Traceability

Traceability reports provide a clearer picture of how testing efforts are aligned with specific requirements. By demonstrating the relationship between requirements, test cases and defects, they help with tracking the progression of tests from the start to the end. With traceability reports, testing teams can trace the root of defects faster and understand the impact of changes.

In ATM, Reports can be accessed in the Testing Hub. At this moment, users can choose to create two types of Reports - Traceability and Test Coverage.

Creating a Traceability Report

1. In order to start generating the Traceability Report, go into Testing Hub > Report Design.

1. Select Traceability Report.

1. In the new dialog, select the Testing Setup, based on which ATM will generate the report.

   1. Users can use JQL syntax to narrow down the Requirements scope that is taken into consideration when creating the report, e.g. to report on Requirements with a status 'Accepted'.

1. To finish, click Generate the report.

Traceability Report View

Once generated, users can immediately see the assessment. The panels at the top allow to quickly overview crucial information related to the report itself, such as:

• Testing Setup details

  • regarding the Testing Setup used in the Report

• Coverage of Requirements

  • covered Requirements are ones with linked Test Cases

• Assignees (soon)

  • appearing in testing elements of the Report

• Test Case Executions (soon)

  • insights to the progress of Test Case Execution (TCE) objects that appear in the Report

• Defects (soon)

  • total number of Defects

  • the average amount of Defects per Requirement

In the table below the panels, users can view listed Requirements along with related testing elements in the neighboring columns:

• Test Cases

• Test Case Executions (soon)

• Defects (soon)

For each testing element, following infomation is listed:

• Work-key

• Summary

• Status

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Additionally, for each of the Test Case Execution objects, users can quickly access following information:

• TCE Status

• ATM Environment

• Assignee

• TCE Progress

• Link to the Test Execution, where TCE appears

• Link to previous iterations of the TCE

Users can easily filter through the listed Test Case Execution objects with the Filter TCEs button. The filters can be applied based on such data as:

• Date of the last creation

• Date of the last update

• Last final status achieved

• ATM Environment

Layout configuration

The contents of the table can be adjusted to the needs of the users and customized. In order to modify the layout, click the Configure layout button. In the new window, in the Work item layout tab, select field that should appear in the table. The default fields are always listed at the top. The users can add maximum 3 custom fields.