "My Pending Test Runs"

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:38:50 -0400

I collate multiple related test cases into test sets. When I execute just one particular test case from the test set then only test set name shows in "My Pending Test Runs" widget. When there are multiple test cases from the same test set it's hard to identify what test case is represented by what line. It would be better to show e.g. "test set / test case" in "My Pending Test Runs" widget. Thx

Full text search

Ralf J Ploner (rp@prospective.ch) — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:40:23 -0400

I am somehow missing full text search in SpiraTest. Have I overlooked something? thx

Adding new version of screenshot

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:04:24 -0400

Pls add possibility to create new version of screenshot by pasting from clipboad - like in case of adding new screenshot during testing. Thx

Display requirements covered by a release

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:42:37 -0400

Would it be possible to show what requirements are covered by particular release - like it is possible with Incidents. running SpireTech 4.0

Creating a detailed test plan (test cases) for review

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:19:09 -0400

Trying to create a report with the test case details for a specified set of test cases i.e a test plan to send out for review. The individual tests are organized into folders in Test Cases, each folder representing a particular test area or feature. I want to be able to create a detailed report (title, description, test steps) of all the test cases organized within a particular folder. The report filtering does not seem to allow you to narrow down to folder within Test Cases. I can get the correct set of tests from a Test Set, but it doesn't allow for the details I want. Filtering by owner, or author doesn't help because users may have several folders worth of tests in any given project. How can I create this report?

Test Set Reports - TC details including not run status and .aspx

Stuart Paynter (stuart.paynter@ericsson.com) — Wed, 09 May 2018 16:37:05 -0400

Seems like a basic question but cant find the answer - I want to run a report of all test sets, embedded in a folder with the execution status of the test cases in each test set, including the not run. In Test Sets, have it arranged like this: Top Level Folder - Release X 2nd Level Folder - Function Y 3rd Level Test Set - Test Set 1 3rd Level Test Set - Test Set 2 I can run a Test Set Detailed report specifying the 1st Level folder and it will report on all of the embedded Test Sets and reports the test case execution status except Not Run is not included. I want to be able to assess the total number of test cases per test set, how many have been run (and by extension how many left to run) and pass/fail status. Currently the report only indicates pass/fail and I cant determine how many are remaining to execute. Also - how do I get a PDF or Word doc from the .aspx file if those report output options are chosen?

Test set page and Test Case list page suggestions/wishes

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:01:40 -0400

Hi. I send you a couple of wishes that have originated from many hours work in SpiraTeam. There are many things to consider, I am sure, and these are details, but I believe these may improve the user experience (at least from my point of view). #1 Test set page: Add test case to test set: Add the possibility to search/filter for Test Case (At least ID & Name). Cause: With the current solution it may be difficult to find the test cases to add to the test set due to: 1) The window in which to select the test cases, is minimal in size, so that only parts of the folder/test case name is visible. 2) The pool of available test cases has become large and it may be difficult to find the correct test cases. #2 Test case list page: Expand the number of visible characters of Test case Name column so that the name at least fills the whole cell in the test case list. Cause: Test case names may often be longer than the allowed number of characters in the Test case Name column, which makes finding the correct test case more difficult. #3 Test case list page: Be able to search for content in Test case. Thank you. Regards, Tonje

Migrate a SpriaTeam project to SpiraTest

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:52:29 -0500

I have a case here where we will need to migrate a project from SpiraTeam to SpiraTest. In the current project, we have at least created test cases, test sets, test runs, custom properties, we use release/iterarion lists and the reporting functionality. Will there be a problem to migrate this to SpriaTest?

Reporting- Automated reports

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:54:40 -0400

Do you know if there is a way to generate automated daily reports,

There is a menu that displays for each incident the associated requirement?

Ramiro Gonzalez (rgonzalez@ids.com.mx) — Thu, 16 May 2013 02:04:11 -0400

I am looking through the application a page that display the incidents with their associated requirement. But in the "show-hide columns" this field is missing. How could I get this page or report?

from excel import to spira test error!!!!!

qqtiny chen (qqtinypon@gmail.com) — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:55:54 -0400

I can export TEST CASE from Spira Test ( v4.0 ) is no problem to EXCEL Has been installed VSTO 10、add-in& download template But if you want to jump out from the the import Excel click add-in always the same ERROR I the the SPIRA above the folder with the owner to adjust completely the same name as the root EXCEL Even in the with spira Project is under direct click EXPORT success in the Excel - add -in does not change any information click on Import as out of this error Please help me ERROR message : export failed with xxxx errors. please look in th column to the right of the data for the data for the appropriate error message

Want to add Test Set ID in Detailed Test Case Report.

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 05:04:18 -0400

Want to add Test Set ID in Detailed Test Case Report. Can anyone help me on this, as this is the requirement coming from business and I have tried the knowledge base articles but with no success.

Cannot Import Tests - Excel Add-in not visible in Excel after successfully installing the MS Office 2007/2010-add-in

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Mon, 27 May 2013 00:03:13 -0400

Hi I want to Import tests from Excel 2010 into Spiratest, but d espite successfully installing the SpiraTest MS-Office 2007/2010 Add-Ins, have wasted hours trying to work out why I cannot see any sign of the Spiratest Excel Add-In in excel when I open the SpiraImportTemplate.xlsx spreadsheet. What has gone wrong? Why can't I see the Spriatest Excel Add-in in the Option->Add-ins panel? I've downloaded the SpiraTest MS-Office 2007/2010 Add-Ins for both x64 and x86, plus the SpiraTestPlanTeam Migration and Integration Guide.pdf. Ran the Installation for VisualStudioToolsOffice10.0_x64 which was successful. . Opened Excel using the Office 2007 template (*.xlsx). Opened the File->Options->Add-ins and the SpiraTest excel add-in is not displayed. Clicked Browse to find the folder where the VisualStudioToolsOffice10.0_x64 is downloaded to but the browser is empty unless I select All Files. Checked Control Panel->Programs and SpiraTest MS-Office 2007/2010 Add-Ins is not listed. Running Windows 7 Enterprise and MS Office 2010. Have .NET 4.5 and VSTO 10 installed. Have tried using both the x86 and x64 Spiratest add-ins with the same result - no Spiratest toolbar in excel.

Exporting Test Cases from one project to Multiple Projects at once?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 29 May 2013 14:58:17 -0400

We are in the process of trying to determine the best way to implement Spira Test in our organization. Our current investigation is taking us to create a Generic Project to store the Test Cases and then create Customer Specific Project for Subsets (it seems that projects by Customer is a must if we want to use Jira plug-in as our Jira is set up as Projects By Customer) The idea is we would maintain the Generic Project and the Project Teams would maintain the Customer Specific. If we add a generic Test Case that we know will be common to all Customers can we Export from Generic Project to all the projects at the same time or do we really need to do this Project by Project Thanks

My profile logo set for all users

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:30:44 -0400

I want to upload our company's logo as the stadard image for all users. However, rather than updating users one by one is there a way of updating the 'My Profile' logo for all users within SpiraTest in a single attempt?

SpiraTest Backup and Restore Guide

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:59:17 -0400

The SpiraTest admin guide doesn't really include any instructions on backup and restore procedures for the software. Is there any supporting documentation which outlines best practice on this subject? Eg. what needs to be backed up at app server and DB level

Sub-categories for incident lists

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:20:54 -0400

Hi, Is it possible to have sub categories within customised lists for incidents? For example: Interfaces [Parent category] Payroll (child) Foreign Exchange BACS

Is it possible to have dependencies between lists?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:02:39 -0400

I am trying to work out a way of making the selection of one item in a dropdown field determine the values which appear in another dropdown field as per the following example: Example: Dropdown Box 1 named 'Functional Area' and Dropdown Box 2 named 'Functional Area Sub Category' If the user selects the value 'Interfaces from Box 1, only those items relating to 'interfaces' should be displayed in Box 2. My initial thoughts would be to have a custom list called 'Functional Area' containing all of the parent values. I would then create customised lists for each functional area which would be linked to the 'Sub Category' field. If someone could advise whether this is possible or a suitable alternative that would be a huge help.

Exploratory / Session Based Testing using SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:17:38 -0400

Does anyone have any experiences they could share regarding setting up and running session based exploratory tests in SpiraTest? Key questions I have are as follows: * Are there any 3rd party exploratory testing tools which integrate with SpiraTest? * Is there a way of recording exploratory test results easily in SpiraTets given that this is a purely unscripted activity? * Is it possible to customise SpiraTest to allow for 1 step to be created automatically whenever a new test case is created?

Video capture during test execution

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:42:42 -0400

I am currently exploring the possibility of using video capture software alongside SpiraTest to generate evidence during test execution runs. Key questions for me are as follows: * Are there any video capture tools which people are using with SpiraTest for this purpose? * Has anyone had any success integrating these tools with SpiraTest? If yes, can you provide me with advice on how to do this?

Visual Studio / TFS Online integration with SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 08:48:00 -0500

Morning folks, Can someone out there tell me whether the add-ins currently available for TFS and Visual Studio will allow SpiraTest to integrate successfully with TFS and VS online? Also, if there's anyone out there who has already successfully integrated SpiraTest with the online versions of either of these tools can you let me know of any problems encountered so I can consider them as part of my implementation plan? Thanks, Simon

Using SOAP API to add all test cases in particular release into a test set

Bruce Cran (bcran@fusionio.com) — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:34:02 -0500

I’d like to use the soap api to add all test cases in a particular release into a test set. The problem is, I can’t figure out how to get a unique TestSetTestCaseMappingId. I know it must be unique, but I don’t see any kind of generator. Details: TestSet_AddTestMapping takes RemoteTestSetTestCaseMapping? As a parameter. I can create the mapping, but, the definition is: https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v4_0/ImportExport.aspx?datacontract=q49:RemoteTestSetTestCaseMapping and the fourth parameter is a TestSetTestCaseMapping id, defined as, “The unique id of the test case in the test set” I do not know how to generate a unique id for this. Should I just try random numbers until one does not throw an exception?

Long transactions causing sql timeouts

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:27:06 -0500

We're running SpiraTest 3.2 (016), and have been getting reports (and logged events) of sql timeouts - sometimes a user is unable to use Spira for quite a while because of repeated timeouts; I saw one today, while at other times it was taking over a minute to display test sets. Looking at the Activity Monitor in SQL Server 2008 R2, there was a LCK_M_S wait on an UPDATE command. Is this something that has been improved in newer versions, or is there something I can change in SQL Server to improve things?

Export requirements from Excel to Spira: Error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

Heidi M Taylor (htaylor@healthintegrated.com) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:08:28 -0400

I tried to export requirements from an excel sheet to Spiratest. I filled the template with requirements from another excel worksheet. The export failed with an error message: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." at the end of each requirement. What's wrong?

Unable to update status manually once status is marked pass/fail by automated test run

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:31:57 -0400

Hi, We are facing one issue i.e. when automated test run has marked test case as pass or fail, we are not able to manually change status of test case after that. for example: 1. My test case TC001 was marked fail by automated test run. 2. Now, If I want to now pass TC001 manually , then it is not possible right now. We are performing following steps to change status - Select Test Case - Click check box next to test case and Click on Execute Test Case - After that, do PASS ALL - Finish Even after performing above mentioned steps test case status remain same, as that was earlier. FYI....we are not using test sets Could you please confirm where the issue is? Thanks Gulshan

Requirements Coverage Filters

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 09:27:08 -0400

Hi, Is it possible to filter the requirements coverage by anything other than releases? For example - if there are requirements from two different teams (Functional and Security), is there a way I can see the coverage for just the Functional requirements or Security? Thanks for your help.

Pause / Continue Test Set Execution

Hamzah Saleem (hamzah.saleem@amec.com) — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:18:10 -0400

Hi, I may be missing something here but whenever I pause a Test Set execution I seem to be unable to resume / continue the saved execution. If I enter the test set again and use the Execute button it re-executes from the top. How do I continue a previous run? Not sure if it makes much of a difference but I'm using Google Chrome to run the tests. Regards, Hamzah

Test Case Bulk Update

Hamzah Saleem (hamzah.saleem@amec.com) — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:25:18 -0400

Hi, Is there any way to do bulk updates to Test Cases in SpiraTest? We have added a new custom field (a List) that now needs to be populated for all test cases. Currently we are unable to mass update all 1000+ test cases.

Incident Overview Status Field

Janet McKee (janet.mckee@windstream.com) — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:11:47 -0400

Hi, We have set a workflow for incidents within SpiraTest however it looks like a user with the appropriate privileges can actually edit the status of Incidents at the table overview bypassing the workflow. Is there a setting somewhere to turn this off?

SpiraTest v4.0 Timeout Error

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:34:31 -0400

Hi, One of our users is experiencing the following error message when accessing the Test Cases module (which currently contains around 4000+ test cases): Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. He seems to be the only one experiencing this issue. We have tried to clear the cache on his machine however the same problem exists. Is there anything else we can try? The version of SpiraTest we are using is 4.0. Regards, Hamzah

How to integrate a automation tool not supported by RemoteLaunch?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:17:09 -0400

I use an automation tool called "Testing Anywhere". RemoteLaunch add-in does not support the integration of this tool into SpiraTest. Is there any workaround around this? I want to integrate the tool somehow? Is it possible by writing some kind of script or code?

What if my automation tool does not provide any results through command line?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:30:09 -0400

I am using Remote Launch (Command line plugin) to integrate Testing Anywhere (Test automation software) and SpiraTest. I can run the automated script from the command line. The results of the tests are not returned to command line. I just want to trigger the automation test from Spira Test without getting the results. Can I do that with Command Line plugin? If Yes can you please tell the way how it is to be done? I run the the automation script from command line as follows: "C:\Program Files\Testing Anywhere 8.1\Client\TAPlayer.exe" "/fE:\User Name\My Documents\Testing Anywhere Files\Testing Anywhere\My Projects\Test.tamx/e" Test.tamx is the test script

How to delete Users from SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:39:44 -0400

I have imported valid users from LDAP server. I want to delete the existing default users from SpiraTest which were automatically added during installation. I tried to delete them from the database. But the table TST_USER has many dependencies and hence it does not let me delete directly. Please suggest a way to delete them. I want to clean up the unwanted users from the application. Thanks, Aniket

Integrating SpiraTest with internal bug management tool

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:55:20 -0400

My organization has an in-built Bug reporting and tracking tool which we call Hydra. All the bugs which are encountered during testing are reported on Hydra (i.e we create a bug task on Hydra). We want to integrate SpiraTest with Hydra. The integration scenario needed is as follows: When we create a new bug incident on SpiraTest (When a test case step fails), the corresponding bug task should be created in Hydra as well. Can you suggest any way of doing this?

assigning an incident

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:51:46 -0400

does every developper need to have an acompte on spiratest in order to read the incident that was assigned to him?

can i send a sheet with the details of an incident instead of a link that redirect to spiratest?

sara B (sara_013@gmail.com) — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 16:01:11 -0400

can i send a sheet with the details of an incident instead of a link that redirect to spiratest?

Import/Export Multilist

Kyle A Pook (kyle.pook@emiraje.ae) — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:58:47 -0400

Hi, we created a custom property with the type 'Multilist'. However, the Legacy Name field did not get populated with anything - it is blank. This seems to preclude us from importing or exporting this field. Is there something we have done wrong in setting up the Multilist or is it not possible to import/export Multilists? Thanks, Jeff

Several testers executing one test set

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 12:55:55 -0400

If have a test set with several test cases. One tester is starting with the execution of the test. After some test cases a new tester has to continue with the remaining test cases. How can we do that? They test execution is only showing on the first testers "My page".

Mail notification from forum

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:53:22 -0400

This is not a SpiraTest issue but a general issue. This is the notification mail I got: Hello ${UserID}, You are receiving this notification because you are watching the topic or forum "SpiraTest Issues & Questions". This topic received a reply or is new since your last visit. You can use the following link to view the replies made. ${ForumThreadUpdatedUrl} To view all forums and topics, you can visit: ${ForumUrl} And to visit the Knowledgebase articles, please visit: ${KBUrl} This looks wrong to me ;-)

Test case name as parameter

Roland Böni (roland.boni@fara.no) — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 07:33:30 -0400

Is it possible to give the name of another test case as an argument to a test case? Example: Some data are defined in a test case in the field sample data in test cases A, B and C. In test case D the data should be verified. Test case D should then know which data (A, B or C)

Can same test set be assigned to two releases

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:42:18 -0500

We have test sets that should be assigned to different releases at the same time. The testing can be executed parallell for these releases or with a short delay. Is it possible to do that or must one test run be finished before a new assignment can be made?

Wrong version text in releases when synchronizing with Jira

Roland Böni (roland.boni@fara.no) — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:58:19 -0500

We synchronize the Releases from Jira. Some releases have the version text "X.xxx" where xxx is the number of the release "RLxxx" - 1. The name of the release is however correct. I have big problems to find the right release when I try to assign a test set to a release since the version is used . Any idea what is going wrong during synchronization?

Exception during synchronization with Jira

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 09:01:43 -0400

We are using Jira v5.2.11 and SpiraTest v4.0. The synchronization with JIRA generates the following exception: General Error: There is an error in XML document (178, 285). at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events) at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle) at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall) at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.PlugIns.Jira4DataSync.JiraSoapService.JiraSoapServiceService.getIssuesFromJqlSearch(String in0, String in1, Int32 in2) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.PlugIns.Jira4DataSync.DataSync.Execute(Nullable`1 lastSyncDate, DateTime serverDateTime) Any idea what the reason could be?

Additional categories for reports

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 21 May 2014 15:07:15 -0400

Is it possible to add new categories to the reports? I like to add among others some system reports (list of users etc).

Sincornizacion with EA

Octavio R Mosettig (omosettig@nec.com.ar) — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 19:08:12 -0400

Hi, I've downloaded the "EAImporter_Setup" but when I want to start the configuration wizard I only have the option to put the ".eap" file. But my project is in a DB. Is possible to use the EAImporter with a Enterprise Architect project hosted in a database?

Is there a keyboard shortcut for ordered list? Chrome

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:45:02 -0400

Is there a keyboard shortcut for ordered list? I am using chrome as my browser. Based on research Ctrl+Shit+8 is supposed to be the trigger but does not work in Inflectra

Test Runs Custom Report

Grant Bell (keaney2023@gmail.com) — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 21:17:31 -0400

I'm trying to create a custom report that lists all the all Test sets with test cases and steps to complete those test cases. The standard "Test Set Detailed Summary" does not seem to show the test case steps. I have tried to create a custom query to pull this data but I cant find a relationship between the test cases and test runs. Has anyone experienced this before?

Is there a way to customize the columns when looking at Tasks?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:06:16 -0400

The current columns are name, progress, status, etc. For each requirement we may use the same task name. For example, "develop backend", "design UI", etc. Since the requirement is not listed in the table, many tasks appear with the same name. It would be better if we could add the requirement as a column.

How to Export/Import test cases into and from Excel

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:04:07 -0400

Hello, I am trying to export/Import data from excel and I cant get past the Error: Exception from HRESULT: 0x800A03EC I am trying this with minimal data i.e. one test case, as mentioned in KB article using SpiraTest Excel template. I would really appreciate if someone can help me out with this Thanks

Upadting comments in Spira

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:16:24 -0400

Hi, As part of the defect management process i download all the defects from Spira and send it to the external vendors for the Updates. They update the comments in xls and send it to us. I need to know how to update all these comments using the import or export funtionality. Could anyone please help me regarding this issue. Regards Venkat

SpiraTest Jenkins Integration

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:36:25 -0400

I installed the Spira plugin in Jenkins and trying to integrate the build with SpiraTest. I have following questions? 1. Does this plugin support being able to update SpiraTest with individual test results? 2. Is this plugin open-source and available somewhere like github? Want to see if we can extend the functionality needed for us. 3. The rest api is mostly around incidents. Do we have a rest api for test cases? https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v4_0/RestService.aspx Also, When I run Jenkins interactively and not as a service on windows, this plugin fails with following error. Status Code: 500 Exception: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError Stacktrace: javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:719) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:770) at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$6.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:241) at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:677) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:770) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:583) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:214) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:45) at winstone.ServletConfiguration.execute(ServletConfiguration.java:248) at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:333) at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:376) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:95) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:87) at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194) at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366) at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:48) at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194) at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76) at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164) at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194) at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366) at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:50) at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194) at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366) at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81) at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194) at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366) at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:331) at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.processRequest(RequestHandlerThread.java:227) at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.run(RequestHandlerThread.java:150) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138) at winstone.BoundedExecutorService$1.run(BoundedExecutorService.java:77) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513) at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:355) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:308) at javax.xml.ws.spi.FactoryFinder.newInstance(FactoryFinder.java:31) at javax.xml.ws.spi.FactoryFinder.find(FactoryFinder.java:128) at javax.xml.ws.spi.Provider.provider(Provider.java:83) at javax.xml.ws.Service. (Service.java:56) at com.inflectra.spiratest.plugins.soap.ImportExport. (ImportExport.java:42) at com.inflectra.spiratest.plugins.SpiraImportExport.testConnection(SpiraImportExport.java:272) at com.inflectra.spiratest.plugins.SpiraBuilder$DescriptorImpl.doTestConnection(SpiraBuilder.java:165) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:288) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:151) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:90) at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$1.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:111) at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:677) ... 39 more Caused by: javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: Error creating JAXBContext for W3CEndpointReference. at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.spi.ProviderImpl$2.run(ProviderImpl.java:211) at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.spi.ProviderImpl$2.run(ProviderImpl.java:206) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.spi.ProviderImpl.getEPRJaxbContext(ProviderImpl.java:206) at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.spi.ProviderImpl. (ProviderImpl.java:77) ... 62 more Caused by: javax.xml.bind.JAXBException - with linked exception: [java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory] at javax.xml.bind.ContextFinder.newInstance(ContextFinder.java:195) at javax.xml.bind.ContextFinder.find(ContextFinder.java:381) at javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext.newInstance(JAXBContext.java:574) at javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext.newInstance(JAXBContext.java:522) at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.spi.ProviderImpl$2.run(ProviderImpl.java:209) ... 66 more Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248) at winstone.classLoader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:83) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248) at javax.xml.bind.ContextFinder.newInstance(ContextFinder.java:191) ... 70 more

XSLT Processor

Erin Welch (erin.welch@siemens.com) — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:10:54 -0400

Hi Can Someone tell me which XSLT processor (and version) is being used with the reports. Thanks. If it's an in-house thing can you tell me what version of XSLT you support. Many Thanks!

Unable to install SpiraTest. Message says .net framework needed when it's already installed

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:14:44 -0400

I am trying to install SpiraTest v 4.0 but as soon as I click install, I get error message saying "You must install Microsoft .Net framework 4.0.30319" I have checked my registry entries and installed software and I have .et framework version 4.0.30319 installed. Not sure how to proceeed here?

Project specific report creation

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:05:07 -0400

Hi everybody! Is there a possibility to create project specific reports? (please say yes!) I have several projects within our SpiraTest v 4.0 (012) | en-US installation and created a couple of own reports. Those reports are containing also static information of one dedicated project and therefore should be visible to one dedicated project only. Unfortunately created reports seem to be available globally so far meaning my own created reports are visible within all other projects. Would be really useful if there would be an option within the report configuration to allocate an own created report to just one, or to several, projects within SpiraTest (e.g. using dynamic MultiLists created out of the complete project list containing all customer projects). Any ideas to get to a useful solution? :-) Thx in advance! Karl

Reports: display of HTML code of attached file's description in generated reports instead of the to be displayed text

Karl-Heinz Wirth (karl-heinz.wirth@clearstream.com) — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:22:40 -0400

Hi Adam, it seems to me there is a small "bug" in the display when generating reports (here specifically I mean the report " Printable Test Scripts ") in case somebody enters at " Planning => Documents => Document Details " HTML formatted text in the field "Description". Whenever you use well-formatted, masked HTML characters (e.g. for ) in the field " Description " they will be displayed correctly when being in the " Document Details " view. Unfortunately when you create a report "Printable Test Scripts" where this document is linked to the file attached containing above description gets confused and the HTML code is been displayed. This occurs both for pdf and html reports. Could U pls advise how to fix this or in case I am right could U pls put this on your enhancement list? :-) Cheers, Karl

Password Expiry Intervals

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:51:18 -0400

Although Spirateam is a good product, my company has policies that state that all tools that we use should support Password Expiry Intervals of 30-90 days and forced Password Reset when a new user is added. I can't seem to find anywhere in the administration to set this up. It would be annoying not to be able to use the tool because of this and I suspect that there are other companies with the same policies so can anyone shed some light on how I would set this up in the tool?

Jira integration - Requirements association

Pieter Grobler (pieter.grobler@momentum.co.za) — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:19:04 -0400

Hi, Currently we are trying to integrate the standalone spiratest tool with Jira. We are trying to handle following flow but get stuck when trying to sync the bug incident "relates to" requirement association Start condition (config) : JiraData sync plugin is used, jira user stories are imported as requirements, jira key id is also stored in spiratest, Custom 5 field in JiraDataSycn plugin is refering to Relates issue link type. 1) create user story in jira -> OK 2) sync plugin will import user story into spiratest as requirement (not as incident!) -> OK 3) once requirement is created in spiratest , we create testcases , test runs + make associations with relevant user story -> OK 4) At some point in time we start with test execution resulting in creating issues. When creating issues , issues are also associated to the relevant user story. -> Ok Next our goal (and this is were we get stuck) is to make the 'relates to' link between the spiratest requirement (= jira user story) and spiratest bug incident (= jira bug issue) also visible in JIRA (jira user story is "related to" jira bug). Everything seems to work fine as long as user stories are defined as req incidents in spiratest. In that way we noticed that when you have an association between spiratest incidents , a jira "relates to" link is also created between relevant jira issue instances. However when we try to do the same with spiratest requirements and associated bug incidents, the link between the relevant jira issues is not created (in jira). Does any one have an idea of what we are doing wrong (setup?) or is this just not feasible? Maybe some workaround? thx

Jira integration (Greenhoper) - Sprint field not synced

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:02:03 -0400

Hi, As we are working in a scrum environment , our jira tool is working with the greenhopper plugin which allows us to add sprints (user story can be linked to sprint via "sprint" field). Basically the "sprint" field in jira/greenhopper is a customized field with some id (marked as locked + "Sprint field for GreenHopper use only" notification). Currently I've mapped this "sprint" field with a custom spiratest "sprint" field (free text field + external key = corresponding jira key ). However when the sync is done , the user story is created in spiratest but sprint field is still empty. Any ideas? thx!

If rich text is enable => paragraph tag when tapping enter key

Nico Janssens (nico.janssens@persgroep.be) — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 08:42:21 -0400

Hi, In case rich text is enabled for description fields and test step fields , a new paragraph ( ) is set when tapping the enter key causing lots of white space between text lines. Is it possible in some way to get a break tag instead of paragraph tag when tapping enter key? Currently if you want to change this you need to go to html mode and remove/replace the tags manually. thx

Projects using same workflow

Vanessa Smith (vanessa.smith@flhosp.org) — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:09:03 -0400

Hi, In spiratest we have a default project template holding all necessary workflow settings and ohter configuration stuff. Every time we start with a new project, the project setup is taken from the this default project template. So basically all our projects in spiratest are using the same workflows. For some of the workflows we need to apply some changes , but I 've noticed that you have to modify the workflows per project. Is there a way to modify the workflow once e.g. in the default project template and have them applied in all other projects making use of the same workflow? Thanks Kind Regards Nico

Is it possible to execute Test Case from APIs ?

and and (g886699@rmqkr.net) — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:08:07 -0400

Hello, I am currently doing a project relate to SpiraTest and using its APIs ( https://www.inflectra.com/ SpiraDemo/Services/v4_0/ ImportExport.aspx ) I am having a issue that I cannot find any APIs that to execute Test Cases I would be appreciate if you could solve my issues. Sincerely,

Tracking Screen can change Status outside of Workflow restrictions ?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:24:30 -0400

I can change the Status of a Bug type Incident in the Tracking Ccreen simply by useing the pull down menu. This seems to bypass the Workflow configuratation for this type, allowing me to "jump" to any Status I want. That seems odd, even though I have Sys Admin proviledges, since there is a Workflow with limitations on reansitions, etc. I don't understand why there is a Workflow with specific conditions and restrictions if I can just flip the Status to whatever I want in the Tracking Screen. I am a new User/Admin, so I assume that I don't have something set up properly or I am misunderstasnding how Status and the Workflows/Transitions are releated.

Test Case Execution status (N/A) not reflect under Test Cases dashboard.

Akhilesh Verma (akhilesh.verma@e-navik.com) — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 00:09:29 -0400

Hi All, I have one release example (rel 1.0.0.0) and one test case example(TC 1). First I mapped test case (TC 1) to release ( rel 1.0.0.0 ) and then change the test case Active status as [ NO ]. But when I go back on the test case main screen test case execution status display as [ Not Run ]. It should be display as [ N/A ]. When I try to set Active status as [ NO ] to the test case without mapped any release and check on the test case main screen test case execution status display as [ N/A ]. I want to set some of the test case execution status as [ N/A ] which is mapped to any Release. Could anyone help me to short out this problem ASAP. Thanks in Advance!!

How to export test cases from MS Word with more than one hierarchy level

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:00:37 -0500

We have in our project a test case structure with more than one hierarchy/Indent level. I see how to add them manually in SpiraTest and in MS Excel. But I don't know how to format a word document, in order to create more than one indent level during MS-Office Plug-In export. The style mapping only allow to define: - Folder Name: Heading 1 - Test Name: Header 2 Do you have a workaround for this?

Exporting from SpiraTest to HP QC

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:47:15 -0400

I am working with a client the uses HP QC and we need to share our test cases. They have sent me their format for importing into HP QC, but I cannot find any way of creating the file from Spira in the correct format. Is there a way to do this? Thank you!!

Reporting issues

Stephan Wacker (stephan.wacker@adesso.de) — Fri, 09 May 2014 08:06:46 -0400

Hi, we just update to SpiraTest 4.1 and found some reporting issues: Images are not included in Word-Reports f.e. in Requirement Detailed Report (PDF and HTML is fine) Bulletpoint-Lists don't work in PDF-Reports f.e. in Requirement Detailed Report (Word and HTML is fine), the bullet points appear at the right side insted of the left side and the indentation level is ignored. Is there a fix for this? The feature is very important because our customer doesn't have direct access to SpiraTest so we communicate via SpiraTest-Reports. Best regards Stephan

Template for description-fields?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 19 May 2014 07:19:18 -0400

Hi, is there a way to provide a template for description-fields e.g. for test cases? This could be useful to "remind" the author to provide certain Information in the description-field (like prerequisites, parameter-descriptions etc.)... Best regards, Stephan

BugShooting - no export to SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 05:40:21 -0400

Hi, I found the great screen capture tool BugShooting on the SpiraTest addons page and installed it. Everythings fine exepct the fact that the direct export to SpiraTest is not working. If I try to export to Spira it gives me an error message "column-argument must not be null" (perhaps a result of the SpiraTest update to 4.x?!). Does anyone have an idea? The BugShooting support doesn't react until now. Best regards Stephan

Problems with estimated duration in test sets

Stephan Wacker (stephan.wacker@adesso.de) — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 09:59:25 -0500

Hi, I have a problem with the estimated duration during test sets. In the test set details the estimated duration is correct: But in the test set list the value is wrong: The same (wrong) value is shown in the reports. Is it a bug or a feature? :-) Another thing is that in the test set list sometimes the estimated duration is shown and sometimes not: What is the cause? Best regards Stephan

Copy Test Steps to another Test Case

Shelby Pinholster (shelby.pinholster@powerplan.com) — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:35:19 -0500

Is there anyway to copy test steps from one test case to another?

What happened to the Email button in Spira 4-2-0-8

Test Management (QualityAssurance@tryg.dk) — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 14:20:31 -0400

It seems that the 'Email this artefact to' button has disappeared from the Incident detail screen. Is that on purpose? Regards, Lene Bergqvist, Test Manager

Inactivated Test Cases still appear in Test set.

Test Management (QualityAssurance@tryg.dk) — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:43:15 -0500

Why is it that inactivated test cases are not bypassed when executing a test set? One of my colleagues wants to keep a test case (in stead of deleting it), only not have it executed during her current test cycle. But she can't avoid it in the test set, and the inactivated test case also will appear on the owner's My Page (marked with N/A, but still with the link to execution).

Refresh database indexes - KB10- the new function is not available in our instance

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 09:32:21 -0500

Quite a number of our projects are running extremely slowly in our Spira Test v 5.0.0.8. So I was thrilled when I found the Knowledge Base article about rebuilding the database indexes. Only the function is not shown on the Data Tools page. How do I find it?

Refresh database indexes - KB10- the new function is not available in our instance

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 09:32:26 -0500

Changing from manually creating users to LDAP managed.

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 10:24:03 -0500

We consider applying LDAP user management instead of having the users create their own account and choose a password of their own. Can anybody help me with these question? 1) what happens to the 1100+ users who exist in the user table already? 2) Can we establish Single Sign On, so that anybody in the AD can open Spira Test by just typing the url? 3) If somebody leaves the company (and the AD) will they be prevented from opening Spira Test? BR Lene, Tryg Insurance

Adding og renaming Requirement steps in workflow

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:12:59 -0400

Hi, I would like it to be possible to add or rename requirements steps so my workflow is more customized. Could any of you please tell me if there are any updates on this issue/request, since I can see, that it has been an issue for some years now. I think it would be a great help because if we could make the workflow steps/names more aligned with agile process. Br, Karina

Incidents in Spira Test 5.2 - where have my dropdown lists gone?

Test Management (QualityAssurance@tryg.dk) — Mon, 15 May 2017 13:27:42 -0400

We changed version to Spira Test 5.2.0.1 yesterday, and when I create a new incident now, I can only choose from the dropdown list in Detected Release. All other fields are either defaulted (Detected by) and cant be changed, or empty and cant be filled. All the drop I suppose that there is a way to make it work, can somebody please help me?

New project settings

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:03:41 -0400

Hi, recently we've faced following problems: We create a new project and choose "Create a project based on an existing one" together with choosing an existing project. We’ve got custom properties in -- Show/hide columns – drop-down list but don’t have them in grid together with predefined fields. Is it possible to create a project that would inherit all custom properties settings? Is it possible for new user in current project to see all the custom properties that were set by admins or other users (I mean not only in ddl but already in grid)? If so, we’d be very grateful if you helped with this settings.) Thenks

NUnit 2.6.2 integration

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 08:39:59 -0400

Hi! We are running a integrated solution, where we run testcases implemented in VS 2012 in C., We use NUnit 2.6.2 to run our test cases. We are using SpiraTeam for our manual test cases and want to expand to be able to keep track of our automated test cases as well. But the only plugin for NUnit only supports NUnit 2.5.5, which is a bit old. We need a plugin that supports NUnit 2.6.2; Are there any plans of such a plugin? BR John Lunde Flennmark Consafe Logistics

Visual Studio 2012 integration

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 08:48:52 -0400

Hi! We are implementing a large suite of regression test cases in our project right now. We are using SpiraTeam for test case management, Visual Studio 2012 for implementation, C# for language and NUnit for test runs. I am wondering if there is any way of integrating VS 2012 to SpiraTeam in such a way that you can save your automated test cases directly into SpiraTeam's own repository. Alternatively through Subversion. The feature on my wishlist is; You create a test case in VS 2012 and press "Export to SpiraTeam". The test case is saved directly into SpiraTeam's own repository and a new test case is created with a unique test case id. These test cases should also be accessible from VS 2012 in such a way that they are editable. Is there any solutions to my problems? If not, is there any partial solutions? BR John Lunde Flennmark Consafe Logistics

Problem with authentication on client

John Lunde Flennmark (john.lundeflenmark@se.consafelogistics.com) — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:21:16 -0400

Hello! We have now started to implement our solution and have encountered a slight problem. We are trying to test our connection to ST through a web service and a client. We have added a web reference to our server and have started the web service through the wizard. After that we used svcutil to create a client, but we encounter problems with the authentication. using System; using System.Net; using System.Web.Services; using System.Web.Services.Protocols; using System.ServiceModel; namespace ConsoleApplication1 { public class SpiraTeam { public static void report() { ImportExportClient client = new ImportExportClient("BasicHttpBinding_IImportExport"); client.Endpoint.Address = new EndpointAddress("http://sesdw080041.masystem.net/SpiraTeamUtb/Services/v4_0/ImportExport.svc"); BasicHttpBinding httpBinding = (BasicHttpBinding)client.Endpoint.Binding; httpBinding.AllowCookies = true; httpBinding.Security.Mode = BasicHttpSecurityMode.None; client.Connection_Authenticate("user", "password"); client.Close(); } } } That is the code we use. And we get the error that says: "Error in deserializing body of reply message for operation 'Connection_Authenticate'." Anyone got any idea on how to solve this? User and password is of course replaced with correct credentials. BR John Lunde Flennmark Consafe Logistics

Why can't I search the forum(s)?

Craig Hellwege (craig.hellwege@utas.edu.au) — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:47:29 -0400

Hi support, I'm trying to find if there's anything in the forums regarding strange behaviour in the Test Case List when uploading tests via the Excel Add-In (i.e. some test case aren't visible (unless you select 'All levels') and all the levelling is screwy) Seems bizarre that I can't search the forum before posting? What am I missing? Thanks

How to access Spira v3.x SOAP web services using Python ?

Ashton Morgan (jrambo3838@gmail.com) — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 06:50:08 -0400

I have to access SpiraTest SOAP web service for python. So, Can I get knowledge base code for SOAP service for Spiratest using Python ?

Import from Excel does not change hierarchy of requirements (parent/child)

Praveen Sreenivasan (praveen.sreenivasan84@gmail.com) — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:57:53 -0400

Hello, we have requirements in Spira test but need to reorganize them (i.e. make some of them childs of others - we have 5 levels). Steps we took: 1) Export requirements from Spira to Excel (after downloading the plug-in and the special sheet) 2) Reorganize (moving) rows (= cut and paste) including Increasing idents (Excel functionality at Home ribbon) 3) Import requirements back from Excel to Spira The import runs succesfully but the issue is it does not change the positions of requirements in Spira (= no parents/child changes) We run Spira 4 and Excel 2010 Thanks in advance for any help!

