Video: How Do I: Integrate Defect Tracking with Testing?

Presenter:Chris Menegay

In this video we take a look at the integration points between the Testing Framework of Visual Studio Team System and the Work Item Tracking System.


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They were config look at the integration points between a testing framework and Visual Studio team system and work item tracking system so here I am in test manager were looking at the list of tests that are in the test that I have not anywhere specifically any for what got us manual test phase of the local return of properties window is a double than the one of announcing version 1 as he is associated work items property that allows you to actually go into the work item tracking system and associate this test with particular work items of hoping our work item was I to go ahead and pick a particular work item or two okay and next we associate with work and readies back to the test case now the challenge and this is the actual data here is not stored in the database essentially stored with the test itself could thought that s there is a message of unity have another integration point as long as his iteration auction iteration often will tie into the
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Underlying iteration structure my team project a lot to say that a particular test belongs within a particular iteration of a software product for content group my test by iteration of that action makes sense when frightened she is too saving here for areas in your project and routing area searching project as well but that s just one mechanism is you actually have another news actually take my manual tests I ve got nights on the also one becoming addicting manual for us and I can come in here the other test by one as well or as word document obsessed and want to do it on assistant to select those two women that execute us but I knew that that s not far off a test run of courses going to want my manual test for music by manual tests will does not pass the first one and I ll fail the second thing I ve got a pass tests in the failed test of city integers manual test now as you may know the test results window that here s a common window for all types of tests ordered in Web testing load testing unit testing database unit
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Testing generic tests were testing is the same test result when all testers the same underlying test framework through which one you show how this one direction in a Russian team foundation server specifically work item tracking limited plainclothes both the manual tests and open him explore this window rope at first but I want to show you here is his publish option but to publish option allows you to do is take the data from these test results and publish it to a bill on your team foundation server something go ahead and do that noticing I could also include code coverage if this is going to take my decimal data push it to team foundation server and a lot actually have this native areas can be important here in just a moment to move as a bouquet to push that made up of your run of the mill publish in progress when completed the back to screen ahead before that pushes the data to the server of annexing them and do is right click on the failed test go to create work item and notice your that I connect to create a worker and from the test results window alternately I can actually
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Or a device like to work item I can actually go out and find a pre existing bug that I have and I connect to associate these test results with that particular block what I would do is instead of attaching to an existing bug greater brand new book or that s the news is going to go ahead and open up above form when going for a title now say no problem with application and I scrolled down here will see the right of the details were given name of the test that I was running from London again this could be a file also they unit testing a desolate as a matter I can select the bill but I was testing at surviving on the QA team in the manual testing I might be testing a specific build a console won t build out exactly testing against I can type in the name and says he s here all of my test is unique to do it and the passing here as well was where that this is located on my hard drive son now that data here
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But in addition to that because from the test results window I created a work item and I go to the file attachments are just used to CE temp CRX file but that is the underlying data behind the test results window s only close my blog close my test results window go back to the dog and let s imagine now that I m the developer actually working this buck and I go to the file attachment section here I can select that CRX file click open is to actually open the generics file and show me in the underlying data in XML format for my test results I d be thinking that s not terribly useful as e mail actually have some additional options here so I can do other options as well I wanted is basically saved as our website tomato might save as saying this out of my desktop and the file extension needs to be a care which also opposes test results CRX
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Cooks a go ahead enclosed down Internet Explorer and not visibly go to Visual Studio sending to open a file in a taxi to my desktop over here and open up at CRX file this is an gimme a brutal error message is also quite often but what it does behind the scenes is actually loads the test results window and pops open a restaurant in recent error messages is no this is Re my test from blue to my machine not nicely see the test results data and in addition to that I double click on the failed test is actually going to open up the test case for me here in time to allow so many working about the very easy access to the underlying bug data records has resulted in there using another option however remote closed officials again is to go to the links in this unit is actually a link here to a test result
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German double click that he does it also opens up the test results window is in a much more robust way of handling it but that only works if you publish the testicles to team foundation server surprises me the add button here and those are the test results five and I can actually morality test results on my team foundation server and I can go ahead and associate with a particular test run at some misleading you some idea of the integration points if you actually half between the test are they testing infrastructure and the work and tracking of the structure
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There s actually often for trial software and notice your popular downloads exactly Visual Studio doesn t buy team suite trial edition and it also team foundation server trial this nude you can download allows you to test all of the client functionality 180 days before trying to determine you need a particular team edition be wanting sweet when you actually need to do for your developer processes in your organization is a very great resource for you is also another a resource team system rocks team system rocks page your imaginary to obey actually have a team system news blog which I think e g up to date on the latest of a looking system if you navigate to the tutorials at a tutorial videos that you can want in a lot of information about the different features and is the one that we are on the left of her short in sometimes one or two minutes or less longer and wider much longer videos is a 15 minute video 20 format videos on specific topics does a secondary resource you can use as well to think both of those are my major
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