Saving test assets to PDFs (RQM Specific)

IBM® Rational® Quality Manager includes options for saving test assets and test asset summaries to PDFs.

About this task

You can save requests, requirements, test plans, test cases, manual test scripts, test execution records, and test suites to PDFs.

Procedure

  1. To save test assets from the View page, do one of these procedures:
    Tip: For example, one way to open the View Test Plans page is to click Planning > View Test Plans.
    1. For a detailed view of one or more test assets, select the test assets to save, and then click the PDF (Print PDF) icon.
    2. For a summary of all the test assets in the list, do not select any of the test assets, and click the PDF (Print PDF) icon.
  2. To get detailed information about a test asset, you can export this information from within the open test asset:
    Note: This option is only available for test plans, test cases, manual test scripts, and test execution records.
    1. Open the test plan or test case.
    2. At the top of the page, click the arrow next to the PDF icon.
    3. Select a view option, depending on the level of required detail:
      • Current Artifact Report/Compact view: This view includes details of a test asset.
      • Test Plan Detail Report/Normal view: For a test plan, this view includes the test plan details, plus the details for any associated test cases and manual test scripts. For a test case, this view includes the test case details, plus the details for any associated manual test scripts.
      • Test Plan Comprehensive Report/Full size: For a test plan, this view includes the test plan details, plus the details for any associated requirements, work items, test cases, requirements associated with test cases, test execution records, and manual test scripts. For a test case, this view includes the test case details, plus the details for associated requirements, work items, test execution records, and manual test scripts.
      • History: This view shows a history of changes for the test asset. The history captures event types and descriptions, as well as any attribute changes of the test asset, such as the weight.

Results

After you export the test assets to a PDF, you can save or print the data.
Note: This function requires that you have a PDF viewer installed.
Important: If the text is displayed as ### after exporting to a PDF, ensure that the MS Gothic and MS PGothic fonts are specified on the file system with .ttf file extensions.

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