TestRun_RecordAutomated3

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:00:07 -0500

I am trying to use the method https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v4_0/ImportExport.aspx?operation=TestRun_RecordAutomated3 from C#. Once called it never returns and times out. I can see from the web interface that all the test runs in the test set are created but it does not return. Any ideas?

Creating custom Task status - Spira Team 4.0

Praveen Sreenivasan (praveen.sreenivasan84@gmail.com) — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:31:08 -0500

Hello I am trying to use the "Task" functionality within Spira Team and want to create customized Status with values "To Do", "Doing", "Done" to keep it simple. As a work around, I am using the default values of Not Started, In Progress and Completed but wanted to know if the ability to create custom status values for task is an enhancement? Also, is it possible to hide/disable the default values being shown on the Status list? Currently, the functionality exists to create custom values for Incident status. Please advice. Thanks, Praveen

Assigning one test case to multiple owners

Praveen Sreenivasan (praveen.sreenivasan84@gmail.com) — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:57:29 -0500

Hello I am in a project situation where there may be a necessity of having the same test case assigned to different Owners. At the moment, I had thought of assigning each test case to an owner and later when the user finishes testing, have the same test case assigned to a different owner. Every users' test case execution will then be saved as a separate Test Run. Is this the right approach? The drawback of this approach would be the users would need to wait until the first execution has completed and cant run this in parallel. In contradiction, I can setup this as different test cases and assign any owner against it, but this would lead to duplication of test cases as test steps would be the same each time. Can anyone suggest a better way of playing this? Thanks, Praveen

Setup and test all possible scenarios for UAT

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:34:55 -0500

Hello I have the following situation and want your advice on what would be the best approach for this: I need to setup some UAT scripts in Spira Team. I noticed that in the new bespoke system at our end, one particular task can be completed in several ways. This applies to a number of different tasks or functionalities. So in summary, if I want to setup a scenario for end-to-end process testing that would take 5 steps to complete; each of these 5 steps can be done in "X" number of ways.How can I approach setting up the test scripts that would cover all possible combinations for testing to mark this scenario as signed off by the project team. The purpose of doing this test is to ensure all possible combinations work and the system does not break while performing the same task using different routes. Please advice. Thanks, Praveen

Import From Excel, Force a Carriage Return

Dave Winkler (dave.winkler@commscope.com) — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:50:21 -0500

Hello, I am using the Requirements tab in the Excel export template to import requirements into SpiraTest v4.0. For column C (Requirement Description) I have celss with mulitple lines of text (i.e., there is a carriage return after each line of text). When this imports into SpiraTest the carriage returns are lost. Is there a method, such as a special character, that I can use to force the carriage returns to be retained when the text is imported into SpiraTest? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

Extension 'UFT' was not loaded or was in error condition.

LC Huang (huanglc8@gmail.com) — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 02:25:15 -0400

1.In SpiraTest, set Automation Engine is UFT 2.Auto run and RemoteLaunch show error (RED X) 3.testcase Execution Status is bolcked and show message " Extension 'UFT' was not loaded or was in error condition. Could not run TCxxx" 4.Please help how to resolve it! Thanks!

SpiraTest not loading on some browsers

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 10:03:21 -0500

Hi All, Not sure if any of you facing this issue but from past 3-4 days my Incidents/Test Cases etc section on Spiratest is not loading on some browsers like FF,Chrome. Able to login and shown My Dashboard page but when on click on Test Cases/Incidents/Reporting tab the loading icon just keeps on revolving and does not load page even after waiting for a long time. It was working fine on IE10 till yesterday but today I am facing this issue on IE10 also. Can someone pls help me on this as it might be due to some missing plugin or something? Thanks, Anuj

Jira Integration

Kushal Revankar (kushal.revankar@igs-india.net) — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:04:01 -0500

I have run into issues integrating Spiratest with Jira. We have the hosted service. 1. Downloaded and DesktopDataSync.exe and copied Jira dlls to the same folder. Made sure that the service is running (polling at 2 minutes interval) 2. Configured JiraDataSync->Project Mappings (Only mapped the fields under Incident artifact at this point) 3. Provided connection info (https:// /rpc/soap/jirasoapservice-v2) (confirmed that axis server was running); jira login/password (this account has admin access to Jira) 4. Confirmed that 'Accept remote API calls' is enabled in Jira. It is still not working and I dont see any error message under Spiratest->Data synchronization. The Last Sync date is not even set, so that makes me think that Sync process didn't attempt to run. Am I missing anything? Any help will be appreciated! Thanks, Nitesh

Carrying over test case custom fields to test set

Nitesh Agarwal (nitesh.agarwal@gmail.com) — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:58:09 -0500

Hi - I created a couple of custom fields at the test case level and would like these custom fields/values to get copied over to the test cases under test sets. Is this possible? Thanks, Nitesh

SpiraTest Jira and Jenkins Integration

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 04:56:26 -0500

Hi, After briefly going through the integration documentation, I got the impression that Jenkins can integrate very well with SpiraTest. But in my company, we are using Jira as the bug tracking tool and SpiraTest for test case management. Now we have SpiraTest integrated with Jira (Thanks Adam for resolving the last pending issue :), so all bugs are updated in both the systems. But dev will be committing all the changes against the Jira tickets not against the tickets in Spiratest. Is this possible to still integrate Jenkins with Spiratest and view the list of tickets that were fixed against a particular build? Thanks, Nitesh

Exporting test cases to Excel

Ramakrishnan Vaidyanathan (raamakrishnankv@gmail.com) — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 05:01:05 -0500

Hi, Is it possible to export only the currently filtered test cases to Excel file instead of exporting all the test cases? Thanks, Nitesh

JUnit integration

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:25:23 -0500

I'm trying to evaluate if SpiraTest will be good choice for my company. We would like to have integrated tools such as: bugtracker-documentation-continues integration And so: I've installed SpiraTest and configured Jenkins to collaborate. In my pom.xml file I have configured plugin surefire to use JUnit Extension Listener so I'm able to trace execution of tests. My test cases are correctly updated (test is ok or failed). However Requirement is covered by this test case is not updated. I was trying to fix that somehow but I'm not able to. When I add some test case and remove it to the requirement status of requirement is correctly updated. So I guess this is a bug. Any help with that?

Cant connect to Spira through Excel

Suad Kajtazovic (suad.kajtazovic@ruag.com) — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 17:41:45 -0500

Hello all, I have followed all the instructions and installed the Add Ins correctly, but I cannot connect to the Spira Test host we use. When trying to connect I get: "Unable to connect to Server. The error message was: "Message version was not recognized"" The protocol for the Spira server is https...what am I missing? Thanks. Juan.

What code is Spira written in please?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:09:16 -0500

What code is Spira written in please? Sincerely, Ruth

401.1 error when going to localhost/spiratest

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:28:57 -0500

Hi, I'm getting 401.1 error you are not authorized to view this page when trying to launch spiratest. I am an admin on the machine and logged in as one I have checked the local security settings to log on locally and all looks well there I have follow the instructions as per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896861 and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247593 Still getting the same issue I'm running the following SQL Server 2005 (can't upgrade) Win XP with SP 3 Anyone got any ideas? Thanks Rory

SQL Server question

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:44:33 -0500

Hi, We have a new Enterprise SQL Server Cluster designed to host disparate application databases. Can the database be hosted remotely from the server application? So the application server would be sitting in front of and communicating to the backend Ent SQL Server. Thanks Rory

How can I read Expected result for a specific Step from python test

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:15:03 -0500

Hi, I've a requirement to read Info in the expected result of a particular step (usually the last step) using python test. I went through the methods listed https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v4_0/ImportExport.aspx , Can TestCase_RetrieveParameters be used for this purpose; Is there a n example code available? Please guide. thanks Sam

Syncrhonizing requirements in different SpiraTeam projects

Jon Freed (jfreed@edmap.com) — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:42:57 -0500

Hi Team, I would like to know a way to automatically synchronize requirements among different projects, i.e. given I have two projects Project1, Project2 where Project2 is a mirror of Project1, whenever a change is made on Project1 (new requirement, requirement changed, etc.), Project2 would be automatically updated accordingly. Thanks for your support. Best Regards Gabriel

How to move requirement using soap api functions

Michael Long (michaellong77@gmail.com) — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:21:42 -0400

Hi I am trying to move requirements using functions from spiratest soap api. Using the Requirement_Move function I need to specify the destination id. Here is an example of requirements which I may have Req1 Req2 Req3 Req4 Req5 Req6 Req7 Req8 So 5, 6 and 7 are sub features of 4. So what I need to be able to do is to move for example Req7 to be under Req1 or move Req2 under Req4. How can I do this?? It doesn't seem possible using the soap api. if I select the destination id to be for example Req4, then the requirement is moved to the same level as req4 which is of no use. Thanks for you time Michael

Can't create new Requirements using SOAP 4.1 after 4.1 update.

Michael Long (michaellong77@gmail.com) — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:01:49 -0400

Hi This is error which we receive when we try to do Requirement_Create1 for example. This had worked before this 4.1 update. "The partner transaction manager has disabled its support for remote/network transactions. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8004D025)" We have done the following changes suggested here but still have the same error. We have also rebooted the server. It doesn't solve the issue. https://www.inflectra.com/Support/KnowledgeBase/KB72.aspx It is still able to connect and perform some actions but still can solve this issue above which makes our script totally broken. I have created a minimum script which does login, connect to project and then tries to create requirement . It fails too. Can you suggest any other actions to correct this? thank you for your time Michael

Execution Status Definitions

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:26:21 -0500

What are the the following status indicators commonly used for? Caution Blocked

How many types and roles and their privileges

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 06:14:53 -0500

Please explain how many types of role Sipra test tool is providing and what are their privileges. I am logged as "Tester" but not able to create test folder/test cases.

Can I change views in SpiraTest?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 15:19:52 -0500

I added a custom field on the test case details view "preconditions", so I can fill in the preconditions of a test case. I would like to see the value of that field when I'm executing my test steps of that test case. Is it possible to edit the testcase execution view so I can see the value of the "preconditions" while I'm executing the test steps?

Bugs/issues?

Bart Van Raemdonck (bart.vanraemdonck@gmail.com) — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:41:14 -0500

I have been working a few hours with Spiratest now, and so far I think there are some main issues/bugs: When you make new test requirements or new testcases in the list view, and you click cancel instead of update, there still is a new requirement or a new testcase present with the default values en default new "new folder", "new requirement", "new testcase" When I'm making a new testcase, and I choose for the option "Edit parameters" and I add some parameters, there are not present/available in the testcase? When I delete a subfolder, all my testcases (that were in the main folder) are deleted

How to resume a pauzed Test Set?

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:10:42 -0400

Hi, I started to execute some tests in my test set, I clicked paused, but how can I resume the test set from the point where I paused it? Kind Regards, Bart

How to create a build?

Filip Baert (filip.baert@newtec.eu) — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:36:25 -0400

When I execute a test set I can choose a build, but how do you create one?

Error while inserting child requirements

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:00:25 -0400

Hi, When I create a new requirement and I insert a new child requirement I get the following error. Even when I refresh the page.

Adding JUnit jar to a gradle project

Bart Van Raemdonck (bart.vanraemdonck@gmail.com) — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 17:46:03 -0400

Hi, Im using Bobcat as automation framework, and it uses gradle to build it. I want to use also the JUnit plugin so my test results are written into Spiratest. I added the jar to the library of my project, in my editor everything looks fine, but if I run my tests it says /Users/macbookprobartvr/Documents/workspace/AEM/testbobcat1/src/test/java/be/vrt/aem/sporza/SporzaTestCase.java:14: error: package com.inflectra.spiratest.addons.junitextension does not exist import com.inflectra.spiratest.addons.junitextension.*; Does anyone have a idea?

Extending ExecutionStatusId?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:21:20 -0500

Via the SOAP interface, the ExecutionStatusId seems normalized. We would like to add a status of "In Progress", so that long running tests can note a "running" state. Would it be possible to add a new ExecutionStatusId, or would that break consistency?

How to Create Builds in SpiraTest v4.0 (016) ? Seems the functionality is not included,

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:29:16 -0500

Trying to figure it out how to create Builds, According to the Documentation should be under Planning Module, but the option is not there, is it because the version of Spira Test ?

TestRun_Save code samples? How to save an array of TestRun results?

bob young (bb.yuan@gmail.com) — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:10:16 -0500

Hello, I am using SOAP to save a list of TestRun results. The WSDL is retrieved from here: https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo3/Services/v4_0/ImportExport.aspx? The WSDL seems fine. But it does not contain the call sequence I need to learn to get the job done. When I tried TestRun_Save method I got an error that I need to call Connection_Authenticate first. The RemoteTestRunStep object requires many things I do not have, TestCaseId, TestRunId, TestRunStepId, TestStepId. Can someone give me some idea how many steps I should follow? Step 1, call Connection_Authenticate Step 2, setup TestCaseId, TestRunId, TestRunStepId, TestStepId for Spira to understand??? how do I do it Step 3. call TestRunSave and pass in a list of RemoteTestRunStep objects as input parameters Thank you for your help

Server raised fault: 'Database concurrency condition detected'

y gan (ygan@ftdi.com) — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:32:30 -0500

I am using python to call TestSet_Update(), I got this error. Not sure what's wrong with it. first, I call ts = TestSet_RetrieveById() and then I update some information such as, TestRunTypeId, TestSetStatusId then, I call TestSet_Update(ts) I got the ''Database concurrency condition detected'' Anyone knows why? and what I missed.

How to use the SOAP API AutomationEngine_Create

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:36:46 -0500

I am pretty new for the SpiraTest. We use Robot Framewor as our autoamtion test tool. There is no directly addon for robot framework. So we will use Soap API to write the test results into the SpiaTest. In this case, do we need to create a AutomationEngine for robot framework? if yes, how? if no, that means we can't call SOAP API TestRun_CreateForAutomatedTestSet dueto the Token issue, right? or we can have a fake token?

Jenkins build result is not created in SpiraTest

y gan (ygan@ftdi.com) — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:02:03 -0500

I installed the Jenkins plugin and setup the connection successfully. In the Jenkins Job Configure, I enabled Spira Interation and with the correct project id and release version number, Verify Release successfully. till now, everything is good. But after I run the job in Jenkins, I could not find the corresponding build in the SpiraTest under that project/release. I found the errror message is like this " Error sending results to SpiraTest server (Not Authorized to Create Releases): [Ljava.lang.StackTraceElement;@9ddd1aNotifying upstream projects of job completion' Do I miss something? Thanks

Why no test run attached with the Release/Build result

y gan (ygan@ftdi.com) — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:05:54 -0500

I am using Jenkins Plug-in. When the job is executed in Jenkins, the corresponding build entry is created in SpiraTest proper Release, but in the Build Details page, under the Test Runs part, there is no any test cases run result is attached with this build. Any idea, why this part is missing?

Is there a way to trigger Jenkins job from SpiraTest?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:43:18 -0500

we want to trigger Jenkins job from SpiraTest?

filter test cases by folder name?

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:21:56 -0500

I have tons of test cases and organize by folders. How can we use the filters to find the test folder? for example I have project A and under it I have 100 folders f1, f2, f3......f100, each folder hold different number of test cases. Now I want to find all the test cases under the folder f90, I try to use folder name f90 as filter in the name field, but looks like it can't get what I want. Is there any quick way to find the folder?

Type Not found error for calling SOAP API TestSet_RetrieveById() or TestSet_RetrieveForOwner()

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 08 May 2014 17:28:49 -0400

I am using SOAP API to connect with a Project and trying to get the TestSet information, but when I call TestSet_RetrieveById() or TestSet_RetrieveForOwner(), I alway got the TypeNotFound error. Any idea? Traceback (most recent call last): File " ", line 1, in File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\client.py", l ine 542, in __call__ return client.invoke(args, kwargs) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\client.py", l ine 602, in invoke result = self.send(soapenv) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\client.py", l ine 643, in send result = self.succeeded(binding, reply.message) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\client.py", l ine 678, in succeeded reply, result = binding.get_reply(self.method, reply) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\bindings\bind ing.py", line 165, in get_reply result = unmarshaller.process(nodes[0], resolved) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\typed.py" , line 66, in process return Core.process(self, content) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 48, in process return self.append(content) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 63, in append self.append_children(content) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 140, in append_children cval = self.append(cont) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 63, in append self.append_children(content) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 140, in append_children cval = self.append(cont) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 63, in append self.append_children(content) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 140, in append_children cval = self.append(cont) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 61, in append self.start(content) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\typed.py" , line 77, in start found = self.resolver.find(content.node) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\resolver.py", line 341, in find frame = Frame(result, resolved=known, ancestry=ancestry) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\resolver.py", line 473, in __init__ resolved = type.resolve() File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\xsd\sxbasic.p y", line 63, in resolve raise TypeNotFound(qref) suds.TypeNotFound: Type not found: '(ArrayOfint, http://schemas.microsoft.com/20 03/10/Serialization/Arrays, )' >>> client.service.TestSet_RetrieveById(56) Traceback (most recent call last): File " ", line 1, in File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\client.py", l ine 542, in __call__ return client.invoke(args, kwargs) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\client.py", l ine 602, in invoke result = self.send(soapenv) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\client.py", l ine 643, in send result = self.succeeded(binding, reply.message) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\client.py", l ine 678, in succeeded reply, result = binding.get_reply(self.method, reply) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\bindings\bind ing.py", line 165, in get_reply result = unmarshaller.process(nodes[0], resolved) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\typed.py" , line 66, in process return Core.process(self, content) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 48, in process return self.append(content) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 63, in append self.append_children(content) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 140, in append_children cval = self.append(cont) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 63, in append self.append_children(content) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 140, in append_children cval = self.append(cont) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 63, in append self.append_children(content) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 140, in append_children cval = self.append(cont) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\core.py", line 61, in append self.start(content) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\umx\typed.py" , line 77, in start found = self.resolver.find(content.node) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\resolver.py", line 341, in find frame = Frame(result, resolved=known, ancestry=ancestry) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\resolver.py", line 473, in __init__ resolved = type.resolve() File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\xsd\sxbasic.p y", line 63, in resolve raise TypeNotFound(qref) suds.TypeNotFound: Type not found: '(ArrayOfint, http://schemas.microsoft.com/20 03/10/Serialization/Arrays, )'

Server raised fault: 'Database concurrency condition detected'

Filip Baert (filip.baert@newtec.eu) — Fri, 16 May 2014 14:58:10 -0400

I am using the Web service to trying to update the TestSet, When I call TestSet_Update(testset), I got the error "suds.WebFault: Server raised fault: 'Database concurrency condition detected' . Any idea? all I did is: Call set=TestSet_RetrieveById(10), to get the RemoteTestSet record. And then I change the set.TestSetStatusName="Completed", After updating the value, I call client.service.TestSet_Update(set). I got the error message.

SOAP API "'A recursive query has encountered an infinite loop condition'' issue

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 28 May 2014 21:14:35 -0400

SOAPAPI TestRun_CreateFromTestSet() is working for me until today, Suddenly, I got this error,"'A recursive query has encountered an infinite loop condition'. I don't know why. Any idea? >>> test=client.service.TestRun_CreateFromTestSet(104) Traceback (most recent call last): File " ", line 1, in File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\client.py", l ine 542, in __call__ return client.invoke(args, kwargs) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\client.py", l ine 602, in invoke result = self.send(soapenv) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\client.py", l ine 649, in send result = self.failed(binding, e) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\client.py", l ine 702, in failed r, p = binding.get_fault(reply) File "C:\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds-0.4-py2.7.egg\suds\bindings\bind ing.py", line 265, in get_fault raise WebFault(p, faultroot) suds.WebFault: Server raised fault: 'A recursive query has encountered an infini te loop condition'

How to import Test Case from Excel which has parameters

Tonje Klykken (tonje.klykken@bouvet.no) — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:27:09 -0400

Hi I am trying to import test cases from Excel. I would like to know if there is way to import with Parameter also Thanks Yogi

How to add the standard Filter to Custom report

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:02:23 -0400

Hi I would like to have all the standard filter on the custom Report that I created. Is there a way I would be able to do this. I am using Spiratest 4.2 verison Thanks Yogi

Unable to retrieve testcase steps via SOAP

Johan Laebens (johan.laebens@ebit.be) — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 08:46:51 -0500

Hi, i'm trying to create a custom export for our testcases in spiratest 4.0. However, when trying to retrieve the teststeps from a testcase using soap, I get a null value instead of the actual step. Does anyone have a clue (or even better, a solution) on what's going wrong here? Thank you! Johan Laebens I'm using the following code: import java.net.MalformedURLException; import java.net.URL; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement; import javax.xml.namespace.QName; import javax.xml.ws.BindingProvider; import com.inflectra.spirateam.mylyn.core.internal.services.soap.ArrayOfRemoteTestCase; import com.inflectra.spirateam.mylyn.core.internal.services.soap.IImportExport; import com.inflectra.spirateam.mylyn.core.internal.services.soap.IImportExportConnectionAuthenticateServiceFaultMessageFaultFaultMessage; import com.inflectra.spirateam.mylyn.core.internal.services.soap.IImportExportConnectionConnectToProjectServiceFaultMessageFaultFaultMessage; import com.inflectra.spirateam.mylyn.core.internal.services.soap.IImportExportConnectionDisconnectServiceFaultMessageFaultFaultMessage; import com.inflectra.spirateam.mylyn.core.internal.services.soap.IImportExportTestCaseRetrieveByFolderServiceFaultMessageFaultFaultMessage; import com.inflectra.spirateam.mylyn.core.internal.services.soap.ImportExport; import com.inflectra.spirateam.mylyn.core.internal.services.soap.RemoteTestCase; import com.inflectra.spirateam.mylyn.core.internal.services.soap.RemoteTestStep; public class SpiraTest { private static final String WEB_SERVICE_SUFFIX = "/Services/v4_0/ImportExport.svc"; //$NON-NLS-1$ private static final String WEB_SERVICE_NAMESPACE = "{https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraTest/Services/v4.0/}ImportExport"; //$NON-NLS-1$ private static final String WEB_SERVICE_NAMESPACE_DATA_OBJECTS = "http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Inflectra.SpiraTest.Web.Services.v4_0.DataObjects"; //$NON-NLS-1$ /** * @param args * @throws MalformedURLException * @throws IImportExportConnectionAuthenticateServiceFaultMessageFaultFaultMessage */ public static void main(String[] args) throws MalformedURLException, IImportExportConnectionAuthenticateServiceFaultMessageFaultFaultMessage { String baseUrl = "THE_CORRECT_URL"; URL serviceUrl = new URL(baseUrl + WEB_SERVICE_SUFFIX); ImportExport service = new ImportExport(serviceUrl, QName.valueOf(WEB_SERVICE_NAMESPACE)); IImportExport soap = service.getBasicHttpBindingIImportExport(); Map requestContext = ((BindingProvider)soap).getRequestContext(); requestContext.put(BindingProvider.SESSION_MAINTAIN_PROPERTY,true); boolean success = soap.connectionAuthenticate("CORRECT_USERNAME", "CORRECT_PASSWORD"); System.out.println(success); // returns true try { boolean connectedToProject = soap.connectionConnectToProject(18); // certain project which does exist System.out.println(connectedToProject); ArrayOfRemoteTestCase testcases = new ArrayOfRemoteTestCase(); testcases = soap.testCaseRetrieveByFolder(8271); // folder exists List remoteTestcases = testcases.getRemoteTestCase(); for (int i=0;i getTestCaseId = remoteTestcases.get(i).getTestCaseId(); System.out.println(getTestCaseId.getValue()); // I can see all the testcasenames >> OK // This should work but somehow, the getTestSteps() is null List allesInEen = remoteTestcases.get(i).getTestSteps().getValue().getRemoteTestStep(); for (int j=0;j > " + allesInEen.get(j).getDescription()); System.out.println(">> " + allesInEen.get(j).getExpectedResult()); System.out.println(">> " + allesInEen.get(j).getSampleData()); } } } catch (IImportExportTestCaseRetrieveByFolderServiceFaultMessageFaultFaultMessage e) { e.printStackTrace(); } // http://spiratest.hq.ebit.be/SpiraTest/18/TestCase/8270.aspx catch (IImportExportConnectionConnectToProjectServiceFaultMessageFaultFaultMessage e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { try { soap.connectionDisconnect(); } catch (IImportExportConnectionDisconnectServiceFaultMessageFaultFaultMessage e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } }

Export testcases from excel to Spirateam

Johan Laebens (johan.laebens@ebit.be) — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:47:22 -0500

Hi, I have downloaded both Spirateam excel template and the corresponding excel addin to upload test cases to Spirateam. But, even after installing the addin, I do not see any modified version of toolbar in excel 2007 nor the option to upload test cases. Please help. Regards Revanth

System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. when opening TESTING > TEST SETS v.4.1.0.2

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:04:01 -0500

Hi Guys, Please can someone help me... I have just finished upgrading SpiraTeam v4.0.0.16 to v4.1.0.2 and the the entire upgrade when smooth with no exceptions... I have now logged into Spirateam and all seems to be fine apart from one thing... When I select TESTING and then TEST SETS i am getting the following error : System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. Does anyone know what I can do you fix this ? Kind Regards Tyrone

"Not Authorized" for TestCases_Create

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 07:19:45 -0500

Hi all, i try to using the TestCase_Create method on SOAP but i got the error "Not Authorized to Create Test Cases " How can I fix this? Thanks.

Filtering Parent/Child Requirements

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:30:41 -0500

It appears that when a filter is applied on the requirement screen, it will only find matching values at the lowest level (requirements that do not have children). We have a number of custom fields on our requirements and some of those fields are only filled on parent requirements, but we're unable to use the filter to locate these requirements based only on the custom field. I noticed a thread from a very long time ago that addressed what seems to be the same issue: https://www.inflectra.com/Support/Forum/spirateam/issues-questions/168.aspx Have you been able to make this sort of filtering work? Due to the large amount of data we're importing from our old tool, being able to filter on the parent requirements would be very helpful.

Test Cases - Limiting Indent/Outdent functionality by role

Tamera Webb (tameralynn.webb@gmail.com) — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:13:39 -0400

I'm having a huge challenge with team members not using Indent and Outdent properly. This is causing folders with test cases to disappear under other test folders, or be buried so far in the hierarchy no one can find it. How can I limit who is able to move the folders around? Thanks Tammy

Exporting test cases from Spira to Excel

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:51:48 -0500

Hi, I am getting the "Exception from HRESULT: 0*800A03EC" error when I try to import Test Cases from Spira to Escel. Please help. I opened Excel worksheet, connected Spira test and added the Test#, Test Case Name, Test Case Description and Expected Result column heads but after clicking the Import button, I get the above error. Regards Thapelo Regards Thapelo

Internationalisation in the new user screen (Feature request)

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:04:50 -0400

Hi, I'm not sure of the best approach for feature requests, so thought I would start here. I would like to see the internationalisation settings in the Administration > Add user, screen. I've disabled the "account request" features to comply with company governance, but this means that when accounts are created there is no way to choose language settings. I need to issue multi-language instructions to tell non-English speaking users how to go to their account settings, to choose their preferred regional settings. Ideally when an account is created, the regional setting can be specified. Regards

Excel for Mac and the Spiratest import plugin

Anand Saboo (saboorocks@gmail.com) — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 04:37:33 -0400

Is there a way to use Excel on a Mac and the Spiratest excel plugin? Alternately, when will the excel plugin be supported on Mac?

Retrieving Test Sets from a folder using SOAP

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:44:04 -0400

Is it possible to retrieve Test Sets based on folder ID or folder name using SOAP? If it is possible, what about getting information about folders within a folder? Any help is appreciated.

Getting exceptions when executing TestSet_Retrieve() function

Dmitri Golubovski (dmitrij.g88@gmail.com) — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:14:38 -0400

Hi, I'm running into some issues in regards to retrieving all of the available test sets. Seem like if I try to retrieve 400 test sets and above, I start getting exceptions. Is there something wrong with my HTTP binding? I have tried to change the parameters to no avail. Below is the method I execute and the exception: public bool connect2SpiraServer() { spiraexport = new SpiraWebServices.ImportExportClient(); BasicHttpBinding httpBinding = (BasicHttpBinding)spiraexport.Endpoint.Binding; httpBinding.AllowCookies = true; httpBinding.Security.Mode = BasicHttpSecurityMode.None; httpBinding.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 9999999; httpBinding.ReceiveTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 10, 0); httpBinding.SendTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 1, 0); httpBinding.CloseTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 1, 0); httpBinding.OpenTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 1, 0); httpBinding.BypassProxyOnLocal = false; httpBinding.HostNameComparisonMode = HostNameComparisonMode.StrongWildcard; httpBinding.MaxBufferSize = 9999999; httpBinding.MaxBufferPoolSize = 9999999; httpBinding.TransferMode = TransferMode.Buffered; Boolean connectToServer = spiraexport.Connection_Authenticate(username, password); … testSets = spiraexport.TestSet_Retrieve(null, 1, 400); } Exception: "An error occurred while receiving the HTTP response to http://usmaspiraweb/SpiraTeam/Services/v4_0/ImportExport.svc. This could be due to the service endpoint binding not using the HTTP protocol. This could also be due to an HTTP request context being aborted by the server (possibly due to the service shutting down). See server logs for more details." Inner Exception: “The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive.” “Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.” Server stack trace: at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelUtilities.ProcessGetResponseWebException(WebException webException, HttpWebRequest request, HttpAbortReason abortReason) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelFactory`1.HttpRequestChannel.HttpChannelRequest.WaitForReply(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.RequestChannel.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.RequestChannelBinder.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message) Exception rethrown at [0]:

customize Test Run Detailed Report flattened for Excel

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:55:37 -0400

Hello, I wish to customize a Test Run Detailed Report flattened for Excel. The fields I am interested in from the upper portion of the default report are; " Test Case #: ", " Release #:", "TC Status:", " Tester:", " Test Set:". I do not care that these will of course repeat for each Test Step. Is there a means to do this without xslt? If not can someone assist with the xslt as I do not know xslt scripting. Thank you, Troy

Visual Studio Plug In for SpiraTest

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 19:53:26 -0400

Our developers are upgrading to Visual Studio 2013. Will the plugin for 2012 work?

Workflow - Auto Assignment for some of the Incident fields and Auto Save

Carlotta Simonson (csimonson1@gmail.com) — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:42:32 -0400

Two of the features that are developers really miss with SpiraTest that they had with our previous tool is the ability to set auto assignment rules within the workflows for incidents, and auto save. Is there a way to do that with Spira Test? Can we request these features? They are not used to clicking on Save every time a change it made and this is causing a lot of missed workflow changes and defects being in the wrong state. We also have gatekeeper for some status' and the team doesn't always know who the gatekeeper is for that day. Any help would be appreciated. Tammy

ASAP Spira Test Trial Version

Bilge Test (bilgev@yahoo.com) — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 08:25:43 -0400

Hello, I downloaded Spira Test trial version but I can't connect to SpiraTest from my local pc. How can I manage to do that? I also couln't configure client in Spira Remote Launch. Do I need to make different configurations? Thanks with best regards, Bilge

SpiraTest selenium RC integration

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 10:54:38 -0400

Hello, I want to select "Selenium RC" as "Automation Engine". Do I need to make configurations from SpiraTest? Thanks... With best regards, Bilge

SpiraTest selenium RC integration

Bilge Test (bilgev@yahoo.com) — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 10:54:40 -0400

Hello, I want to select "Selenium RC" as "Automation Engine". Do I need to make configurations from SpiraTest? Thanks... With best regards, Bilge

Fault: Issues in 4.1.0.2 do not display 'Owner' or 'Detected By' correctly

Grant Bell (keaney2023@gmail.com) — Fri, 23 May 2014 08:00:34 -0400

The names in the dropdowns for 'Owner' and 'Detected By' in a issue is not displayed correctly. This is displayed as a grey box, but if the user hovers over one of the boxes a name is suggested.

Custom Property - Date item populates system with correct date but reports with day before 11pm

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:26:36 -0400

We have noticed that when adding a customer property to a incident that is in a Date format, when populating with say 10/10/14 on screen in Spiratest it actually outputs on custom reports as 09/10/14 23:00 which when truncated gives 09/10/14. Why is it populating the custom report with the day prior and other than manually updating the date in Spiratest or a XLS formula is there any way to rectify the issue?

Lost Global Navigation Bar

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:52:28 -0400

Global Navigation Bar has disappeared. How do I get it back?

Test case name is shortened and followed by "..."

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:03:12 -0500

Hello. The name on the Test Cases list gets shortened at 50 characters and the rest is replaced by "...", even there's plenty of space on the column. For example: "AAA-225: Verify trial license functionality and it...". Is there any way to change this behavior? I'm sure there would be a previous answer to this, but the one that I've found doesn't work for me: https://www.inflectra.com/Support/Forum/spiratest/issues-questions/614.aspx Thank you very much. Luis Navarro

Enable JiraDataSync ID field for non system administrators when logging an incident from manual test execution

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:53:52 -0500

Hello. We'd like to enable the JiraDataSync ID field that is shown on the test steps page of a manual test execution for all the testers. Right now it's only editable when the user is System Administrator. We've tried choosing different permissions options but with no luck. Thank you so much. Kind regards. Luis Navarro.

How to link existing defects to multiple test cases

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 05:15:36 -0400

Hi, I have defects that are already logged. This defect is stopping me from executing more test cases. I would like to link one defect to multiple test cases. Currently spira team doesn't support this functionality. Has anyone else faced this issue, if so how did you address this issue.

Test status per test set

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 02 May 2014 11:54:52 -0400

Is there any way we could get a widget for test sets on the Project Summary Dashboard to display the status for each set? In the same way that the Release Test Summary widget works. The way we need is that each test set is listed the same way as the releases are in the Release Test Summary widget. Is this possible?

SpiraTest and JIRA integration

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 07 May 2014 11:32:09 -0400

Hi, We are using JIRA as well as SpiraTest, and have integrated these systems. However, we see that when creating an incident in Spira the issue in JIRA get the detected release in the field "Affects version". Is there any way for us to get the detected release in the field "Fix version" instead?

Cannot move folders

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Tue, 06 May 2014 12:59:33 -0400

Hi I cannot move test case folders to be below another folder, how do i order/move them ?

REST Web service

Bilge Rapissetest (bilge.verimbas@logo.com.tr) — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 22:49:23 -0500

Hello, How can we use RestService in eclipse (https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v4_0/RestService.svc.). wsImport command doesn't work. How can we basically work with REST Api? Thanks in advice

TestCase_Update method in ImportExport SOAP

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:34:00 -0500

Hello, It is written in the documentation for TestCase_Update method that it d oes not currently update test step custom properties. https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v4_0/ImportExport.aspx?operation=TestCase_Update Will this be implemented any time soon or is there a plan to do so? Could you inform about this? Thanks in advance

Running Selenium WebDriver tests from SpiraTest

Dirk A Rombaut (dirk_rombaut_rvrb@live.be) — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:09:26 -0500

Hello, How is it possible to run the automation test cases from spiratest? I want to integrate SpiraTest with Selenium WebDriver. I have test cases written in java using selenium webdriver and junit. How is it possible to run those test cases from SpiraTest? With best regards, Bilge

JUnit SpiraTest

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:54:33 -0500

Hello, How can I run junit test from command line that can report results back to SpiraTest. I made the necessary configurations. I have tried to work junit test from the command line as it is written in the document but still couldn't manage. Could you please provide help? Thanks

Is this possible to disable some of SpiraTest functionality?

Peteris Liepins (Peteris.Liepins@dpa.lv) — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 11:15:05 -0400

In my current project I do not need Planning section of SpiraTest, is there a way to disable this section? If I do not need only one item (Requirements or another one) is this possible to disable (remove) it?

Test results are not passing from selenium to spira

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 12:55:28 -0400

Using java driver the test results are not getting passed to Spira. Script is running properly but the results are not passing to spira package com.inflectra.spiratest.addons.testnglistener.samples; import com.inflectra.spiratest.addons.testnglistener.*; import org.testng.annotations.*; import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.*; import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*; import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver; @SpiraTestConfiguration( url="https://spiraurl", login="user", password="password", projectId=1, releaseId=1, testSetId=28, runner=RunnerName.Selenium ) @Test(groups={"seleniumtest"}) public class finaltest { public static WebDriver driver; @Test(groups={"seleniumtest"}) @SpiraTestCase(testCaseId=121) public static void main() throws InterruptedException { driver = new FirefoxDriver(); driver.get("http://www.google.com"); Thread.sleep(10000); if (driver.getTitle().equals("google")) { System.out.println("hai"); }else{ System.out.println("no"); } driver.quit(); } } as per below mentioned document setup done for testNG: https://www.inflectra.com/Documents/SpiraTest-Team%20Automated%20Testing%20Integration%20Guide.pdf under this please refer the section 5.2 could anyone please help on this?

Selenium RC not passing the test results to Spira

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 13:03:41 -0400

From selenium RC the test results are not passing to Spira. As per below mentioned document section 5.2 i have created folder structer and script: package com.inflectra.spiratest.addons.testnglistener.samples; import com.inflectra.spiratest.addons.testnglistener.*; import org.testng.annotations.*; import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.*; import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*; @SpiraTestConfiguration( url="https://spiraurl", login="user", password="password", projectId=6, releaseId=10, testSetId=268, runner=RunnerName.Selenium ) @Test(groups={"seleniumtest"}) public class finaltest { private Selenium selenium; @BeforeClass public void setUp() { //Instantiate the selenium Java proxy String url = "http://www.google.com"; selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexplore", url); selenium.start(); } @AfterClass protected void tearDown() { selenium.stop(); } // Sample test that searches on Google, passes correctly @Test(groups={"seleniumtest"}) @SpiraTestCase(testCaseId=11) public void testGoogle() { //Opens up Google selenium.open("http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en"); //Verifies that the title matches assertEquals("Google", selenium.getTitle()); selenium.type("q", "Selenium OpenQA"); //Verifies that it can find the Selenium website assertEquals("Selenium OpenQA", selenium.getValue("q")); selenium.click("btnG"); selenium.waitForPageToLoad("5000"); assertEquals("Selenium OpenQA - Google Search", selenium.getTitle()); } } script is running properly but the results are not getting updated Could anyone help on this?

