custom fields

cosmo · Post by **cosmo** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:05 am

hello @all,

is it possible to create a custom field and assign it for example to test case 1 and not to test case 2?

cosmo

Post by **fman** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:59 pm

cosmo · Post by **cosmo** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:47 pm

fman wrote:No.

oh, maybe in the next version. its useful for test variations.

Post by **fman** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:38 pm

Not in next version, because it means a bg change to database.
surely some workaround can be found.
Please explain in details what do you would like to do.

cosmo · Post by **cosmo** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:07 pm

one example:

in test case 1 you have to calculate with different variables (for example formula: a + b = c). So you need fields for the values for "a" and "b".

in test case 2 you have to calculate with other variables (formula: d+e+f=g). you need fields for three values and you need other field names.

francisl · Post by **francisl** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:19 pm

I would suggest to put these as details into step description.

Regards,
Francis

Post by **havlatm** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:29 pm

I guess that Excel sheet fits better to your need than TL. The generic inteligence for custom fields is time expensive to develop. Maybe concrete functionality make sense. However I believe that you find a better solution via your automation scripts or something like that.

cosmo · Post by **cosmo** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:14 pm

No. I mean, it´s useful to have for test case 1 one multiselection list and for test case 2 two fields from type string and for test case 3 four fields from type float.

cosmo · Post by **cosmo** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:20 pm

@ francisl:

yes, but its not so flexible.

Post by **havlatm** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:05 pm

How TL should know which type(s) to offer you? Why there should not be defined all these CF types for all test cases?

francisl · Post by **francisl** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:14 am

Is there any test tool provide these feature? I still think these should be part of the test step description.

Instead, I think it would be more useful to allow multiple test steps and expected results in each test case.

Regards,
Francis

cosmo · Post by **cosmo** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:16 am

yes and when you could nominate this fields not "expected results" or "steps" but "value 1" or "value 2" it will be a custom field.

Post by **havlatm** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:47 am

I guess that you are looking for some template (used to create TC), that allows to fill some parameters defined in Test Suite level.
If I'm right:
The first step is develop simple TC templates. It's on the track. We can develop such intelligence later.