Adding test suites

Add test suites to group related test cases or test runs. Test suites are types of Helix ALM folders used exclusively for test case management. Test suites help you keep collections or series of related tests together. For example, you may want to group tests based on testing phase, purpose, functional area, or other criteria. Using test suites helps you more easily reuse test cases, keep tests organized, and run tests in the correct order if needed. See Using test suites.

Helix ALM has two types of test suite folders:

  • Test case suites, which can only contain test cases or other test case suites.
  • Test run suites, which can only contain test runs or other test run suites.

Tip:  See Setting up test suites for information and best practices for setting up test suites.

Test suite folders can be public or private.

  • Public folders can be accessed by other users. Access to see specific public folders can be limited to specific security groups. Access to work with specific public folders can be limited using permissions and folder locking. See Managing access to folders.
  • Private folders cannot be accessed by other users.

1.In the tree in the Folders list, select the folder to add the new test suite folder to.

You cannot add subfolders to public folders you do not have permission to modify or locked folders, which are indicated by a lock icon. See Managing access to folders.

You can only add test case suite folders to existing test case suite folders. You can only add test run suite folders to existing test run suite folders. You can add test case and test run suite subfolders to other folder types.

2. Click the Add button.

The new folder is added to the tree.

3. Click the Folder button and select Test Case Suite or Test Run Suite. Only valid folder types based on the parent folder are available.

4. Enter a folder name. You can enter up to 127 characters.

5. Click the Accept button.

The folder is added and the Details tab opens.

6. Click Edit to edit the details for the new folder. See Editing folder details.

7. Click Save.

The folder is added. To organize related items, add them to the folder. Keep in mind that you can only add test cases to test case suite folders and test runs to test run suite folders. See Adding items to folders.