Test case Id got changed

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:00:08 -0400

Hi, We are using spira test management tool, and currently we had issue the test case IDs are got changed for bunch of test cases. For example TC000259 this is the test case id previously we used, but now the test case id got changed to TC010085. We are not sure at what based it got changed. Is there any possibility to get back to old test case ids, because we are using the previous test case id in our automation and we are going to map with spira. But due to this issue we are unable to map the test cases. Could you please help on this.

email notifications on a custom property

Qualco Dankevych Iryna (IDankevych@qualco.eu) — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:56:45 -0400

I created a custom property and want to trigger an email based off of the value selected in this field. When I go to create a notification event, I do not see the custom property listed in the Artifact fields. Are you able to create email notifications from a custom property?

linking test sets to a release

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:42:31 -0400

Hi im having issues linking test sets to a release e.g I create a release called "Test Release" I then go into the release and "Create Test Set From This Release" This then maps say 40 test cases through and if i go to release it states 40 Not Run cases, so far so good. Now I want to create another Test Set with say 200 regression tests for the same release. If I go through above again then when I go into Release after all done then it states just the 200 not run, not the 200+40 i would expect Can you please advise?.

Cannot close an incident

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:05:11 -0400

Hi, I have spira and jira sync'ed. One incident was raised - no issues. The Jira was then moved project and as such had a different URL. When this Jira was closed it did not sync back to the original incident Therefore we see Jira as closed and Spira as open. Are you aware of this issue, also can I manually amend the incident to closed, as currently shows as in progress and i see no way to change this thanks alan

How do you add/rename steps for Requirements Workflow

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:17:34 -0400

The requirements Workflow Steps appear to be fixed to a set of steps. Is there a way to create new steps similar to the way they can be created in the Incident Workflow? Is there a way to rename requirement steps similar to the way they can be renamed in the Incident Workflow? Maybe this can't be done directly from the UI but done in the database?

Disabled custom properties disabled in Workflow not enforced in list view

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:27:44 -0400

I have several custom properties that I created for requirements. I have disabled some of these fields for certain workflow steps. If I open the requirement that is in that current status the fields are disabled. However, in the list view I am able to change those disabled fields with no restrictions. How do I disable fields in the list view?

Reports

Juha Kerttunen (juha.kerttunen@q-factory.fi) — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:30:52 -0400

How can i get a report that has all the test case details for a project group?

Error message when executing a test case : A system error has occurred... Please click on the 'My Page' link to return to the application

Silvere CATTEAU (scatteau@damart.com) — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:35:18 -0400

We are using Spiratest v4.0 (003). When trying to execute a test case, we are getting the following error message : A system error has occurred... Please click on the 'My Page' link to return to the application Offending URL: __Page Source: Business Message: There is no row at position 0. Stack trace: at APPLICATION.Business.Incident.GetDefaultIncidentType(Int32 projectId) at APPLICATION.Web.TestCaseExecution.LoadIncidentLookups() at APPLICATION.Web.TestCaseExecution.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) at APPLICATION.Web.PageLayout.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) This error seems to occur on a specific project because we have other projects running fine where this error never happened. We tried different user accounts to be sure the error is not linked to the user : no luck. Could someone give some help please ? We are stuck and the start of our tests is just less than two week in front of us. Thanks in advance

Incident - How Many Times In A Status

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:26:33 -0500

All My report writing skills within SpiraTest are sadly not the strongest. If I had DB access I could probably produce the report i require. For a project i am currently on it would be fantastic to generate a custom report which outputs all the incidents within a project, the name and the description and the current status and how many times it has changed status and output the historic status names I know we can see this within each incident. A report to show it would be great

How to Export Project home page status into Microsoft Excel

Swathi Kotha (Swathi.Kotha@lwb.org.au) — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 04:28:36 -0400

Hi, Could you please let me know? is there any option to export SpiraTest Project Home Requirements, Test case status (Graphical format) into Excel? Thanks, swathi.

Task Status

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:20:14 -0400

Is there a way to create a new status and use it within the workflow of a task?

C# - The SpiraTestConfiguration "Named Parameters" options throw errors for nullable keywords.

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:42:35 -0400

Hi all, Using a SpiraTestConfiguration with all of the parameters, e.g., SpiraTestConfiguration("https://fakeurl.spiraservice.net", "FakeUserAccount", "FakeUserPassword", TestDataVerification.ProjectId, TestDataVerification.ReleaseNumber, TestDataVerification.TestSetId) I am able to successfully report results to the server. When I attempt to provide named parameters, e.g. SpiraTestConfiguration( Url = "https://HeyURLHERE.spiraservice.net", Login = "MyAutomationAccount", // Not actual username Password = "MyAutomationPassword", // Not actual password ProjectId = TestDataVerification.ProjectId, // public const int ProjectId TestSetId = TestDataVerification.TestSetId // public const int TestSetId // ^^ Error here: 'TestSetId' is not a valid named attribute argument because it is not a valid attribute parameter type ) I'm greeted by a compile time error, "'TestSetId' is not a valid named attribute argument because it is not a valid attribute parameter type". It is listed as a parameter type, so am I wrong in assuming that I should be able to provide an assignment to it? Any help is welcome, it's very appreciated. Thank you.

Get project requirements via SOAP

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:14:21 -0400

I want to get the requirements for a project using the SOAP interface and hoped that I could do something like this in C#, var requirements = _client.Requirement_Retrieve(new RemoteFilter[] { new RemoteFilter { PropertyName = "ProjectId", IntValue = 23 } }, 0, 9999); But according to https://www.inflectra.com/Support/KnowledgeBase/KB88.aspx there is no project id or name to filter on. Is there another way of doing this without getting all the requirements and filtering them manually.

Remotelaunch with squish

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:21:24 -0400

I have squish 5.1 version, that I am using for testing web applications. When I manually pass the the command shown below to squishrunner.exe, it works fine but executing the same through remotelaunch testcase fails with the following error Exception: Unable to launch SquishRunner with arguments --host 127.0.0.1 --port 4322 --testsuite "SUITE_DIRECTOY" --reportgen "xml2,DIR_NAME\RemoteLaunch_SquishRunner.xml" in directory C:\squish-5.1-20140813-0020-qt52x_web-win32-msvc10\bin. Error was: Object reference not set to an instance of an object., output from Squish was: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Stack Trace: at Inflectra.RemoteLaunch.Engines.Squish4.SquishEngine.StartExecution(AutomatedTestRun automatedTestRun) at Inflectra.RemoteLaunch.Business.RunTestThread.Execute()

How to change the height of textarea at test steps editing form

Alexey Vorobyev (vorobyev.alex@gmail.com) — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:56:58 -0400

How to change the height of textarea at test steps editing form?

Blocking and unblocking test cases does not block or unblock related requirements

Alexey Vorobyev (vorobyev.alex@gmail.com) — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:25:18 -0500

Issue 1: At the tests list page I can select multiple tests and in "Edit" menu select "Block Test Cases" to block them. After this the test status is changed to "Blocked", but at the form "Requirements" all related requirements remain in the status "Not Run". At the form "Project Home" at the widget "Test Execution Status" I see that the number of tests in the status "Blocked" has increased, and in the status of "Not Run" decreased. But at the widget "Requirements Coverage" there is no requirement in the status "Blocked". Issue 2: If after test case execution was choosen the "Blocked" status, then the related requirement also changes the status to "Blocked". But when I unlock the test case via the menu "Edit" by clicking "Unblock Test Cases", then the test status will change to "Not Run", but the status of the requirements will be "Blocked". Why in the "Edit" menu operations "Block Test Cases" and "Unblock Test Cases" do not change the status of requirements associated with scenarios? I have SpiraTest v4.0 (016)

Mass operation for including several requirements to the one release

John Einar Johansen (john.einar.johansen@devoteam.com) — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:33:20 -0500

Hi, There are 380 requirements In my project. All requirements must be included in two different release - 0.1 and 0.2. While I was trying to do this, I found one defect and one disadvantage. Defect: To change the release number of all requirements I did: 1. Set SpiraTest MS-Office 2010/2013 Add-Ins 2. Import all requirements into Excel 3. Set release numbers and priorities for all requirements 4. Export all requirements in SpiraTest After that all requirements in SpiraTest have been established only priorities. Release number for all requirements was empty. Disadvantage: In SpiraTest on a list of requirements is not possible to choose several requirements and perform mass operation to include them into the one release. To include 380 claims to 2 releases I had to do: 1. Select all requirements 2. Open them in edit mode 3. Change release number in EACH requirement by hands 4. And so repeat on all pages That is, you need to handle all 380 lines - click the mouse more than 760 times! It is very inconvenient! How I can easy set or change the release number for all requirements? Regards, Alexey

How to Export Selected Test Case from SPIRA template

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 03:02:44 -0400

Hi, Need help on this one. I have 500 TC's imported from SPIRA to my SPIRA Template. I need to update TC's from 1-50 by using the template. How do I export the changes of the TC's? Would that update everything? Or do I need to delete in the template the TC's not included? Really need help on this.

How to generate new defects automatically during the test runs?

-- -- (Derek.Li@iisigroup.com) — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 03:12:56 -0400

Hi, we're using SpiraTest v4.0 and have Test Sets specified as being “Automated” test runs. Is it possible that recorded failures of test cases can automatically result in the creation of a new incident? That is if the failure of test case is detected during the execution of a test run, a new incident is created automatically and it is linked to the test run in question. If yes, how can it be achieved? Thank you.

Why The Spira Test Set Status not changed when Spira RemoteLaunch running?

-- -- (Derek.Li@iisigroup.com) — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:49:36 -0400

Hi, I have an issue with SpiraTest test automation run when executing test cases under the test set in SpiraTest v4.0. I am attaching the image shot for your information. The issue is Test Set status never changes while the Spira RemoteLaunch has received the Test Sets to be exeucted and has been running the test. Is it because the SpiraTest configuration has been changed? Version SpiraTest v4.0 (009) RemoteLaubch v4.0 Step 1.Set Spira Test Set Automation Planned Date in the Spira Test Server. 2. .In SpiraTest, set Automation Engine is UFT 3.The Spira RemoteLaunch gets Test Sets in Automation Host. 4.The Test Set Status has not changed in the Spira Test Server while the Test Sets Automation is running. Result: Since the Test Set status has not been changed, the Spira RemoteLaunch still get Test Sets request and the automation execution keeps running and running and never stopped. See the screen shot below. Thank you. Derek Li

How to add a widget to dashboard from my custom report?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:32:10 -0400

Hi, I have created custom report, and would like to add a widget for this report to the dashboard. How can I do that? Im using SpiraTest V4.1.0.6. Thanks, Taha Massalha

Custom report biased on variable

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:39:15 -0400

Hi I would like to create a new custom report (not based on the standard reports) per release. How can I pass the release number as a variable to the query? This is my query: select R.TEST_CASE_ID, R.RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER, R.TEST_SET_NAME, R.NAME, C.TEST_CASE_PRIORITY_NAME, R.EXECUTION_STATUS_NAME from SpiraTestEntities.R_TestRuns as R inner join (select max (TR.TEST_RUN_ID) as LAST_TEST_RUN_ID from ( SpiraTestEntities.R_TestRuns) as TR where TR.PROJECT_ID = ${ProjectId} and TR.RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER = "5.0-PR2" GROUP BY TR.TEST_SET_TEST_CASE_ID) as T on R.TEST_RUN_ID = T.LAST_TEST_RUN_ID inner join SpiraTestEntities.R_TestCases as C on R.TEST_CASE_ID = C.TEST_CASE_ID ORDER BY C.TEST_CASE_PRIORITY_NAME, R.EXECUTION_STATUS_NAME, R.TEST_SET_NAME And I want to replace the release version number "5.0-PR2" by a variable, so the user can create the report by the relevant release. Thanks, Taha Massalha.

Custom report by release, test case priority, and execution status and statistics tables

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 23:24:33 -0400

Hi, I Want to create a report that includes the following fields: Test Set Name Test Set Description Test Case Name Test CasePriority Test Execution Status Actual Result for First Step Failed test set A All the test set custom list as string Test 1 Critical Passed test set B Test 2 High Failed Failed bacause of ... test set C Test 3 Medium Not Run Low Blocked Blocked because of ... Caution Caution because of ... Also the following statistics tables: Status 1 - Critical 2 - High 3 - Medium 4 - Low Total per execution status Passed total passed Failed total failed Not Run total not run Blocked total blocked Caution total caution Total per test priority total critical total high total medium total low total test Status 1 - Critical 2 - High 3 - Medium 4 - Low Total % per execution status Passed % % passed from total critical % passed from total high % passed from total medium % passed from total low % passed from total tests Failed % % failed from total critical % failed from total high % failed from total medium % failed from total low % failed from total tests Not Run % % not run from total critical % not run from total high % not run from total medium % not run from total low %not run from total tests Blocked % % blocked from total critical % blocked from total high % blocked from total medium % blocked from total low % blocked from total tests Caution % % caution from total critical % caution from total high % caution from total medium % caution from total low % caution from total tests Total % per priority % total critical from total tests % total high from total tests % total medium from total tests % total low from total tests 100% I much appreciate any help with this issue... Many thanks, Taha Massalha

How to import current and additional test cases into a new release within a project?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:58:25 -0400

We currently have a project set up with x cases that we want to copy over and add additional tests into a new release within the project, is this possible?

Reporting per folder

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:04:38 -0400

Hi, Is it possible to report per sub folder of tests?

UI: How to filter artefacts based on field empty / not empty?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 07:44:26 -0500

From the SpiraTest UI, when viewing a list of requirements, or incidents, how can I filter based on a field either being empty, or not empty? The fields I am interested in are custom properties that have resulted from artefacts imported from JIRA via the datasync tool. They are just general text fields, not list items. For not empty, I've tried wildcards, as well as using '-- Any --', but neither of these have worked. For empty, I've tried '(none)', as well as just whitespace characters, but neither of those have worked either.

Custom report - problem with select command

taha massalha (taha@annapurnalabs.com) — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:55:48 -0400

hi, I try to prepare my custom report. I create query: select R.TEST_CASE_ID, R.NAME, R.AUTHOR_NAME, R. DESCRIPTION, T.TEST_STEP_ID, T.DESCRIPTION, I.INCIDENT_NAME, I.CREATION_DATE, I.CLOSED_DATE, I.LAST_UPDATE_DATE from SpiraTestEntities.R_TestCases as R inner join SpiraTestEntities.R_TestSteps as T on R.TEST_CASE_ID = T.TEST_CASE_ID inner join SpiraTestEntities.R_Incidents as I on T.TEST_STEP_ID = I.TEST_RUN_STEP_ID where R.PROJECT_ID = ${ProjectId} As a result I achieved system warning: "System.Xml.XmlException: The '#' character, hexadecimal value 0x23, cannot be included in a name." I change my query to form: select R.TEST_CASE_ID, R.NAME, R.AUTHOR_NAME, T.TEST_STEP_ID, T.DESCRIPTION, I.INCIDENT_NAME, I.CREATION_DATE, I.CLOSED_DATE, I.LAST_UPDATE_DATE from SpiraTestEntities.R_TestCases as R inner join SpiraTestEntities.R_TestSteps as T on R.TEST_CASE_ID = T.TEST_CASE_ID inner join SpiraTestEntities.R_Incidents as I on T.TEST_STEP_ID = I.TEST_RUN_STEP_ID where R.PROJECT_ID = ${ProjectId} and then the proper result is generated. System warning "System.Xml.XmlException: The '#' character, hexadecimal value 0x23, cannot be included in a name." appears always when I want to display two columns with the same name (even if they refer to different tables -> R. DESCRIPTION and T.DESCRIPTION ) How can I resolve my problem?

Test case report to excel - one TC field to one excel's cell

Kasia G. (kasia5002@gmail.com) — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 08:11:43 -0400

Hi, I prepared report containing all test cases from my project. But sometimes, some of fields from test case template (description, test steps, expected result etc.) are exported to more than one cell in excel. Such behaviour is typical when sign of new line appears in TC template field. Then for each sign of new line in field from TC (description, test steps etc) new row is generated in excel. Is there any possibility to modify my repot in SpiraTest to create excel report where whole value for one Spira TC field is exported to one and only one cell in excel?

Excel exports don't provide adequate formatting

Tammy Tollefson (ttollefson@tnc.org) — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:35:39 -0400

Is there a way to export our raw data to excel? I can only export summary data, and the formatting used when exporting via Reporting adds formatting to the file that makes it impossible to manipulate.

How do I include "Actual Results" in a report?

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:37:36 -0500

I'm trying to create a report that includes the testers' Actual Results input, and am unable to locate the field name. I can sometimes see Actual Results concatenated with Description and Expected Results, but not on its own. What field name do I use to pull the Actual Results data?

Linking test cases

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:15:58 -0500

Is there a way to link one test case to another so that the successive steps aren't executed until after the previous one(s)? We want to test the full process which requires a handoff between departments and would involve different testers to complete the full range of functionality. Our example: donor gifts are entered into one system, capturing donor, tracking and financial data. This is followed by a file transfer of a subset of that data into our general ledger system. We want to have all the test cases involved to be tied together for tracking purposes.

Adding/removing workflow steps

Tammy Tollefson (ttollefson@tnc.org) — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:24:49 -0500

We would like to add an incident workflow step after "Assigned" called "In Progress" to indicate that the owner has reviewed and is working on the incident. I can see how to add a transition, but not a new step.

Filtering for multiple statuses in reports

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:57:30 -0500

I need to be able to pull a report of test sets that have multiple execution statuses (failed, caution, blocked). However, the report filters only allow me to select one status. How can I filter for more than one status?

Copying workflows between projects

Tammy Tollefson (ttollefson@tnc.org) — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:52:35 -0500

Is there some way to copy a workflow from one project to another aside from recreating it?

Unnecessary notifications

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 22:39:23 -0500

Can you tell me why this workflow would be sending notifications to anyone (other than the Project Owner) who are not selected to receive them? There are no separate Notification Events that would trigger these notices.

Disconnect between Custom List items and Test Case view

Tammy Tollefson (ttollefson@tnc.org) — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:10:17 -0500

We have an issue with our Custom List not reflecting the Test case columns. Below you can see the Custom List items as compared to the Test Case view along with the choices in the "Show/hide columns" option. I've added a new Custom item to the list which needs to appear in our Test Cases. QUESTION: Why are these Custom List items not match up with what is in the Test Case views, and how can it be fixed?

Backups for SpiraTest

Tammy Tollefson (ttollefson@tnc.org) — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:34:14 -0400

Is there any way to retrieve data that's been deleted in SpiraTest? We recently had an accidental deletion of test cases in SpiraTest, and there was no way to retrieve the deleted data back. It appears that SpiraTest does not give a warning before it deletes any data.

Actual Duration in Test Run

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 18:20:02 -0400

Hi, we have a test set and test run where the Actual Duration appears to be averaging for each test. If you look at an individual test, you can see the start and stop time adds up to 6 minutes for example, but the actual duration is recorded as 19 minutes. Is this a bug? Is there a setting I need to change?

Issue with test case run

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 07:19:59 -0400

Hi I am facing issue with Spira when executing test case in Spira it taking delay in response here i am attaching the error i got from event viewer.

Missing test case ID in the Test Run and Tracking overview

Christoph W (christoph.wielgus@rewe-group.com) — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:59:10 -0400

Hi, my name is Christoph, I'm working as Test Manager and we use SpiraTest for testing. I have some problems with SpiraTest, there are not really failure, but rather missing functionality. I don't mean features, because I think it should be a standard for each Testtool. Specifically, I mean the following scenario: In the Test Run- and Tracking Overview (list) I'm missing the Tetst Case Id, so the source of the error. The Test Run ID is nice, but I can't delagate them to the tester and tell him please retest the Bug with the test run #. He need from me the Test Case, the relation from Test Case to Test Run is also 1:n. This is the reason why I don't understand why the Test Case ist not automatically writed in the issue. I know, a function for later Add the connection to Test Case is available, but only for the Test Step?! (doesn't work with linked Test Steps). At the moment I have to used new declared fields, and manual copy the ID. But it ist not realy good solution. Best Regards Christoph

Incident Report Summary not complete

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:12:34 -0400

Hi all, First of all, I would thank your for your assistance and your product is matching our need perfectly. Here is my issue : I do have the SpiraTest 4.0. When i choose to have an incident report summary/detailed and i choose whatever type of file to open with ( for instance i choose Excel 2007 because i want to have answers from the developpement team about the incidents) , the report can be open with Excel but it doesn't bring all the incidents and it stops at lets say #1981 knowing that there are much more than that. What can I do to resolve the problem because my team is unable to report all the incidents. I tried other PDF or Word but the same problem remains Thank you and wishing you a good day

SpiraTest and Testcomplete 10 not working

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 05:07:06 -0400

Problem: TestComplete10 runs but doesnt appear to find nor automate the script Setup: Have Spiratest and Testcomplete10 running on the same virtual server. Have loaded appropriate spiratest DLL's for TestComplete10. Have gone into administrator page and edited the Automation settings for TestComplete10 to enable these. Have setup the TestHost. Have created the Test Set and set the automation details to access an existing TestComplete project. Am using the path settings advised in another forum post C:\Users\SMARTBEAR\Documents\TestComplete 10 Projects\Pulse Project\RegressionTests\PulseRegressionTests.pjs|BaseTests|Script|StartUpApp.scs File physically exists in the directory. Adjust the plan date on the test set and test is found by RemoteLaunch and launches TestComplete successfully. TestComplete attemtps to load script and immediately closes. Spiratest gives the following error: Exception: Unable to open project suite - 'C:\Users\SMARTBEAR\Documents\TestComplete 10 Projects\Pulse Project\RegressionTests\PulseRegressionTests.pjs' Stack Trace: at Inflectra.RemoteLaunch.Engines.TestCompleteEngine.TestComplete10.TestCompleteEngine.StartExecution(AutomatedTestRun4 automatedTestRun, Int32 projectId) at Inflectra.RemoteLaunch.Business.RunTestThread.Execute() What am I doing wrong?

Imported Test Sets dont show linked Test Cases

john beichman (jbeichman@excergy.com) — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 06:03:17 -0400

Imported Test Sets using the office addin and the Excel template and then assigned test cases to the Test Sets. Was reading the integration like in the Integration documentation and noticed it had an extra frame at the bottom of the Test Set screen with the Test Cases in it that wasnt showing for me. This gave me the clue I needed. With the imported Test Sets they didnt show the Test Cases at the bottom. So I manually created a Test Set and allocated a Test Case to it and suddenly I had a Test Case linked to the Test Set showing in the bottom of the Test Set. Wasted a lot of time on this one. Would be good if the import tool was better documented with a worked Excel template example rather than the small set of items in the current template. Anyone know how to get the Test Cases to link correctly to the imported Test Sets?

SpiraTest TestSet dependencies / Execution Order

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:40:49 -0500

We are evaluating the use of RemoteLaunch to automate tests and have a product we are testing using Testcomplet 10 and Spiratest. We have the automation working just fine. We are unable to control the execution order in which RemoteLaunch executes test sets. We have a test set that is dependent on the previous test set completing successfully. How can we establish that relationship within SpiraTest? Can we control the test set execution order? We read it should honour the TestSet ID order but that didnt work, the test set with the higher order number ran first. Any assistance would be greatly aprpeciated.

Creating a report to display test cases with execution counts

rammurti pal (rammurti.pal@crs.org) — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 07:33:09 -0400

Dear all Please help me. i am executing below query for custom report. shows only shows headers. Test # Name Status Last Executed Execution Count padding-left: px;

Erro ao colar um print na tela

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 19:15:13 -0500

Boa tarde! Ja tem duas semanas em que estamos com um problema. No menu Test Cases > Test Case Execution ao colarmos um print no campo "Actual Result" é apresentada a tela de erro conforme imagem abaixo: OBS este erro ocorrendo desde a semana passada com vários usuários deferentes

Can I find all test cases whitch I link in another test cases

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:35:56 -0500

I create test case TC1 whitch I link to another test cases. Can I find all test cases where I link this TC1? Thanks for answer Regards Petr

Executed Test Case didn't link to Release

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 13:48:09 -0400

When I run one Test Case from Test Set and on Test Set isnt use release, I choose release within execution proces. But when I finist execution a display releases, in my release there is not record of execution. Why?

How to view the Test Case custom properties in Test Set.

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 11:07:02 -0400

How to view the "Test Case custom properties" in the test cases section of a Test Set.

Is Spira Configuration support function parameter in c# with nunit

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:15:35 -0500

Hi All, Is Spira Configuration support function parameter, because right now i am not able to run my spira test with function parameter in c# my code is : [Test, SpiraTestCase(418)] [TestCaseSource(typeof(AdminModel), "UserValidation")] public void PublicAdminSpira(string userName, string password) { var page = this.OpenPage (this.AdminModel.LoginPagePath); page.Maximize(); page.FillInForm(userName, password, false); page.Login(); page.Logout(); } i have pass two parameter value and run through nunit, than its not shows passed /failed status in spira test ID. now if i am not use parameter and run through nunit than it shows status with spira test id as passed/failed for example- [Test, SpiraTestCase(418)] public void PublicAdminSpira() { var page = this.OpenPage (this.AdminModel.LoginPagePath); page.Maximize(); page.FillInForm("username", "passwored", false); page.Login(); page.Logout(); } please replay... Thanks Gangotri

Is Spira Configuration support function parameter, because right now i am not able to run my spira test with function parameter in c#

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 06:21:08 -0500

Hi Adam/ Jim/ Daniel Is Spira Configuration support function parameter, because right now i am not able to run my spira test with function parameter in c# my code is : [Test, SpiraTestCase(418)] [TestCaseSource(typeof(AdminModel), "UserValidation")] public void PublicAdminSpira(string userName, string password) { var page = this.OpenPage (this.AdminModel.LoginPagePath); page.Maximize(); page.FillInForm(userName, password, false); page.Login(); page.Logout(); } i have pass two parameter value and run through nunit, than its not shows passed /failed status in spira test ID. now if i am not use parameter and run through nunit than it shows status with spira test id as passed/failed for example- [Test, SpiraTestCase(418)] public void PublicAdminSpira() { var page = this.OpenPage (this.AdminModel.LoginPagePath); page.Maximize(); page.FillInForm("username", "passwored", false); page.Login(); page.Logout(); } please replay... Thanks Gangotri

SpiraTest History

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:45:07 -0500

Can you please let me know Spira's Test version history compatible with IE? I am trying to use SpiraTest 3.2 with IE 11 but every time I try to do an actin Spira will kick me out and i have to relogin

Upgrade from Spiratest 3.2 to 5.0

Tim Page (tim.page@worksmart.co.uk) — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:10:42 -0400

Hi all, my company is at long last looking into upgrading Spiratest from the ancient 3.2 to the new & shiny v5.0 in the very near future. I've had a trawl through documentation as well as the knowledge base & forums and have found info describing the upgrade from 4.2 to 5.0 and I know that there are DB changes between 4.x & 5.0, I also assume that there were changes between 3.2 & 4.x. We have been using Spiratest for about 5 years, although ive only been with the company for 2 years. During that time the Upgrade has been discussed several times & then parked due to Timescales, Resource & Risk. We have somewhere in the region of 50 active projects and need to retain our existing Test Cases, Incidents and all Workflow & User Data. From what I've seen there is not a logical upgrade path directly from 3.2 to 5.0, and so I am expecting this to be quite painful & time consuming. Is it best to plan for an upgrade from 3.2 to 4.2 and then a second upgrade from 4.2 to 5.0? Are we best going through the upgrade process or starting again with a brand new v5.0 install & then trying to import data from our current system - assuming that is possible. Can someone please confirm what the best method is going to be to perform this upgrade. Many thanks Tim

Project copy problems

PRIME Gildas (gildas.prime@biomerieux.com) — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:55:01 -0500

Hi, I'm currently encountering some problems on the project copy. My settings are : SpiraTest 4.0 Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bits Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition (64-bit) 10.50.2500.0 I try to copy a project that have Custom properties, and custom properties values are not copied... After looking at database values, it seems that SpiraTest does not copy all values... I explain myself : have a project with custom properties Check the datas in the RPT_TESTCASES, on one test case (for example) see the CUST_XX column to see the value actually given by the custom property (in our case the CUST_11 column has the 119 value which correspond is the value [CUSTOM_PROPERTY_VALUE_ID] selected in the [CUSTOM_PROPERTY_LIST_ID], all is well at this point... go on the admainistration page click on copy valid the message wait for the copy Check the datas in the RPT_TESTCASES view, filter on the test case previously checked, in our case, the test case is already good for the copied project, but on the project copy the CUST_XX columns are not updated (all CUST_XX are at NULL values) . However, all the custom properties are correclty copied with the new project, the custom preperty list appears to... More precisely the [TST_ARTIFACT_CUSTOM_PROPERTY] table has not the custom properties copied. In the [TST_ARTIFACT_CUSTOM_PROPERTY] table the project copied has an artifact id for the test case with the custom properties selected, and for the propject copy there is no line in this table... If i insert a line (in our sandbox database) in the [TST_ARTIFACT_CUSTOM_PROPERTY] with the concerned testcase and the expected CUST_XX value, then the value is correctly set on the Spiratest web interface Is this a known problem ? Is there a workaround ? Is it resolved in the 4.1 or 4.2 ? Will it resolved for the next released ?

How to link an automated test (MStest) case to multiples Spira test cases

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:21:10 -0500

Hi, We would like to know if there is a way to link one automated test to more than a test case in Spira, we are using Mstest engine and the SpiraTestMSTestExtension.dll, and the field [SpiraTestCase(SpiraTestCaseId)] accepts just one instance in function headers and one test case ID. Is there any workaround to this ? Regards

Tests run from TestNG are not recorded in SpiraTest

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 08:12:09 -0500

I have tried integrating manual test cases in SpiraTest with TestNG(WebDriver), the automation script runs fine in the TestNG but the status of the test result is not recorded back in the Spira. There is no error thrown as such either. I dont have any clue as to how to debug and find what is blocking the status update but no error is generated. Here is the sample snippet code. Please help me debug the issue. import org.openqa.selenium.By; import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions; import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait; import org.testng.Assert; import org.testng.annotations.Test; import com.inflectra.spiratest.addons.testnglistener.SpiraTestCase; import com.inflectra.spiratest.addons.testnglistener.SpiraTestConfiguration; import com.inflectra.spiratest.addons.testnglistener.TestRun; @SpiraTestConfiguration(login = "*****", password = "****", projectId = 000331 , url = "*********", releaseId = -1,testSetId = -1) @Test(groups={"unittest"}) public class SpiraIntegration { WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(); String url = "****"; WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver,120); @Test(groups={"unittest"}) @SpiraTestCase(testCaseId =251477) public void VerifyLogin() throws IOException { driver.get(url); LoginPage oLogin = new LoginPage(driver); wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.id("screenId"))); oLogin.Login("admin","password"); wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.id("main-content"))); Assert.assertEquals(1, 1); ScreenShot.TakeScreenShot(driver, "LoginPage"); } }

Error sending results to SpiraTest server

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 03:08:12 -0500

I am getting the following error when running a TestNG test in conjuction with SpiraTestListener. Any body please help me fix the issue. Error sending results to SpiraTest server (Failed to access the WSDL at: http://*****/SpiraTest/Login.aspx/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL. It failed with: Invalid WSDL http://*****/Login.aspx/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL, expected {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/}definitions found {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}html at (lineLine number = 4 Column number = 85 System Id = http://*******/SpiraTest/Login.aspx/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL Public Id = null Location Uri= http://********/SpiraTest/Login.aspx/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL CharacterOffset = 211 ).) 0 test results were successfully transmitted to SpiraTest (1 errors) (0 not configured).

Archiving and project status inactive

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:04:23 -0500

Hi. What are the benefits of setting a project as inactive? Is not visible in search results? Increses performance because its no longer indexed? Are there any tools to archive / backup a single projekt?

Merge Incidents

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:42:04 -0500

Extra column in SpiraTest Tracking incidents

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:49:28 -0500

Is there any way we can add a column to the Incidents page in order to give additional information? E.g We wish to state if something is "Operational" or an "IT Issue." Any ideas? Thanks, Ben

Passing results of a test case to a different one.

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:22:41 -0500

Hello, During testing we have different teams doing different test cases based on the systems used, is there any way we can take the results of one test case and pull it through as data for another test case as a set up, instead of having to manually enter each test case take the data and plug it in to the other test case. e.g Team places order - order reference entered as test result, test result is picked up and entered as sample data for a different test case, available for the team who need to use this order. Many Thanks, Ben

Reporting an incident against an entire test case.

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:50:16 -0500

Hello, When running a test case currently, if there is a step that fails, the incident only pulls the information from that test case meaning any additional information that has been written about methodology etc in the other steps could potentially be missed, is there any way to raise an incident with the information of all the steps in the test case in it? Many Thanks, Ben

LDAP Settings

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:34:42 -0400

Hi, We are looking to intergrate Spira with our network logins. We have already been using Spira and have several users set up with the same username as their network log on. When we intergrate the systems, what will happen to these users, will they be remembered/merged with the network accounts? If not, is there any way for us to do this. Kind Regards, Ben

Pull releases through with a project template.

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:51:44 -0500

Hi There, We have been looking at best practices for dealing with requirements that we have decided are not feasible as currently we leave them as they are and it effects the requirement coverage when reporting on how well test cases are covering said requirements. Our idea is to set up a "Deferred Requirements" release to store each of these as we haven't been able to find a built in method for removing these from the reporting other than deleting them, which we do not want to do. Is there any way we can set up a Deferred Requirements release in our Project Template that will be created when building a new project using this template to save us having to manually raise this release every time we create a new project? Many Thanks, Ben

What happens when we run out of ref numbers

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:27:06 -0500

Hi, Recently we brought up in discussion that we don't know what happens when incidents or test cases reach the point of TC999999, Understandably this wont be for a while but with the way we work we have found we are moving through these reference numbers rather quickly. When this occurs what will happen, will the numbers cycle back to TC000001? If so what would happen to the original TC000001? Let me know if you need any more details. Thanks, Ben

Run out of SpiraTest IDs

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:07:52 -0400

Hi, We have been using SpiraTest for some time now, to the point where we have almost created enough test steps to run out of ID references. Please can you advise what we do when this happens, and if SpiraTest automatically adds an additional number or if we need to perform some kind of manual update to change the way the references work (I.E Prefix with TCA00001) Many Thanks, Ben

stop test closing when step fails

ROQIT Ade (adrian.wilson@roqit.co.uk) — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:53:36 -0500

Is it possible for me to stop a test I'm executing closing when a step fails? I need to go back and reopen the failed test and find the next step to run as often even though a step fails other steps in thta script still need testing...

How to move a test case into another folder?

Scott O (soglesby@hytrust.com) — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 01:48:05 -0500

I have folder F that contains test case T and subfolder F1. I would like to move T into F1. How do I do that? Thanks.

Login session lifetime

Vanessa Smith (vanessa.smith@flhosp.org) — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 23:34:49 -0500

Is the "keep me logged in" checkbox (pictured) connected to anything? If so, what's the session lifetime? It seems like I'm logged out several times during the day.

Restrict the scope of a report to a Test Set or Test Case Folder

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 22:20:28 -0500

We have thousands of test cases in Spira, but want to create a Printable Test Scripts Report for a specific test case folder. Or a test set; we figured out how to create one of those. But I don't see an option at all for "run report only for this test set or folder". Instead, we start with all 14K test cases and filter horizontally based on test case attributes. The filter options provided won't do what we need: the tests have different authors, states, etc. Most of them have the feature name in the test case name, but I tried a filter on that name and Spira didn't find anything. Ditto for a build that our test set belonged to. I realize folders are tough to work with (both for users and apparently the inflectra developers), but it's the best solution we have inside Spira for organizing tests. Seems like a reasonable thing to ask. How can we do this? Thanks!

Automate signing out of Spira using Selenium

Scott O (soglesby@hytrust.com) — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:28:32 -0400

Hi all, There are some values of interest that the Spira UI does not provide -- a good example is: in a test set, there's a list of test cases and pass/fail/not-run, but no counts for these, and no count of the number of test cases in the set. It's something you'd honestly expect to see, and it would be useful, but it's not there. What we're doing is pointing python + selenium at the test set pages, scraping the information we need (find by xPath, etc.) and going from there. Sort of a wrapper to Spira's UI. However, we are having trouble logging out from Spira (since only one session is allowed, having that session still logged in brings up that "your account is logged in in multiple locations" screen). There's a log out link ('//a[.="Log Out"]') but by default it's not visible. You need to click on a dropdown which is apparently a div of class "PopupButton"; but doing that apparently is not enough. What's a good way to programatically log of of Spira? Thanks for your attention, your product is really great

How to tell which folder a test case belongs to?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 23:29:42 -0400

When weve bookmarked a test case* and load it, it appears in the UI without any context. Wed like to be able to find out which folders the test case belongs to. Theres a Folders panel to the left, which we cannot resize, showing about 7 folders. It does not scroll or expand to the folder containing the test. The test case pane itself has no folder information (I searched the web page). ... how can we find this out? Its really disorienting to not know where a test case fits in context. Thank you. (I tend to go directly to a URL to bring up a test case, such as tenant.spiraservice.net/some_id/TestCase / test_case_id .aspx -- much faster than the search functions, and usually succeeds)

What are the REST API endpoints for...

Scott O (soglesby@hytrust.com) — Tue, 15 May 2018 04:21:01 -0400

(I did look here: https://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v4_0/RestService.aspx ) We would like to programmatically add test cases to a specific folder in a project. To do this requires several steps: * identify the project ID (done; list all projects) * find the folder ID by name (not done. This might be one of... * list all folders in the project, and search by name to find the ID (not implemented?) * search folder by name and get the ID (not implemented?) * add the test case: projects/{project_id}/test-cases?parent_test_folder_id={parent_test_folder_id} How the hot fudge do we find out that test folder ID? Thanks, your product is really great, we love it

Tone of error and validation messages

Clark R (simon.bor@inflectra.com) — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 18:11:19 -0400

Im working in a test folder, picking cases to add to a test set, and notice a test case with a recent failure. I want to open that case in a new tab, but get the error message: You need to select exactly ONE checkbox for the Open Item command! Could Spira please not do this. There are many things the GUI makes difficult or tiresome, and being scolded does not help. This has bothered me for a while -- maybe theres a better way to make an enhancement request -- but could you please have a UX person review user messages for the tone you want to convey. Thank you.

