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Test Execution

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ETM test data should not be editable in a script step

When test data is edited in a manual test script step after being inserted to the test the test data is no longer substituted during execution on that step. This is expected. However, there should be either a preference to prevent modifying test d...
about 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Test Execution 0 Not under consideration

Make a custom attribute of type Link on Manual Steps mandatory if the test steps fails during test execution

Make a custom attribute of type Link on Manual Steps MANDATORY if the test steps fails during test execution.
about 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Test Execution 0 Not under consideration

Display all the Lab Resources on the Generate New Environment Page

In ETM, we are allowed to create multiple lab resource descriptions as an environment. However when we add this environment to the Test Plan, it does not display all the lab resources on the "Generate New Environment" or "Reuse existing Environmen...
over 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Test Execution 1 Not under consideration

Provide the ability to disallow the execution of a TCER with specific iterations until its test case is approved

If you enable a precondition with an iteration (using "When" and that iteration is set as the current project iteration, the precondition will apply to every artifact, regardless of "attributes" of that artifact. For example - a precondition on te...
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Test Execution 0 Future consideration

Add Kerberos support to IBM Engineering Test Management (ETM) Execution Tool

IBM Engineering Test Management (ETM) Execution Tool does not currently have Kerberos support. In environments that Kerberos is used, the Execution Tool is not supported. Customers would like to get Kerberos added as the authentication method in ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Test Execution 1 Future consideration

Actual Results should be required at each Test Step level.

We have scenario here where users have reported i.e. users are allowed to select Passed or Failed or Deferred for Test Step Results without entering Actual Results. Users are taken to next Test Step and users have been completing all remaining Tes...
over 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Test Execution 1 Is a defect

enforce actual result field based on presence of requirement or defect

provide a pre-condition to enforce an actual result on manual steps with a linked requirement or defect
almost 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Test Execution 1 Not under consideration

required manual step attribute should be required if its column is not displayed during execution

If a manual step attribute is required it should be required even if the column for that manual step attribute is not displayed during test execution. There is no way to enforce what columns are displayed which makes this required attribute unreli...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Test Execution 1 Not under consideration

RQM to allow login user to use "personal execution varialbles" and pass to RFT or RPT scripts

RQM currently have Project Execution Variable that we can define and pass to automation scripts. In some case, we need to use some personal credentials in testing, such as for database access. While Project Execution Variable is visible to all the...
about 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Test Execution 1 Not under consideration

Limit a comprehensive test suite PDF that includes duplicate test cases with different test script

There should be a way to limit a comprehensive test suite PDF that includes duplicates test cases with different test scripts so that the report only includes the shared/primary test case data once and the test script data for each duplicated test...
about 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Test Execution 2 Not under consideration