HP Quality Center - Steps

Steps

Steps

Process steps in the HP Quality Center plug-in

Add Comments

Add comments to a defect in HP Quality Center.

Name Type Description Required
Additional Comments String Any info you wish to be added to the Quality Center comment in addition to the commit comment. No
Defect Ids String A regular expression representing a list of bug Ids. Ex: 14[0-9] to match issues 140 through 149. Yes
Domain String The Domain in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Fail Mode Enumeration:    
What should be done when a defect to be commented on is not found in Quality Center. Fail-fast: fail the step immediately if a defect is not found. Fail: fail the step after attempting to comment on all defects. Warn: log a warning when a defect is not found. Yes    
Project String The Project in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Quality Center Configuration     Yes

Create Issue

Create a new defect in HP Quality Center.

Name Type Description Required
Additional Fields String Additional defect fields to be added. Enter one per line, as name=value pairs. This uses Javas java.util.Properties format. No
Assignee String The assignee for the new defect. Yes
Detected By String Who detected the defect. No
Domain String The Domain in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Priority String The priority of the new defect. Default values are ( 1-Low, 2-Medium, 3-High, 4-Very High, 5-Urgent ) No
Project String The Project in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Project Key String The Project Key in Quality Center. Yes
Quality Center Configuration     Yes
Severity String The severity of the new defect. Default values are ( 1-Low, 2-Medium, 3-High, 4-Very High, 5-Urgent ) Yes
Status String The status of the new defect. Default values are ( Closed, Fixed, New, Open, Rejected, Reopen ) No
Summary String A summary for the new defect. Default max length is 255. Yes

Publish Issue Report

Create a report of Quality Center defects from the current changelog.

Name Type Description Required
Defect Id Pattern String The regex used to match changes to defects. The default value, QC-([0-9]+) is a regex that parses the change log and applies the attributes of the step to matching defects. For example, if QC-52 was located in the comment of a change, this step would act on defect 52 in the Quality Center database. Yes
Domain String The Domain in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Fail Mode Enumeration:    
What should be done when a defect to be reported is not found in Quality Center. Fail-fast: fail the step immediately if a defect is not found. Fail: fail the step after publishing the report of found defects. Warn: log a warning when a defect is not found. Yes    
Project String The Project in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Quality Center Configuration     Yes

Publish Test Set Report

Publish a HP Quality Center Test Set Report.

Name Type Description Required
Domain String The Domain in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Folder String The folder in Quality Center the test set resides in. This usually starts with Root. Yes
Project String The Project in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Quality Center Configuration     Yes
Report Name String The name of the report published to the Anthill build life. Yes
Test Set String The test set results to publish. Yes

Run Test Set

Run a Test Set using HP Quality Center.

Name Type Description Required
Domain String The Domain in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Folder String The folder in Quality Center the test set resides in. This usually starts with Root. Yes
Project String The Project in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Quality Center Configuration     Yes
Remote Host String The host to run the tests on. If left blank, the tests will run locally. No
Success Threshold String A numeric value representing the percentage of tests that must succeed for the step to be considered successful. If the test pass rate is below this value, the step will fail. Ex: For the success threshold to be 90%, enter 90. Yes
Test Set String The test set to run. Yes

Update Issues

Update one or more defects in HP Quality Center.

Name Type Description Required
Additional Fields String Any other additional defect fields to update. These should be one per line, as name=value pairs. Adheres specifically to the java.util.Properties format. No
Assignee String The new assignee for the defect or blank to not change. No
Capture Mode Enumeration:    
Choose how to locate defects to update. Select List to list the defect Ids as comma-separated values below. Eg. 4, 24, 13 Select Regex to specify a regular expressions used to parse the build lifes change logs for defects. Eg. QC-([0-9]+) Yes    
Comment String Optionally add a comment with this update. No
Defect Ids String Comma separated list of defect ids to update. Yes
Domain String The Domain in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Fail Mode Enumeration:    
What should be done when a defect to be updated is not found in Quality Center. Fail-fast: fail the step immediately if a defect is not found. Fail: fail the step after attempting to update all defects. Warn: log a warning when a defect is not found. Yes    
Priority String The new priority of the defect or blank to not change. Default values are ( 1-Low, 2-Medium, 3-High, 4-Very High, 5-Urgent ) No
Project String The Project in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Quality Center Configuration     Yes
Severity String The new severity of the defect or blank to not change. Default values are ( 1-Low, 2-Medium, 3-High, 4-Very High, 5-Urgent ) No
Status String The new status of the defect or blank to not change. Default values are ( Closed, Fixed, New, Open, Rejected, Reopen ) No
Summary String A new summary for the defect or blank to not change. Default max length is 255. No

Verify Issues Field

Verify that all of the Issues associated with the current Build Life have a given field values

Name Type Description Required
Check History Boolean Check the historical values in addition to the current value No
Domain String The Domain in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Field Name String The field name. Ex: BG_STATUS Yes
Project String The Project in Quality Center the defect is in. Yes
Quality Center Configuration     Yes
Require All Boolean If all values must be present. Only valid if Check History is also selected No
Value String A comma-separated list of expected values. Ex: Fixed,Closed Yes

Roles in the HP Quality Center plug-in

The plug-in adds these roles automatically to resources. You cannot add these roles manually.

Automation

This represents the connectivity settings for a HP Quality Center. In order for this plugin to work with HP ALM 11 and later, you must open the web UI of HP ALM from the agent machine, click on their Add-ins Page link and install the HP ALM Connectivity add-in.

Name Type Description
Password Password The password to authenticate with Quality Center.
Password Script String If a property or script should be used to set the password, leave password blank and put the property or script here.
Server URL String The base URL of the Quality Center instance. It usually ends with /qcbin.
Username String The username to authenticate with Quality Center.
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