How can I assign some of the test cases in a test set to another user?

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 20:58:30 -0500

We select groups of test cases and arrange them into test sets and assign the test set to a user . Some times we need to split the test cases in a test set between the users .Does SpiraTest allow the Test Sets to be shared?

Improved function for editing tests

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:00:41 -0400

Hi, I would like to put in a feature request for easier editing of test cases. Ideally I would be looking for the test case to be edited in a "word" like table so that each individual step doesn't have to be edited to "unlock". It would be good if there was just one edit button to edit the entire test case. Because of this I currently design my tests in word and then import into Spira. Thanks

Spell check needed in Spira

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:01:42 -0400

Are there any plans to incorporate a spell check function into Spira? This would be very helpful. Thanks

Actual Result images do not appear in test run word report.

Alex Soloviev (alex.soloviev@celerion.com) — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:34:20 -0400

When I execute a test and attach screenshots to the steps, the screenshots appear in the test run but if I try and create a report for the test run in word the image does not display. Instead I get a little icon which basically says the "The linked image cannot be displayed, it may have been moved." Is this because of some security setting? does anybody else have this problem and knows the fix? I think I had the same issue in 4.5.

Contents of Description fails to load when opening a test case.

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:01:51 -0400

We have found in v5 that when opening a test case the contents of the description fails to load. Once the test case has loaded we have to do a refresh (f5) in order for the contents of the description to be displayed. When the page is refreshed the description is displayed.

Introduce a Recycle Bin

martin alavi (malavi@visionrt.com) — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 09:08:21 -0400

Hi, If possible it be good to introduce a Recycle Bin into spiratest. This is so any test cases that are deleted can be easily retrieved at a later date if needed. Currently if tests are deleted they are gone for good Thanks

Any way to stop the same TC ID being added to a test set?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:56:56 -0500

Hi, We are creating a large test set from a list which may reference the same test case ID many times. Is there a way to stop the id being added to the test set if it in fact already exists in the test set? Thanks

Incident Status C#

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:44:18 -0500

Hello, I am currently developing a tool which connects to SPIRA. I would like to know how can i send back to SPIRA using C# MFC test incindent status and how can i create from here test runs? Thanks

For a once of download purchase what do I need to do to have two separate instance of Spira test

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:43:41 -0500

Hi, For a once of download purchase what do I need to do to have two separate instance of Spira test? We have about 20 licences on the once of download package and want to have two separate Instances of SpiraTest for project reasons. probably 10 licenses on instance http://spiratest1 and the other 10 on http://spiratest2 Is it something as simple as just creating an instance on two separate servers? Does this have licensing implications? Please advise? Regards,

How do I use multi list

Martin Kay (martin.kay@woodmac.com) — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 08:47:23 -0500

Hi, I want to create a custom field for incident but rather than have user scroll through a huge list I thought I could use the multi-list option to allow user to narrow down options. However that only seems to let me select one list? Any advice?

Default Incident Owner?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:01:55 -0400

Hi, I want all my incidents to default to the defect manager without user having to select from drop down - can I do this? Also same question re Priority - I want to set a default? Martin

Manage My filters

Martin Kay (martin.kay@woodmac.com) — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 07:05:29 -0400

I have saved multiple filters but can't see any way of deleting the ones I no longer need?

Custom Lists - Updating from active Yes to active no appears to be same as deleting?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 08:18:06 -0400

Hi I have a custom field that has grown over time, to make drop down more user friendly I updated some of these to active no. My expectation was that these would no longer appear in the drop down but the history would be retained. However this action appears to be the same as selecting the delete option. I have now lost some of my incident history and have the added annoyance of missing mandatory fields? Is there a way of making these values active again?

Excel Import - Custom Lists

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 09:37:21 -0400

When I import from SPIRA my custom list items come through as a number, is there a way to import the associated value rather than the number?

Unable to Close Incident despite being owner

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 15:43:46 -0400

On occasion we have had an issue were by tester who is assigned defect has not been able to close the incident as the workflow option has been missing. I can’t see anything different with these defects that has prevented the close action from being displayed. When I changed the detected to value you to match the assigned to value the workflow was displayed. Any ideas?

SpiraTest and Gherkin

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:59:44 -0500

Hi, we are evaluating SpiraTest, and our QA manager would like to create our features and user stories in some formalized structure such as Gherkin. Ultimately, we are looking to automate, most likely via a keyword framework such as Google Robot. Does anyone have real experience using these tools and methodologies together, and could share resources, ideas, or experiences in how SpiraTest can best be used to support such a methodology? Thank you. David

SpiraTest - Mantis synchronisation

Souad Froville (souad.froville@gmail.com) — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:45:58 -0400

Hello, I am using SpiraTest v4.2.0.4 and have synchronised it with Mantis v1.2.17. When I create an incident in SpiraTest, it is inserted into mantis via the synchronisation process (and vice versa). However, the notes/comments and files attached do not synchronise. That is, when I add a comment (or a file) in Mantis, I cannot see it in SpiraTest and vice-versa. What should I do to make this work? thank you in advance

Closing a Test Run while a linked incident is open

Souad Froville (souad.froville@gmail.com) — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 13:20:33 -0400

Hello, I am actually using SpiraTest v4.2.0.8. I was wondering if it was possible to create some kind of warning (maybe a popup window or mail notification) when a user closes a test Run that has an open incident still attached to it ? Thanks, Souad

Automated testing with SPIRA Test

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:27:50 -0400

Hi, I appreciate this is more of a pre sales query but here goes. Is automated UI testing (be it on a record and playback basis or by writing code to generate events) possible with SPIRA Test or do we have to use RAPISE to get that functionality ? Thanks in advance, Nick Fitzsimons

getting the test script from spira

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 15 May 2015 10:53:50 -0400

Hi, Can anybody help me out in getting the Test Script of a test case from spira. thanks

How to customize report options

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 06:00:41 -0400

Hi ! I have customized SpiraTest reports. I have done it copying a OOTB report and then editing that report. I would also like to customize the report options, Report Format, Report Elements and Standard Field Filters. For example I would like to have a drop-down list so that I could choose the test set. I have gone through Your documentation and this seems to be impossible. Am I correct ? This applies to custom reports which are created from scratch. Is it possible to create a launch form where the user can choose the options ? I have added a screen shot which hopefully can be seen. Best regards Kimmo Andersson

Use of child test cases

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:37:59 -0500

Hi, In version 5.0 a new folder system was created. Now the child test cases are displayed in the main list view. Is it possible to filter/search for child test cases only? How can I create a new child test case in Version 5.0? There is no option available when using the "New test case"-button. Thank you, R. Schuster

Merge three projects into one

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 22 May 2018 19:58:59 -0400

Hi, we have created three different projects that are organised in the same project group. Now we would like to merge all three projects of this project group into one single project. Is it possible to do that? Kind regards

Timeout occurring when editing releases

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:41:57 -0400

I'm editing release with a new template and when I click save it times out. Any idea?

Migrating Test Cases is giving me errors and test cases were imported out of order and in the wrong location

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 19:15:27 -0500

We're exporting test cases from a SpiraTeam project on one server to a SpiraTeam on another server. For some reason when we exported the test cases to Excel it added blank test case rows to the document causing the import to the new SpiraTeam to throw an error. I have to manually go in every time this happens and delete the row in Excel and start the import over. Also, once the import was complete, we're noticing test case files are in the wrong locations and not indented properly. Files are showing test case counts that are incorrect. For instance, one file shows 202 test cases but when I open the file there are only 10. Anyone have a way to deal with this or am I stuck having to manually fix this import?

Suggestion on adding images to test results

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 15:15:57 -0400

I am evaluating the suite of products and had a suggestion... It seems that the only way to add a screenshot attachment is to use the Attachments section of the test case. Which would be fine but what would make it even better is if there was a built-in screenshot facility so the user can select what they'd want for a screenshot (NOT like the PrntScrn function which gets the entire screen and when you are running multiple monitors is not entirely helpful). We use a chat product internally (Cisco Jabber) that does this and it is REALLY helpful. It reduces an extra step of saving the file in Snagit, locating it on the PC and sending it to another individual. Not sure on your request process but it seemed this area could use some improvement so I thought I'd mention it. Thank you! Morgan

Flag test cases when a requirement changes?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 15:53:13 -0400

Is there any way to flag a test case when a requirement changes? So as to notify the user that the requirement has changed and the plan needs to be modified / reviewed? Evaluating the software, don't immediately see it. Thanks!

How can I find (and update) the expected result of many test steps matching a specific Test Step Description

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:54:58 -0400

We have a situation where we have many tests that require the checking of records created. Our test cases have steps checking each field. The value of one field is the same in every record it appears and we need to change the expected value. Is there a way I can bulk update the expected value of every test step matching a specific description? I don't have direct access to the database. I tried creating a custom report to let me see the test cases and steps, but can't find any record of the fields available. https://www.inflectra.com/Support/KnowledgeBase/KB73.aspx tells me the tables I can report against, but doesn't tell me the fields available in R_TestSteps. Is there a way I can see the schema available for custom reports?

How to execute a single test case by using spira remote launch

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 13:37:00 -0400

Hi ..Can anybody tell me that how to execute a single tesecase using spira remote launch. I am able to download and execute the complete testset.tst(which is a group of test cases), Need your help asap.thanks

RAID log option in Spiratest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 04:53:54 -0400

Is there an option to log RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues & Dependencies) in Spiratest?

Quality Center importer error

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 17:25:10 -0400

Greetings, I signed up for the Demo and attempted to do the Quality Center import. When I start the import, I get an error "SpiraTest Import Failed. Error: Unable to create user - InvalidPassword" I used the SpiraTest administrator log in, not sure why I'm getting the error. Thanks

Does the SpiraTest JUnit integration library support parameterized tests?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:35:31 -0400

Hello, I'm using the JUnit integration with JUnit. It's working fine for my normal test cases and test result are transmitted to SpiraTest. Now, I'am adding parametrized tests which is a feature of JUnit 4. When I add the SpiraTest annotation to a parametrized test, and run it with the Main class as documented in the SpiraTest Automated Testing Integration Guide, it fails. I get the following error messages: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: org.test.FibonacciTest.test[0]() Does the SpiraTest JUnit integration library support parameterized tests? Here is my code to give you an idea what I try to accomplish: @RunWith(Parameterized.class) @SpiraTestConfiguration(url = URL, login = USER, password = PWD, projectId = PROJECT_ID) public class FibonacciTest { @Parameters public static Collection data() { return Arrays.asList(new Object[][] { { 0, 0 }, { 1, 1 }, { 2, 1 }, { 3, 2 }, { 4, 3 }, { 5, 5 }, { 6, 8 } }); } private int fInput; private int fExpected; public FibonacciTest(int input, int expected) { fInput = input; fExpected = expected; } @Test @SpiraTestCase(testCaseId=21966) public void test() { assertEquals(fExpected, compute(fInput)); } private int compute(int fInput2) { return 1; } } public class SpiraApplicationMain { public final static String URL = ""; public final static String USER = "; public final static String PWD = ""; public final static int PROJECT_ID = 0; /** * Entry point for command line execution * * @param args * The command line arguments */ public static void main(String[] args) { // Instantiate the JUnit core JUnitCore core = new JUnitCore(); // Add the custom SpiraTest listener core.addListener(new SpiraTestListener()); // Finally run the test fixture core.run(FibonacciTest.class); } /** * Entry point for JUnit 4.x runners * * @return Handle to the test framework */ public static junit.framework.Test suite() { return new JUnit4TestAdapter(FibonacciTest.class); } } Regards, Rene

Is it possible to increase the size of text boxes for the test case execution screen?

Darren Greenwald (darren@m3as.com) — Thu, 21 May 2015 14:32:12 -0400

For the testing we do we use a lot of screenshots to direct the testers to the right function that needs to be tested. The issue we run into is the size of the text boxes that contain the screenshots are extremely small to the point where even if you scroll you still cannont see the entire image. Is there any way possible to expand the size of the boxes? I looked into the admin settings but couldn't find anything.

How can I import/export pre-condition value

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 20 May 2015 05:02:14 -0400

Precondition is added into Spira as a new field; however we don't see this field in template file to import/export (add in in Excel) Is there any way to import/export value of Precondition field?

Linking existing incidents to multiple test cases is not possible

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 08:32:27 -0400

I am seeing that once an incident has been linked to a test case, when we run another test case and attempt to link existing defect, that defect does not show up in the list. It can't be added by ID either. What is the limitation here, how can I link the same defect to multiple test runs? Thank you

"Not Authorized to Modify Test Cases" when trying to export test cases from excel 2010 to Spira

Phuong Hua (htkphuong@tma.com.vn) — Fri, 29 May 2015 04:12:38 -0400

Hi all, I got error message "Not Authorized to Modify Test Cases" when trying to export test cases from excel 2010 to Spira. Could someone please help to give an advice on this? FYI: I can import testcases from Spira & in my project I can edit testcases on spira. Thanks, Phuong.

Parallel Project Development

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 19:43:16 -0400

I have a question regarding parallel project development. Is there a way to have different versions of a test case? For instance have 4 versions of the same test case that's used for Projects or Test Sets, without duplicating/copying test cases to change 1 item with the test case (like a test step)? Another example is we would have v1 test case be our base test case. Changes to that base test case would then create a v2, then v3, v4, etc. Each version would associate or map to a different project. Thanks.

DOORS Importer Tool

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 17:44:00 -0500

Greetings, I was wondering if there was a way to set up the DOORS Importer Tool to gather it's object and item data mappings from SpiraTest and populate the output files rather than the mappings being created locally under C:\Users\ \AppData\Roaming\Inflectra\RationalDoorsImporter when performing the import? Basically, there will be multiple users that might want to import requirements from the same project or module and doing so in the tools current state will import duplicates because the two users have individual AppData which is used for the data mappings showing that the requirements have never been imported to SpiraTest before (for that user). This can be troublesome especially if there were changes to the requirements on the DOORS side and an update/maintenance import needed to be made to make the changes happen on SpiraTest. Thanks, Brandon

Excel Import Export generates an Timed Out Error

Unmanned Systems (east@textronsystems.com) — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:44:47 -0400

Like the title says, when running the Excel import/Export for Excel 2007, we get a timed out error: . How to recreate error: Set myself as owner of test case. Open up excel template. Connect to SpiraTest. Click the Test Runs sheet. Select the Project and Test Runs as artifact. Click "Import". Test case and steps are imported into excel. Change the status for steps to pass and some failed with actual result. Click "Export" The Exporting data to Spira pops up. Gets half way then hangs. After about 20 seconds this error pops up.

Slow Execution of Test Set

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:57:16 -0400

Good Morning, I currently have a user executing a test set in SpiraTest and it is taking around 20 seconds from pressing the pass button to the next step appearing. It seems there are a few users that experience slow test set execution but we have not been able to identify a root cause yet. Has anyone seen one user or one test set that performs sluggishly in comparison? Thank you,

Report of Test Cases with open Incidents

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:33:46 -0500

How can I get a report of all Test Cases that are connected to open Incidents?

Not able to import MTM test cases to spiratest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 17:08:34 -0400

Hi, I am not able to import the MTM test cases to spiratest. I use the add-on which spiratest provided. It is giving an below error : Import --------------------------- SpiraTest Import Failed. Error: There is an error in XML document (179, 6256). --------------------------- OK ---------------------------

Filtering dates with the SOAP API

Marc Schneider (it-koordination.koeln@dertouristik.com) — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:21:27 -0400

We are considering to use the SpiraTest SOAP API for a Java application. I have set up a small Java project for testing the capabilities of the API. I am stuck by filtering Incidents by dates like CreationDate, LastUpdateDate, etc. According to this site it should work: https://www.inflectra.com/Support/KnowledgeBase/KB88.aspx The central part of my code is: ObjectFactory objectFactory = new ObjectFactory(); RemoteFilter filter1 = objectFactory.createRemoteFilter(); filter1.setPropertyName(objectFactory.createRemoteIncidentDescription("CreationDate")); // create calendas and set them as start and end date javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar calStart = new com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendarImpl(); Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(); c.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, -50); calStart.setYear(c.get(Calendar.YEAR)); calStart.setMonth(c.get(Calendar.MONTH)); calStart.setDay(c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)); calStart.setTime(c.get(Calendar.HOUR), c.get(Calendar.MINUTE), c.get(Calendar.SECOND)); System.out.println(calStart.toGregorianCalendar().getTime()); javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar calEnd = new com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendarImpl(); Calendar c2 = Calendar.getInstance(); calEnd.setYear(c2.get(Calendar.YEAR)); calEnd.setMonth(c2.get(Calendar.MONTH)); calEnd.setDay(c2.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)); calEnd.setTime(c2.get(Calendar.HOUR), c2.get(Calendar.MINUTE), c2.get(Calendar.SECOND)); System.out.println(calEnd.toGregorianCalendar().getTime()); DateRange dr = objectFactory.createDateRange(); dr.setStartDate(objectFactory.createDateRangeStartDate(calStart)); dr.setEndDate(objectFactory.createDateRangeEndDate(calEnd)); dr.setConsiderTimes(true); JAXBElement drElement = objectFactory.createDateRange(dr); filter1.setDateRangeValue(drElement); // add filter to a filter array ArrayOfRemoteFilter filters = objectFactory.createArrayOfRemoteFilter(); filters.getRemoteFilter().add(filter1); // Create RemoteSort RemoteSort sort = objectFactory.createRemoteSort(); sort.setPropertyName(objectFactory.createRemoteFilterPropertyName("IncidentId")); sort.setSortAscending(true); ArrayOfRemoteIncident incidents = soap.incidentRetrieve(filters, sort, 1, 1000); List inc = incidents.getRemoteIncident(); // ... loop over the incidents, print them to console It throws no exceptions, but doesn't filter anything, eighter... :( Can someone with experience help me? Thanks, Zoltan

Syncing Stories in Jira to Requirements in SpiraTest

Denise Peterson (dpeterson@misoenergy.org) — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 16:34:28 -0400

I am getting all my bugs and features from Jira into the Incidents in SpiraTest but I can't seem to get the Stories from Jira over into Requirements of SpiraTest. I have confirmed the Jira ID several times. Is there something else you do for the Requirements section.

Report chart images missing the axes labels

Paul French (paul.french@roqit.co.uk) — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:07:37 -0400

Hi, When in reporting module and wanting to save any of the graphs as JPG/PNG etc then the saved image seems to be just the lines/bars and does not include the axes labels or values/scale. This seems to render this function a little useles (e.g. the saved image is no use as is when pasting into an email or report etc). Any assistance on this would be appreciated - i.e. can change settings etc to get these components added to the saved images? Thanks

Formatting issues with some of the reports

Paul French (paul.french@roqit.co.uk) — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:21:08 -0400

Hi, Noticed a few formatting issues with some of the reports that I'd to throw to the user community for some thoughts and/or to see if anyone else has encountered. Items are as follows - Incident summary - detected on dates - Test set summary - pass, fail, etc counts In the incident summary, the detected on date is not being recognised as a "date" as there seems to be an erroneous space present at the end. This means that if we take the data in the report and want to create a pivot table the dates aren't being sorted correctly, and being displayed in alphabetical order rather than date order. Removing this erroneous space solves the issue, but the problem being that you need to remove this from every single cell (there are some other workarounds but it seems that the problem is with the source data) In Test set summary report, the numbers for the passed, failed etc as part of the set are in a text format which (similar to the above) has some impact when wanting to take this data and use in pivot tables. Any thoughts on either of the above would be appreciated. Thanks.

Summary reports - OPEN/CLOSED status

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:36:14 -0400

Hi, For summary reports, I'm interested in knowing whether we can add information that can report on whether the incident is in the OPEN or CLOSED state (as defined by the workflow). We're trying to use the summary reports as data for custom reports and want to filter so we're only showing OPEN issues. Obviously there are workarounds to this (filtering so only the OPEN class statuses are displayed, or by adding custom lookup tables which define each of the statuses as OPEN or CLOSED) but hoping to be able to have this information displayed in the standard report if this is possible. Thanks for any input on this matter.

Test case/set reporting query (reporting on progress)

Paul French (paul.french@roqit.co.uk) — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 08:38:10 -0400

Hi All, I have a query about the way that Spiratest reports on the progress of Test Sets, plus what appears to be a bit of anomaly. At what point *should* the status of a test set go from "not started" to "In progress" - Our expectation is that as soon as a test is started and at least 1 step of the test is completed then the set should be marked as in progress? Does this match general opinion. In addition, I have seen an anomaly (defect perhaps) where 2 different sets each are reporting differently even though the component status is the same (1 test passed, 2 not run) - can't attach an image sorry.

Detected release multiselect?

Paul French (paul.french@roqit.co.uk) — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:28:01 -0400

Hi all, When viewing defects in the "Tracking" module, you can't do a multiselect filter on the detected release field like you can with the others - is this a limitation of Spira or something we can change in configuration? Paul

Custom date fields - option to filter blanks?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:23:00 -0400

Hi, We have a custom field in incidents which we have assigned a type 'Date' (we're using this for target fix date). We'd like to be able to filter view and display blanks only (so in defect management meetings/reports we can highlight incidents which currently don't have a target fix date) but doesn't appear to be possible. If someone could confirm whether or not this can be configured in settings at all it would be appreciated. Regards Paul

Reporting on test cases "In progress"

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 07:43:12 -0400

Morning, I am wondering whether there is a way for Spiratest to report a test case as "In progress" when some steps have passed but some remain as NR - at the moment, these show as NR which does distort reporting, in particular on test cases which may either i) take a longer time to run, or ii) have some dependency on an interface for example (so tester A has done everything they can and are now waiting on tester B, or some other process to execute a step). If this is a config issue then please advise if there is a way of addressing this, or if this is not possible then can I request this be added as an enhancement request (a lot of other tools used have this status). Regards, Paul

Exporting specific folders

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 07:49:38 -0400

Hi, Is there a way of exporting specifically selected artefacts to an excel report - for example, if I wanted to just do an excel dump of a specific test case folder to hand to a tester who doesn't have Spiratest access. If there isn't then please can I request this be added as an enhancement - e..g check required boxes and have an export to excel option in the Tools. Thanks

Export of Test Runs Query

Paul French (paul.french@roqit.co.uk) — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:10:20 -0400

Noticing that when exporting (from Excel to Spiratest) test runs, the last test doesn't seem to get marked correctly as remains as Not Run. Is this a known issue at all? E.g. I create a test set, assign to myself, import to Excel (thereby creating test runs for myself in the template). Set pass for all tests then export to Spiratest. Each time, the final test remains as Not Run, all others are in fine and correctly set as defined in the excel template.

Failed tests got fixed, not updated in reports

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:24:04 -0400

After test run, I found there are some failed test steps. So I corrected the problems, and ran the tests again, it shows in the testing page that the test steps are Passed. However, when I generated the failed test steps report, it shows that those fixed steps are still failed. I am wondering if there is something wrong with the database update? Can anyone please help? Thanks!

Best way to upgrade SpiraTest 4.2 to 5.0

Ghalied Dollie (ghalieddollie@gmail.com) — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 22:35:33 -0400

My company is trying to upgrade SpiraTest from version 4.2 to 5.0. The plan is to install 5.0 on a separate server, test it, make sure everything is working fine and only after that to upgrade it on production environment. What is the best way to do that? My plan was to install 4.2 on a separate environment with the current DB snapshot and upgrade it to 5.0 using the latest installer. Once tested, uninstall Spira from the test server and install Spira 4.2 with current production data there once again. So I'll have two environments with the latest production data. Then I'm planning to upgrade SpiraTest to 5.0 on one of the servers, so the other one will be a back up with an old SpiraTest version in case something goes wrong with the upgrade. The problem is that I'll need an extra license key to use this approach. Is there any better alternative way to do this?

Getting Invalid conenction SQL Server error during SpiraTest 4.2 installation

Elizaveta Kupriyanova (ekupriyanova@onenetwork.com) — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 23:01:49 -0400

I've got SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Express and I'm trying to install SpiraTest 4.2 from scratch (Complete Installation). I'm sure I've provided a correct server name during installation, but I'm getting this error [DBNETLIB] [ConnectionOpen (ParseConnectParams()).] Invalid connection I checked SQL Server and SQL Browser services and they are running. I also tried with completely disabled firewall and it didn't help. Help!

Unable to Load DOM

Yong Liang Ko (KoYong.Liang@iCONCERTO.COM) — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 10:13:24 -0400

I am having issue of loading the HTML DOM with Rapise Spy tool in this site: http://www.188bet.com/en-gb/sports/football. The DOM is empty.

Is it possible to Assert if a given SPAN object is expanded or collapsed?

Yong Liang Ko (KoYong.Liang@iCONCERTO.COM) — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 10:18:32 -0400

Is it possible to Assert if a given SPAN object is expanded or collapsed? Looks like there is no way of doing it. By the way, there is no way I could add my screenshot here, the "Add Image" in tool bar doesn't work. When I pressed on it, it just include a small icon on this text.

Return innerHTML XPATH query

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 03:36:49 -0400

Hi, Is it Possible to return all the innerHTML via Rapise XPATH locator? Is so, what is the XPATH query?

Custom Query report problem

Teemu Karvinen (teemu.karvinen@s-factory.fi) — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 07:07:22 -0400

I can't use select inside select in my query! As an example: select R.name as NAME, R.DESCRIPTION, (select E.name from SpiraTestEntities.R_CustomListValues as E join SpiraTestEntities.R_Incidents as A on A.PROJECT_ID = E.PROJECT_ID where A.CUST_03 = cast(E.CUSTOM_PROPERTY_VALUE_ID as string) and E.CUSTOM_PROPERTY_LIST_ID = 11) as AREA from SpiraTestEntities.R_Incidents as R where R.PROJECT_GROUP_ID = ${ProjectGroupId} This query gives AREA as System.Data.Query.ResultAssembly.BridgeDataReader and all other fields as they should. Both selects work when not combined. I have to make a query with 2 of these selects inside a select to get values in place of IDs. How is one suposed to get actual values into a report when using multiple custom fields?

REST integration

Teemu Karvinen (teemu.karvinen@s-factory.fi) — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:14:24 -0400

Hi! I found out that Spira has REST API and I need to use it in two-way integration with SalesForce. Is there any documentation about integrating with REST API? I did find Knowledge base articles about the API, but they dont seem to have any help to setting up API in Spiras administration section. Teemu Karvinen Q-Factory

SpiraTest Excel Add-In 4.0 (latest) Does not Export Rqmt List with Test Case

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:47:04 -0400

The Excel Add-In imports the set of Test Cases for our project from SpiraTest to Excel just fine. However, it does not include the list of the Assigned Requirements in the Requirements column of the Excel template. I can add a comma separated list into that field and export it to SpiraTest and the requirements assignment list is properly updated. So why does it not transfer the requirements list when importing the SpiraTest content to the Excel Template???

Eliminate html markup in spiratest xml reports

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:19:21 -0400

Is there a way to eliminate the export of the HTML mark up that is in Rich Text Fields when generating a report in XML format? Thanks

Display Linked Test Case steps in a Test Case Summary Report

Brian Stigler (bkstigler@usa.net) — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:48:59 -0400

Is there an XSLT segment that will display the actual test case steps associated with a linked test case? We are using several Linked test case templates in our test suite to improve consistency. But the reports just don't look right with just a "Call" statement for a test case step. Thanks

Access to underlying Query for the Standard Reports

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:37:34 -0400

Is there anyway to get the underlying Query(s) that is/are associated with a particular Standard report? It would be nice to be able to see these queries - as a starting point and learning tool for report customization based on the standard set.

Test Case Summary Report with enumerated Linked Test Case Steps

Brian Stigler (bkstigler@usa.net) — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:41:46 -0400

Is there a way to have the Test Case Summary standard Report include the enumerated steps of any linked test cases? So - the output would be like the Printed Test Case report - but have all of the other fields that are available in the Test Case Summary Report. Thanks for the help.

Creating Custom Reports using Microsoft Word 2007-2010 XSLT

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:57:56 -0500

I would like to create a custom Printable Test Report using an XSLT derived from a Microsoft Word Document. Essentially using a MS Word Template document and extracting the XSLT from it - and then replacing the fields with the appropriate XSLT "Select" statements extracted from the default SpiraTest Test Case Printable report template. My question... Can this be done - and has anyone had success using this process? I created a valid XSLT using MS Word 2010 - but the resulting SpiraTest report output didn't format correctly. Wondering if I need to use a MS Word 2007 document XSLT verses 2010? Would greatly appreciate any feedback on this course of action before I march ahead. Don't want to waste more time if it isn't going to work. Thanks

Report Customization - Highlight cells in an Excel Report

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 21:45:37 -0500

I would like to highlight certain cells in my Excel report with a background color. I've tried the below structure - which works for HTML output... but not for reports in Excel 2007. Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this report customization? FOR EXAMPLE...

Test Case Export to SpiraTest from Excel - Step Order not maintained

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 19:00:00 -0500

If I use Excel to edit a SpiraTest test case - and add new lines at various points in the test case - there is a test step ordering problem when I Export the test case back to SpiraTest from Excel. In older versions, the step order would be maintained as the order that the steps were in - in Excel even with new step IDs assigned to the new steps. In Version 5.1, the step order is jumbled when I export back to Spira. The new step IDs are assigned... but the order is out of order. Anyone else experiencing this issue? We are using the latest Microsoft Office Add-In and Excel template file. We edit in excel because it can be much more efficient than editing in SpiraTest if many steps need updating.

Custom Property Date Fields not using SpiraTest default Time Zone

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:07:10 -0500

Version 5.0 SpiraTest seems to have a conflict with how it reports custom property date fields. The XML output in the Custom_XX field shows the correct date value. However, the CustomProperty (Alias) fields show the data value in what appears to be GMT. First - why are the two date values different? And how do I correct the problem so all Date fields use the SpiraTest default time zone when generating reports???

Test Execution in SpiraTest 5.0

Brian Stigler (bkstigler@usa.net) — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:12:02 -0500

Test Step formatting when executing a test in SpiraTest 5.0 is removed in the Test Execution - test step displays. All lines are merged together. I would expect that paragraph tags would be properly displayed - ie., carriage return between step text lines. But that is not the case. Why is some of the html mark-up removed when executing a test case? Using fairly current versions of Firefox or Chrome browsers and see the same issue.

Custom Report for All Changed Rqmts/TCs from a previous Date

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 08 May 2017 20:11:21 -0400

I would like to generate a custom report that shows all of the changes to requirements since a particular date. The report would identify the requirements changed and the changes made. Since SpiraTest shows the history of these artifacts - I would assume that I could extract and organize this information into a customized report. I would also like to be able to do the same with Test Cases. Can anyone provide me with some details on how this might be accomplished? Thanks.

Adding a Build Identifier to a Release

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 22:43:02 -0400

We create a Release for the next formal rev of our software. As we develop, we create Builds that are tested against our requirements. I can create a Release - but since we are not using SpiraTeam - it appears that I cannot create a set of Builds associated with a Release? Am I correct in my assumption? Or is there a way to track Build status under a single Release? When we execute a Test Case - there is a Build drop down that always contains None... I would like to be able to see Tests execution against the various builds. I see something called Iterations... but that just appears to be another name for a Release. Some clarification would be appreciated. Thanks

SpiraImportTemplate

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:42:37 -0400

I am trying to connect to our spira server from SpiraImportTemplate2010, but always getting an error: unable to authenticate with Server, please check user name and password and try again. The link is https://developer.sicap.com/spira/ . I removed .

Requires a value

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:26:12 -0400

In case when I set ' Allow Empty : NO' for the custom property (For example 'Note'), which I added (Administration -> Edit Custom Properties -> Test Case -> ). This rule works not as I expect... Each moment when I try to create folder in 'Test Cases' space the validation occur and all following operations are unreachable. I thought that - Required * validation should trigger only on Test case filling stage in Grid . And why this rule works for the Folder, which I'm creating in 'Test case'?

SpiraTest integration with TeamCity

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 14:52:57 -0400

Hi everyone. I try to use intergarion with TeamCity. (https://www.inflectra.com/Documents/SpiraTestPlanTeam-Build-Server-Integration-Guide.pdf) I did successfully overcame all steps, but build in SpiraTest does not created after my test was executed in TemaCity. Please help me to find resolve. (SpiraTest v4.0 || TeamCity 9.1.1)

TestCase_Update method for folders via SOAP

Vova Korobenko (vkorobenko@intropro.com) — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:34:18 -0400

TestCase_Update method does not update folders ( e. g. Folder name) only test cases. (https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v4_0/ImportExport.aspx?operation=TestCase_Update) Could someone tell me info about this issue?

Delete custom list or custom list values via SOAP

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:05:19 -0400

Hello, How to delete custom list or custom list values via SOAP ?

New Execution Status for Test cases

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 07:01:09 -0400

Hi, I could see the test run has "Pass", "Pass All", "Blcoked", "Caution","Fail" Options shown on the top, is it possible to customize these options and have another option "N/A" in the list? My requirement is i need an option to mark out the test cases that are not executed in the test set. Your help would be appreciated. Regards, Mage

Problem with LDAP User Name Changes in SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:39:59 -0400

Here is the scenario I'm have trouble with in our environment, with names changed: I have an LDAP-managed user whose name changed from Mara Jade to Mara Corning. As expected this broke the LDAP linkage in Spira, as this also changed her DN. Upon relinking the account, however, I am unable to set the Spira login username to reflect the change; if I try to manually enter "MCorning" as a username, I get the error "The entered user-name is already in use, please choose another!", however if I search for this username within Spira, it shows no results. Changing her username to "MaCorning" allows her to login with her LDAP password without issue. Has anyone else run into this?

Selecting requirements and associated tests in a report

Sriman Chavakula (chavakula.sriman@gmail.com) — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:25:21 -0500

Hello Spira Test, I have the following requirement in my project. I have a release and the release is mapped to one sprint only. Basically each of my release will have one sprint only. The sprint is mapped to several requirements. Each requirement is tied to multiple test cases. While the sprint is going on we usually send a couple of requirements to production from the current sprint (production issues). For this, I have to generate a report. Currently, I don't know how to generate a report for selected requirements and their associated test cases. I don't want a report for the entire release or sprint. I want a drop down list of all the requirements and associated test cases or test runs in the current sprint. I want to select the requirements from the drop down list in the standard section or custom section. How can I achieve this? Thanks, Sriman

Spira Test to MSTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 02 May 2016 17:50:21 -0400

Hi Adam, I have the following question to you. I was trying to connect to MS test in the following way. The problem is I have to hard code my password here in the test fixture. If I hard code the password, that is a security violation. Please let me know how to encrypt the password here in the text fixture while connecting from MSTest to Spira Test. Thanks much. ///Test fixture state /// Bank Rest Project public static int testFixtureState = 1; [ TestMethod, SpiraTestCase(016216), SpiraTestConfiguration("http://hpw-lraptst-02:1234/SpiraTest", "username", "password", 000013, 000514, 000464) ]

Can I search the online help

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:52:12 -0400

I'm evaluated SpiraTest and it would be very helpful to search the online help. Is this possible?

Test Child Folder limit of 2 layers

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 23:07:40 -0400

I cant seem to reach the 3rd layer of inception here. Folder: Earth North America Washington State Seattle <------ I'm not currently able to create this Child folder layer. Is this by design? Or am I missing a setting somewhere.

Roles by Project

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:56:02 -0400

Hi. How I can define roles by differents projects. I need create a specific rol for only one project. thanks a lot. regards.

automated reports

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 19:47:07 -0400

Hi Any suggestion about how I can automate the Spira Incident reports? Thanks in advance. Regards.

Test Case Priority Field - Required

Robbie Shortall (rshortal@revenue.ie) — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:14:59 -0400

Hi, Can you please tell me how I can make the Priority Field in the Test Case Details from optional to Required/Mandatory? Running SpiraTeam v 4.2.0 . 8

i cant record data with SOAP API

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 13:11:58 -0500

we set the data but we couldn't record that. Can you help , please ? public static void sentTestSetTestSteps( int testSetId ) { TestStepConsumer testStepConsumer = new TestStepConsumer(); ArrayOfRemoteAutomatedTestRun remoteTestRuns = null ; try { IImportExport soap = testStepConsumer .returnSoapObject(); boolean connected = testStepConsumer .connectSoap( soap , "****" , "****" ); connected = soap .connectionConnectToProject(8); if ( connected ) { remoteTestRuns = soap .testRunCreateForAutomatedTestSet( testSetId , "TestClient01" ); List asd = remoteTestRuns .getRemoteAutomatedTestRun(); System. out .println( "#1#" + asd .get(0).getTestSetId().getValue() + " " + asd .get(0).getTestCaseId() + " -: " + asd .get(0).getExecutionStatusId()); System. out .println( "#2#" + asd .get(1).getTestSetId().getValue() + " " + asd .get(1).getTestCaseId() + " -: " + asd .get(1).getExecutionStatusId()); asd .get(0).setExecutionStatusId(1); asd .get(1).setExecutionStatusId(2); try { soap .testRunRecordAutomated1( asd .get(0)); soap .testRunRecordAutomated1( asd .get(1)); } catch (IImportExportTestRunRecordAutomated1ServiceFaultMessageFaultFaultMessage e ) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e .printStackTrace(); } System. out .println( "#1#" + asd .get(0).getTestSetId().getValue() + " " + asd .get(0).getTestCaseId() + " -: " + asd .get(0).getExecutionStatusId()); System. out .println( "#2#" + asd .get(1).getTestSetId().getValue() + " " + asd .get(1).getTestCaseId() + " -: " + asd .get(1).getExecutionStatusId()); } İ get this : #1#154 1314 -: 3 #2#154 1649 -: 3 #1#154 1314 -: 1 #2#154 1649 -: 2

add an attachment to a test run

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:56:12 -0500

how can i add an attachment to a test run ? when i use document_AddFile method but i got an exception : Column 'Filename' does not allow nulls Can you help me for this situation ? Regards Canberk

Need to move a Test set from Parent folder to child folder

Sathish Venugopal (sathishvenugopal@amberroad.com) — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:11:59 -0400

How to move one test set from Parent folder to child folder - tried to drag and move...but that is not working

Help Creating Test Set customer Report

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:25:42 -0500

I would like to create a custom test set report that will just show the execution and pass, fails,etc. for the test sets that we have created. Thanks

Pushing a required password reset for all users in a project

Natasha Boruszok (natasha.boruszok@meritor.com) — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:15:04 -0500

Is it possible to force all users in a project to change their password. We did an initial setup with our users giving them all the same password, so we want to force them to change their passwords.

