Running your test cases is important as it tells you if the application you are testing is working as expected.

In TestCollab, you can run your test cases using Run now button on test plan summary or test plan test cases page.

Test Run page contains following sections:

All test cases included in test plan or under current configuration that are listed on the grid can very well be managed in a similar way it is done on test cases page. That means you can sort test case, filter them, show or hide the columns on grid and select one or more test cases at once and perform operations in bulk.

Bulk actions can be performed by selecting:

Actions that can be performed in bulk on selected test cases:

By default the test cases are shown in the same order as on test cases page, when we are running them under a test plan.

A tester can change the order in which test cases are to be executed as per their convenience.

Clicking on any test case from Test case list opens up the view pane, it shows all the information about the test case.

In view panel, you can see all steps and expected results. You can also see comment as well as result posted by tester for each step is test case view pane.

There is a "+" button on the run test case page that allows users to add a new test case to the test plan without needing to switch to the test case management page.

What you would see on the run panel partially depends on whether the test case to be executed has steps or not.

When the test case has steps you can opt to log the execution results step wise or you may log it for entire test case at once.

Tester can leave comments to communicate observations during the execution, if step wise run is enabled then a comment can be added for every step being run, otherwise the comment would get associated with the entire test case.

Comments added during earlier RUNs of a test case can be edited when required. An administrator can modify comments added by any user in previous RUNs. Limited rights users can edit only their own comments, provided the “Allow Editing Step Comments” setting is enabled for the project by an administrator.

There is often a need to attach files and artefacts to support the status you are setting for test case. All file types that are safe and valid are supported. If step wise run is enabled then the attached file will get associated with the current step otherwise it would be for entire test case.

Tester can mark each step as passed, failed, skipped or blocked.

Tester can:

If step-wise run is enabled , there is an option to set same status for currently selected step and for all remaining steps in the test case using the dropdown available next to the respective status buttons.

If defects management is enabled for the current project then tester would get an option to not only mark a step or entire test case as failed but also report a bug in linked defects manager.

As soon as a test case (that is assigned to current user) is selected for execution, a timer would start to show the time spent while testing current test case, and it will continue to show and increment the time elapsed every second until :

Note: A tester can also pause the timer if required.

Navigating between the test cases

Arrows on run panel can be used to navigate to immediately next or previous test case in the sequence. You can also click on a test case on grid to directly switch to that test case.

Based on total number of test cases under the test plan or current configuration and the number of test cases executed so far, you would see the the progress of execution.

When a test case has steps and step-wise execution is enabled, you may sometimes execute only some of the steps before moving on. For such partially executed test cases, a step progress ring appears around the status icon in the test cases grid.

The ring gives you a quick visual indicator of how far the execution has progressed for each test case:

This makes it easy to identify test cases that need attention during a run. You can quickly spot which ones were started but not yet finished, and what the latest result was.

Other than the filters available for test cases on grid, there are also 2 quick filters: "Show only assigned to me" and "Hide already executed"

If configurations have been defined at the time of test plan creation then you can select the configuration for which you want to run the test cases now.