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Test Case Folder Inheritance Rules

Chapter 2 - Planning Tests

The following table lists the rules for inheriting iterations and configurations from a
test case folder:

Creating Test Cases

The test plan is centered on test cases. After you identify your test inputs and decide
what you plan to test, you can create your test cases.

The test case is the test asset in TestManager that answers the question, "What am I
going to test?" Test cases validate that the system is working the way that it is
supposed to work and is built with the quality necessary before you can ship it.

A test case always resides in a test case folder in a test plan.

You can create a test case in three ways:

Import a test case from another Rational project into the current Rational project,
from a Rational Test Asset Parcel (.RTPAR) file. For information, see Exporting and
Importing Test Assets on page 60.

In the Test Plan window, right-click a test case folder and click

Insert Test Case

Test Case Folder Inheritance Rules

And Then

You associate an iteration or
a configuration with a test
case folder

you create a test case in the
parent test case folder

the test case inherits the
iteration or configuration
from the parent test case
folder.

You create a test case folder
without any associated
iterations or configurations

you create a test case in the
test case folder, and then
associate an iteration or a
configuration with the
parent test case folder from
the shortcut menu

TestManager asks you if you
want to apply the
association to all of the
existing children. If you click
Yes

, all existing and all new

children inherit the
association from the parent
test case folder.

You create a test case folder
without any associated
iterations or configurations

you create a test case folder
and a test case in the parent
test case folder, and then
associate an iteration or a
configuration with the
parent test case folder from
the Test Case Folder dialog
box

all new children inherit the
association from the test case
folder. Existing children do
not inherit the association
from the parent test case
folder.