From the Summary section of a test plan, test case, or
test suite, you can make additional modifications to the categories
and category types for your project.
About this task
To add a new category type or category while editing a
test asset:
Procedure
- Open the Summary section of any test asset that supports
categories, such as test plans, test cases, and test suites.
- To modify categories for a test plan, click the Manage
Test Plan Categories icon (
) to open the Manage Test
Plan Categories window.
- From the Manage Test Plan Categories window,
click the Add Category Type icon (
) to create a new category type.
- Type the name of the new category type.
- Click Save.
- Click the Add icon (
) to add new categories to each category type. For example, you can add a specific product, name or release
number.
- Type the name of the new product, release number, test
phase, or the entry for any new category type.
- Optional: Select an owner for each category.
For
example, you can assign a team member to be the owner of a particular
category. Assume that you have a product, and thus, a category named
Classics. Assigning a team member as the owner of the Classics category
sends that team member a work item to create the test assets for the
Classics product.
- Close the Manage Test Plan Categories window.
- Click Save.
Results
After you add the new categories and category types, you can
start using them in individual test plans, test cases, and test suites.