Create a new test artifact from a snapshot
From a snapshot, you can create an editable copy of a previous version of a test plan, test case, test suite, or test script.
About this task
- You can only create a new artifact from a snapshot in the current project area. To duplicate a test artifact in a different project area, you can make a copy of the artifact itself.
- You can enable test artifact versioning by using configuration management. When you enable configuration management in a project area, the default versioning feature, snapshots, is turned off. You cannot access any existing snapshots once configuration management is enabled and the configuration management selection is permanent.
- When you create a test artifact from a snapshot, all of the content is copied from the snapshot. In addition, the test artifacts that the snapshot references are also copied. The new test artifact references those copied artifacts. However, no execution records or execution results are copied or referenced. For example, if you create a test plan from a snapshot, the content of the test plan, such as the business objectives, test schedules, and quality objectives, are copied. All of the referenced test cases and test scripts are also copied as editable artifacts.
- When you create a snapshot of a test script, the test data reference in the snapshot is always the same as the current revision of the test script. Therefore, if the current test script changes the reference to the test data, the change is also reflected in all snapshots. Likewise, if the values in the test data change, the changes are reflected in all snapshots.
Procedure
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Click the Copy icon (
) in the row of the
snapshot that you want to use to create the new artifact.
A new test artifact, based on the snapshot, opens for editing.