While viewing a test execution
record, you can add a new
defect and designate it as blocking. You can also designate an existing
defect as blocking. If your team has set up cross-server communication
with IBM® Rational® Team Concert,
you can file these defects and track their status in Rational Team Concert.
About this task
To submit a blocking defect
while viewing test execution
records:
Procedure
- Point Execution ,
(
), and
click View Test Execution Records. Any blocking
defects will
be flagged with an icon in the Blocking Status column.
- Select the test execution record from
the
list.
- Click the Manage Blocking
Defects icon (
)
to display the Manage Blocking Defects window. From here, you can either add a new defect
or select an existing defect.
- To add a
new defect:
- Click the Add
New Defect (
) icon to open
the Add New Defect form. If you have established integration
with Rational Team Concert,
you see a representation of the Rational Team Concert defect
form.
- Complete the Defect form as
needed. To designate the
defect as blocking, select Blocker in the Severity field.
- When you finish the form, click Save.
The Manage Blocking Defects window is
displayed again, now showing the new defect that you just
submitted.

Note: Clicking the defect
ID reopens the Defect form.
- To
close the Manage Blocking Defects window and
return to the View Test Execution Records window,
click OK.
- Select
the test execution record that contains the defect
that you just added.
- In the Defect Status
column of that test execution record,
hover over the defect that you just created.
The hover
text states the following: This test execution record is blocked.
You can see defects in the related info section. If you look
in the upper right corner of the related information section, you
see the defect listed under Related Defects.
- Hover over the new defect in the Related Defects section
to see the status of the defect, which at this time is reported as New.
- When the developer fixes the
defect and updates the
defect status, the changes are reflected in Rational Quality Manager.
- To add an existing defect:
- Click the Add Existing Defect (
)
icon to open the Add Existing Defect window.
- Select either Show related defects or Show
defects in query. For the query,
use the defect ID or text from the defect to search for a particular
defect.
- Select the defect, and click OK.
The Manage Blocking Defects window
opens, showing the defect that you just added.
- Click OK to close the Manage
Blocking Defects window and return to the View
Test Execution Records window.
- For
each additional existing defect that you want to
add, repeat steps 5e through 5h.
- If your team has set up cross-server communication with Rational Team Concert,
verify in Rational Team Concert that
the defect is no longer listed as blocking.
- In the Rational Team Concert Web
interface, click Work Items.
- Under Shared Queries, expand Quality
Management, and select the Defects
blocking tests query. The defect is no
longer be included in the query results.