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Lesson 3.3: Generate test execution records

In the previous lesson, you logged in as the test lead and defined the testing environments. In this lesson, you create test execution records for the test case, New Customer Order Test Case.
Test execution records outline the environmental specifications for running a test, such as the software and hardware configurations. When you run a test, you run the test that is associated with these records.
  1. If you have not already done so, log in as the test lead (Userid: carmen, Password: carmen).
  2. If you do not have the Classics Java™ Test Plan open, point to Planning (Planning), and click View Test Plans. From the list of test plans, click Classics Java Test Plan in the name column. The test plan opens in the test plan editor.
  3. From the Test Cases section of the test plan, open the test case, New Customer Order Test Case, and click the Test Execution Records section.
  4. To begin the Test Execution Records wizard, click the Generate New Test Execution Records icon (Generate new test execution record).
  5. In the Overview section, change the owner to Tony, Tester, and change the test plan to Classics Java Test Plan.
  6. Click the Reuse Existing Test Environments tab.
  7. In Test Plan, select Classics Java Test Plan. Notice that the only combinations available are the ones that you added to the Test Environments section in the previous lesson.
  8. Select the two combinations:

    Generate Test Execution wizard

  9. Click Next, and review the test execution records. Two configurations are listed, based on the test environments that you selected in the previous screen.
  10. To make changes, click Previous; otherwise, click Next, and then click Finish.
  11. Save the test plan.

    You have two test execution records listed in the Test Execution Records section for the test case, New Customer Order Test Case:

    Test Execution Records of test case

  12. Log out as test lead.
The test plan is ready to be sent to the tester. In the next lesson, you log in as the tester and create a manual test script.
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