You can add a maximum number of 250 test steps to a manual
test case. To add manual steps to a test case, follow these steps:
-
Open your project in Test Manager. If you do not have a project yet, see Creating a Project.
- In the left navigation panel, go to Test Cases.
- Click the test case key to open it.
- Go to Manual Steps and click a step to expand the panel.
- Configure the following step details:
- Precondition (optional): List the tasks you must execute before
the testing starts. This isn't part of the test case workflow, but you
have to do these tasks before you start the actual steps.
- Description: Add a short and concise
description.
- Expected Behaviour: You can state whether
something is expected to happen or to be verified (e.g.
VAT is
displayed as 32.44
).
- Clipboard data: You can define a Clipboard
value so you do not have to manually type into the input fields. For a
specific use case scenario, see Copying Clipboard
Values
The character limit for the Clipboard data field is 8000
characters.
.
Note:
- Consider
adding a single action for each step.
- To duplicate,
delete and reposition the steps, click the vertical ellipsis
on a step and choose an action from the dropdown list.
Figure 1. Adding steps
to a manual test case with precondition and
postcondition
- Postcondition
(optional): Specify the expected state of the application after
the test case was executed.
The postcondition is part of the test case
workflow. The manual tester has to confirm whether or not the
postcondition has been fulfilled.
-
Select New test step to add multiple steps to your test case. The steps
details are saved automatically.
During , a pop-up window shows the test case execution steps. The string value has been replaced by the Clipboard data value and placed in the Windows Clipboard.
Setting test execution results
When you manually execute a test case, you can set the results as Failed or Passed.
For test cases with multiple steps, you can set the result for individual steps by
selecting Set Failed, Set Passed, or Set Passed Till Here for
all steps. To leave notes, use the Tester comment section.
You can debug manual test cases to set the result of each step, by opening a test case and navigating to Tasks > Debug.