Help with Custom Reports - Percentage Calculation

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:23:25 -0500

I am trying to get percent calculations to appear in excel when generating the test set summary report. I followed the coding provided by the infectra documentation, but it didn't generate correctly...I'm attaching the report that generated! So, how would I get the percentages to show up and not be NaN% I used this code: Test Set # Name Description Status Release Creator Owner # Passed # Failed # Caution # Blocked # Not Run % Passed % Failed TX padding-left: px; % %

Is it possible to export documents out of Spiratest

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:31:46 -0400

Of all the attachments that we have added to our tests, is there a way from the uploaded documents to export them out of spiratest? Thanks

How to handle tests for changed requirements, or requirement change process overall

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:26:00 -0500

Hi, I'm evaluating SpiraTest / SpiraTeam but there is one thing I can't figure out. How to handle test cases for a requirement? Example: I have created a test case linked to a requirement, the test case is executed then the requirement changes. There seems to be no way to trigger an event for this change? How do I know which tests to re-test? Can I find the associated tests for a changed requirement by filter/search somehow? If not, is there any other recommended way to handle requirement change? I can't seem to find a way to handle requirement versions, e.g. v1 of the test case is executed towards v2 of the requirement? What is best practice in SpiraTest for this?

indication if testcase is blocked by open incidents in list of testcases

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 11:26:57 -0500

Hi there, is there a state for testcases that can be displayed which indicates whether there are unresolved incidents linked to the testcase/teststeps of the testcase? From what I've seen by now, I have to open the testcase details in order to see the state of linked incidents. Or is there another way to deal with this "Blocked By Incident" state? thanks Florian

Unable to view cases on the Test case dashboard

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 08:16:20 -0500

hi, I am unable to view my test cases or the number of test cases on the test case dashboard. i uploaded the test cases from excel and yet it shows zero cases on the dashboard after successful import. I am not sure if i have changed any settings. How to fix this? Please help.

Integrate SpiraTest with iMarco-automated testing tool

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 04:49:59 -0500

Hi team, We're trying to integrate SpiraTest with iMarco (http://imacros.net). A test case will be defined in SpiraTest. iMarco framework, should get the case, run it and update the result back in SpiraTest. Could you please advise a solution as SpiraTest doesn't have any plugin for iMarco. Thanks!

Integrating SpiraTest with TestLink Automation tool

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:02:41 -0500

Hi, Can you pl. guide me on process of integrating Spiratest with TestLink Automation tool? Regards, Yatender

Where all the documents and testcases of SpiraTeam are stored on our local system

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 06:02:50 -0500

Where all the documents and testcases of SpiraTeam are stored on our local system?Please reply asap

Could you please explain me what is the purpose of Automation Host in Spirateam

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 06:04:12 -0500

Could you please explain me what is the purpose of Automation Host in Spirateam

Can we install SipraTeam on our server after purchasing

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 06:24:01 -0500

Can we install SipraTeam on our server after purchasing?

Difference between Incident , bug , defect and issue

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:06:32 -0500

What is the difference between Incident , bug , defect and issue ?

What is difference between Caution , Blocked test case execution status

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:51:34 -0500

What is difference between Caution , Blocked test case execution status? Can you please explain with example like real business scenarios.

Unable to integrate Spirateam from Visual studio 10

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:12:15 -0500

Unable to integrate Spirateam from Visual studio 10 .While installing SpiraExplorer.vsxi exe i am getting error "This extension is not installable on any currently installed product".Please let us know the steps.

How to sync incident again after deleting from JIRA

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 07:39:15 -0500

I have created incident in spirateam which is synced with JIRA. Now i have deleted synced incident from JIRA. How i will get same deleted incident in JIRA again? And one more question is that after deleting bug from JIRA why jira key and Jirasync Id is showing in Spirateam on same deleted bug?And what is the possible way to sync again to same deleted bug?

Need understanding on few terminologies of spirateam

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:13:00 -0500

1.Association > depends on , related to 2. Planning > requirement > tools > focus on.What is focus on? 3. Test case >click on test case name>Review owner.What is review owner?

How can i view the list of all the testcases in Rapise

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 05:23:55 -0500

Hi, How can i view the list of all the testcases in Rapise and delete those testcases?

What is difference the between Record and Learn

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 09:23:28 -0500

Hi, I wanted know the difference between Record and Learn because as of now i found similarities between both like- 1.While simple recording ,object is created inside the Object tree and same thing happening while learning also 2.While simple recording ,script is created of every operation we performed and same thing happening while learning also 3. While simple recording ,we can drag and drop objects on .js file and same thing happening on learning objects also 4.While simple recording ,we can use objects to create new script and same thing we can do by using learning objects also

Unable to access SpiraTeam

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 07:37:57 -0500

Hi, i am unable to access SpiraTeam on localhost.The error is: Not Found The requested URL /SpiraTeam/Login.aspx was not found on this server. And unable to access SpiraTest on Your server also.The error is: Service Unavailable HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. Regards, Naina

RapiseChrome Extension is not working

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 10:37:44 -0400

Hi, I have installed RapiseChrome extension in Chrome browser but while recording from Rapise ,i am getting error "Connection to chrome failed". Kindly send me the solution asap. Thanks Naina

How to merge testcases which is created in different systems

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:49:07 -0400

Hi Adam, I have one query is that suppose i have automated testcases in 2 to 3 systems ,Now i want merge all the testcases at one place.As of now i created shared folder in Network and copied all the testcases there.But in this case global functions which i kept in javascript file is not calling in Rapise which is also in shared folder. Can you please send me some solutions ? Thanks Naina

Step by step guide to integrate Selenium with Spira Test

Raju Arelli (rajarelli@gmail.com) — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:08:10 -0500

Hi Please do provide step by step guide to integrate Selenium with Spira Test? We are using Selenium with TestNG framework. Thanks, Raju

Folder Structure while uploading test cases from Excel addin

Heidi M Taylor (htaylor@healthintegrated.com) — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:32:18 -0500

Hi. I'm new to SpiraTest & I'm trying to upload test cases using the Microsoft excel Add in. Can anyone explain me how to create folders,sub-folders & place test cases inside sub-folders (using excel addin) ? I've tried selecting the type as 'folder' in test cases sheet, but indent isn't happening properly. Eg for the folder structure: Folder 1 Sub-Folder 1.1 Test Case 1.1.1 Sub Folder 1.2 Test Case 1.2.1 Folder 2

Actual Duration during overnight pause

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:21:21 -0500

Hello, If the test run has been paused overnight, it displays something like 16 hours spent on it whereas actually there was only 2 hours spent. It seems like the Pause is not stopping the duration watch. How do we fix this? Same issue has been raised here in 2012. Is there something I do wrong? https://www.inflectra.com/Support/Forum/spiratest/issues-questions/376.aspx

Importing data from Zephyr to SpiraTest

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 10:04:59 -0400

Hi, I'm looking for a new testing tool for my team, as we are having a lot of issues with Zephyr. Our licence for Zephyr expires in the next couple of weeks, but we still have a project that is running on it. To be able to get agreement to get a new tool and not be lumbered with Zephyr for another year, I need to get all the currently used tests off Zephyr and onto SpiraTest. Is there an easy way for me to export tests from Zephyr and import them into SpiraTest without too much hassle? Thanks! Hayley

Need steps to integrate spira test with Selenium C Sharp webdriver

Nilesh Bhamare (nileshbh@cybage.com) — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 12:04:57 -0500

We are using Selenium Webdriver C# (NUnit) framework and trying to integrate with Spira Test. We tries steps mentioned in "https://www.inflectra.com/Documents/SpiraTest-Team%20Automated%20Testing%20Integration%20Guide.pdf" for both NUnit & Selenium RC, however it is not working. Please help us to resolve the issue.

Link requirement to Implementation

Claudio Genta (claudio.genta@ideasandmotion.com) — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 09:17:33 -0500

Hello, I've recently acquired SpiraTest. There is a way to link/associate/connect a requirement with an implementation? I would like the link the SpiraTest project with the source files of the project (I think I need to upgrade to SpiraTeam to do so, but it is acceptable if ti comply wih my needs), and link each requirement with 1 or more source files. By looking at the documentation, it seems that even in SpiraTeam, all I can link is a release, but not a source file. Is it correct? Can I link a single source file. Thanks Claudio

How can I test run TCs without test steps in them

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:19:42 -0400

I have made lot's of test cases. I haven't added any steps in them as each title is extremely self-explanatory. Thus every test suite is more like check-list. Unfortunately Spiratest does not want to run test-cases w/o steps in them. So how can I: 1) Run test w/o steps in them? or 2) Bulk add empty step to every test case

Nested Releases - Test results roll up

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:37:07 -0400

Hi, I have configured following hierarchy in Releeses tab: Release -> subRelease ---> Iteration When I execute one testcase = create test run for the Iteration, I'm not able to populate the test results up to root parent which is Release. E.g. in Testcases tab I see just following overview Release NOT RUN -> subRelease FAULT ---> Iteration FAULT I was wondering why the overall result of release is "NOT RUN"?. I have made sure the testcase are mapped to both releases and iteration. In Spiratest forum, I have found out this related thread, with such statement: https://www.inflectra.com/Support/Forum/spiratest/issues-questions/81.aspx > 31. Octobber 2011 > Currently the test results will only roll-up from Sprint to Parent Release. They don't roll-up from sub-release to parent release. This was originally by design because releases were considered separate from a test results perspective. However based on feedback from customers > we're planning on making this configurable. Is there an already solution for this issue? I'm facing a consideration of designing/mapping of our Release/Iteration/Build hierarchy to allow scalable test result filter. I would probably don't use subRelease if there is such roll up limitation. I would not make sense Than you, Josef

SOAP API - missing Build_Update, Build_Delete methods

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:07:31 -0400

Hello, I used SOAP API V4.0 to create my custom synchronization plugin. The aim is to sync our Release/Build repository with the Spira database.. I used Build_Create(..) method to add couple of new builds, but when I want to delete build from Spira database, there is no method available in API documentation. Seems to be one way road then for builds synchronization. Just imagine a case when someone made mistake in build repository and the mistake must be corrected in Spira DB too. There would be 2 additional methods needed for the plugin: Build_Update(..) Build_Delete(..) Is there any solution to go over this problem ??? I checked the release notes for V4.2 and found mysterious remark: "Additional functions added to both the SOAP and REST web service APIs". What thus it mean in real? Is there any documentation to this V4.2 SOAP enhancements or service schema definition? Maybe I will be lucky find these 2 functions there.

List all requirements with no testcases assigned

Josef Vopicka (josef.vopicka@siemens.com) — Wed, 25 May 2016 14:28:10 -0400

Hi, Is there any way to list all requirements which has no test case assigned yet. Today I don't know any other method then "click to open" each individual feature and check whether there is any test case assigned. Which is, you can imagine, ridiculous. The practical usecase is to be able to verify we implements at least one testcase for each requirement/feature. Would be nice to have an additional column "Related testcases" inside the requirement table which would just show the count. Or any other suitable solution is welcome. Josef

Filter requirements test coverage by release

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 25 May 2016 14:54:20 -0400

Hi, The requirements table list shows the test coverage progress bar per each subrequirment/subfeature. Which is very fine. However, the test coverage seems to be the sum over the times. I would need to see the test coverage of individual requirement package/feature filtered by release, not an all time summary. Similar to filtering in testcase list (combox in header) . Is there any solution in current SpiraTest version? If not, would it be possible to add this functionality to next Spira release ? p.s.: I'd like to upload screenshot that i made, but don't know how... Josef

Checkboxes in scripts that are generated in PDF format are showing up as pound signs.

Andy Harcar (ajharcar@cenlar.com) — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:34:46 -0400

Hi, I'm trying to generate some printable Test Case documents for use by some testers, and I notice that I cannot get a checkbox to appear in PDF format. It always appears as a pound sign. I'm using the Printable Test Case report that comes with Spira. Is there a trick to getting the checkbox to appear? Or is it just an artifact of the PDF Translator, and I'm out of luck. Currently we're generating the reports in Word7, then saving the file as a PDF as a workaround. Thanks, Andy

MultivalueFilter is not working

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:39:23 -0400

Hi, I am trying to filter test runs based on some test set ids. I have created a multivalue filter for that based on some examples I found in the internet.But while retrieving, this filter is not working. Single value filter is working fine.I have pasted the code for multivalue filter below : List remoteFilters = new ArrayList (); RemoteFilter remoteFilter = new RemoteFilter(); MultiValueFilter multiFilter = new MultiValueFilter(); multiFilter.setIsNone(false); multiFilter.setValues(new int[] {59313,59323}); remoteFilter.setPropertyName("TestSetId"); remoteFilter.setMultiValue(multiFilter); remoteFilters.add(remoteFilter); RemoteFilter remoteFilterArray[] = new RemoteFilter[remoteFilters.size()]; RemoteTestRun[] nextChunk = spira.testRun_Retrieve(remoteFilterArray, new RemoteSort(), rowNum, chunkSize); If you find anything wrong with the code or anything I am doing wrong then let me know. Thanks.

System is getting test steps in haphazard order

Abhijit Banerjee (abanerjee@onenetwork.com) — Tue, 31 May 2016 06:59:30 -0400

Hi, Here I am trying to fetch test test steps associated with a test case and then print them all in Excel sheet. Now the problem is , in excel sheet the order of test steps doesn't match with the order in UI. I have checked using SOAP UI also. The ordering of test steps associated with a test case in XML are correct but when I am calling testCase.getTestSteps() method then system is fetching the test steps in no particular order. Do you have idea why the system is behaving like this or please correct me if I am doing something wrong. Thanks, Abhijit

Oracle DB support for SpiraTest

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 12:27:00 -0500

Hi, Does spiratest provides oracle db support ? Thanks, Abhijit

Mapping between RemoteTestSet and RemoteTestSetFolder

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:35:56 -0500

Hi, I want to display all the test sets along with their folder hierarchy in sorted order in a excel sheet. I am using http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v5_0/SoapService.aspx for fetching the data. There are two ways to do this. Approach 1 : By fetching testset folders , and then looping through them and check if testsets exists or not and print them If exists along with the folder. Approach 2 : By fetching testsets and then looping through each one of them and print them along with their container folders. Drawbacks : Approach 1 : Testsets can exist independently. So if we loop through only folders then we won’t be able to print those independent testsets. Approach 2 : If we loop through the testsets and then check if testset can exist in a folder. Then print the folder first and then testsets associated. In this way we won’t be able to print the folders which don’t have any testsets. Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks, Abhijit

Getting error while creating test set

Abhijit Banerjee (abanerjee@onenetwork.com) — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 20:38:11 -0500

Hi, I am trying to create a testset using soap web services. I am using 5.0 version of soap services. Here goes the code which I am using to create the testset. RemoteTestSet testSet = new RemoteTestSet(); testSet.setTestSetFolderId(316); testSet.setProjectId(11); testSet.setName("Test Set 26112016"); testSet.setTestSetFolderId(9255); try { testSet = spira.testSet_Create(testSet); System.out.println("New TestSet created " + testSet.getTestSetId()); } catch (RemoteException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } I am getting an exception saying "Nullable object must have a value."I am pasting the full stack trace AxisFault faultCode: {http://schemas.microsoft.com/net/2005/12/windowscommunicationfoundation/dispatcher}InternalServiceFault faultSubcode: faultString: Nullable object must have a value. faultActor: faultNode: faultDetail: {http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System.ServiceModel}ExceptionDetail: Nullable object must have a value. at System.Nullable`1.get_Value() at Inflectra.SpiraTest.Web.Services.v5_0.SoapService.TestSet_Create(RemoteTestSet remoteTestSet) at SyncInvokeTestSet_Create(Object , Object[] , Object[] ) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.SyncMethodInvoker.Invoke(Object instance, Object[] inputs, Object[] outputs) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DispatchOperationRuntime.InvokeBegin(MessageRpc rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage5(MessageRpc rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage31(MessageRpc rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.MessageRpc.Process(Boolean isOperationContextSet) System.InvalidOperationException Nullable object must have a value. at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.createFault(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:222) at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.endElement(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:129) at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.endElement(DeserializationContext.java:1087) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:392) at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.parse(DeserializationContext.java:227) at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:696) at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:435) at org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.MustUnderstandChecker.invoke(MustUnderstandChecker.java:62) at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:206) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2443) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812) at com.inflectra.www.SpiraTest.Services.v5_0.BasicHttpBinding_ISoapServiceStub.testSet_Create(BasicHttpBinding_ISoapServiceStub.java:12702) at com.transcendsys.tools.ant.spira.TestArtifactRetrieval.testSet_Creation(TestArtifactRetrieval.java:129) at com.transcendsys.tools.ant.spira.TestArtifactRetrieval.main(TestArtifactRetrieval.java:143) Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks, Abhijit

Test Steps are not fetched when retrieving testcases by testset

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 10:57:57 -0500

Hi, I am trying to fetch the test cases associated with a particular test set id. For this purpose I am using the method of web service RemoteTestCase[] testCases = spira.TestCase_RetrieveByTestSetId(int testSetId) Everything works fine, I am getting all the test cases associated with the test set. But none of test cases have test steps. All of them are showing test steps as null. Test steps should should also be fetched as part of the test case.Just wanted to know why this method behaving like this? Is there any other way by which I can retrieve l all the test cases associated with a test set and also get the the test steps. Thanks, Abhijit Banerjee

Test Case Count next to Test Set is not getting updated while using soap api

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 06:43:04 -0500

Hi, I am creating a test case using soap api and then linking it to a test set. But the number of test cases is not shown next to test set name in this scenario. I have done a analysis on this issue like there is a “COUNT_NOT_RUN” field in the “TST_TEST_SET” table. Count of test cases next to Test Set is getting the value from this field. When I am doing using soap api the value of this field is not getting updated automatically. I have tried to loop through all the test sets and use the method testSet.setCountNotRun(int value) to set the value explicitly. But still not working. I guess there should be some client side validation to counter this issue. Could you please check what is the issue here or let me know if I am doing anything differently. Thanks, Abhijit

Can we create multiple redmine servers with SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 06:38:06 -0400

We want to configure multiple redmine servers with Sprira. Please let us know the procedure for the same. We could integrate only one redmine server after plugin installation

Configure multiple redmine servers with spiratest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 06:56:06 -0400

We want to configure multiple redmine servers with Sprira. Please let us know the procedure for the same. We could integrate only one redmine server after plugin installation.

integrate TestNG with Spirateam

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:53:53 -0400

Hi I have an issue while intgrating with Selenium RC .An issue occured while executing the command i.e "Could not find the main class org.testng.TestNG"

Copy test cases to other reequirement

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 05 May 2016 18:03:13 -0400

How can I copy existing Test Cases, used in one requirement, to another requirement (so I can then tweak & rename these copied test cases)? I had a look at "Adding" test cases to the new requirement from the list of Available Test Cases - with a view to adding, copying, editing, and then removing the added test. This in itself is a not so simple, but also, when I try to do this, the Test Case ID's are not listed in the list of Available Test Cases. So the question is: Is there an easy way to copy existing test cases to another requirement? Garrett

Unable to see the test cases under the expanded test case folder

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Wed, 11 May 2016 12:02:27 -0400

Hi Team, I am using spira test for the test management. whenever I tried to expand the collapsed folder of test case ,It does not show me the test cases inside the test case folder. Can someone kindly assist on this issue. Thanks in advance

Documents Across Multiple Projects

Dave Battersby (davebattersby@hotmail.com) — Thu, 12 May 2016 14:36:45 -0400

Hi I am trying to work out if it is possible to pull off a list of all document names over all projects run sorting them by document type, Document name and then project name. Any help would be appreciated. Regards Dave

Changes In Workflow for Requirements

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 12:52:48 -0400

In The Previous cloud version of SpiraTest I set up some custom workflows for the requirement in projects. Since the new version has been implemented all these still exist but appear to have been locked down making the final tweaks to these is now impossible so we are left with the worst of both worlds. Are there any plans to change this and if so when? Also is there a list of features etc that are being worked on for the next update of the cloud version.

How to Add Steps in Requirements Workflow

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:10:39 -0400

Hi Can anyone help I am trying to add a step to the requirements workflow and just cannot seem to find out where to do this. Any help welcomed. Dave

Test run progress - critical tests

Jon Bigwood (jon.bigwood@sepura.com) — Fri, 27 May 2016 08:26:21 -0400

I'm trying to present progress of test runs for tests that are prioritised as 'Critical' for a given release. Ideally this would be presented as a line graph showing cumulative daily critical test executions against time. I'm currently doing this by extracting a Display Data Grid from an appropriately set-up Report and then manually importing this into Excel, hand building the data, day-by-day and plotting a graph. This gives me what I need, but is time consuming and clunky to say the least. I can't see a way of easily creating this wholly within SpiraTest. Does anybody know if it is possible to do this and if so, how? thanks

Delete Update TestRun over API

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 31 May 2016 08:49:20 -0400

Hi, Is it possible to delete or update a specific TestRun result using the SOAP or REST API? Since there are no TestRun_Delete/TestRun_Update functions, the only thing I can think of is deleting the TestCase the TestRun is related to, then recreate it and all the Runs that should not be deleted. Am I missing something? Best Regards, Guenther

Requirement_Retrieve, SOAP API

Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 12:41:26 -0400

Hi, I have a problem using the Requirement_Retrieve and RemoteFilters. I try to filter by name using the following code: RemoteRequirement[] req = connection.Requirement_Retrieve(new [] {new RemoteFilter {PropertyName = "Name", StringValue = "MyRequirement1"} }, 1, 10); This works as long, as the requirement "MyRequirement1" does not have child requirements and I get an array that contains one element, as expected. However if it's not a leaf element, the RemoteFilter does not work and I get an empty array. How can I search for non-leaf elements? Best regards, Guenther

UserAvatar.ashx and performance issue

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:15:41 -0400

Hi, When accessing SpiraTest/3/TestSet/ pages, I can see that there are hundreds and hundreds of HTTP requests sent for http://xxxx/SpiraTest/UserAvatar.ashx?userId=yyy&themeName=InflectraTheme, where yyy is a userid, every time a page is loaded. This causes slowdowns in both ends, server and browser. These requests should be removed. SpiraTest version v 4.2.0 . 8 .

Need shortcut to insert link to a test cases

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 14:28:08 -0400

Hi, I have difficulty in inserting a same link to the multiple test cases. Please let me know if there is any shortcut. It would be so helpful if there is any shortcut to insert the link. Please let me know if you need any more details.

eMail Notification, ScreenShot

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:14:16 -0400

Hi, during incident creation, user include screenshot in descrption. How to include screenshot in notofication mail (not the url) ? Thanks in advance. Pol. Spiratest release 5.3

Nunit integration with spira

rinat ashkenazi (rinata@elmomc.com) — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 10:37:35 -0400

I read the article of Integrating Spira with Nunit - https://www.inflectra.com/Documents/SpiraTest-Team%20Automated%20Testing%20Integration%20Guide.pdf We followed the instructions and we were successful in running a test from Nunit and report to Spira according to Spiratest parameters such as : TestSet id, Project id ,test case id.... The question are: 1. How to run Nunit tests from Spira from automation tab? 2. How to set parameters in SpiraTestConfiguration attribute for multiple tests without change each test individually (for example: insert the variables attribute dynamically and not hardcoded)

Test case ID is changed when creating new project

rinat ashkenazi (rinata@elmomc.com) — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:19:41 -0400

hi when i create new project and import Test cases from the previous project --> Spira Test changed the Test case IDs number i want nunit to report results to spira with test case id but now when creating new project all test case id are changed how can i solve this issue?

Running Nunit from SpiraTest

rinat ashkenazi (rinata@elmomc.com) — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 09:40:54 -0400

Hi I followed the instructions in Remote Launch from http://documents.mx/documents/spiratest-team-remotelaunch-automated-testing-user-guide.html article. The questions are: 1. What is the Token for Nunit when adding new automation agent? How Spira knows to Start the Nunit Application 2. If I'm using Linked option , what do I insert in filename?

How to preserve chosen sort order for test cases in version 5.0

Darren Zastawny (darren.zastawny@makeit.com) — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 04:01:20 -0400

I just signed in to SpiraTest today and noticed the upgrade to 5.0. With the new folder structure, it appears that folders and test cases are sorted alphanumerically by name. The user's chosen sort order seems no longer preserved, and I can no longer drag/drop folders and test cases (within those folders) to be in a specified order. Is there some way to do this in the new version?

Global menu not showing

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 12:35:59 -0400

Hello! I have just installed SpiraTest and managed to log in with the administrator user. However the global menu is not showing correct.It only contains a search field. Is it something I have to add in the configuration for the global menu to fully appear? [url=http://bildr.no/view/YTRrR1B6][img]http://bildr.no/thumb/YTRrR1B6.jpeg[/img][/url]

Exporting Test Results Attachments

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 13:44:51 -0400

How can I export Test Results screenshots from SpiraTest. When I export the TestCase Detailed Report all it gives is the file name for the attachment and not the actual screenshot. Please help me.

Changed requirements

Sebastian Wandernoth (sebastian.wandernoth@exco.de) — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:18:46 -0400

Hello, I am new to Spira and try to evaluate whether it is suited to be used by our company. One question that came up what happens if a requirement needs to be changed in a later phase, i.e. there are already test cases linked to the requirement and might already have been executed. If the requirement changes the test cases might need to be revisited. Is there a way implemented that the corresponding test cases are somehow marked to be checked? I don't want it to be mandatory for the whole test case to be run again, in case just a typo was corrected, but I want to make it mandatory that all test cases linked to the changed requirement have to be checked, if they are still valid. Something like a traceability matrix in which only the changed requirements are displayed against the corresponding test cases and you have to click on the individual fields to set them "checked" or "OK". best regards Sebastian Wandernoth

Additional layer between Requirement and Test Case

Sebastian Wandernoth (sebastian.wandernoth@exco.de) — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:26:16 -0400

Hello, in our current workflow an additional step between requirements and test cases is included. We call this "Test Definition" or "Test Strategy" in an early planning stage when the requirements are made, but the specific test cases have not been formulated. In these test strategies we describe what is supposed to be tested nd they can later lead to several test cases. Is there any way to include this additional layer in SpiraTeam. Also we would like this additional layer to be completely traceable between requirements and test cases. Best regards Sebastian Wandernoth

SQLExpress needed when I just want to install the client on pc

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:16:31 -0400

Hello, I want to run the database from a central server and access it from different users on different PCs. Is it really necessary to install SQLExpress on every pc running a client of SpiraTest? When I run the installation with the "just application" option, I always get an error message that the necessary SQL files are not found. At first I was confused because I hadn't even had the possibility to tell the installation the name of the host for the database, but then I suspected that the installation requires an installation of MSSQLExpress even if I don't want to run the database on the machine. Is this true? If so, is there a workaround since we do not want to have a full installation of an SQL server on every client computer. best regards Sebastian

Spiratest 5.0 tooltips

Laurie Stone (lstone@vermontmutual.com) — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:28:39 -0400

How can the tooltips that appear over every testcase, folder name, essentially appearing over every link, be disabled in Spiratest 5? They appear on every mouseovered link and don't provide any additional information. I don't need a tooltip that says "TC0033 Logon" when I mouse over the testcase link called "TC0033 Logon", for example. Thx.

Subversion integration

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:07:19 -0400

How to get subversion provider.dll?from where to download subversion?plz awaiting for your reply

Migrate TFS data to SpiraTeam

Prashant P Mali (prashant.mali@amruts.com) — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:14:53 -0400

I don't want to use TFS now onwards. I just want to Migrate TFS data to SpiraTeam. so how is it possible?

Synchronization is not working

Prashant P Mali (prashant.mali@amruts.com) — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:43:52 -0400

Plz give me idea in brief.

Apply RemoteFilter to the CustomProperty of a TestCase

Maxim Baryshnikov (maxim.baryshnikov@siemens.com) — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:15:54 -0400

Hello everyone, I'm working with SOAP API V4.0 and trying to retrieve some TestCases with the specified CustomProperty (Integer, named "xls_row"). Here is my code (C#) : RemoteFilter[] filter = { new RemoteFilter() }; filter[0].PropertyName = "xls_row"; filter[0].IntValue = 46; RemoteTestCase[] casesFound = spiraImportExport.TestCase_Retrieve(filter, 1, 2); But, surprisingly, the RemoteFilter does not work as expected. Even the function TestCase_Retrive(...) from which I expected the return as an array with the maximal length = 2 does not work as it described in documentation (https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v4_0/ImportExport.aspx?operation=TestCase_Retrieve). It returns the array with the length 172 (it is the same in case if the RemoteFilter parameter is null). Is there any way to retrieve TestCases filtered by the value of some CustomProperty? And why I get 172 rows when it was only 2 required by the parameter? Thank you in advance. Maxim.

How to create project through rest api

Woody Wu (bbbb8264@gmail.com) — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 05:55:34 -0400

I want to use rest to create a project but doc doesn't define the parameters I need to send such as ownerID. Therefore, I don't know what parameters I need to send just like below. Image of doc is below.

Rest api to create project

Woody Wu (bbbb8264@gmail.com) — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:31:46 -0400

when I use rest api to create project url: http://localhost/SpiraTest/Services/v4_0/RestService.svc/projects headers: { Content-Type : application/json accept: application/json username: bbbb8264 api-key: {992790F0-EDB3-46AE-879D-6884D82A0E49} } but get error message: The server encountered an error processing the request. The exception message is 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'. See server logs for more details. The exception stack trace is: at Inflectra.SpiraTest.Web.Services.v4_0.RestService.Project_Create(RemoteProject remoteProject, String existing_project_id) at SyncInvokeProject_Create(Object , Object[] , Object[] ) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.SyncMethodInvoker.Invoke(Object instance, Object[] inputs, Object[]& outputs) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DispatchOperationRuntime.InvokeBegin(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage5(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage31(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.MessageRpc.Process(Boolean isOperationContextSet) How can I fix it? I'm sorry to post question for two times.

Does search testcases method in rest api v4_0 fit SpiraTest v5.0.0.6

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 05:28:10 -0400

I want to get all the test cases and test case folder and use this method. https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraDemo/Services/v4_0/RestServiceOperation.aspx?uri=projects%2f%7bproject_id%7d%2ftest-cases%2fsearch%3fstarting_row%3d%7bstarting_row%7d%26number_of_rows%3d%7bnumber_of_rows%7d&method=GET My SpiraTest version is v5.0.0.6. If there have no test case folder in the project, the method works well and returns all test cases. However, I create a test case folder, the method doesn't work and returns nothing. I use same project, same method and same spiratest server to test that. Result picture is below.

Test Case being blocked

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 16:41:49 -0500

I am trying to run a test on a Remote Host that I have ran in the passed. I have never had issues with this host or with this specific test but now when i attempt to run it, the test case never initiates, it tells me that it is blocked and I get the following error in the log: Script Execution Report ====== ========= ====== g_bit=64 g_ProductionorTest=Production g_VersionMajor=11 g_VersionMinor=0 g_VersionRelease=13 g_VersionXBuild=100 ======= ====== System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040154): Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {2C4B4FA1-ABAA-4910-ACC0-9E925EF20D55} failed due to the following error: 80040154 Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG)). at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type) at Inflectra.Rapise.RapiseLauncher.Business.Rapise.GetSmarteStudioEnginePath() at Inflectra.Rapise.RapiseLauncher.Business.Rapise.GetSmarteStudioPath() at Inflectra.Rapise.RapiseLauncher.Business.Rapise.ResolvePath(String path) at Inflectra.Rapise.RapiseLauncher.Business.Rapise.TestExecute(AutomatedTestRun automatedTestRun, String path, Dictionary`2 parameters, Boolean captureScreenshots, TestResult& result) at Inflectra.Rapise.RapiseLauncher.Business.Rapise.ExecuteTest(AutomatedTestRun automatedTestRun, String testPath, Dictionary`2 parameters, Boolean captureScreenshots) Do you have any idea what could be causing this? Thanks in advance.

run test case over api

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 05:59:40 -0400

Is it possible to run a test case and create a test run using the SOAP or REST API? I can't understand what is " Creates a new test run shell ".

Soap authenticated with username and api-key

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 02:36:30 -0400

Is it possible to use soap api authenticated with username and api-key?

Q_Creation of a new projectBroken add button possibly_SpiraTest

Richard J Smith (richard.smith@nova-tech-solutions.com) — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:57:43 -0400

Hello all, I have just installed SpiraTest on a VM on our ESXi Virtualization Server to host for our tester to document his work. Specs just for reference are Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard with SQL Server 2012 installed, I have also installed SpiraTest 5.0.0.7 So I am currently navigating the menus and learning more by reading the guides provided by Inflectra but I can't seem to add a new project. When I go under the administration page(Admin account) and select View/Edit Projects I do not see the Add button anywhere on the page. Is there any reason why this may be happening? Do I have to add this though the SQL Server before SpiraTest sees that there is another repository to create a new project (not sure what to call it other than a repo I would assume)? I am new to SQL Server as well, talk about a crash course haha. Well any help would be greatly appreciated it! Thanks, DeadPan P.S. If I left out anything don't hesitate to let me know. I am new to this software so guaranteed I may have left some critical information out.

Unable to create new release with SOAP API v2.2

Joni Vanhamaki (joni.vanhamaki@bittium.com) — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:16:31 -0400

I'm facing problem when trying to create a new release using SOAP API v2.2 System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Release object needs to have ReleaseId set to null for creation at Inflectra.SpiraTest.Web.Services.v2_2.ImportExport.Release_Create(RemoteRelease remoteRelease, Nullable `1 parentReleaseId) in the request I've set 0 .... Tried also -1 but no help (same error). If I leave it empty I get 'Input string was not in a correct format' error.

Unwanted Email Notifications for all testers on defect creation, status or any change or comment in the defect

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 09:30:04 -0400

Hi team, Could you please guide me on the email notification issue. Email notifications are being sent out to all testers if any tester creates or make changes or assigned to other tester. All the testers are getting email notification for the defects of modules not related to them. For time being, I have turned it off. Email notification is expected only to the user who is owner of the defect and username in the detected by field. We have now UAT phase and need this functionality at very urgent basis. Can anyone help. I have dropped email to the support team but don't know how to contact them. Please guide me on this major issue. Thanks, Manju

Spiratest 5.0 REST API record test-run, Example how

Andras N (g1685186@mvrht.com) — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:42:18 -0400

Hi, I found a few methods in API documentation section: http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v5_0/RestService.aspx#Automated%20Test%20Run In requests body, there are many fields I have no idea how to use. Could someone please explain with some short example how to record an automated test run? What preconditions needed in testcase/testset? What are the required and optional fields in request body? I am using python script to communicate with REST API 5.0 and getting the error: The server encountered an error processing the request. I have the following data in POST request body: postbody = {"ProjectId": "3", "ExecutionStatusId": "1", "ReleaseId": "159", "TestCaseId":"15542", "TestSetId":"654", "TesterId":"586", "RunnerName":"Python" } The exception message is \'There was an error checking start element of object of type Inflectra.SpiraTest.Web.Services.v5_0.DataObjects.RemoteAutomatedTestRun. Encountered unexpected character \'T\'.\'. See server logs for more details.

Unwanted Email Notifications for own actions

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 12:49:57 -0400

Good day, I am project owner, and creating requirements for the project - and I get email notification for each requirement created by me myself. For example in Jira you don't get email notifications for issues etc. that you yourself created, only when others do. I still want receive notifications when someone else creates/modifies requirements. But I don't need notifications about my own actions Can it be done?

Exploratory testing - modifying test steps and test cases during test run

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 10:23:57 -0400

When doing exploratory testing the tester always learns something new about the system, and wants to execute the test cases and improve the test cases simultaneously - that means: So the tester executes these tasks in parallel: - executes test cases - modifies/adds/removes test cases, executes tests that were added/modified - modifies/adds/removes test steps, executes test steps that were added/modified Can it be done in Spira? Now I see that when you run "Execute" of some Test Set - then all the tests are _copied_ to the test run, so when tester adds/modifies tests and steps - he/she cannot run them since new changes cannot be promoted to existing test run. Test Runs are like "cast in stone". As a result of test session - "Test Cases" part of the system contains added test cases and added test steps that were actually executed, some passed some failed - but nothing about them is in the Test Run part running SpiraTeam v4.2.0.7

Project Membership screen

Ronan MINGUY (minguy.ronan@matmut.fr) — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 15:02:59 -0400

Hi When adding users on a project, on the Project Membership screen, I'm able to sort/filter through name/user name. I'd like to be able to display users by Department in order to update my users by batch : in our organisation the roles are linked to a department so it'd be easier for me to be able to filter on that item. Is there a way to make the Department column appear in the Project Membership screen? We're using v4.1.0.0 of Spiratest. Thankyou

Bulk edit of test cases in folders in SpiraTest v5

Dave F (david.furlani@federalgroup.com.au) — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 06:37:58 -0400

Hi, I'm new to SpiraTest and have just imported over 1500 test cases with the Excel import/export tool into a structured folder hierarchy. These have all imported as Functional tests. I have about 700 tests that need to be set to a different test type Back when test cases were indented, there would have been a way to use the bulk edit to change tests throughout the hierarchy. Now that they are in folders, and sub folders, the tests aren't all viewable throughout the hierarchy at the same time (or at least I can't find a way). So, in SpiraTest v5, what is the simplest way I can quickly change a few hundred test cases in multiple sub-folders of a parent folder at the root level? Thanks Dave F

Redmine as a requirement system

John Doefoo (john.doefoo@mailinator.com) — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 10:29:56 -0400

Hi, Is it possible to use Redmine to feed the requirements? There is a section for mapping, but it is not documented as usable for redmine. And if I configure it (mapping the 'feature' tracker id=2 to user story for example), no Requirement is created. Moreover, many trackers items (but not all) except 'Bug' fail with a " Error Deserializing Redmine issue 6: There is an error in XML document (1, xxx). at Redmine.Net.Api.RedmineSerialization.FromXML[T](String xml) at Redmine.Net.Api.RedmineManager.ExecuteDownload[T]..." error. If is is not possible, is this feature planned? Since we use Redmine for project tracking and management, not being able to get the requirement from it in SpiraTest is a big disappointment.

