Editing a Template
The Template Editor provides the
following two modes of displaying and editing the questions and values in a
template.
See Question Mode for
detailed information about using the features of this editing mode.
- Question Mode - Enables editing of all template questions.
- Quick Set Mode - Enables rapid editing of a limited set of template questions.
Quick Set Mode filters out all test suite specific questions and displays
a limited set of general questions whose values are often changed from test
run to test run. In this editing mode, the Template Editor creates logical
groupings of the values and displays them in tab form
for easy user navigation and access.
Editing in Question Mode
To
edit all template questions and bookmarks in a template, perform
the following steps:
- If you are editing the current template (named at the bottom of the Test Manager) choose Configure > Edit Template in the Test Manager menu bar, otherwise choose either Configure > Load Template or Configure > Load Recent Template.
If you are editing the current template (named at the bottom of the Test Manager), the harness opens the Template Editor and loads the template. Go to step 3.
If you are editing a different template, the harness displays the Load Template
dialog box.
- Use the dialog box to locate and load the template.
The harness
opens the Template Editor and displays
the template in Question Mode.
- Use Question Mode to change the values of
questions in the template.
- Click Done to save the changes and close the Template
Editor.
You can use the View menu at any time to change from one
mode to the next. Because there is only one template file loaded in the Template
Editor at a time, when you change modes during an editing session,
any changes made in one mode are automatically reflected
in the other.
If a configuration is attached to the edited template, the harness opens a Template updated dialog box that enables you to review the changes and to accept, reject, or postpone having the changes propagated to the attached configuration. See Resolving Configuration-Template Conflicts for a description of the dialog box and the choices available to the user.
Editing in Quick Set Mode
To
edit one or more of the quick set values in a template, perform the following
steps:
- If you are editing the current template (named at the bottom of the Test Manager) choose Configure > Edit Template in the Test Manager menu bar, otherwise choose either Configure > Load Template or Configure > Load Recent Template.
If you are editing the current template (named at the bottom of the Test Manager), the harness opens the Template Editor and loads the template. Go to step 3.
If you are editing a different template, the harness displays the Load Template
dialog box.
- Use the dialog box to locate and load the template.
The harness opens the Template Editor and displays the template in Question
Mode.
- Choose View > Quick Set Mode in the Template Editor menu bar.
The harness displays the Template Editor in Quick Set Mode.
- Set the quick set values by using the following tabs:
- Tests - Use this tab to edit the default
set of tests that a user can run in this configuration.
- Exclude List - (Optional) Use this tab
to edit the default list of tests that are excluded from a test run using
this configuration.
- Keywords - (Optional) Use this tab to
edit the default keywords and expressions used in this configuration to run
tests.
- Prior Status - Use this tab to edit the
default restrictions on tests that are run by using their status from the
previous test run.
- Execution - (Optional) Use this tab to edit the default
concurrency and timeout factor values used in the configuration for running
tests.
- Click Done to save the changes and close the Template Editor.
You can use the View menu at any time to change from one mode to the
next. Because there is only one template file loaded in the Template Editor
at a time, when you change modes during an editing session, any changes
made in one mode are automatically reflected in the other.
If a configuration is attached to the edited template, the harness opens a Template updated dialog box that enables you to review the changes and to accept, reject, or postpone having the changes propagated to the attached configuration. See Resolving Configuration-Template Conflicts for a description of the dialog box and the choices available to the user.
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