HP ALM: Test execution results versioning

Question

How do we create a snapshot versions of the test results of a test set in HP ALM - Test LAB

I need this versioning to keep track of the past execution details.

Any suggestions on how to achieve this?

Answer 1

I do not believe you need to copy/archive/version anything to get the results you need. Consider this...

First Testing Effort

Follow these steps for the first time you are executing tests.

1. Create your test set
2. Add the tests that will be part of your effort.
3. All tests will be in the "No Run" status with no run history
4. Execute your tests (multiple times as necessary if they do not pass initially) until your effort is complete.

Second Testing Effort

The next time you need to run the tests, use the same test set.

1. Reset the test set. Right-click the test set in Test Lab and select 'Reset Test Set'. This step will reset the 'Status of all your previous test runs to 'No Run'.
2. Execute your tests (multiple times as necessary if they do not pass initially) until your effort is complete.

Comparison

At this time, each test has maintained a full run history. All the runs from the First Effort are still available along with those from the Second Effort. Open the Test Instance details of one of the tests in your test set, and then select the 'Runs' option. There you will be able to see each and every time that test instance was executed, no matter which testing effort it was.

Alternative

If this doesn't meet your needs, an alternative would be to leave the test set from your first testing effort alone when you are done. When your second effort beings, copy/paste your test set and perform all your new runs from that copy. When you copy/paste, it does not copy run history, so the new test set will be a blank slate. There is a COM-based API for doing all of this through code if necessary.