Excel import of Test Cases is not working after upgrading from SpiraTest v4 to SpiraTest v5

B V (bjoern.vogt@de.ebmpapst.com) — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:44:08 -0400

Hi, the Excel plugin is not working properly after upgrading from SpiraTest 4 to SpiraTest v5.0.0.8. During the import of test cases in Excel, the plugin keeps adding the same rows and won't stop. For Example: Test # Test Case Name Test Case Description -2533 Test1 -2526 Test 2 -2525 Test 3 -2527 Test 4 -2533 Test1 -2526 Test 2 -2525 Test 3 -2527 Test 4 -2533 Test1 -2526 Test 2 -2525 Test 3 -2527 Test 4 ............... Regards BdV

Not able to use Spira Team Rest Web Service 5.0

Droid Mann (rajthedaredevil@gmail.com) — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 09:37:21 -0400

Hi SpiraTeam, I am currently trying to access Spira Team REST Web service. I will show the list of steps below. Please let me know what i am doing wrong.... 1) In the browser url i tried the below url to get the user details( http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v4_0/RestService.svc/users/{user_id} ). I have admin access to SpiraTest. http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v5_0/RestService.svc/users/ xxxxx?username:xxxxxxx&api-key=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx I am getting the below response Request Error The server encountered an error processing the request. The exception message is 'Access is denied.'. See server logs for more details. The exception stack trace is: at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.AuthorizationBehavior.Authorize(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage11(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.MessageRpc.Process(Boolean isOperationContextSet) But when I tried only the get request for the service its working fine. http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v5_0/RestService.svc?username=xxxxxxx&api-key= xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx I get the below response. RestService Service You have created a service. To test this service, you will need to create a client and use it to call the service. You can do this using the svcutil.exe tool from the command line with the following syntax: svcutil.exe http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/services/v5_0/RestService.svc?wsdl You can also access the service description as a single file: http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/services/v5_0/RestService.svc?singleWsdl This will generate a configuration file and a code file that contains the client class. Add the two files to your client application and use the generated client class to call the Service. For example: C# class Test { static void Main() { HelloClient client = new HelloClient (); // Use the 'client' variable to call operations on the service. // Always close the client. client.Close(); } } Visual Basic Class Test Shared Sub Main() Dim client As HelloClient = New HelloClient () ' Use the 'client' variable to call operations on the service. ' Always close the client. client.Close() End Sub End Class I am not able to perform any get request apart from establishing the connection like above. Please help in pointing out what is going wrong here....

Sample Code to do post and get requests using SpiraTeam Webservice using Ruby.

Droid Mann (rajthedaredevil@gmail.com) — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 04:35:04 -0400

Hi Guys, I tried to perform a get request with SpiraTeam REST Webservice 5.0 with below code require 'net/http' require 'openssl' require 'stringio' require 'uri' require 'zlib' require 'rest_client' response = RestClient.get 'http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v4_0/RestService.svc',{'username':'xxxxxxxx', 'api-key':'{xxxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx}', 'Content-Type':'application/json', 'accept':'application/json', } puts response.body This work fine and service gets created. However when i perform a 'GET' request like get the username with my user id present in SpiraTest I am getting 400 Bad Request error. require 'net/http' require 'openssl' require 'stringio' require 'uri' require 'zlib' require 'rest_client' response = RestClient.get 'http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v4_0/RestService.svc/users/{xx:xxxx} ',{'username':'xxxxxxxx', 'api-key':'{xxxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx}', 'Content-Type':'application/json', 'accept':'application/json', } puts response.body I am getting the below error /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rest-client-2.0.0/lib/restclient/abstract_response.rb:223:in `exception_with_response': 400 Bad Request (RestClient::BadRequest) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rest-client-2.0.0/lib/restclient/abstract_response.rb:103:in `return!' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rest-client-2.0.0/lib/restclient/request.rb:860:in `process_result' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rest-client-2.0.0/lib/restclient/request.rb:776:in `block in transmit' from /usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.2.3/lib/ruby/2.2.0/net/http.rb:853:in `start' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rest-client-2.0.0/lib/restclient/request.rb:766:in `transmit' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rest-client-2.0.0/lib/restclient/request.rb:215:in `execute' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rest-client-2.0.0/lib/restclient/request.rb:52:in `execute' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rest-client-2.0.0/lib/restclient.rb:67:in `get' from webservicesample.rb:11:in ` Moreover I am not able to perform any GET or POST request. Please help!!!!!!!!

Email notification on overdue of planned date

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:55:40 -0400

Hello, is it possible to set email notification for owner of test set in case of planned date overdue? BR, Jan

Getting Erorr Message while importing project from Quality Center

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 02:21:21 -0400

I was doing the migration from HP Quality Center 10.00 to Spira and got an error message " Spira Test Import Failed. Error: Item does not exist". I am using the Quality Center Importer to do the migration. Does any one know how to fix this issue? Thanks Sujesh

Customizing requirement types

Carlotta Simonson (csimonson1@gmail.com) — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:27:45 -0500

Hi, I've found an old thread, stating that the Requirement Types was planned to be customizable as of v5.0 (https://www.inflectra.com/Support/Forum/spirateam/best-practices/1119.aspx). Nevertheless, it seems that this wasn't implemented after all? Any updates on this this feature - is it planned for any future releases? - Jon

Documentation example for custom report

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:13:56 -0500

I'm trying to follow the tutorial on custom reports, found here: https://www.inflectra.com/Ideas/Entry/309.aspx. The XML in my cloned test case summary report is different than what is in the documentation example. Am I looking at the wrong thing, or is there a more up-to-date tutorial I should be looking at? Thanks!

Having Trouble Adding Test Cases Through Import

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 15:29:49 -0500

I am using Excel 2010 to add steps to a test case that I imported from SpiraTest. For each test step, I inserted a row that has the ID of the test case in the Test# field, >TestStep is selected in the Row Type field, and there is text in the Test Step Description field and the Expected Result field. All the other columns for the new steps are blank. There are 12 rows. When I click Export to send the data back to SpiraTest, I get a message that 6 rows were successfully completed. I cant find any changes made at all in the test cases, and the 12 new test steps are not added at all. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

How to handle items that cannot be tested.

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:19:23 -0500

We occasionally have requirements that cannot be tested for various reasons. We still want to keep track of them and report them as part of our risk assessment. What is the best way to handle these in SpiraTest? Wed like to be able to have the requirement in the list, with a status or flag of some kind that it is untestable. Another option would be to create a test case for the requirement, and flag the test case as untestable. Any suggestions?

Creating cutsom template for testcase description fields

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:58:29 -0400

This is basically a reinquiry of the question posed in the following thread 3 years ago: https://www.inflectra.com/Support/Forum/spiratest/issues-questions/909.aspx is there a way to provide a template for description-fields e.g. for test cases? This could be useful to remind the author to provide certain Information in the description-field (like prerequisites, parameter-descriptions etc.)... Is the functionality currently available to provide a template for the testcase description fields? Is there any testcase template support, besides custom fields, available for new testcase creation?

SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:51:49 -0500

Can we create user groups and assign Test Cases to "User Group" rather that to a single "User"? In the workflow we use for test execution, anyone in that User Group should be able to execute the Test Case.

Missing some Email Notification settings

Filip K (filip.krivsky@gmail.com) — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:49:51 -0500

Hi, Im missing some settings in Email notification events setup. Our use-case is: 1. Manual tester updates test case steps of existing automated test. 2. Notification is sent to Automation owner of that test case to update corresponding automation script. Is that possible to achieve? I dont have those options (change of steps / automation owner) available when creating new notification event - available destinations are only artifact owner or creator, or specified project roles. Is it possible to customize which fields are available in the UI? Or at least is a direct change on existing event in database possible? We have SpiraTest 4.2 ATM, with the update to 5+ planned on coming month. Thanks, Filip

Accessibility issue with Test Case "Save and New" step button

Heidi M Taylor (htaylor@healthintegrated.com) — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 15:32:42 -0400

Hi, Ive encountered this issue, already in SpiraTest 5.0 and now in 5.1 too. When user is adding new test cases step and uses Tab key to jump through text boxes to Save and New button, pressing enter doesnt launch proper action. It only saves the step, doesnt open adding new one. Steps to reproduce: Login to Spira, open some Test case. In Test Steps section, click on Insert Step button. Type some text in the Description field. Then press Tab key - cursor jumps to Expected Result test (which is correct) Press Tab key twice now - the Save and New button is highlighted. Press Enter - test step is saved, though new one is not inserted. Clicking on the button works as expected though. Please fix this issue as it is pretty big annoyance for keyboard users who like to type long tests without having to reach for mouse.

Folder IDs no longer exist in Spira 5+?

Waudru Volders (wvol@newtec.eu) — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 09:05:15 -0400

Hello, I really like the change in folder management introduced in Spira 5.0. However, Ive noticed that folders can be no longer filtered or searched for by TC ID they used to have before. Folders having IDs is quite useful - we could easily share it with other teams, for example. Is there some other way how to uniquely identify a folder? Thanks, Filip

Ability to add recursively all subfolders contents in a test set?

Filip K (filip.krivsky@gmail.com) — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 09:19:33 -0400

Hi, The issue I encountered is that if we have a very granular folder structure from which we want to create a larger test sets, we have to go to the lowest level and pick contents of each subfolder. Is it somehow possible to select a folder and add all of its subfolders contents in a test set at once, recursively? Thanks, Filip

Defect chart Workflow

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 09:01:51 -0500

H iall, does someone has a chart of the default Defect Workflow implemented in Spiratest ? Tks in advance. Arnaud

Customizing Screen Layouts

Carlotta Simonson (csimonson1@gmail.com) — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:36:32 -0500

How does a user customize the various pages like Incidents for example. I want to rearrange where the fields appear on the page but I don't see a place where i can change the screen layout Is this possible?

Incident Description field is required even when hidden and disabled

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 02:26:15 -0500

I have defined my workflow for incidents to have a defect in status NEW should have DESCRIPTION field disabled and hidden (and it is NOT a required field). However when I go to save a new incident it tells me I have to enter a description to save (even though the description field is not visible). Is this a bug?

Can Test Runs be updated if test cases are edited or new test cases are added to the test set

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 07:21:22 -0500

I am in the middle of a test run when i realized two things. One of my test cases is unreadable due to how i formated the description text. In another window i go and update the test case so the description field is readable. The second thing is that i'm missing a test cases that i needed to write so in another window i create a new test case and and I add it to the test set that i'm currently executing. Is there a way to have the test run that im in the middle of running update itself to get the changed test case as well as the added testcase?

How can I remove an incident associated to a test case whenI associated the wrong incident?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 01:39:24 -0500

I was running a test case and went to associate and existing incident to the test case but I entered the wrong incident ID and now I have no option to remove the wrong incident from being associated to the test case. How can i do that?

Custom Date fields - how to set default

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 22:20:55 -0500

I have a custom field of type date that ive added to our incident objects. I would like it to always default to the current date. How do i achieve this?

Filter Test Set Detailed Report by ID

Su Clarke (su.clarke@linklaters.com) — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:11:13 -0500

Hi I am trying to produce a report which will show me the details of a specific Test Set. I enter in the Test Set ID but it doesnt seem to filter the output so I am getting lots more info than I need. I tried something similar with the Test Run Summary report and entered in multiple Test Run IDs and it filtered on those just fine. I am very new to Spiratest so hoping someone can assist. Thanks, Su

Incident Default Fields

Su Clarke (su.clarke@linklaters.com) — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:38:30 -0500

Hi, I have a new instance of Spiratest and I am trying to raise an incident directly from the Test Run window. It tells me that I have not entered data into the Detected in Release field but this field is not displayed on the screen. If I go into the Incident screen and Raise a New Incident I can see this field but it is a pick list with on data to pick from. I have been all over the Admin page but cannot see where to amend this to either add data to the pick list or remove the field as a default. Thanks, Su

Creating a Regression Pack

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:08:59 -0500

I am new to SpiraTest and in the current test tool (TFS) they use the Tagging facility to mark individual tests cases as "Regression Tests" to then pull into a test suite for Regression Testing which is a sub-set of perhaps the larger original functional test suite. Does SpiraTest have a similar concept or a way of facilitating this? Thanks, Su

Default Font Type and Size

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 13:48:17 -0500

I am new with SpiraTest and I am evaluating it using the trial version. I have a question about the possibility to define the default font type and size for the application (to be used within fields to be filled, such as "Description" and so on). Is it possible? At the moment I have not found this capability, so I have to change font type and size every time I write something. Thank you for attention. Andrea

IADT verification methods

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 14:16:51 -0500

Hi all, I have a question about assignation of tests in SpiraTest application. I usually refer to IADT (Inspection, Analysis, Demonstration, Test) verification method to define the test method to be performed to satisfy a requirement. This means that when I write a requirement I decide the type of verification to be followed (inspection, for example, in case of visual check). Is it possible to assign this type of feature to a requirement to be tested in SpiraTest? I have not found this capability at the moment. Thank you for cooperation.

Test Set Execution status is not changed when executing test case through rest call

kashi v anaganti (kashi@visenze.com) — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 06:46:15 -0500

Hello, I am in the evaluation phase of the tool. We are looking into updating the test cases status once our automation script get executed. I used the following endpoints to create a test run and update the test cases [POST] /Services/v5_0/RestService.svc/projects/{project_id}/test-runs/create/test_set/{test_set_id} [PUT] /Services/v5_0/RestService.svc/projects/{project_id}/test-runs?end_date={end_date} However, when i look at the test set after the call, the status is set to completed but executionstatus is not updated. Inside the test case, under the test runs tab, a test run is created. Is there any way I can update the execution status? Thanks, Kashi Anaganti

Moving requirement using REST API

Juho H (juho.hovila@ericsson.com) — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:17:51 -0500

Hi, Consider the following requirement structure: req1 req2 req4 req3 req5 req3 needs to be moved to same level as req1, which is the highest level, no parent. Intended sctructure: req1 req2 req4 req3 req5 How is this possible using the REST API? projects/{project_id}/requirements/{requirement_id}/move/{destination_requirement_id} doesn't seem to allow 0 or null destination requirement. BR, Juho

Getting error - The page cannot be displayed for accessing Spira Home Page for login.

Hemant N Joshi (hemant.joshi@fisglobal.com) — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 13:03:28 -0500

Till last it was working but starting this week getting error 'The page cannot be displayed' for accessing Spira Home Page for login. Please suggest.

Unable to delete duplicate widgets

Allan Parker (allanparkerau@gmail.com) — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:33:07 -0500

Is it possible to delete "Closed Widgets" from the Report menu? If you add another one that was recently closed you the following: "Incident Date Range Graphs [1]"

Jira - Spiratest user story sync.

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 14:29:13 -0500

Hi. I have some problems syncing User Stories from jira down to the Requirements section in spiratest. Everything is set up just right. Syncing the incidents is working OK. I have used the user story key in jira 18 and typed it in the section : Data Synchronization - View Project Mappings - Requirement - Type - User Story. And hitted Save. But nothing is synchronising (still just insidents is synchronising). I have also tried to use the: Custom 04 field in - Data Synchronization - Edit. But still no Synchronization. The view errors in Data Synchronization is not the best to show detailed info on errors and debugging. (Maybe a area to do improvments). We just have the SpiraTest license (not the SpiraTeam one). Do we need the spirateam license to sync user stories and requirements in spiratest? Or maybe I have not done it correctly? I have tried to look up documents and forums for help, but refere to requirements - spirateam sync with jira. Nothing on requirements - spiratest sync with jira.

New Spira - Jira plugin announced 27-Feb-2017.

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:09:38 -0400

Hi I read the article https://www.inflectra.com/Company/Article/437.aspx about the New Spira - Jira plugin with the new function of synchronizing requerments. The IT section at my firm say that the Version 4.0.0 is Version they already have installed. so is the announced plugin in the article Version 4.0.0.? Or is this not the updated one? We have the possibility to use custom Field 04 to get requirments synced, but they all sync as the same type: Feature. We use different types of requirments, so a Use Story and a Use Case is synced as Feature. Do we have to make changes to a xml file.? Or is there a easyer way.. Ive testet around with the Edit Standard Field Data Mapping, and put the right keys there, but the same keys are used in customfield 04.

Release version field is too short (20 chars)

Darja Patkova (darja.patkova@siemens.com) — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 07:34:09 -0400

Hello, we found out that there is a restriction in release version field. Unfortunatelly we need much more characters than that - possibly 40, because were keeping a lot of informations in this field. Is there a reason for it being that limited? Would it be maybe possible to make it longer in next update? Thanks a lot :) Darja

Link test case to Incident

Francois Marais (ffmarais@fnb.co.za) — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 07:15:22 -0500

In an incident how do I associate a test case? ie which test case can be run to demonstrate the incident We do not have test steps in our test cases - it is backend testing, with just SQL comparisons

Can I map a requirement to a test step?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 17:15:50 -0400

Hi At the moment we reference what Acceptance Criteria a test step satisfies by making a not in the Sample Data column for each step. This means that we cannot report on the coverage of the test against all of the ACs for a given feature. My first thought was to map Requirements to Acceptance Criteria so that I can report on the coverage. I see that I can add a Requirement to a test overall, but not to the specific step that satisfies it. That means that the reviewer of the test must read through the entire test for each requirement, to try and manually map it to the step concerned. Worse, they would need to do this for each AC. If Requirements were mapable to a step, I could use them as the ACs and then be able to report the coverage. But it looks like this isnt possible. Ive seen mention of custom fields but dont know how to define them yet and Im wondering if they would be of any use in helping me with this problem? Or perhaps someone knows of a way of satisfying this more granular need for our reporting? Regards Brad

Add new requirements package

Anh Nguyen (anh-tuyet.nguyen@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca) — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:41:25 -0400

Hello, Id like to add a new Requirement Type = Package. However, under Planning > Requirements, clicking Insert will automatically add a req Type=Feature. If I Edit the newly added req type, options are: Design Element, Feature, Need, Quality, Use Case, User Story. There is no type=Package. Note: I have administration permissions with role as Project Owner. Do I have the correct permissions, and how can I add Req Type=Package? Thank you.

Strikethrough, subscript, supersrcipt loses text formatting when copy and paste in SpiraTest

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:38:24 -0400

Is it possible to format the Description text for strikethrough, subscript, and superscript? When I copy text from a Word or Excel, the formatting is lost when pasted in SpiraTest. Thank you.

Change template of an existing product

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:04:08 -0400

We recently upgraded SpiraTest to version6. Can an existing Product A use another existing Product Bs template? When I go to Admin > Edit Product A, the template is displayed as Product A. I do not have the option to change to another existing template. It will take a long time for me to update the incident workflow one step at a time. What is the quickest way to set Product As template to use another existing template? Thank you.

System error when editing user permissions

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:49:01 -0400

Hello, SpiraTest was recently upgraded from v6.0 to v6.1. Im trying to edit a users permissions, but I get a system error as follows: A system error has occurred... Please click on the My Page link to return to the application Please contact your system administrator and provide the following details: Offending URL: __PageSource: mscorlibMessage: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.Parameter name: indexStack trace: at System.Collections.ArrayList.get_Item(Int32 index) at APPLICATION.Web.Administration.Project.ProjectMembership.btnProjectMembershipUpdate_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) at APPLICATION.Web.ServerControls.DropMenu.OnClick(DropMenuEventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) Any tips on how to resolve this error in order to edit user permissions? Thanks, Anh

Data synchronization is not enabled

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:44:41 -0500

Hi, how can this System Event Log (below) be resolved? I created this project (PR49) a few months ago, and Im just starting to create Test Case folders, but have not yet added test cases in this project. Exception: Inflectra.SpiraTest.Business.DataSyncNotConfiguredException Data synchronization is not enabled for project PR49 and data sync system 1 at Inflectra.SpiraTest.Business.DataMappingManager.RetrieveDataSyncProject(Int32 dataSyncSystemId, Int32 projectId) Thanks, Anh

Add test cases to an exisiting folder using Excel Add-in

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:17:53 -0500

Hello, I have 3 levels of sub-folders for my test cases. Id like to use the Excel Add-in to add more test cases to the existing folder structure. When using the SpiraImportTemplate, putting test cases into folder structure (that already exists in Spira) will create a new folder with the same name as the existing folder if the TCID is empty. However, folders do not an TCID assigned to them. Using the Excel Add-in, how do I add new test cases to an existing TC folder structure ? Thanks Anh

Converting an Incident to a Requirement

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:55:14 -0500

Hi, Is there an easy way to convert an existing incident (such as an issue or a bug) into a Requirement? Id like to preserve the incidents comments and history and transfer these info into the new Requirement. Also, is there a way to convert multiple incidents to Requirements all at once? Thanks. Anh

Spiratest Audit log

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:08:26 -0400

Hi, where can I find audit log for Spiratest? I would like to see instances of users logging in, changing password, changing roles etc. thank you for advice

Is it possible to change a test case status from Caution or N/A back to Not Run?

Donna J Brooks (donna.brooks@meritor.com) — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:55:37 -0400

We have some test cases that were marked as N/A or Caution but would like to execute them at a later date. Is it possible to change the status back to Not Run, so they can be tested when exeucting a Test Set another time?

SpiraTest Language Pack

Donna J Brooks (donna.brooks@meritor.com) — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:03:37 -0500

Does SpiraTest offer a lanugage pack to install, like SpiraTeam? I can only see how to change the default language for the tool.

New Administrator Dashboards (as announed)

Donna J Brooks (donna.brooks@meritor.com) — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:37:04 -0400

Will the Administrator Dashboard and Project Administrator Dashboard also be available in SpiraTEST 6.0; or will this only be for SpiraPLAN 6.0 ?? Here was the announcement link: https://www.inflectra.com/Ideas/Entry/system-administrators-are-people-too-703.aspx Really hoping this will be available for us Admins in SpiraTest too. :) :) :)

Prevent running or reports

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 02 May 2018 20:20:34 -0400

Is there a way I can prevent an Observer from running reports?

Is it possible to generate an incident report semi-automatically (without me having to enter the interface and select the same things day after day)

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 12 May 2017 08:11:36 -0400

Hello, I have to generate the same report day after day. Every day I have to login to SpiraTest portal and select the same options (creation date from-to, select Excel 2017, click export report .etc... Would there be a way to automate the generation of my report using direct URL (with URL parameters such as ?blabla&blabla&plaba) or any other way (API, Python...). Thank you in advance, this would save me 15mins per day (90h per year!!)

Cannot Import Test Cases.

Alexey N Urievich (ale86940860@yandex.ru) — Fri, 19 May 2017 09:56:16 -0400

Hello. In the company where I work there is no official support for SpiraTest and on our server installed v.4.2.0.8, so I cant import test cases to SpiraTest because me need SpiraTeam Microsoft Office Add-Ins v.4.0.0.18468. Tell me, please, where I can find SpiraTeam Microsoft Office Add-Ins v.4.0.0.18468?

Finding the correct report type

Hanna Dernbrant (hanna.dernbrant@etteplan.com) — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 11:34:25 -0400

Hello, Im looking at the reports that are included with SpiraTest v5.2 but I feel like Im lacking a simple report for the requirements and if theyve been executed within a certain release and their result. I can get a requirement report that shows what test cases its tested in and then another section of the test cases and the result. Is there an easy way to get this to map, we have our requirements (allmost 500 of them) tested for each release. Therefore it would be nice with some report that says that requirement-1 has passed for release 2.0 Quite often we have requirements spread over a lot of test cases, I tried looking at customizing a report but I have so far been unsuccesful getting the result that I want. I hope youre able to help it would ease our work a lot! Thanks, Hanna

Jira Integration issue

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 07:13:23 -0400

have run into issues integrating Spiratest with Jira. We have the hosted service. 1. Downloaded and DesktopDataSync.exe and copied Jira dlls to the same folder. Made sure that the service is running (polling at 2 minutes interval) 2. Configured JiraDataSync->Project Mappings (Mapped the fields under Incident artifact at this point) 3. Provided connection info (https:// /rpc/soap/jirasoapservice-v2) (confirmed that axis server was running); jira login/password (this account has admin access to Jira) It is still not working and I see error message under Spiratest->Data synchronization = The description for Event ID 0 in Source DesktopDataSync cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display the message, or you may not have permission to access them . Am I missing anything in configuration? Kindly help me to fix this issue and that would be much appreciated. Thanks, Kushal

User Custom Fields

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 05:29:01 -0400

Is it possible to add additional fields to the Add User form that can then be displayed within the View/Edit Users page? In the default configuration a user can have an email address added to their account. However, here is no option to add a telephone number against the users name which seems strange. The Edit Custom Properties screen does appear not provide a mechanism to do this, as the list of Artifact Types does not include a User Information or similar option.

Dependant (aka: Cascading) Lists

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 06:00:21 -0400

Hi, Has SpiraTest added support for cascading (aka: dependant) lists. That is, based on the value I select within the parent list for an INDICENT (eg: Parent List = Incident_Type), the subsequent list of selectable options for the Child List (eg: Incident_Category) is filtered to only the relevant values. Example: I create a CUSTOM LIST titled: Incident_Type that contains the following values: Requirement Core Code Devices I then create a separate set of CUSTOM LISTS representing each of the sub-categories as per the following: If Incident_Type selected = REQUIREMENT Then the Incident_Category(s) selectable = Requirement Missed Requirement Incorrect Requirement Incomplete If Incident_Type selected = CORE CODE Then the Incident_Category(s) selectable = Home Page Login Page Booking Page Accounts Page If Incident_Type selected = DEVICES Then the Incident_Category(s) selectable = Printer Scanner iPAD Searching your knowledge-base, I have found the following earlier requests for this feature: TH1172 (2015) TH613 (2013) TH612 (2013) I am hoping this function may have been made available now, as it is a common feature sought for classifying defects by TYPE/CATEGORY. I am aware that you provide the ability to define the Incident Type, but this is not what I am seeking, as it then progresses to defining workflows. I am specifically seeking the ability to create one (or more) dependant lists. Cheers Doug

Compatibility with IE11

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 06:37:49 -0400

We upgrade to the latest version 5.2 and when I log in for the 1st time the view of the Incident page was displaying wrong. After I added the site to the Compatibility View setting and refreshed, the view was correct. However, now the (expand page) function does not work. Does this have to do with IE11 or the fact that we had to change the compatibility view?

How to import the excel test case with pictures in the steps?

haifan lin (haifan.lin@navblue.aero) — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:48:46 -0400

Hi, I am importing test case from excel to spiratest now. Many of my test case have picture embedded in the test step row. How can I handle this? Thank you very much.

Can I import test case with cumtom properties in test steps?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:40:22 -0400

Our test case has some custom field in test steps, such as Performance Result Time. Is it possible to import through excel?

add test cases to existing test run

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:24:33 -0400

I have already set a test set and the tester has begun the rest run. I can add extra test cases to that test set. How can I add these test cases also into the existing test run?

unable to connect to server. there was no eendpoint listening error

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:27:32 -0400

Hello Team, I have installed installed ExcelAddin for SpiraTeam on my system ExcelAddIn Version: MsOffice2010AddInsSetup MS Office Version: 2016 When I try to connect to SpiraTeam using the Add-in, it throws an error Unable to connect to server. The error message was, there was no endpoint listening at https:// /SpiraTeam/Services/v5_0/SoapService.svc that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. When I launch SpiraTeam in web using the URL, it works perfectly fine.. May I request you to please provide your support for the same. Thanks, Aakash BANSAL

Defects tracking

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:47:05 -0400

I am wondering if there is a way to check if an incident has failed a retest more then once? This could either be an incident listed with multiple retests or multiple validation failed I understand you can select an incident and view the history, but this is not an option for such a large scale of incidents and I am looking to have an overview of ALL incidents that have had a retest failed. Another issue is I can not figure out how to see if a defect has reoccurred after being fixed/ resolved? How can I get an overview of all defects that have resurfuced? Please let me know if anyone can help.

Artifact id number

Tracey Willis (tchavers@theculturalink.com) — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:28:37 -0400

Is there any way to have my artifact id numbers start from 1 for a new project? I created a new project and the numbers continue from the previous project, so my first requirement ID is 188 instead of ID no. 1.

I need to use Incident Resolution field values in my cutom query.

Dwarakanatha Gandlaveluturla (D.Gandlaveluturla@sussex.ac.uk) — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:57:32 -0500

Hi All, I need to use Incident Resolution field values in my cutom query. Could anyone let me know from which table can I get Incident Resolution field value. I did ask Inflectra Support guys about this to which they replied It cant be accessed from SpiraTestEntities. If not from SpiraTestEntities where can I get it from??/ Thanks, Dwaraka.

Issue updating Test Step.

Tennison Dougherty (tennison.dougherty@gmail.com) — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:10:27 -0500

Hey. Im new to SpiraTest but Ive been doing a lot of work with the SOAP web services ( http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v2_2/ImportExport.asmx ). Ive recently faced an issue where I needed to not only update a test case case but to update the test steps on the test case as well. Currently, theres a TestStep_Create but no TestStep_Update. Are there any plans to include a TestStep_Update? Is there a workaround currently?

SpiraTest SOAP Webservice 5.0 Issue

Tennison Dougherty (tennison.dougherty@gmail.com) — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:18:40 -0500

Good day. Im attempting the following from Python from suds.client import Client client = Client("http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v5_0/SoapService.svc?wsdl") testupdate = client.factory.create('TestCase_UpdateStep') remoteTestStep = client.factory.create('RemoteTestStep') When I print the testupdate object I get the following output: (TestCase_UpdateStep){ remoteTestStep = (RemoteTestStep){ ArtifactTypeId = None ConcurrencyDate = None CustomProperties = (ArrayOfRemoteArtifactCustomProperty){ RemoteArtifactCustomProperty[] = } IsAttachments = None ProjectId = None Description = None ExecutionStatusId = None ExpectedResult = None LastUpdateDate = None LinkedTestCaseId = None Position = None SampleData = None TestCaseId = None TestStepId = None } } But when the next line gets executed it returns the following error: suds.TypeNotFound: Type not found: 'RemoteTestStep'

JIRA Integration - Which are absolute, mandatory fields?

Dimitri Albury (Dimitri.Albury@keenfinity-group.com) — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:24:32 -0400

When creating a new JIRA synchronization, which fields are absolutely required? In particular, I would wish to NOT synchronize release/versions nor components. The way our JIRA projects are managed does not match up with our SpiraTest implementation and these fields serve different purposes between the two tools. I can live with components syncing, but absolutely not releases. This would balloon the information on the Releases page in SpiraTest to something large and unwieldy.

Is it possible to use shortcut key combinations to control SpiraTest in order to reduce using the mouse?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:22:55 -0400

How can we avoid sub test cases that are inactive to be counted in their parent's execution status?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:48:14 -0400

1 main test case with 10 sub test cases, 2 of them are N/A the other 8 are passed. In the execution status we see 75% passed (green) in the inicator bar. We expect 100%, howcome this is only 75%? Can we change this by changing a setting?

When copying test cases N/A gets replaced by Not run. How to avoid this and keep the N/A status?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 29 May 2013 10:49:19 -0400

When copying test cases N/A gets replaced by Not run. How to avoid this and keep the N/A status? Is this specified behavior or a bug?

How to generate automatic reminders (E-mail) when incidents remain open too long?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 29 May 2013 13:00:05 -0400

How to generate automatic reminders (E-mail) when incidents remain open too long? (For example open incident last updated more than 10 days ago)

Test cases importing to Root folder despite having folder structures with Test#

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:00:21 -0500

Hi, i have searched the threads for solution before asking the question here, couldnt find the solution, hence heres my question, when i import new or old test cases from excel (2010 or older), the test cases always end up in Root folder despite having proper folder structure with Test # (got from export report out of SpiraTest). Thanks, Jai

Requirements Filtering Dropdown

Vasu Pankhania (v.pankhania@micropace.com.au) — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:47:20 -0500

To whom it may concern, For some reason when I am on the Requirements Main Page and I select a filter on the left-hand side, the dropdowns to access the lower level requirements no longer work and the only way to get it to work is to do a manual refresh. Has anyone else come across this? We have 600+ requirements and need to use the filtering feature. Warmest Regards, Vasu

SPIRA Test REST VS SOAP Implementation (web services)

Clark R (simon.bor@inflectra.com) — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 06:36:11 -0500

Hello SPIRA Test People, In my company QA people are using SPIRA Test for maintaining Test life-cycles and using as repository for all test cases. [ ver - SpiraTest v5.2.0.2 ] We have developed a tool for our own benefit using SPIRA web services, where we are SOAP technology. But we are experiencing slowness due to Huge test case data (like 50K test cases and 500K test steps in One project) Can we use REST API instead of SOAP API ? Is it gone help us to improve performance ? Is their any other way to improve performance other than web service API change ?

AutomatedTestRun with rest api

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 25 May 2020 23:33:00 -0400

Hi, I am trying to create automated test run with rest api. as i understand first step is to create shell with the projects/{project_id}/test-runs/create/test_set/{test_set_id}/automation_host/{automation_host_token} uri. Second step is to record with projects/{project_id}/test-runs/record uri. But i cant create shell (first step). I am trying with postman, post returns as Could not get any response. When i try it with the browser it returns Method not allowed. What am i doing wrong? Can someone help me with creating automated test run with api? Thank you.

Change colour for result status

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 06:28:14 -0400

Hello, we need to change the colour of the result status N/A to seperate those testcases from has not been run. Where can i adust the colour for the result N/A? Thanks in advance....

Test Runs Import Issue: Unable to import "Status , Actual Result and Incident Name" from Spira Test to Excel

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:37:49 -0400

When I tried to Import Test Runs (Spira Test to Excel), I noticed that the status of all test cases did not seem to get marked correctly as all remain as Not Run (I have executed the test set with Passed, Failed Blocked status. On top of that, the Actual result and Incident Name were not extracted into Excel (fields remained empty). How do I resolve this issue?

Spira 6.0: New Product based on another Product or Template?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 17:49:32 -0400

Here is an excerpt from the 6.0 Admin Guide that I am finding confusing: decide what to base the product on. It can either be a new empty product, or be based on another product already in the system. Doing the latter will copy across its membership, settings and customizations; select a template that will control the product. If you are creating an empty product (not based on an existing one) you can select any template in the system to use for this product, or you can start with a brand new template. If you are creating a product based on an existing one, then by default the template will be the same as the one the existing product uses. You can still create a new template in this case, which will effectively be a clone of the template the existing product uses. So, this gets complicated, but my question is should I choose new empty product plus Template A or another product that uses the same template (Template A)? Will there be any difference in what copies over? Is there any advantage of adding a new product either way? Thank you.

Sending Bug as XML from SpiraTest

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:51:51 -0400

We are having many external suppliers and the big issue we are trying to resolve that is sending Bugs from SpiraTest to an external Bug tracking system. Does someone have any experience with this issue? Is it possible to create XML from Bug in SpiraTest and send as a Mail to the external support mail address? Thanks in advance.

How to get incidents via REST API filtered by Area (or other custom field)?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 16 May 2018 11:13:11 -0400

Hi, Im trying to get incidents from a project that only have a specific Area or Component field. How should I do this? Best regards, Tuomas Peurakoski

Automated testing of single test case

Lukas Billig (lukas.billig@bundesbank.de) — Wed, 30 May 2018 06:09:53 -0400

I use SpiraTest to launch tests that are executed in a custom-built Java engine. The process is started by downloading SpiraTests *.tst file. Is it possible to download the tst file for a single test case instead of a test set ?

Excel Add-in test run export stops after first test case

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 30 May 2018 14:16:08 -0400

Dear Helpdesk, I can import my assigned test set into Excel and set Status and Actual Result. After I click on Export and wait for the gauge to fill an empty error message shows up. In SpiraTest I can see that the first of my test cases got imported into a test run along with the specified Status and Actual Result but the rest of the test cases did not. It does not matter which of my test cases comes first, it always stops after it and presents the empty error message. Am I missing something here? Let me know if there is solution. Best regards, Sandor https://ibb.co/fQNUsd https://ibb.co/nBnUsd

Excel importing, I get error when trying to export to Spira Test and using the very same steps as directed in the video

Thulani Nzuza (thulanin@bumbee.co.za) — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 09:15:03 -0400

Good-day, I get the following error message when trying to export my excel template into spira test, is there something that I am doing wrong as I am following the exact steps being shown in the youtube video for exporting? Message Below; Export failed with 79 errors. Please look in the column to the right of the data for the appropriate error message. Error in the excel template message; The message filter indicated that the application is busy. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8001010A (RPC_E_SERVERCALL_RETRYLATER)) What do these mean and am I doing something wrong or have I missed out on something? Please help Regards

Warning Error when running nodejs test with Dockers in Jenkins

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 07:34:42 -0400

While trying to run my test in Jenkins with the Jenkinsfile where my pipeline is defined using docker compose file, the test returned an error as contained below: warning Error running install script for optional dependency: /tests/node_modules/snappy: Command failed. Exit code: 1 Selenium Command: sh Arguments: -c ./node_modules/.bin/node-gyp rebuild Directory: /tests/node_modules/snappy Output: gyp info it worked if it ends with ok gyp info using node-gyp@3.4.0 gyp info using node@9.11.1 | linux | x64 gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v9.11.1/node-v9.11.1-headers.tar.gz gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install gyp ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: connect ETIMEDOUT xxxx.xxxx.xxxxx gyp ERR! stack at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1174:14) gyp ERR! System Linux xxxxxxxxx.el7.x86_64 gyp ERR! command \/usr/local/bin/node\ \/tests/node_modules/snappy/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp\ \rebuild\ gyp ERR! cwd /tests/node_modules/snappy gyp ERR! node -v v9.11.1 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0 gyp ERR! not ok The test failed because of this. Could someone please help me out on this? It appears I am having a conflicting node versions here, how do I resolve this?

