Tabular manual launcher (tabular_manual.jar)

The tabular manual testing launcher is probably the easer and the more flexible launcher for manual testing.
When the test operator starts the campaign session, the launcher will just display a large scrollable window containing 3 columns:
  • all the test prerequisites and scopes
  • all the test case descriptions (either formatted text or the refined test case procedure tree)
  • a toolbar and a comment field for each test case


Here is a screenshot:





The toolbar

For each test case (and in the order he prefers), the test operator will have to just press one of the buttons in the toolbar on the right-hand side of the test case:



4 different possible results

  • Success
  • Failure
  • Relative (when the test is neither successful nor failed)
  • Not executed (even if a test case has been set with another result, the test operator can set back the result to not executed)



Each time the test operator indicates a result, it is immediately stored in the XStudio database so that the results are never lost (even if your PC is crashing).


2 ways to associate a bug to a failed test case

  • Create a new bug
  • Link to an existing bug


The bug-related buttons are currently available only if you're using the integrated bug-tracking database.
If the test operator clicks on one of the bug-related buttons, it will set automatically the test case as failed.


IMPORTANT: The comment you may enter in the corresponding field will have to be filled in before you press the result button.


IMPORTANT: A tabular manual campaign run on its own and as such cannot be paused or stopped remotely from XStudio.


When the test operator has completed the testing, he has just to click on the Submit on the bottom of the panel and the session will stop.