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microsoft-test-manager
Mauricio Aviles
Mauricio Aviles

Reputation: 1114

In MTM, how can I reuse a test case in different environments?

Lets suppose we have a very simple test case: navigate to the homepage of a website. I want to reuse this test case among different test plans for different environments (DEV, QA, PROD). Therefore the location of the service will change depending on the test plan I am using.

How can I ensure that when the tester sees the "Action" instruction in MTM it shows the correct URL for the current environment?

Can I do this based on test plans? Is there a different approach?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1106

Answers (1)

chaliasos
chaliasos

Reputation: 9783

You didn't mention that your test is automated so I will give you an answer for manual testing.

  1. In your test case DON'T use specific URL value. Just say "Navigate to the home page of the site."
  2. Crate only one Test Plan.
  3. In the Test Plan create 3 different Test Configurations, one per environment.
  4. In the Test Plan's Properties window add 3 links for each environment. For example, for Qa add new link with Description = Qa & Link = http://qa.myservice/
  5. When you add this Test Case in a Test Suite, right click on the Test Case and select Select test configurations for selected tests and select the configurations (environments) that the test case will run.

When your testers will run the test cases will select the correct link depending on the configuration.

Upvotes: 1

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