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Importing Manual Test Scripts

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Chapter 2 - Planning Tests
When you import test assets with relationships, the relationships are maintained
exactly as they existed when the asset was initially exported. For example, if you
export a test plan and export all related assets with the plan, those complete related
assets are included with the test plan in any subsequent import process. Likewise, if
you export a test plan with only reference to related assets and do not export the
complete related assets, the imported version of the test plan notes the relationships
but does not include the complete assets.
Whether you import test assets from existing Rational Test datastores or you create
test assets in a third-party application, the test asset must conform to the Rational Test
Asset Parcel file format (.RTPAR). If the asset you want to import was first exported
from an existing test datastore, the format should not be in question. If the asset was
created in a third-party application, check the format against the file format as
described in Appendix D, Rational Test Asset Parcel File Format.
When you import a test asset, Rational TestManager allows you to choose whether to
overwrite existing test assets with matching names.
Warning:
Be careful if you choose to overwrite; the process is irreversible.
To import a test asset from a Rational Test Asset Parcel file:
s
Click
File
>
Import from Test Asset Parcel
.
Note:
For detailed procedures, see the TestManager Help.
Note:
Test log data is exportable but not importable.
Importing Manual Test Scripts
Rational also allows you to import manual test scripts into Rational ManualTest from
either an existing test datastore or from a simple text file.
Since manual test scripts usually are text files of steps a person must perform, they are
easily imported from text files. However, make sure that you save the text file without
any extraneous formatting.
To import a manual test script into ManualTest from an existing Rational Test
Datastore:
s
Click
File
>
Import
>
From Rational Project
.
To import a manual test script into ManualTest from a text file:
s
Click
File
>
Import
>
From text file
.
Note:
For detailed procedures, see the Rational ManualTest Help.