Automatically updates in Requirements in separate Project which has associations with each other

Clark R (simon.bor@inflectra.com) — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 08:45:47 -0400

Hi I have Main Project with almost 1000 requirements and have separate one (Project EC - 30 requirements). I did association with both, but is it possible to get automatically updates/changes... whenever I will do the change in requirements of Main Project then I will get those changes in requirements of Project EC? and other way ? I did that kind of separations in order to give access to external group of people, who doesnt need to see what else we are doing Regards Aleksandra

API Requirements Test Coverage

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 21:07:29 -0400

Im building a plugin to sync between Jira and SpiraTest using the REST API. (Similar to https://github.com/Inflectra/spira5_jira-datasync ). One of the requirements is to create an Jira external link when a Test Case is associated as a Requirement Coverage. 1) . Ideally, I would call to call an API to check when this event occurs after a certain date. I can query Test Cases for LastUpdate but LastUpdate does not change when an association is created. Is there a way to do this query? 2) . Im trying to use this endpoint projects/{project_id}/associations/{artifact_type_id}/{artifact_id} to get associations between Requirements and Test Cases Im getting an empty array. * I tried ` projects/{project_id}/associations/{requirement_artifact_type_id}/{requirement_id} ` * I tried ` projects/{project_id}/associations/{test_case_artifact_type_id}/{test_case_id} ` Does this endpoint work with Test Cases and Requirement Associations? Note: This endpoint works: projects/{project_id}/requirements/{requirement_id}/test-cases to show the relationship. But if I dont find an answer to question 1. I have to query for all Requirements and hit this endpoint for each Requirement every time I need to sync.

REST API: Is there a way to get the Server DateTime?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 01 May 2019 17:03:43 -0400

Is there a way to get the SpiraTests current server Time? The main use case is for a running syncing process. It can be used for looking for new incidents from previous sync time for the following API query. https://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v5_0/RestService.svc/projects/{project_id}/incidents/recent?start_row={start_row}&number_rows={number_rows}&creation_date={creation_date} Thanks.

Selenium Ide test results in SpiraTest

Luis Miranda (luis.mirandaj@gmail.com) — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 16:28:58 -0400

Is posible to post automatically Selenium Ide test results in SpiraTest just using the Selenium plugin available in https://www.inflectra.com/SpiraTest/Downloads.aspx ? do we need also remote launch? Regards

RemoteLaunch.exe has MissingMethodException with selenium 2 IE driver, internet explorer

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 20:34:15 -0400

Application: RemoteLaunch.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.MissingMethodException at Selenium.Internal.CommandTimer.RunCommand() at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object) at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

Import export Customer property for test steps

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:17:01 -0400

I added four Custom Property for Test Steps 2 Тег источника Text TEXT_02 3 Условие преобразования Text TEXT_03 4 Тег назначения Text TEXT_04 5 Бизнес смысл Text TEXT_01 Can I import this Properties from excel ? if so how ?

List View - custom settings?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 23:17:25 -0400

Is there a way to set a text field such as Description to word wrap when the field is set to be shown in a list view? Right now, its one row in length.

Several Test Sets with the same test cases are mimicking the results of steps on other sets share by other users.

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 21:48:01 -0400

We are using a cloud install of SpiraTest. \ We are migration testing data from legacy systems to a new EHR. Having problems with behavior of the test steps. We are reviewing 200 patients that 6 people are splitting up. We made a Test Set of 11 test cases (different types of data) that were copied from old completed (run) test cases of a smaller sample. When these were copied (Maybe cloned) the results came with them forcing us to clone every step and delete the steps that were showing as run, leaving not run steps. Once these were all cleaned up, we created the set of all 11 cases. From that we copied/pasted the Test Set into a folder for each of the 6 people testing. Then each person is copy/pasting the clean set for each patient they are checking (adding their ID to the set). Problem: When 1 person executes a test case from one of their sets, the results are becoming the visible results of all of the test sets. So if I test 14 steps of a test case for allergies, another testers test case for allergies they havent touched will open as if tested with the same test results. What have we done wrong? How can I fix it?

Creating a custom graph or report with time as function

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 06:24:11 -0400

Hi! Im looking for a way to create a burndown chart from all the test cases not in Passed, grouped by day. One of the built-in widgets in SpiraTest 5.4.0.4 does this so Im sure theres a table to reference to. Could I have an example of ESQL that lists the non-passed test cases per day? Best regards, Tuomas

Unable to change Incident status from Assign to any other statues

Arvinder Channa (arvinder.channa@wanneroo.wa.gov.au) — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 07:46:46 -0400

Hi Team.. I am using demo version. I changed incident status from New to Assign, and then I am not able to change to any other status, there is no operation drop down available to select any other status. I am an admin and I checked incident workflow as well, which is setup as default. As per workflow, I should be getting option from Status Assign to be changed to Duplicate, Ready for Retest and Not Reproducible. Thanks in advance for any help and support.

Cannot Set Automation Host For Test Set

Joshua Habel (Joshua.Habel@ascopower.com) — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:12:40 -0400

Im trying to integrate Selenium with SpiraTest. I added the automation host in administration settings, set the automation host and settings in two tests, and added those tests to a fresh test set. However, the automation host drop down in the test set it blank; the automation host does not show up.

query regarding rapise and spiratest

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 07:05:19 -0400

Hi, I have following questions 1.Unable to see the test result in Spiratest for automation testing using Rapise. Note:Neccessary connections are made from Spiratest connections to Rapise tool. 2.Unable to see the testcase created in Rapise in Spiratest test cases folder. 3.Whenever using any dynamic sites getting objects not found error. It is recorded slowly in rapise using RVL. How to handle this error. 4.The Rapise launcher runs some time and other time it is not running regularly. Please guide if i should do some changes to run/launch rapise launcher all the time. Please help me. Thanks in Advance. Regards, Laxmi

Test Sets - Can Planned Date and Actual Duration show minutes and seconds?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 14:09:33 -0500

Hello. Is there any way I can set the Planned Date and Actual Duration to show minutes and seconds on the Test Sets view? Right now Planned Date only shows date and Actual Duration only shows number of hours. I can see the minutes by hover over the field, but I want to see it without hovering over. Im scheduling my test sets to run at night and most of my test sets take only 10 minutes to run. I want to be able to see the time so I dont schedule them over lapping each other. Thanks. Katie

SpiraTeam synchornization issue with resolution status "unresolved" from JIRA

Kevin Mavely (kevin.mavely@anana.com) — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:44:08 -0400

Hi, We are currently seeing an error when synchronizing defects with JIRA on the resolution field. As JIRA does not store a physical resolution field for Unresolved, the value being returned is empty. In JIRA, empty would mean Unresolved however JiraDataSync does not like this and throws the below error. Is there a workaround to this to map any empty resolution fields to Unresolved. Error Inserting/Updating JIRA Issue IKEA-422 in SpiraTeam (Validation Fault: Custom_01=The field Resolution requires a value. ) Server stack trace: at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.HandleReply(ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Prox Error Inserting/Updating JIRA Issue XXX-422 in SpiraTeam (Validation Fault: Custom_01=The field Resolution requires a value. ) Server stack trace: at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.HandleReply(ProxyOperationRuntime operation, ProxyRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message) Exception rethrown at [0]: at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg) at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.PlugIns.Jira5DataSync.SpiraSoapService.ISoapService.Incident_Update(RemoteIncident remoteIncident) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.PlugIns.Jira5DataSync.DataSync.ProcessJiraIssueAsIncident(Int32 projectId, SoapServiceClient spiraImportExport, JiraIssue jiraIssue, List`1 newIncidentMappings, List`1 newReleaseMappings, List`1 oldReleaseMappings, Dictionary`2 customPropertyMappingList, Dictionary`2 customPropertyValueMappingList, RemoteCustomProperty[] incidentCustomProperties, RemoteDataMapping[] incidentMappings, String jiraProject, JiraManager jiraManager, String productName, RemoteDataMapping[] severityMappings, RemoteDataMapping[] priorityMappings, RemoteDataMapping[] statusMappings, RemoteDataMapping[] typeMappings, RemoteDataMapping[] userMappings, RemoteDataMapping[] releaseMappings, RemoteDataMapping[] incidentComponentMappings) Thanks, Kevin.

pytest-spiratest - how to obtain test case id of test within Class

Johnny Cage (npshopinguk@gmail.com) — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:17:34 -0500

Here is part of my spira.cfg: [test_cases] test_example = 1 TestClass.test_example = 2 The problem is ConfigParser set all capital letters to lowercase by default. Therefore Its not possible to obtain test case id of TestClass.test_example within pytest-spiratest, because config[test_case_ids] contains lowercase testclass.test_example. if test_name in config[test_case_ids]: test_case_id = config[test_case_ids][test_name] else: test_case_id = config[test_case_ids][default]

Exploratory Testing

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 11:57:57 -0500

How do you define exploratory testing? Shall we involve test cases, it is kind of grey area for me. Somewhere it is defined as Exploring the software to discover its functionalities and drawbacks is what exploratory software testing does. So, this is a formal testing process that doesnt rely on test cases or test planning documents to test the application. Instead, testers go through the application and learn about its functionalities. They then, use exploratory test charters to direct, record and keep track of the exploratory test sessions observations. I would appreciate if someone enlighten me on this.

Requirement mapping to the Folder under Test Cases

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:07:35 -0500

Hi, We have an option to add the requirement through tools for any particular folder under Test Cases, while it will inherit it to the test cases which are present under it, But if i add the new test cases to the same folder then the new test case will not inherit the requirement numbers which were assigned to the folder previously, Please let us know if we can inherit the requirements to all the test cases under that folder irrespective of when the test case was added to folder. Thanks, Sneha

TestSpira and LDAP integration

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 08:09:40 -0500

Hi, we are currently trying to configure TestSpira LDAP server settings. Ive found this LDAP Configuration document which describes the process, but something seems to be still missing. The challenge is I merely operate as a messenger, I do not have the actual rights to try different settings. What we currently know is that the firewalls should have been correctly opened and we should have the the correct configurations: LDAP host: address and port number we have been given by the administrator SSL: Tried both on and off Port: Tried both 389 and 636 Base DN: uid=spirauser,ou=admin,dc=[company name omitted],dc=fi // To my understanding this is the user created for TestSpira Bind DN: Empty Bind password: Password for the spirauser Despite of these, we are not able to successfully connect to the server. Is there something anyone could suggest we could still try? My own (still untested) ideas are as follows: 1) There are multiple sources saying that defining the user with UID instead of CN results into different primary keys . Could this be an issue here, although the user was specifically created with UID. 2) By reading the previously mentioned documentation it doesnt state that the Bind DN is a mandatory field, but I got the impression that the created user should be in Bind DN field rather than in Base DN field. Documentation describes Base DN as the root node and Bind DN as the user to log in with . We specifically do not want to use the anonymous user, but a valid user with username and password. So we should specify the Base DN as something else and swap the user into the Bind DN field? Thanks, -Sami

How to delete a test step using excel add in

rahul mishra (rahul.mishra@health.nsw.gov.au) — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 01:37:20 -0500

Hi, I am using Spira Import Template and Excel add in to update existing test suite in my project. I have imported all the test cases from the project into the excel template and want to delete few test steps from different test cases. When I just delete the test step row from the excel and export it into Spira I see that the test step still exist in the Spira test instance. Have also tried to just delete the content of the test step and not remove the entire row. However I am not able to remove the test steps using excel template. Can anyone let me know how I can do this? Thanks Rahul

How to get Excel Importer addin to use the corporate proxy

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 03:56:25 -0400

Hi, I am not able to connect to SpiraTest cloud instance via Excel Importer and when I am in the corporate network. However when I am outside the network I am able to make a successful connection. When contacted Security team here I am asked if I can setup the addin in such a way that it send the request via the corporate proxy. I need to know from the experts here if its possible to configure the addin to route the trafic via the proxy(.pac file). and it can be configured in the excel addin? or a workaround to connect to spiratest instance. We want to upload testcases using excel uploader and when we are in the company network. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Rahul

Can Test Runs be updated if test cases are edited?

Tonje Klykken (tonje.klykken@ae.no) — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 13:13:35 -0500

If a test case is edited during a test run, is there a way to make the test case current in the test run?

manually indicate Requirements status

Royce White (royce.white@cruzinc.us) — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:40:47 -0400

I and my team are new to SPIRATEST and I have a question. Is there a manual way to easily and quickly indicate a specific requirement has a) passed b) failed c) deficient or d) not tested and possibly have a bar graph indicating this status on "my page" , without having to custom build test cases? I test a lot of small custom built software apps that have a very limited user base, so expending time crafting test cases with step by step detail is not always the best and most efficient way to utilize my scarce test resources. Thanks

Excel Spreadsheet only has Limited number of Projects to Upload

Royce White (royce.white@cruzinc.us) — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 18:45:33 -0400

I have been exercising my new SpiraTest Software spreadsheet add-in and have encountered an issue with the spreadsheet only displaying the first 12 Projects (in alphanumeric order) to upload requirements to (or export to the spreadsheet.) There is no doubt a switch/process to address this issue without my having to delete projects till the desired target is in the top 12. Any advice?

Database foreign key violation error via REST API

David Bakkers (david.bakkers@dimensiondata.com) — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:03:47 -0500

When using the REST API to create a Test Case in a Project, I get back a general 400 Bad Request error with the message The server encountered an error processing the request. The exception message is Database foreign key violation occurred. See server logs for more details in the response body, followed by some information about an exception stack trace The JSON Im supplying in the body of the POST request is: {Name:This is a the Test Case, TestCaseStatusId:0, TestCaseTypeId:0} Ive also tried supplying the Name field only, and get the same error. If I use the web interface to create a Test Case, I have no problems using the REST API to GET its ID number and then using POST to create Steps inside it, so I cant see what is stopping me from creating Test Cases.

Step by Step guide to Integrate Selenium WebDriver with Spira

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:33:15 -0500

Hi Team, Please do provide step by step guide to integrate Selenium with Spira? We are using Selenium with TestNG framework + Extent Reports. Thanks, Rajesh

Exported Test Cases order is not as Test Case ID in Excel

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 07:47:26 -0500

Hi Team, Please help me in this Issue,When i exported the Test Cases to Excel using Export to Excel from Tools menu,then In Excel Test Cases id order is not proper and Order is random,it is very difficult to arrange all the Test Cases in Proper order after export to Excel,Please help me How to overcome this issue..

Error sending results after run a test

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:56:35 -0500

Im executing a sample test with testNG, but I got this error, so it doesnt send results to Spira. [RemoteTestNG] detected TestNG version 6.14.3 Starting test run... Test Failed Test Failed Stack Trace: org.junit.Assert.fail(Assert.java:86) org.junit.Assert.assertTrue(Assert.java:41) org.junit.Assert.assertTrue(Assert.java:52) PruebaSpiraMaven.PruebaSpiraMaven.AppTest.testAdd(AppTest.java:39) sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:124) org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:583) org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:719) org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:989) org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:125) org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:109) org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:648) org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:505) org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:455) org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:450) org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:415) org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:364) org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52) org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:84) org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1208) org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1137) org.testng.TestNG.runSuites(TestNG.java:1049) org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1017) org.testng.remote.AbstractRemoteTestNG.run(AbstractRemoteTestNG.java:115) org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:251) org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:77) Matches SpiraTest test case id: TC22 Test run finished with 1 Failures. Error sending results to SpiraTest server (Failed to access the WSDL at: http://localhost/SpiraTest/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fSpiraTest%2f3%2fTestCase%2fList.aspx/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL. It failed with: Invalid WSDL http://localhost/SpiraTest/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fSpiraTest%2f3%2fTestCase%2fList.aspx/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL, expected {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/}definitions found html at (lineLine number = 3 Column number = 17 System Id = http://localhost/SpiraTest/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fSpiraTest%2f3%2fTestCase%2fList.aspx/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL Public Id = null Location Uri= http://localhost/SpiraTest/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fSpiraTest%2f3%2fTestCase%2fList.aspx/Services/v3_0/ImportExport.svc?WSDL CharacterOffset = 36 ).) 0 test results were successfully transmitted to SpiraTest (1 errors) (0 not configured).

Uploading files on TestRun

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:54:32 -0500

Ive looked into the https://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v5_0/RestService.aspx and found nothing related to my specific question. Its possible to upload an archive direct in specific finished TestRun using REST?

Client PC information in Bug

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:36:36 -0500

Hello folks! I am new to SpiraTest My project is about testing client PCs after Win10 has been installed, to see if all client applications are working. The debugging process is very dependent on information about the client PC: configuration but also the middleware and certificates and so on that is installed. What options are there, to capture automatically these types of information along with the bug report? BW Peter Bunde Hansen

Schedule tests to particular tester

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:18:48 -0500

Fellow sufferers! I am new to SpiraTest. My testers are very tool-averse and they only do testing as a temporary task, so I need her/him to see basically only the tests she/he shall run , when they open Spiratest. Is that possible? BW Peter Bunde Hansen

Recording of user navigation for Incident

Peter Bunde Peter (peter_bunde@hotmail.com) — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 13:38:42 -0500

Please explain how to record user activity, and include it in the bug? It will then be used for debugging.

Testlink migration tool

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:25:45 -0400

Im trying to import from testlink using the migration tool available at https://www.inflectra.com/Downloads/TestLinkImporterSetup.msi When I attempt to authenticate I get the following errors. Any ideas? Response from server does not contain valid XML.

Is it possible to add a test set to a release?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 06:20:22 -0400

Is it possible to add a test set to a release? I have not been able to find a way to do this. If it is not possible what is the reason for this? Actually my goal is not to add the test set to a release but to add all the tests in the test set to a release before acyually running the test set. The tests are from different folders.

Excecuting a test case does not add the test case to release

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:32:20 -0400

Does excecuting a test case not add the test case to the selected release?

Is it possible to add test cases from a test set to a release?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:19:25 -0400

Associating a test set with a release, by going to the Test Set and then choosing the Scheduled Release field dos not add the the test cases to a release until the test set is run. Is it possible to have the test cases in a test set added to a release before the test set is run without having to add them one by one?

Table caption

Victoria D (nino.diasamidze@inflectra.com) — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:40:59 -0500

In a text field, when setting up a table, how can I define the tables caption?

Specific order of Test Cases added to Test Set

Nicolas Labrecque (n.labrecque@robotiq.com) — Fri, 31 May 2019 16:55:22 -0400

We are experiencing a problem with the test cases and test sets ordering test badly. For the moment, when we add test cases to a test set it gets ordered by ID. But we do need a specific order in the execution which is not ordered by ID. How can we do it? Is there any way? Can we have set a specific order?

jira synchronization isn't working for custom fields

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 31 May 2019 18:57:50 -0400

We are having an issue with a custom field from Jira to Spira Test. The field is a string in Jira and we mapped it to a Spira Text field. We linked them on both side but we cant get it in SpiraTest, field is always empty when imported from Jira. Its a field from Jira User Story import to Spira Test Requirements. Any ideas?

Problem to recreate deleted requirements with Jira Issues sync

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 17:40:53 -0400

We were having our jira Requirements sync in SpiraTest. Than we delete all requirements hoping it will create them back, but it doesnt. Is there something to do? Are we doing it wrong? Thank you

How can we show Jira ID in requirements and incidents lists

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 12:38:45 -0400

We do want to show the Jira ID in the requirements and incidents lists but we cant show them... Is there an way to do this or is it impossible?

Templates and required fields

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Wed, 01 May 2019 16:50:57 -0400

I am the SpiraTest administrator but have not done this before. Ive looked in the admin documentation but cannot figure out how to modify fields on a template. I want to make some required and some not required. I want to add some custom fields, I want to add items to a drop-down list. Where in the documentation can I find this?

Test Case Workflows

Colin Main (colin.main@cmat.co.uk) — Wed, 08 May 2019 10:23:31 -0400

Is there a way to edit the Workflow steps for Test Cases? We want a very simple draft/reviewed workflow, but I cant see a way of removing / renaming steps in the workflow screens. I noticed a similar post (relating to incident workflow) going back to 2014 - has anything changed in the workflow area since then?

Changing Requirement workflow step names

Michael Herron (mherron@advancedgroup.com) — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 10:37:57 -0400

Is it possible in version 6, now that there are project templates, to change the default Requirement step names in the Requirements workflow?

Export SpiraTest Test Cases to CSV Format

Wasim Shah (wasim.shah@pennantplc.co.uk) — Wed, 22 May 2019 08:26:10 -0400

Hi, Is there a way to export the spiraTest test cases to a CSV format? My current reporting section creates reports for MS Word only. The export of an individual test case only exports to PDF. If there is a way to do this please can you share? What I am trying to do is export a number of test cases to CSV to migrate to TestRail Thanks, Wasim

multiple assignments of bugs ?

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 22 May 2019 10:59:42 -0400

When creating a bug/change request/enhancement/incident/issue/limitation/risk it would be very useful to be able performing a multiple assignment (as known from Polarion). In case of uncertainty who is correct owner/recipient of a certain defect and to avoid rerouting loops, it is needed to address the defect to several potential owner of the defect.

Test script demo version

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 13:34:58 -0400

I can not send a test script, is this a limitation of the demo version?

Requirement Workflow Default Status

Christine Mattanovich (cmn@mission-embedded.com) — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:40:39 -0500

Hi, is there a way to change the Default Status of the Requirement Workflow from Requested to Planned? If not, what should I do if we dont have this Status in our Requirement Workflow? Because now, every Requirement is stuck in the Status Requested. It seems that this is possible with the incident Workflow, why not with the other Workflows? Regards, Christine

Traceability Requirement - Design Element

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:55:01 -0400

Hi, In order to reach an end to end traceability I would like to associate the Design elements with the requirements. Is this possible with this tool? I found this article about this issue: https://www.inflectra.com/ideas/topic/requirements-traceability.aspx , but I dont have an Artifact called Design Element, and I dont think I can create new Artifacts. Do I have a wrong version of Spiratest (I am useing a demo version)? And if the traceability isnt reached through associate artifacts, how is it planned in this tool to reach the end to end traceability? Best regards Christine

Associations Types

Ilia Poliakov (ilya.polyakov@edetek.com) — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:58:22 -0400

Hi, When I associate two requirements I can only choose between the types Related-to and Depends-on . But I can filter by more types. How can I use those types and can I add more types? Those two types are not enough. Thanks, Christine!

Export to Excel

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:55:30 -0400

Hi, I want to export my Requirements from Spira to Excel, but the Comments and Associations dont show up in the Excel. What could cause this? Thanks, Christine

Baseline Management

Christine Mattanovich (cmn@mission-embedded.com) — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:27:45 -0500

Hi, Is there a possibility to create a baseline in SpiraTest and then step back to that baseline from any point in time of the project? Regards

SpiraTest Baseline

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 07:41:40 -0400

Why is the new feature Baselining not available for Spira Test even though Requirement Management is part of the Spira Test package?

Search functionality to add test case into a test set

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:34:40 -0400

While adding TC to test set,currently I can search only by test case name. I would like to search by Release or sprint number. How do I do that?

Avoid duplicating SpiraTestConfiguration annotation

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 14:42:19 -0400

Hi, Im trying to report my tests result back using selenium, java and testng. I found out that in order to do that, I should repeat the following code on ALL my test classes: @SpiraTestConfiguration( url = https://demo.spiraservice.net/xxxxxx, login = administrator, password = xxxxxxxx, projectId = 5, runner= RunnerName.TestNG ) is there any way to avoid this? and just using this annotation once in the class where I have the after and before hooks?

Permissions for adding test cases to a release

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 16:17:39 -0400

We are currently looking to adding approval steps for our releases, requirements and test cases so we can control when changes occur through a DCN process. We would also like to add an approval step for which test cases are associated to a release. Is there a way of disabling the option to add a test to a release once the release is approved? It appears to still be possible even if we dont allow the user to change the release in their role permissions.

Requirements Report Tables and Breaks not showing up in Word

Ryan Fenton (ryan.fenton@zethon.com) — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 13:18:03 -0400

I would like to create a Requirements Detailed report in word format. When creating the report in word 2003/2007 formats I have a few issues: Any data in tables in the description of the requirement does not show up Line breaks between sections are omitted. The breaks are present in the standard temple using . Both these items show up correctly in the html/pdf formats. Any ideas how to get both these to show up in the word formats?

How to integrate SpiraTest with Protractor (JamineJS)

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:00:12 -0400

Morning. I want to ask you if maybe, someone can help me with the integration between Protractor (JasmineJS) and SpiraTest, is because I dont know for sure what or where these fields are on my page: Field Description url The root URL of your SpiraTest instance without a / at the end username The username you use to sign into SpiraTest token Your RSS Token. Foundin your profile page as the RSS Token field. You must have RSS Feeds enabled for this to work projectId The ID of the project you would like the Test Runs to be filed under releaseId OPTIONAL - Use if you would like to associate created test runs with a release testSetId OPTIONAL - Use if you would like to associated created test runs with a test set testCases Must contain the default field within it and, optionally, specific test cases for a given test spec name default Inside the testCases field, this is the ID of the default test case mapped to a created test run OPTIONAL - Use as many times as you would like to map a the created test run for a spec to a particular test case in SpiraTest. Note that capitalization, special characters and spaces are ignored both in testCases and the spec itself Thanks in advance

Create TestSet using Rest API

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:35:15 -0400

Hi Im using the Rest API v5.0 to create test set automatically using a python tool. Im using the POST test-run API that creates a new test run as defined here: https://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v5_0/RestServiceOperation.aspx?uri=projects%2f%7bproject_id%7d%2ftest-sets&method=POST Everything is working perfectly, the test set is being created using the values I set in the JSON body, however theres only one value that is being ignored which is the TestConfigurationSetId. I use the integer values from the get configuration API ( https://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v5_0/RestServiceOperation.aspx?uri=projects%2f%7bproject_id%7d%2ftest-configuration-sets&method=GET ) Please assist !! Thanks, Oz

Test set name field shortened when edit

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 06:27:14 -0500

Steps: Go to test sets Open any test set list Try to edit one by rightclick and edit Expected result: Edit window must open in same lenght as you have preselected in basic test set view Current result: Edit window is shortened every time to fixed lenght:

IE 11 won't remember user-password, SpiraTest v6.2.0.1

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:52:17 -0400

I accidentally posted this to the SpiraTEAM forums, but cant seem to delete or reply to my own thread to indicate its in the wrong forum, sorry about that. Feel free to delete that thread if you can. -- Subject line says it all... I cant get IE11 to ask me if I want to save password for the SpiraTest v6.2.0.1 site. Were using a spiraservice.net site. Ive cleared all IE data and turned save passwords off/on, but IE doesnt seem to recognize that SpiraTest v6.2.0.1 sign-in page is a sign-in page. Ive lost access to the old site, but our older SpiraTest version remembered user/password. All my other IE login pages re-asked me about the password. Does anyone else experience this, and is there any possible remedy? Note, Chrome and FireFox ask me about saving password for SpiraTest. Please dont reply dont use IE, I have to use IE for many other work functions :) Thank you.

Spiraest does not add test cases to test sets as a unique instan

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 03:12:35 -0400

The test approach at my company is to re-use test cases as much as possible across releases. As such there are a number of generic tests which can be used multiple times in a test event. However, when the tests are added to a test set they are not added as a unique instance and are added to the test set with previous status. This is obviously not ok as all tests should be initialised with a status of no run and be a unique instance or reporting is completely wrong. Is there a way in Spiratest of adding a re-usable test case to a test set as a unique instance?

Mapping of release to JIRA?

Johan Mårtensson (johan@distributedmedical.com) — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:41:53 -0400

Hi, I am looking into setting up the synchronization between JIRA and Spira Test. In the configuration guide, I see the following: ... In addition to the standard fields and custom properties, you will see an additional text property called Jira ID that is used to store the mapped external identifier for the equivalent Version in JIRA. You need to locate the ID of the equivalent version in JIRA, enter it into this text-box and click [Save]. You should now repeat for all the other pre-existing releases. ... The problem is that I cannot see this field. Do I have to configure something to see this field? I am using Spira version 6.1.0.0 and JIRA version 8.6.1

Test case does not appear when searching for it from Requirement

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 08:43:12 -0400

There is one test case that I want to link to a specific requirement, that does not show up in the list of available test cases. It doesnt matter if I browse through the tree or enter the TC number explicitly. In the Test Cases view I can find it, though. Its properties are the same as those of some of the tests that do appear when trying to add the test case.

Report to extract Change Date of Owner from history

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:47:20 -0400

Hi, I need a report to say how long an incident has been assigned to a user. Even a simple one to say Inc ID, Owner, Change Date should do. I am able to see this info for each incident, but not in a report/extract form for a selection on incidents. Please could anyone help. Thanks, Shankar

Set Default on Boolean to Yes

Niraj Chaurasia (niraj.chaurasia@alticeusa.com) — Tue, 26 May 2020 16:13:06 -0400

I have a custom incident field that is a boolean. I want to set the default value to yes when a new incident is created. Cannot find how in either the custom fields or in the workflow. l

Import XML or JSON into Spiratest Incident

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:31:20 -0400

Is there a way to import xml or json to create a new incident in Spiratest?

Report that link an incident to a test step

mokhtar chellaoui (chellaouimokhtar@gmail.com) — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 12:55:31 -0500

Hi, Im trying to make a report that link a incident to a test step but I dont see any query that can help me. I can link an incident to a test case or to a test set but not to a test step. Can someone help me? thanks, Mchellaoui

General questions about SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:20:32 -0500

Hi, Our group has recently installed SpiraTest for a trial. I have some general questions while playing with SpiraTest. Can we add customized fields/columns to the test cases? What is maximum length of test case name? What is maximum number of characters of test case descriptions? Can any user create folders in Test Cases or Test Sets? If yes, can it be restricted by changing the setting? Can we attach files to test cast or test run? Any limitations to the file size? Thanks, Lian

SpiraTest integration with Robot Framework

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:31:09 -0500

Hi, Our group use Robot Framework as test automation framework. And we run Jenkins jobs to perform regression testing built around Robot Framework . What is the best practice so the test results from Robot Framework/Jenkins can be ported to SpiraTest as test runs? Thanks, Lian

How to filter out execution status with "not equal to"

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 18:33:25 -0500

Hi, Under artifacts Test Cases, I want to filter out the test cases with status not equal to Passed. How can I do it? I cant find the answers in user guide. Thanks, Lian

Export 'All Pending Test Runs' to Excel

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:19:25 -0500

Hi, Is there a way to export All Pending Test Runs to Excel. I would like to have an overview in Excel of the all the pending test runs, so I can filter on Tester, Progress, Test Failed, etc... BR, Vincent

Progress report & graph available?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:41:51 -0500

Hi, For testing, we will create a lot of test sets. Afterwards, test cases (with test steps) will be added to every test set. We would like to have an idea of the work already executed and still to be executed. Is there a report and/or graph to achieve this? To be clear, we would like to have an idea of the test cases and/or test steps that are passed/not run/failed/blocked, within the test sets. E.g.: 210 test cases passed 10 test cases failed 400 test cases not run 390 test steps passed 15 test steps blocked etc... (but within the test sets, so the same test case can be passed 3 times, and not run 4 times) There is a graph on test set level. However, this graph is not representative, since one test set can contain 1 test case with 1 test step or 20 test cases with even more test steps. BR, Vincent

Reporting on test step level?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 09:28:47 -0500

Hi, Can SpiraTest provide a report on test STEP level? Our setup is: Test scanario = test set = test case (one-to-one relationship between test set and test case). And to every test case, there are a number of test steps added. One test case can for example consist of 3 test steps or 25 test steps. Thus, reporting based on test case (or test set) is not truthful. Thats why I would like to have a report saying how many test STEPS are passed, not run, failed, ... Can someone help me out? Thanks, Vincent

Test step description not visible in test run

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:05:09 -0500

Hi, I discovered something very strange. All (18) test steps are correctly added to my test case (always with the right description). When executing the test run, however, the description of some test steps (3 test steps in this example), is not shown! I have other test cases with the same issue. Is this a bug? Br, Vincent

Copy screen lay-out to new users

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:01:05 -0500

Hi, Is it possible to copy the screen lay-out (HomePage & One-stop shop page) of a current user when creating new users? We want to have a common template (lay-out) without having to manually adapt the screen lay-out for every user (>30 users). Thanks. Vincent

Rapise test step seems to be skipped when running from SpiraTeam

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 13 May 2021 13:49:56 -0400

I have a test that I had created and I changed it and tried to re-upload it to SpiraTeam. When I would run the test it seemed to have not overwritten it. So, I deleted the whole thing and no change. So then I went looking in the documents and whatnot and found somethings that needed to be deleted, so I deleted those things to make sure there wasnt any wires crossed and prevent it from seeing anything from the previous test. I have cleared my browser cache. I recreated my test completely and uploaded it. I ran it a few times and it does the same. Then I went in to look at the actual test file and what I added is there. It is a message box to pause the test and allow the tester to enter the recaptcha and click OK and then it will hit submit to complete the test. It looks like the message box is just getting skipped like it isnt there and then it clicks submit. The test runs fine if I run it right from Rapise. Has anyone ran into that situation? I am getting frustrated with it at the moment and need some help.

Azure DevOp Syncing Issues

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 21:51:27 -0500

We are using SpiraTest with Cloud Version of DevOps but we are having syncing issues or we either need to understand the platform better. Some of the issues are the following: 1. SpiraTest will overwrite changes made in DevOps for some reason (not sure why), it will change dev statuses or move to previous iteration path if a change is detected, this is automatic. Not in all cases. 2. Bugs cant be placed in actual backlog, we had to create a fake backlog iteration to place bugs not in a sprint. Reason why releases only show in Spiratest, but not backlog. 3. Bugs created in SpiraTest arent parented back to the original user story, we have to manually parent them back. Causing considering able time on our end. Anyway to resolve this?

Test Cases - Replicate the command bar below the Test Steps

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 05:48:27 -0400

Usability Suggestion: While in a single test case, it would be useful to replicate the command bar (Insert Step, Insert Link, Refresh, Clone, Import, Delete Step, etc.) below the list of test steps as well as above. I am frequently editing one step toward the bottom of many, and then need to scroll up to hit the insert step button, then scroll back down to find the new step where I can resume editing. Seems like a low-effort, easy-return task to me.

License Management

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:42:25 -0500

Hi, Could you tell me the process to unistall a license? Also will I need a new license key each year? Regards,

REST API v6.0 Find Requirements linked to Release

Tom Ward (tward@stayinfront.com) — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 03:43:39 -0500

Hello I am trying to send a request all requirements that are assigned to a release. In the SpiraTest itself requirements have a release field so I believe it should be possible to make such a call but as far as I can tell the API does not have a suitable call. Is this correct? Thank You

Rest API v6.0 call for list of requirements by row

Parthiv Pandya (ppandya@stayinfront.com) — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 03:52:00 -0500

Hello I am trying to use this API call however am getting an access denied error. I have successfully used other calls so I dont think the setup is causing me issue. I have two questions that I think will help me understand the issue: Does the starting row relate to the Requirement ID, or is it the starting row in the fully expanded requirements table? Is the number of rows the increment to the requirement ID or is it the number or rows down from the starting requirement in the fully expanded requirements table Thank You

Documents Artifact - Managing Duplicate folders

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 22:56:47 -0400

I have a bunch of duplicate folders in the Documents section of SpiraTest. For each duplicate folder the second instance does not contain any files. I dont see a way to select and delete the empty folder within the Documents Artifact. Im pretty sure thats by design. How do I go about removing these duplicate folders, and prevent this from happening in the future? Thanks, Mike

Delete Update ReleaseBuild over API

Ilia Poliakov (ilya.polyakov@edetek.com) — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 21:38:32 -0500

Hi SpiraTest Team, Are there plans to make a SOAP/REST API endpoint for editing/deleting release builds? Heres all the Release Build API information I could find: http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v6_0/RestService.aspx#Release%20Build Please let me know since I believe this would probably help with CI integration.

Custom Properties for ReleaseBuilds?

Ilia Poliakov (ilya.polyakov@edetek.com) — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 23:57:30 -0500

Hi SpiraTest Team, Are there plans to add custom properties to ReleaseBuild artifacts? Currently they only support very simple fields. These would be nice so that we can filter for certain pieces of metadata within these artifacts. Please let me know. Thanks!

Add Release with REST API?

Michael Hashimoto (michael.hashimoto@liferay.com) — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 23:22:15 -0500

Hi Spira Team, I was trying to add a release using the REST API, however I was running into issues. I am able to run some POSTS like the projects/{project_id}/releases/search?number_rows={number_rows}&start_row={start_row} , so I think we have the right credentials. However, for some reason I was not able to get the create release endpoint working: projects/{project_id}/releases https://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v5_0/RestServiceOperation.aspx?uri=projects%2f%7bproject_id%7d%2freleases&method=POST My guess is that I am not putting the correct request data? I am unsure which data is the required fields. I tried the following as request data: {OwnerId:33,CreatorId:33,ProjectId:12,ReleaseStatusId:1,ReleaseTypeId:4,VersionNumber:7.2.x,Name:Release 7.2.x} Heres the error I am getting in the response: The server encountered an error processing the request. The exception message is An error occurred while updating the entries. See the inner exception for details.. See server logs for more details. The exception stack trace is: at System.Data.Mapping.Update.Internal.UpdateTranslator.Update(IEntityStateManager stateManager, IEntityAdapter adapter) at System.Data.Objects.ObjectContext.SaveChanges(SaveOptions options) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.Business.SpiraTestEntitiesEx.SaveChanges(SaveOptions options, Nullable`1 userId, Boolean updateHistory, Boolean sendNotification, Nullable`1 rollbackId) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.Business.SpiraTestEntitiesEx.SaveChanges(Nullable`1 userId, Boolean updateHistory, Boolean sendNotification, Nullable`1 rollbackId) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.Business.ReleaseManager.Insert(Int32 userId, Int32 projectId, Int32 creatorId, String name, String description, String versionNumber, String indentLevel, ReleaseStatusEnum releaseStatus, ReleaseTypeEnum releaseType, DateTime startDate, DateTime endDate, Decimal resourceCount, Decimal daysNonWorking, Nullable`1 ownerId, Boolean logHistory) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.Business.ReleaseManager.Insert(Int32 userId, Int32 projectId, Int32 creatorId, String name, String description, String versionNumber, Nullable`1 existingReleaseId, ReleaseStatusEnum releaseStatus, ReleaseTypeEnum releaseType, DateTime startDate, DateTime endDate, Decimal resourceCount, Decimal daysNonWorking, Nullable`1 ownerId, Boolean ignoreLastInserted, Boolean logHistory) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.Web.Services.v5_0.RestService.Release_Create2(String project_id, String parent_release_id, RemoteRelease remoteRelease) at SyncInvokeRelease_Create1(Object , Object[] , Object[] ) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.SyncMethodInvoker.Invoke(Object instance, Object[] inputs, Object[] outputs) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DispatchOperationRuntime.InvokeBegin(MessageRpc rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage5(MessageRpc rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage11(MessageRpc rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.MessageRpc.Process(Boolean isOperationContextSet) Does this error look familiar? What fields may I be missing in order to successfully create a release? Please let me know when you have a chance. Thanks!

