Using the Table, Tree, and Explorer views to manage test assets

IBM® Rational® Quality Manager provides three different views for listing the tests assets in a project - the Table view, the Tree view, and the Explorer view. Each view provides multiple filtering strategies to help you organize the test assets in your repository and to help you find specific test assets more quickly.

The Table view

The Table view displays a list of test assets in the form of a table, as shown in the following figure.

Table view

In the Table view you can display test assets for a particular test asset type by selecting the appropriate View command.

The Tree view

The Tree view displays a hierarchy of test plans and related assets, as shown in the following figure. Expand each test plan in the tree to view the test cases and requirements that are associated with each test plan. Continue expanding each node to view test scripts, requirements, and test execution records.

Tree view

The Explorer view

The Explorer view, like the Tree view, displays a list of test plans.

View as Explorer

Select a test plan, and a panel opens to the right, showing the test cases and requirements associated with that test plan. As you click a test asset type, another panel opens to the right, showing the associated test assets.

View as Explorer (expanded)

Grouping test assets by category

In all three views, you can group test assets by one of the available categories, such as State, Product, Release, or Test Phase. To do so, simply click the down arrow and make a selection in the Group by field. The following example shows test plans grouped by Product in the Tree view.

Tree view, group by Product

Using filter text

You can narrow down the list of test assets that are displayed to those assets that contain specific text in their name or Summary section. To do so, type the text in the Type Filter Text field (Filter), as shown in the following figure:

Filter text in the Table view

To re-display the full list of assets, just delete the text in the Type Filter Text field.

Changing views

You can change between views by selecting one of the other view modes from the View as list at the top of each view window.

View as list

To set the default view:

Managing the number of test assets that are displayed

All test assets are stored on the Rational Quality Manager Jazz server. When you choose to view test assets, the server sends your browser window one page of assets at a time. The remaining test assets are not displayed in your browser window until you request to view them. As a result, network traffic is managed more efficiently, and performance is enhanced.

You can control how many assets are displayed at one time with the Items per page list box. The choices in this list box vary, depending on the number of test assets in the project. If you have 10 or fewer assets of a particular asset type, all 10 are displayed on the page. At the opposite extreme, if you have more than 100 assets, you can view 10, 25, 50, or 100 items at a time. The following table lists the choices that you have:

Table 1.
Number of test assets Choices in the Items per page list box
10 or less Show All
11-25 Show All or 10 at a time
26-99 Show All, 10, 25, 50
100+ 10, 25, 50, 100

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