In the Test Environments section
of a test plan, you can
list the software and hardware platforms that you plan to cover and
use that list to generate the actual test environments that you need
to run your tests.
About this task
The Test Environments
section of the test plan includes
two tabs:
- Platform Coverage
- Test
Environments
Use the Platform Coverage tab
to create
a non-binding list of platforms that you plan to cover.
To list
the platforms that you plan to cover:
Procedure
- Open
the Test Environments section of a test plan.
- Click
the Platform Coverage tab.
- Click the Add platforms to be covered icon
(
) to
open the Available Environment Options window.
- Select
the environment type from the list.
The
default environment types include Application Server, Browser, CPU,
Database, Management Agent, Operating System, and Test Adapter.
- Move the specific application servers, browsers,
CPUs,
and so on from the Available column to the Selected column.
- Click OK to add the selected platforms
to the test plan.
- Click Save to
save the test plan.
Results
The list of covered
platforms can be viewed in the test plan
and are used as input if you choose to generate test
environments automatically.