Build Description Options?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 22:56:42 -0400

Hi Spira Test Team, I wanted to use Builds within our CI environment, and I was wondering if there was a way to create a build description with a newline character. I guess what I want to know overall is there some kind of markdown to get the text within a build to look as I would like? Or is it just pretty supposed to be plain text with no newlines or special characters. I tried the following and they both did not work: line1\nline2 line1\\nline2 Please let me know when you have a chance. Thank you so much for all of your help! -Michael

Rest API Endpoint for Automated Test Runs does not work

Leslie Gustafson (leslie.gustafson@toluna.com) — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 17:54:56 -0500

API Page: /projects/{project_id}/test-runs/search/automated When I run the following curl, I got an error: curl \ -H Accepts: application/json \ -H Content-Type: application/json \ -u [key] -X POST \ -d [] \ https://[team].spiraservice.net/services/v6_0/RestService.svc /projects/{project_id}/test-cases/test-runs/search/automated?starting_row\=1\&number_of_rows\=10 I get the following response: The passed in starting_row needs to be an integer The workaround is hit each individual Runs endpoint, but that seems like itll be taxing on the server.

Increase the size of text boxes for the test execute by default?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:33:10 -0500

Im planning to have a lot of testcases which compare many screenshots. However, the expected box is very small by default (only shows 1-2 lines). I would have to drag the bottom right corner of the expected text box down each time to expand and see the full image screenshot. Is there a way to increase the default size of the expected and assertion test boxes by default? This would increase our productivity a lot by saving time from tedious click and drag. Thank you.

SMTP Error during Notification email sending

Kirils Raduncevs (kirils.raduncevs@x-infotech.com) — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:28:41 -0500

Hello, There is currently a stange issue with sending email notifications to the SpiraTest users. On notification event the following error is detected in System Logs: Syntax error, command unrecognized. The server response was: Callback from SMTP Send: In APPLICATION.Common.MailClient::smtpClient_SendCompleted(): Messages: Syntax error, command unrecognized. The server response was: [System.Net.Mail.SmtpException] Stack Trace: at System.Net.Mail.SmtpConnection.ConnectAndHandshakeAsyncResult.End(IAsyncResult result) at System.Net.Mail.SmtpTransport.EndGetConnection(IAsyncResult result) at System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.ConnectCallback(IAsyncResult result) Callback from SMTP Send: After contacting the SMTP Mailing provider, their response was that they are only seeing the Syntax error on their side. The Email configuration involves SSL and the mailing server can be connected from the hosting machine and the certificate is considered as a valid one. SpiraTest version is 6.0.0.3 with all the modules of version 6.0.0.0. Id like to know if anybody has faced the same issue and what could be the issues or maybe it is a system bug?

How to link a requirement to more then one release or iteration

Ilia Poliakov (ilya.polyakov@edetek.com) — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 15:32:36 -0500

Hello Forum I am new in using SpiraTest. I wonder how I can link a requirement to more then one release or iteration. Do you have the solution ? Thanks and regards HUgues PS : I am using version SpiraTest v 5.4.0 . 4 | en

How do I lock a passed script?

Tom Mcguire (tom.mcguire@aveva.com) — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:42:38 -0400

I have a widespread team of testers and some of them are re-testing cases where it has already passed and then doing a block. I want to freeze a test case if it has passed, is this possible? Many Thanks from merry old England Tom

Filter test cases while adding them into Test Sets

Filip Krivsky (Filip.Krivsky@Monster.com) — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:14:28 -0400

Hi, We are struggling with the following workflow. Can you advise how to overcome this seeming limitation? We have tests organized in many folders/subfolders by different applications/modules/features. The tests in those folders have custom properties denoting their Automated status. We have both automated and not automated tests side by side in the same folders. Now, we want to create separate test sets for the same folder trees recursively based on the Automated status. However, when selecting a test case folder and using Add tests to test set feature, we cant filter the tests in any way. Applying the filter in the Test Case folder first and then adding the test cases also doesnt help.

Is Incident user can create or modify the incidents

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:09:39 -0400

Hi Team, User has Incident user permission and he cant see the incidents either to create or modify . Could you please let me know the root cause of the issue. Regards, Rajaram

Assert and Verify Commands in Selenium

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 07:44:57 -0400

Hello Everyone, I am new in this community and I am learning selenium to get a job in automation testing and I have confused in some topics like the difference between assert and verify commands in Selenium? In my previous interview i was stuck on this question and finding exact difference. Can anyone know about it? and guide me on how to prepare for the interview with real time scenarios.

SpiraTest Configuring the Synchronization Service

Michael Tan (pengyeaw.tan@genting.com) — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 10:31:44 -0400

Hi All , I am exploring data synchronization between SpiraTest on premise with Microsoft TFS. So as I proceed with the setup of data synchronization , there is this statement The base URL to your instance Spira. It is typically of the form http:// /SpiraTeam. Make sure that when you enter this URL on a browser on the server itself, the application login page appears. So i tried it & it failed. The error is Server Error in /SpiraTest Application Parser Error Message: This method cannot be called during the applications pre-start initialization phase. Source Error: Line 226: Line 227: Line 228: Line 229: Line 230: Source File: C:\Program Files (x86)\SpiraTest\web.config Line: 228 May I know any solution to it ? Thanks

Configuring Custom Property Mapping

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 07:57:04 -0400

Hi all , I am working on Microsoft TFS Product Data Mapping . Under the Artifact Field Mapping, there are standard fields & Custom Properties. I am facing an issue of configuring custom property mapping as there arent anything shown in custom properties column. Regards, Michael

Delete Users From SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:06:21 -0400

Hello there, I want to permanently remove all inactive users from SpiraTest instead of just to be able to deactivate only. This has caused a growing list of inactive users in the application. Please suggest a way to delete them. I want to clean up the unwanted users from the application. Thanks, Michael

Integration between SpiraTest and Azure DevOps Server

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:57:39 -0400

Hi all, currently Im setting up the integration between SpiraTest and Azure DevOps but I keep hit the error as shown below: General Error: TF400324: Team Foundation services are not available from the server. Technical information (for administrator): TF31002: Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server: (Azure URL). I have set the URL, username and password correctly. But it still prompt this error to me. Regards, Beh

Authorize Access to TFS

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 06:26:41 -0400

Im currently setting up the integration between SpiraTest & TFS. I can access the TFS using my account which is administrator via web browser. But when I setup in the data sync, I hit the error below: General Error: TF30063: You are not authorized to access (TFS URL) Hope to look for respond and help soon. Thank you

Trying to make SpiraTest work with medical devices

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:13:35 -0400

I am new to SpiraTest and have almost figured out how to make SpiraTest work within 21 CFR Part 11 (medical devices). I have a few remaining questions Im hoping someone may have good pointers on: We have User-Needs which get Validated. Each User Need consists of one of more Requirements which get Verified. My plan is to just indent the Requirements and leave the User Needs as top-level requirements. My concern is that when all requirements are tested, the tool will show the User Need (top level) as having been tested. But I want to require a separate Validation for all top-level User-Needs. Any suggestions on how to implement this? Second and last question: Looking for best practices on versioning test case protocols. I can add a custom version field to the test case and require a signature to release it. If I then want to edit it, I was thinking of cloning the test case, resetting the status to not approved (or whatever), and incrementing the version number. Anyone have experience with this workflow and potential pitfalls? This would result in one requirement being tested by multiple test cases (different version number)... I think thats ok. Appreciate any feedback. Thanks -Ed Each USER NEED gets translated into several REQUIREMENTS (SRS for Software and REQs for Hardware). REQUIREMENTS get Verified. USER NEEDS get Validated. I was going to put all User Needs as the top level Requirements, and the Requirements would be indented. My concern is that if all requirements are tested, it will show the User Need as having been tested. 1) I will add a required signature to release a Requirement. Great. Now I want to release Version 2 of the requirements in our document control system so I will have SpiraTest output a list of requirements in PDF format so check-in. In the check-in process (we use Arena), we always need to say: What changed since the last approved version. Is there a way I can filter requirement based on when they were edited? As in: Show me all requirements which were edited since I released the first version?

MantisDataSync - Check Mantis version 0.0.0

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 09:15:25 -0400

Hi, I'm trying to use SpiraTest 5.0.0.6 with Mantis 1.2.19. I get this error during the data synchronisation : Mantis version 0.0.0 is not supported. MantisDataSync requires Mantis to be on 1.1.8 or newer. à Inflectra.SpiraTest.PlugIns.MantisDataSync.MantisDataSync.mantisCheckVersion(MantisConnect inClient) à Inflectra.SpiraTest.PlugIns.MantisDataSync.MantisDataSync.Setup(EventLog eventLog, Boolean traceLogging, Int32 dataSyncSystemId, String webServiceBaseUrl, String spiraLogin, String spiraPassword, String mantisURL, String mantisLogin, String mantisPassword, Int32 timeOffsetHours, Boolean autoMapUsers, String custom01, String custom02, String custom03, String custom04, String custom05) à Inflectra.SpiraTest.DataSyncService.DataSyncService.CheckStatus(Object state) Can someone help me ? Thank.

SpiraTest - Loose state run test case afer modify enable a directory

Jim R (donotreply5@kronodesk.net) — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 08:26:52 -0400

Hi, How to rallback states run of tests case in subdirectories after enable a high level directory was disable ? Kind regards, Benjamin-Michel GRIFFART

SpiraTest mapping with many externals keys Jira

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:24:49 -0400

Hello, I have read this thread : https://www.inflectra.com/Support/Forum/integrations/bug-trackers/451.aspx is passed out of date december 2012. Today, what about it with SpiraTest 6.6.0.0 and Jira 8.5. In SpiraTest, we create a project (product) who concerns many Jira applications. When a SpiraTest user create a defect, this defect is automatically create in Jira external key whos mapped. Is it possible for a SpiraTest single project to synchronize with many externals keys in Jira ? For example, by a custom property list or text ? Thank you.

Pytest automation integration adds +5 hours to Actual duration

Ivan David (idavid@progress.com) — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 13:44:04 -0500

Hi All, our automated test runs (from Pytest) from Jenkins job have Actual duration time with plus 5h offset stored in SpiraTest cloud. Only thing which comes to my mind is our different time zone which is GMT +1 (Prague) but then the difference should be 6h to east coast USA. Does anyone has the same experience with Pytest automation? Thanks. Ivan

Synchronizing releases from Jira to Spira Test

Ivan David (idavid@progress.com) — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:48:47 -0400

Hi, I would like to ask how the release synchronization works. I needed to enable only one way synchronization so newly created bugs, epics etc. in Jira are not flooding our SpiraTest which is used for testing not tracking all the work. Now newly created releases are not created in Spira Test even when new records (tasks, bugs) are added to release in Jira. With our previous Redmine sync the releases were synchronized even when the one way sync was enabled. Does the Jira sync works differently or do I have to set up the sync in a different way? I havent found any regarding releases in the Jira sync documentation. Thank you all for any hints. Best regards, Ivan

Can not reorder steps in Test Case

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:19:38 -0500

Hi, during last two week it started to happen that we are unable to reorder test steps in test case. It happens suddenly without any obvious reason. One person can not do it but others can do it or the same person after a while is able to change it. Does anyone experienced same problem, please? Thanks, Ivan

TFS to SpiraTest - Not Authorized to Modify Incidents

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 07:22:14 -0400

1. Bug created in SpiraTest. 2. Bug is synced and appear in TFS 2015. 3. Change the bug status in TFS. Status not able to reflect in SpiraTest and event log shown as below. Error updating TFS work item in SpiraTest - error message = Not Authorized to Modify Incident

Include a tesCase from one project into a testSet in another

Ilia Poliakov (ilya.polyakov@edetek.com) — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 17:57:58 -0500

Hello Spira support, Many thanks to your product. We have a situation, where in some projects we are storing TestSets that should consists of TestCases from different other projects as an evidence of integrational testing (full-flow testing or End-to-End testing). Looks like Spira is very close to be able to do it as there is a column Product at a screen, where TestCases are added, but something goes wrong:

Automating Test Cases for Manual Test Flag

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 20:20:21 -0400

We have a repository of manual tests and about half of them have been automated using Selenium. If the test case has already been automated and then the manual test case is updated is there a flag displayed that the automated test case needs to be updated also? Thank you

Test Case Workflows

Ilia Poliakov (ilya.polyakov@edetek.com) — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:14:07 -0400

Hi, I need to be able to add additional steps to the workflow. I see that this request was made in 2017, is there a timeline when it will be ready?

Moving TCs from one folder to another in SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 20:34:47 -0500

We would like to take a series of tcs and move them into a different folder. Is there an easy way to do this task.

Executing a Test Case and Marking as Blocked

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 18:24:53 -0500

Is there a way to add a standard terminology block to the comments block when executing a test case?

Custom Reports for Comments

Bashir Ali (bashir.ali@arup.com) — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:45:38 -0500

Hi, I am trying to pull a report that includes the comments filed on Failed, Blocked and Caution test execution status. Is there a way to pull the Test Case Summary and have it include the comments from the execution? I have tried creating custom reports but the only comment available is for Requirements. Any advice? Thanks

RemoteLaunch with Python and Selenium

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:32:04 -0400

Ok, so using the remote launch tool is a bit convoluted, but I finally got it successfully executing a remote script. A simple test, such as executing a python script that prints something on the remote system reports back to spiratest as expected. Next up was executing a very simple selenium test. The test opens a page, puts test into the search field, searches, and looks for a result. The script works fine when i execute it manually. When I execute it via RemoteLaunch, it runs the script, but the Selenium component does not seem to happen, and I get no feedback as to why. I SHOULD see a commandline window come up, chrome launch, webpage change, chrome close, test complete. Instead I see the commandline window show up, print out my debug statements, and close Chrome never opens. I am not using the selenium specific component of Spiratest. For now, I am attempting to deal strictly with executing my own scripts. print("This line will be printed.") import unittest import time from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys time.sleep(3) print("naptime over.") class PythonOrgSearch(unittest.TestCase): def setUp(self): self.driver = webdriver.Chrome() def test_search_in_python_org(self): driver = self.driver driver.get("https://mytestsite.com/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa") self.assertIn("Jira", driver.title) elem = driver.find_element_by_name("searchString") elem.send_keys("username") elem.send_keys(Keys.RETURN) assert "No results found." not in driver.page_source def tearDown(self): self.driver.quit() print("Ending the testcase.") if __name__ == "__main__": unittest.main()

Api request to retrieve folders + hierarchy + test cases lists

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:29:23 -0400

Hi inflectra, I would like to know if an API request exist to retrieve (get) the content off all test case folders of a project with also the folders and subfolders + hierarchy. More precisely i want to retrieve not only the test cases folders (as possible with projects/{project_id}/test-folders ) and not only the list of test cases (as possible with projects/{project_id}/test-cases?starting_row={starting_row}&number_of_rows={number_of_rows}&sort_field={sort_field}&sort_direction={sort_direction}&release_id={release_id} ) but i want to retrieve from a project the folders (level 0 just at the root) + its test cases lists + its subfolders level 1 + the test case lists level1 + its subfolders level2 + its test cases list level 2 + its subfolders level3, etc.) It would be nice to have like a request api that scan and retrieve all the content of all folders of the project to get at the end the hierarchy folders and the tests cases lists with their position in the hierarchy. Hope its clear and you will be able to answer to me. Thanks. Carine

Record Test Equipment details

David Thompson (s.m.carey@gmail.com) — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:26:43 -0400

Hi, Were looking at using Spiratest to record our requirements/tests for products. Our software is typically embedded in a device (i.e. firmware) and we usually have to record the hardware that was used to perform the test (not as a requirement, simply to say what we used to do the test). We also have to record the details of any calibrated equipment we use to make measurements when ensuring the software performs as intended (i.e. tachometer to measure speed, clamp meter to measure current, etc) Whats the best way to record this information in SpiraTest? Thanks

Exporting Test Step Properties with Test Results

Ashley Holman (ashley.holman@gameloft.com) — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 21:04:13 -0500

Hello! Let me preface this by saying that Im really new to the reporting functionalities of Spira and have 0 coding knowledge so the admin guide section on reporting was pretty heavy for me, apologies if I lack information/details needed to resolve this. Background Info: We have created a custom property associated with test steps (named weight) which gives a numerical weight to each test step, we are hoping to use these weights to determine a Pass/Fail threshold for our manual smoke tests. Question: Is there a way to export a test runs results to include the following? Test Case Test Step Custom Property (Weight) Result (Pass/Fail/etc) Moreover, do you have a super remedial/Teaching your grandma level tutorial on Spira reports? Hoping to learn more on the side to avoid reaching out here whenever I hit a wall. Thank you in advance, Ash

Create Build over REST API fails - BuildID must be set to NULL

Cornelia Sieber (cornelia.sieber@sidion.de) — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:46:28 -0500

Dear Spira Team, I want to create a build using the REST API via postman. The json body looks like { BuildId:24, BuildStatusId:2, ProjectId:9, ReleaseId:556, Name:Rechnungssuche #24 } I get an 400 Bad Request and the error message Vor der Erstellung eines Build Objekts muss seine BuildId auf Null gesetzt werden. English: before you create a build object, its BuildId must be set to NULL. Where is my mistake? Kind regards, Cornelia

Change Title of Test Runs?

Cornelia Sieber (cornelia.sieber@sidion.de) — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 06:17:07 -0400

When I start executing a test, can I change the title of the testrun, so that I can distinguish different test runs for one test case? I have seen that it is possible for exploratory test cases, but I would like to do it also on functional test cases.

Generating report is very slow -Spiratest

Steve M (mike.morrey+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:05:32 -0500

Hi, I am very new to SpiraTest and the SQL world, I do apologize in advance if ask a silly question :) Our Run Test Summary has 52000 tables for Project #195 and it takes almost 6-7 hours for the excel file to be ready for download and viewing. Looking at the SQL server, it is receiving select top (50) per batch and I guess it be could be the issue as it is taking so long? When I query on SQL server for Select TOP (52000) , it generates the report in 15 seconds. My question is, how we change the configuration/codes on SpiraTest software to send a higher number of batches instead of 50? I want to change it to Lets 5000 or 10000. Is it something that can be done in SQL configuration or via we need to edit code in SpiraTest software? In short, If I send to generate a report via a web browser, then it selects SELECT TOP (50) and it takes 6-8 hours but if I directly run on SQL by changing to SELECT TOP (52000) it takes 15 seconds to generate the report. I have tested it on Spiratest 6.6.1, and 6.7 and on a 2x32Cores/128GB ram dedicated server. It does not seem to be a hardware issue but Spiratest codes. anyone can help thanks?

Missing artifact

Tanv Kaur (tanvir.kaur@reventiq.com) — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:13:04 -0500

I created a requirement and tried to use drag and drop to move to a new position in the requirements listing table however that this requirement has vanished from the requirements table. However, when I open the requirement details page by clicking on another requirement, I can see this requirement in the left frame. Can someone please guide on what to do to bring it on the main requirements listing page? Thanks TK

Is the integration with jira just data or ?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 28 May 2021 20:42:45 -0400

Is the integration just data or are you able to do things like create test cases or manage test cases?

Parameters in sub-TestCases

Aurélien Trotignon (aurelien.trotignon@external.cp.com) — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:47:49 -0500

Hi, We have a TestCaseLvl1 calling a TestCaseLvl2 calling multiple times a TestCaseLvl3, which has a Parameter (e.g. ${TCL3_parameter} ). The problem is: from TCLvl1 point of view , we cannot execute TCLvl3 with different parameters: either we do nothing, and TCLvl1 knows ${TCL3_parameter} , but if we fill it here, it will be the same for every TCLvl3 called. or we use TCLvl2 to call TCLvl3 with different names, e.g. ${TCL3_parameter} = ${1stCallValue} , and later ${TCL3_parameter} = ${2ndCallValue} ; then in TCLvl1 we fill ${1stCallValue}=Value1 and ${2ndCallValue}=Value2 . But in this case, TCLvl3 does NOT display Value1 but ${1stCallValue} , as if it had taken it as a string, and not as a reference. This is a big problem for us because we have either to sacrifice test case usage or maintenability. Is there a way to fill a parameter with a parameter, or to execute sub-testcases with different parameters values ? Thanks, regards

Email Integration Service

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:24:58 -0400

Does the Email Integration Service plugin work if you are using SpiraTest only (do not have SpiraTeams)? I am trying to get the capability of adding emails to ticket comments but we are only using SpiraTest and the documentation mentions SpiraTeams.

xUnit integration for SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:21:09 -0400

Will you be creating an xUnit plugin (like the NUnit one already available) for SpiraTest? We use xUnit in our projects. Best regards Ulrik Farlov-Qvist

Incident Creation and Automated Tests

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:43:12 -0400

Hi, I noticed in the SpiraDocs that it is possible to create an incident via running manual test cases, but what about automated test cases? I am using the Remote LaunchX jar to run my tests. Is it possible for me to have an incident created automatically when my automated test case fails? Thanks, Jonathan

What are the primary activities of the OKTA super admin?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:00:25 -0400

Hi Everyone., Can anyone answer this question. What are the primary activities of OKTA super admin? Regards, Sarika A

API: Obtain list of child requirements [RQ] belonging to parent

Goran Kurucev (gorank@menu.app) — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 12:36:24 -0400

Currently, Im trying to find a way to calculate contribution of each requirements weight within whole requirement structure. I already have a custom property on requirement level named Weight (it takes values from a list 2^n where n>0 and n<10 i.e 2,4,8,16...1024). So I want to compare all requirements on the same indentation level to get their relative contribution in terms of that Weight values. So, my question is, as stated in the title - is there any way to get the list of children requirements of a particular requirement using API?

Spira Test to Power BI

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:32:20 -0500

Hi, I am trying to get our spira data into Power Bi to produce some reports, but getting a Access to the resource is fobidden when connecting using the odata option. Looking into the odata api it looks like this doesnt work with spira test. Is there another way this can be done?

How to use RSS API Key in TestLink Migration Tool

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:02:32 -0500

Hi Im trying to import test data from testlink. But the authentication of SpiraPlan doesnt support username/password. Is there a way of using my SpiraPlans RSS/API Key to authenticate in TestLink Migration Tool?

Support for Google docs type in 'Document' link "Preview" featur

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:48:47 -0400

Hi, our ways of working here is to use Google docs lodged on Google drives so that team members can collaborate on documents in real time. Therefore if (say) I want to add a Test Plan under SpiraTest Products/ Documents, once documents are fully reviewed and Baselined Id be happy to upload them to SpiraTest to secure, however while they are being collaborated on I plan to just add just the link there, which is why you allow this to be done I suspect. However when I click on the link Ive created in the Documents tab I get the error message Preview not available for this file - now if I then select the Versions tab and click the URL it takes me to that document, however the fact that Preview doesnt work for Google docs is a bit clunky, so is there a fix for this, now or planned? Thanks Jason

Ability to add Defect to Test Case

Jason Mudge (jason.mudge@port.ac.uk) — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:47:26 -0400

I notice theres no Add button to add a Defect to a Test Case, although you can add a Test Case to a Defect (which Im using as a workaround), but this doesnt seem very logical: why would you allow this to be done one way but not the other? Or is there a way of configuring this somewhere in Administration that Im not aware of? Thanks Jason

Cards do not retain position on Planning Board

Cindy Marinak (cindy@creeksidedigital.com) — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 17:42:21 -0400

For the past couple of months weve experienced a major issue where the positioning of cards on the planning board is not retained within sprints. The prioritization of user stories is key to ensuring the most important stories are addressed first. Has anyone else experienced this issue and is there a setting or a fix to resolve this issue?

Integration from Jira to Spiratest--heirarchy of requirements

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 23:02:09 -0500

We just set up integration from Jira to Spiratest to have requirements synch to Spiratest so that the test cases can easily link to the requirements. Jira has Epics which has links that are Features and then the Features have Stories linked to it. We need to have that hierarchy synch over to Spiratest so that the test cases linked to a story can then show what feature they are testing. So we have an epic in Jira that may have several features and each of those features may have several stories. It all comes over as one level to Jira which is not helpful at all Is there a way to integrate the heirarchy? I saw a very old thread that seemed to say it is not possible but assuming you have developed a way to do this now? thanks.

Apache OpenOffice Integration

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:55:39 -0500

Does SpiraTest support importing test cases from an Apache OpenOffice spreadsheet similar to the MS Excel integration?

Performance Testing using Rapise

Vivek Singla (VSingla@berkadia.com) — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 19:19:32 -0400

Is there any feature to do performance testing using Rapise? especially load testing?

Truncated Test Case names in Test Set details

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 17:11:16 -0400

Is there any way to expand the Test Case name column in the Test Cases Details page? Test Cases names are often long. When attempting to select specific test cases to execute from a Test Set, it is difficult to select the correct ones when all of the Test Case names are truncated.

Making a field required for report generation

Matt Wiggans (matt.wiggans@zethon.com) — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:00:45 -0400

I have a report for a Test Run Summary which I want the user to specify a release before running the report. There is a drop-down box for selecting a release. However, if the user does not select a release, it will generate the report for all releases, which is too much information. Is there a way to make the drop-down box a required field? So that an entry must be selected before the test can be run. Many thanks, Matt

Create test runs by filtering by custom properties?

F G (forenpost@freenet.de) — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:45:53 -0500

Hello, we are 3 partners who want to test the same software with SpiraTest. The software is not always identical. For the small differences we want to create several test steps or test cases. For identical tests, we also want to use only one test step or test case. With a property Applies to we want to mark the test steps and test cases for the partners . We hope to be able to filter on this property when creating a test run (see the picture) and the unmarked elements (test steps oder cases without x) are not used. But thats not how it works. Is that the wrong idea? I think that should be a typical test constellation, right? What are we doing wrong? What would be the right way?

Sending custom field data to the API

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 19:07:00 -0400

We added a couple of custom fields to the test run. One is a free text the other is a dropdown of 3 options. When I use the API to report a test run result from our automated tests, I need to pass data for the fields. I do not see how to do that in the documentation. POST: projects/{project_id}/test-runs/record What do I pass into the CustomProperties part of the payload?

SpiraTest v6.X API : Test Case Requirement Coverage

Simon Gaudin (simongaudin65@gmail.com) — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 09:35:03 -0400

Hi, Im currently working on some automation program in Python with the SpiraTest v6.X API, and so far I did not have any issue with the API. But today, I tried to access the endpoint used for getting the Requirement Coverage of a Test Case, here in the documentation : https://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v6_0/RestService.aspx#Test%20Case%20Requirement%20Coverage When requesting this particular endpoint, I receive an error 404, saying this endpoint does not exist. Heres my request (the spira url, my username and api-key are blanked out on purpose) : https://SPIRA_URL/SpiraTest/services/v6_0/RestService.svc/projects/9/test-cases/16662/requirements?username=USERNAME&api-key=API-KEY I tried to search online for related topics, but I found nothing, so Im wondering if its a real bug, or just an issue with the way SpiraTest was setup by my company... Any help would be appreciated :)

Test Step templates for reuse in several test cases

Francisco Gonzalez (francisco.gonzalez@uponor.com) — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:21:19 -0500

Hello everyone! I would like to know if there is a way to generate templates for test steps, and thus reuse and optimize the process of creating and maintaining test cases. Currently we are using a Test Templates folder, where we define test cases with the steps we need for our test cases. To create new cases this is great, the problem arises when we edit one of the steps of these Test templates, because this modification is not transferred to the test cases where they have been used. Is there any way to refresh those test cases with the modifications made in the Test Templates? If not, are you planning to implement a feature to have test steps templates in future versions of Spiratest? Thanks in advance! BR, Fran

Authentication failed using Python

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:58:41 -0500

Hello, Im trying to get response form spiratest using python. Here is the code I wrote. import json, requests body = {"highlightedLinkId": -8} headers = { 'accept': 'application/json', 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'User-Agent': "John Smith", } params = { 'username': 'SmithJ', 'api-key': '{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXX}', } url = "https://company.name.co.uk/SpiraTest/Services/Ajax/GlobalService.svc/GlobalNavigation_RetrieveWorkspaces" response = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(body), params=params, headers=headers) print(response.text) Ive copied RSS / API Key from the settings. However I have the following error: {Message:Authentication failed.,StackTrace:,ExceptionType:} Could you tell me please what Im doing wrong, please. Thank you in advance for any response.

base64 and add-update-automation-script

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 09:02:28 -0500

Hi, I tried to add a script with this api. projects/{project_id}/test-cases/{test_case_id}/add-update-automation-script?automation_engine_id={automation_engine_id}&url_or_filename={url_or_filename}&description={description}&version={version}&project_attachment_type_id={project_attachment_type_id}&project_attachment_folder_id={project_attachment_folder_id} Is working fine for Linked files, but if I want to send directly the base64 in the payload, it fires an error. The server encountered an error processing the request. The exception message is Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: G. Path , line 1, position 1.. See server logs for more details. The exception stack trace is: at Inflectra.SpiraTest.Web.Services.Rest.NewtonsoftJsonDispatchFormatter.DeserializeRequest(Message message, Object[] parameters) at Inflectra.SpiraTest.Web.Services.Rest.UriTemplateDispatchFormatter.DeserializeRequest(Message message, Object[] parameters) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DispatchOperationRuntime.DeserializeInputs(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DispatchOperationRuntime.InvokeBegin(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage5(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage11(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.MessageRpc.Process(Boolean isOperationContextSet) Any suggestions? Thanks

Is the Baseline feature available on SpiraTest Ver: 4.2.0.10?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 23:26:52 -0500

Could someone please confirm if the baseline feature is available on SpiraTest (v4.2.0.10)?

Is there a way to add parameters to a list of test cases?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:49:48 -0500

Ive successfully added parameters to individual test cases using the Edit Parameters button inside each test case. I need to add the same parameter to a list of test cases (over 100). Is there a way to add it in bulk?

Scaling of webpage removes functionality

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:11:01 -0400

When a list of Test Cases, for instance, is viewed on a mobile browser the number of columns reduces and there is no apparent way to see the hidden columns. I would expect to scroll to the right, but that does not work. Turning the phone sideways does show more columns, but not all and I cannot zoom out more either. The same thing happens when the desktop browser window is shrunken, so this is not just a mobile view issue.

Default focus when editing a row of a list

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:50:20 -0400

When editing a row or creating a new row in a list (such as Test Cases or Requirements), it would be very helpful to have the focus change to the Name field so that I dont have to click there every time. And then a shortcut for the Save and New button would allow me not to have to use the mouse at all when adding a bunch of items.

API: Obtaining list of linked test sets knowing test case id

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Wed, 15 May 2024 20:00:34 -0400

Is there a simple way (using existing API calls) to retrieve list of all the linked TestSets if TestCase id is known? Note: Ive managed to find those information starting onTestSet side, but its time consuming as it loops through all the sets until it finds a test case that actually has a link to the set itself

Column Filter Field Width

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:01:12 -0400

The width of the filter options seem to be truncated all of the time regardless of the column width which makes it difficult to use unless you hover over each item nd wait for the tooltip to be displayed. The same for the actual selected filter value in the column header. See video of the issues: firefox_5ukXvsDE0I.mp4

Spira Test User creation not working through REST API

Rose Black (rosebl2244@gmail.com) — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 07:50:01 -0400

Hi Team, I am trying to create a user in SPira test using the v6 rest API but i am getting an error. Invoke-restmethod : message : there was an error processing the request , stacktrace , exceptiontype I have previously worked on product creations using API and is working perfectly fine but user creation is not working. I have given the required params too. COuld you please help me on this. I am using powershell for the scripting.

Automatic Removal of Followers of Artifacts

Victoria D (nino.diasamidze@inflectra.com) — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:24:27 -0400

When I remove a user from a SpiraTest product, they continue to receive emails when an artifact they were following is updated. If I have removed them from the product, I would expect them to stop receiving any information (i.e. notifications) about the artifacts within that product (not least of all for security reasons when working with sensitive data). I am aware I can manually remove them as a follower, but I would have to review every artifact within the product in order to completely remove them, which just isnt practical.

How can i filter defects across more than one Release?

Victoria D (nino.diasamidze@inflectra.com) — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 08:11:54 -0400

I need to review and prioritise Incidents that have been raised from multiple Releases. However, the filtering is limited to a single release. Is there any other way I can achieve what I need? I find it quite surprising (and frustrating!) the filtering is so limited within the Incidents module.

I cannot Attach or Paste image on Description or comments

Kat A (elise.brooks@inflectra.com) — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:10:06 -0500

Am using a new verson 8.5 System doesnt allow me to attach an image as proof of the incident on spira version 8.5

Spiratest comparison (on prem vs cloud)

Victoria D (nino.diasamidze@inflectra.com) — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 01:03:51 -0400

Hello, May i know what is the difference between SPiraTest on prem and Spiratest cloud in terms of the following? 1. Functionality and features available. 2. Storage 3. List of third-party applications that can be integrated 4. Add-ins and plug-ins supported. 5. Concurrent users that can use the applications. Details in Inflectra.com website is just a high level, want to know in depth comparison between on prem and cloud of spiratest.

spiratest integration with postman

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 02 May 2025 02:25:13 -0400

can we integrate spiratest with postman? if so can you share process on how to do so? from configuration to performing the execution of scripts in postman collection. Cant seem to find any articles related to this. Thank you.

How to include 'Tester name' in the report?

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 03:56:06 -0500

Im currently working on generating a Spira report, and I would like to include the testers name in the report. However, I am having trouble locating the correct field name to use. Would anyone be able to advise on how to include this information in the report? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Adding Custom Execution Statuses in SpiraTest

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 03:05:54 -0500

Hello, I am currently using SpiraTest for managing our test cases and execution statuses. By default, we have the standard execution statuses such as Passed, Failed, Blocked, and Caution. However, I would like to add additional custom execution statuses like Invalid and Out of Scope to better fit our testing needs. I have checked the administration and custom properties sections, but I couldnt find an option to add or modify execution statuses. Is there a way to customize the execution statuses in SpiraTest? If not, are there any recommended workarounds or best practices for tracking these additional statuses? Thank you for your assistance!

Spira Product Backup & Migration Tool Compatibility

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 05:13:48 -0500

Hi there, I have a question regarding the Spira Product Backup & Migration Tool. Specifically, does this tool support the SpiraTest Plan? Due to company policy restrictions, we are unable to download and test the product ourselves, so we would appreciate any information you can provide. Thank you!

My first experience

Donna Taylor (donna567taylor@www-ipass.com) — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 22:16:52 -0400

Im still learning, can anyone help me how to get started?

Looking for an easier way of reordering steps in a test case?

uprigh tecolo (clarencemiddleton12@gmail.com) — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:51:09 -0500

Is there an easier way other than using drag and drop to reorder steps in a test case? I have a lot of steps and it is taking a lot of time, to drap and drop, often they do not drop in the location I want. Im looking for an option where I can right click on the step and move to step 2 for example. Occassionally during a manual execution of a large test case, I have found some steps are in the wrong order, too late to change unless I stop and start again. It is very frustrating.

Increase number of lines on the 'My Assigned Test Sets' widget

Victoria D (nino.diasamidze@inflectra.com) — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:21:03 -0500

I use the My Assigned Test Sets filter on the My Page dashboard, I find it really useful to work from that page. However Ive noticed the limit of Test Sets is 50, so I dont dont see all the Test Sets assigned to me. I am aware there are other ways of seeing Test Sets, but this is purely a question related to the My Page widget. The My Assigned Test Cases filter allows me to add more than 50! Can the lines be increased, is it a setting my Admin can change? For all widgets Id love to see a Sort, or Order By option. Widgets with filters would be even better! Thanks

Any experience integrating IoT hardware testing data into SpiraT

uprigh tecolo (clarencemiddleton12@gmail.com) — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:01:08 -0500

Hi everyone - Im working on a small embedded-hardware project (sensors + ESP32) and starting to think about how to track testing results, bug reports, and feature requests in a unified way. I recently saw an article https://www.theengineeringprojects.com/2021/11/esp32-mqtt.html about using ESP32 to collect motion-sensor data and log it And Im wondering if anyone has used SpiraTest for managing tests or issues that come from hardware/firmware projects rather than pure software. Ive noticed a few Arduino forum threads where people manually track sensor test results in spreadsheets, and some Raspberry Pi groups that use custom scripts to export logs, but none seem to mention formal QA tools. Do you think SpiraTest adapts well to hardware-driven bug tracking (e.g. sensor failures, firmware bugs, hardware configs)? Any tips on setting it up for mixed hardware/software environments?

Search and Sorting Limitations in Add Test Cases Dialog

Victoria D (nino.diasamidze@inflectra.com) — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:46:43 -0500

Hello, I am reaching out regarding the behavior of the Add Test Cases dialog when adding test cases to a Test Set. Currently, I am only able to search for a test case if I enter the full formatted ID (e.g., TC:123). Searching by just the numeric value (e.g., 123) does not return results. Additionally, partial searches such as TC:12 do not return matching cases (e.g., TC:123, TC:124, etc.). There are two workflow limitations this creates: 1. It is not possible to search using just the numeric portion of the Test Case ID. 2. It is not possible to search for multiple test cases at once (e.g., TC:123, TC:124, TC:125). When creating several new test cases for a feature, they are typically sequential in number. It would significantly improve usability if: - Searching by numeric ID alone (e.g., 123) was supported. - Partial ID searches (e.g., TC:12) returned matching results. - Multiple IDs could be entered at once (comma-separated) to display all matches. - The list could be sorted numerically by Test Case ID in ascending order. At present, adding several sequential test cases requires searching and adding them one at a time, which is inefficient. Please let me know whether any of this functionality already exists or if it can be considered as an enhancement request. Thank you, Jeremy Grannan