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Test Cases

In QC, the following database entities will be affected:

• TEST
• VC_TEST

Test Case Steps

In QC, the following database entities will be affected:

• STEP (where XX = ST)
• DESSTEPS (where XX = DS)
• VC_DESSTEPS (where XX = DS)

Data Driven Test Cases

Cyara Data Driven Test Cases appear as a single Test Case inside the Cyara Platform, but are run multiple times with different data inputs. Data Driven test inputs are defined as a file of comma separated values. The file contains a set of parameter values used for each test run.

Quality Center has a similar concept, but is implemented differently. Quality Center requires two Test Plans to represent a single Cyara Test Case. These are:

1. Template Test Plan

   This is the Quality Center equivalent of the Steps within the Cyara Test Case, where you will see the parameter names used in the various text fields (For example, Expect to Hear, Reply With) of a Step. In Cyara, these parameters are declared within [ …], while in Quality Center they are declared within <<<…>>> or <<>> (this latter representation hides the parameter name and when you click on the delimeter <<>>, it displays the name).

   The template Test Plan name is the Test Case name with a ‘template’ post-fix.

2. Parameterized Test Plan

   This is the Quality Center equivalent of the ‘Data Driven’ sets within the Cyara Test Case. A row for each Test Case data driven set appears. Here, each row contains all the parameter names of the data driven set with its equivalent value. This means you will see as many rows in the Parameterized Test Plan as there are data driven sets within the Test Case.

   The Parameterized Test Plan name is the Test Case name.

For example, the following screen shows Test Case Steps being imported into Quality Center:

When imported, the two 'Test Plans' that QC generated for the above Test Case are shown, as per the screen below:

The first one contains the various data driven iterations. The second one contains the data driven template.

• Click the data driven iterations, and a screen as shown below appears:
  
  
• Click the data driven template, and a screen as shown below appears:
  
  

The steps contain parameter placeholders that can be recognized by the enclosing <<>> delimiters.

• Double-click the cell under the Reply with column name, then the <<>> delimiters display the actual Reply With token as shown:
  
  

Blocks

Blocks, for a Test Case, are not imported into Quality Center. Instead, each Test Case is flattened so the Blocks are replaced with the Test Steps they contain.