A customer recently asked how Spira could support their internal process of Test Cases moving through a sequential Workflow for approval, first as a manual Test Case and then as an Automated Test case.
Test Cases in Spira can have both a manual Test Steps section and an Automation section.
In this article, we describe how to set up a two workflows that will work in a sequence.
With a recent update to Google Chrome (v76), Chrome had the CSS engine was modified which would make the sidebar navigation folder tree to become unusable. This issue was resolved by Google with the release of Chrome 77
This article is now obsolete.
We recently announced the release of an updated MS-Office plugin for Spira v5.0 that makes use of the new API in Spira 5.0. However some customers still need the older MS-Office 2010+ plugin for older versions of Spira (v4.x).
This article is obsolete.Our Excel365 plugin can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store from the add-ins menu. More details about the Excel365 addin can be found here.
In SpiraTest, when you create a new custom property in the incidents section, they are disabled by default. Unlike other parts of the system, the incident tracker has a customizable workflow. This article describes the steps necessary to enable the new custom properties in the workflow (which will make the custom property enabled).
This article is now obsolete.Custom Properties are now always active and do not require separate activation.
Sometimes, when troubleshooting complex issues with SpiraTest, SpiraPlan, SpiraTeam or KronoDesk, it's necessary for us to get some additional information to troubleshoot the issue further. For example, when we receive a report of performance trouble when using our cloud services, there are a lot of different factors that may contribute to the problem. To narrow down the cause of the performance problem, we need more data.
A workflow is a predefined sequence of incident statuses linked together by “workflow transitions”. Incident statuses and workflow transitions are highly configurable. This article gives an overview of workflow transitions.
When connecting from Spira or Krono installed on a separate application server to a remote SQL server, you may have difficulties connecting. This article describes the steps for making sure that your SQL Server can be accessed remotely.
In order for Rapise to be able to test a thick-client desktop application written using Qt, it needs to support Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA), as described in this article - http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/accessible-qwidget.html
This article demonstrates how to check your application to see if it supports MSAA.
When Rapise starts execution of a test, it sets working directory. If a test refers to a file using a relative path then the absolute path is calculated using the working directory.
The notion of the integrated test framework usually implies common functions and shared data between tests. Here we provide sample configuration making sharing Spira-friendly.
This article is obsolete. If you are on Rapise 8.0+ then we recommend to follow the new Framework Mode methodology and start with the Benefits of using the new Framework mode KB article.
During the upgrade of an older version of Spira v6.x to the latest version of Spira v6.x the installer logs the following:
Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'TASK_WORKFLOW_ID', table 'SpiraTest.dbo.TST_TASK_TYPE'; column does not allow nulls. UPDATE fails. The statement has been terminated. [System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException]
A customer recently asked us for some diagrams that illustrate the logical system and application architectures for use in their documentation of the system. We thought these diagrams might be useful for our other customers.
When you upgrade from v5.4 to v6.0 upon opening a test case detail page you receive the error: "The 'TestCaseWorkflowId' property on 'TestCaseType' could not be set to a 'null' value". This article explains the cause and provides the solution
Unified Service Desk (USD) is a hybrid application. It is a windows desktop application with embedded browser components. Follow this guide to setup a test automation framework for USD.
At Inflectra we think that UI Test Automation Framework is a set of tools with specific features that enables QA teams to develop and run tests, and effectively analyze test execution results.