Configuring a Suite or test for a quick run

You can configure any type of Suite or test to be run on IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server when you want to quickly ensure that the test runs correctly. You might not want to set the different options for the test nor want to schedule the run.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Read and completed the tasks mentioned in Prerequisites to running tests if they apply to the test you want to configure for a run.
Ensured that you are assigned a role of a Project Owner in the project. See Managing access to server projects.
Ensured that you are assigned a role as a Project Owner or Tester in the project. See Managing access to server projects.

Procedure

Log in to Rational® Test Automation Server.

The team space that contains your project is displayed.
Open the project that contains the test assets, and then click Execution.

Select the branch of the repository that contains the test assets.

The test assets that are contained in the selected branch of the repository are displayed in the following tabs on the Execution page:


Tab	Description
SUITES	Lists all suites, compound tests, JMeter tests, JUnit tests, Postman tests, Rate Schedules, or VU Schedules that are in the selected branch of the repository.
TESTS	Lists all API tests, functional tests, or performance tests that are in the selected branch of the repository.
ADVANCED	Lists all assets that are displayed when custom filters are applied for assets in the selected branch of the repository.

Select the tab based on the type of test assets that you want to run as indicated in the following table:


If...	Then...
You want to run AFT Suites, API Suites, Compound Tests, Rate Schedules, or VU Schedules..	Click the SUITES tab.
You want to run API tests, functional tests, or performance tests.	Click the TESTS tab.
You want to find Suites and tests by using custom filters, and then run Suites and tests.	Click the ADVANCED tab.

The test assets in the selected tab are displayed.

Identify the test asset that you want to run by performing any of the following actions:

Scroll through the list.

Tip: You can hover over the icon in the Type column to know the type of the test asset.

Note: You can also identify the type of the asset from the icon that represents the test type as shown in the following table:


Icon	Represents	Listed in the SUITES tab	Listed in the TESTS tab	Listed in the ADVANCED tab
	API test
	Functional test
	Performance test
	AFT Suite
	API Suite
	Compound Test
	Rate Schedule
	VU Schedule

Search for the test asset by entering any text contained in the test asset name in the Search field.
Click the Filter icon in the SUITES or TESTS tab to filter the displayed assets based on the asset type.
For example, select API Suite in the SUITES tab to display all API Suites or select Functional Test in the TESTS tab to display all functional tests that are in the selected branch of the repository.
Click the Filter icon in the ADVANCED tab, and then create a filter query by using the New filter option by performing the following steps:
1. Click New filter.
2. Enter a name for the filter.
3. Select an operator, and add a rule or a group of rules.
4. Add or enter the relevant parameters and either select or enter the condition and the criteria for the condition.
  You can select a parameter from the following list:
  - Type
  - Test Asset Name
  - Test Asset Path
  - Last Result
  - Next Run
5. Save the filter query to save and apply the filter query to filter the assets based on the query.
  The test assets that match the filter criteria are displayed.
Retrieve and apply a saved filter query, if you have saved filter queries previously by performing the following steps:
Note: The filter query applied previously is selected and the assets based on that filter query are displayed. To apply a different filter query, you must have created and saved the filter query.
1. Click the Filter icon in the ADVANCED tab.
  The filter queries that you created and saved are displayed.
2. Click the filter that you want to apply.
  The test assets that match the filter criteria are displayed.

You have identified the test asset that you want to run.

Click the Execute icon in the row of the identified test asset.
The Execute test asset dialog is displayed.
Notes:
- If you have configured some or all of the settings for the current test run, and you do not want to continue with those settings, you can reset the settings by clicking Reset.
- If you want to repeat a test run and do not want to use the saved settings from a previous run, you can reset all the saved settings to their default values by clicking Reset.
Select the version of the test resources that you want to run, if you want to run a different version other than the latest version.
No action is required if you want to initiate the test run immediately after you click Execute.
Enter a label for the test run that helps you to identify the test on the Results page.

After the test run completes, the label that you entered is displayed for the test under the Labels column on the Results page.
Click Execute.
The test run is initiated.

Results

You have started a test run.

What to do next

You can choose to perform any of the following tasks:

View all the states of the test asset by clicking the Show in the Progress page icon for the test asset for which you started or scheduled the run. See Viewing the state of test assets.
View the progress of the test from the Progress page. See Viewing the progress of running test assets.
View the results, reports, and logs of the test from the Results page after the test completes the run. See Test results.