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Model Elements from Rational Rose

Chapter 2 - Planning Tests

Model Elements from Rational Rose

If you have Rose installed and licensed, you can use Rose model elements as test
inputs. You must register the test input source with TestManager. For information,
see Registering a Test Input Source on page 30.

Values from Microsoft Excel

You can use one or more Excel spreadsheets as test input sources. This test input
adapter can be useful in many ways. You can document requirements or capture
project planning information in an Excel spreadsheet.

However, when using an Excel spreadsheet as a test input source, be aware that if you
insert or remove a row or column in the spreadsheet, you may need to update the Test
Input Source configuration settings.

When an association is made between a test input and a test case, the value in the
"ID" column in the spreadsheet is stored by TestManager in order to preserve the
association. Any modifications to the spreadsheet that affect the specified columns
(ID and Name), such as adding or removing rows or columns immediately around
the specified columns or rows, may invalidate the spreadsheet as a source of Test
Inputs and require that you update the associated test input source. Modifying the
values in the specifed column or rows can also result in a loss of connection between
the test case and test input.

To use an Excel spreadsheet, you must register the source (the spreadsheet) with
TestManager. For information, see the next section, Registering a Test Input Source.

Registering a Test Input Source

When you register a test input source, the test input appears automatically in the Test
Input window after you log on to that project in TestManager. You can then create an
association between a test input and a test case to track the relationships between
them. For information about tracking the impact of changes in test inputs on test
cases, see Test Impact Analysis on page 53.

To register a test input source for a built-in test input type:

Click

Tools > Manage > Test Input Types

Click

Microsoft Excel

Rational RequisitePro

, or

Rational Rose

, and then click

Edit

Note:

Edit

is unavailable, you do not have Administrator privileges. For

information, see the

Rational Suite Administrator's Guide

or the Rational Administrator

Help.