how does everyone use custom fields?

garifo · Post by **garifo** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:30 pm

I was wondering if anyone could post how they currently implement/ or use custom fields with their Test Suite/Cases/Plan etc.

I'm just started using the custom fields. Only thing that has come to mind is for a Browser/OS version lists which I link to each test suite.

svanuitert · Post by **svanuitert** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:52 pm

Currently I am using 2 custom fields. One for tracking defect numbers (as I do not have the BTS interface working yet). And two for an "Automated" tag. This tells management whether or not the test is automated.

abasque · Post by **abasque** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:30 pm

I also have one for "automated". The other one I have in place is a drop down list of CVS branches - it's possible in our dev environment to have several releases to QA for a single release and it is useful for us to know which branch a fix was tested on.

The suggestion of OS and DB is a good one. I may set it up to have an "Environment" list to choose from (or to set on test case creation) that specifies what OS, distributed/local, connectivity etc. We only have a few different high-level environment setups, and some test cases require a specific one so this could be good info to have.