Adding manual 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 to manage manual tests.
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 manual 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
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 
and select Test Case Suite or Test Run Suite from the list. You can also choose Create > Folder and select a folder type.
The Add Folder dialog box opens.
3. Enter or select the following information in the top portion of the dialog box.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Folder name. You can enter up to 127 characters. |
| Access | Sharing access for parent folders created in the root Public folder. Public folders can be accessed by other users. Shared with security groups folders are only shared with users in the selected groups. This value cannot be changed for private folders or child folders. |
| Description | Folder description. You can enter up to 255 characters. |
| Path | Path to the folder that the new folder will be created in. Click Browse to select a different folder. See Moving folders. |
| Type | Folder type. The tabs displayed in the bottom portion of the dialog box depend on the selected folder type. |
| Task board | Task board to display for the folder. See Using task boards. The default task board for the folder type is selected by default. Select <not set> if you do not want to make a task board available for the folder. You may also be able to add a new task board or work with all task boards. See Adding task boards and Configuring task boards. This field is not displayed if task boards are not enabled for the folder type. |
4. Click the Details tab to enter details about the folder. This information is displayed in the Details pane when the folder is open in the Folders list window. See Entering folder details.
5. Click the Web View tab to set the default web page for the folder. The page is displayed in the Web View pane when the folder is open in the Folders list window. See Setting the default web page for folders.
6. Click the Release Planning tab to calculate the required release effort.
Note: The information on the History tab is read-only. See Viewing folder history.
7. Click Add.
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.
