Enhanced data loading for test management tool
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1. A computer automated method to update a data store, comprising:
- receiving, by a script executed by a spreadsheet application, a test set definition for mapping a plurality of information fields associated with at least a testset defined as an ordered sequence of test cases and a plurality of test cases in a spreadsheet upload file from the spreadsheet application to fields in a data store of a test management tool, wherein the test management tool does not provide support for uploading the test set from the upload file;
creating, by the script, based on the definition, a plurality of linkages, wherein each linkage is between the test set and one of the plurality of test cases in the upload file; and
creating, by the script, based on the definition, a plurality of test set records for the test set in the data store, wherein each of the plurality of test set records includes one of the plurality of linkages, and wherein the test set is automatically uploaded to the data store by the script when the plurality of test set records for the test set is created.
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Abstract
A computer automated method to update a data store is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a definition mapping one or more information fields in an upload file to fields in a data store, creating a first linkage between a test set identified in a first record in the upload file and a first test case based on the mapping, and creating a test set record in the data store including the first linkage and data in the information fields in the first record in the upload file based on the definition.
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1. A computer automated method to update a data store, comprising:
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receiving, by a script executed by a spreadsheet application, a test set definition for mapping a plurality of information fields associated with at least a test set defined as an ordered sequence of test cases and a plurality of test cases in a spreadsheet upload file from the spreadsheet application to fields in a data store of a test management tool, wherein the test management tool does not provide support for uploading the test set from the upload file; creating, by the script, based on the definition, a plurality of linkages, wherein each linkage is between the test set and one of the plurality of test cases in the upload file; and creating, by the script, based on the definition, a plurality of test set records for the test set in the data store, wherein each of the plurality of test set records includes one of the plurality of linkages, and wherein the test set is automatically uploaded to the data store by the script when the plurality of test set records for the test set is created. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An automated test documentation system, comprising:
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a data store of a test management tool containing information related to a test set defined as an ordered sequence of test cases and a plurality of test cases, wherein the test management tool does not provide support for uploading the test set from a spreadsheet upload file; the test management tool stored on a computer readable storage medium and executable by a processor to use the information related to the test set and the plurality of test cases to record progress of a testing project and to generate reports on the testing project; a spreadsheet application stored on a computer readable storage medium and executable by a processor to define and store a test set definition related to the test set, the test set, and a plurality of test cases in the upload file; and a script stored on a computer readable storage medium and executable by the spreadsheet application to automatically upload the test set from the upload file to the data store, wherein the script processes the test set definition to create linkages between the test set and the plurality of test cases and to create entries in the data store, each entry containing one of the linkages between the test set and the plurality of test cases;
wherein the test set is automatically uploaded to the data store by the script when the entries are created. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for building test sets, comprising:
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creating a spreadsheet update file using a spreadsheet application, the update file comprising a test set definition, a plurality of information fields containing at least a first test set defined as an ordered sequence of test cases, and a plurality of test cases; creating, by a script executed by the spreadsheet application, based on the definition related to the first test set, a plurality of records for the first test set in a data store of a test management tool so that the first test set is automatically uploaded from the update file to the data store by the script, each record in the data store storing a linkage, created by the script, between the first test set and one of the plurality of test cases, wherein the test management tool does not provide support for uploading the first test set from the update file; displaying the linkage between the first test set and the one of the plurality of test cases using the test management tool; creating a revised update file based on the update file using the spreadsheet application that comprises a plurality of information fields associated with at least a second test set and the plurality of test cases; creating, by the script, based on a definition related to the second test set, a plurality of records for the second test set in the data store of the test management tool so that the second test set is automatically uploaded from the revised update file to the data store by the script, each record storing a linkage, created by the script, between the second test set and one of the plurality of test cases, wherein the test management tool does not provide support for uploading the second test set from the revised update file; and displaying the linkage between the second test set and the one of the plurality of test cases using the test management tool;
wherein the first and second test set are automatically uploaded to the data store by the script when the plurality of records for the first and second test set is created. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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