Test Director Interview Preparation Guide

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Master test plan is the doccumaent in which each and every functional point is validated. Test case docuument contains test cases, Test case is the perception with which probability of finding the defect is more.

In TestDirector(Requirement Tab) We Stores Our Project Requirement documents according to our modules or functionality of the applications. This helps us to makes sures that all requirements are covered when we trace developed Test Case/Test Script to the requirements. This helps QA Manager to review what extent the requirements are covered.

The 3 views of requirment are:
1)Document View-tabulated view
2)Coverage View-establish a relationship between requirement and the test assosiated with them along with their execution status.Mostly the requirements are written in this view only.
3)Coverage analysis view-show a chart with requirementassociated with the test,and execution status of the test.

In the defect tracking window, at the top we can see the find similar defect icon. If we click after writing our defect, if any of the tester already added the similar defect it will tell. Else we can add.

Reports on TestDirector display information about test requirements, the test plan, test runs, and defect tracking. Reports can be generated from each TestDirector module using the default settings, or you can customize them. When customizing a report, you can apply filters and sort conditions, and determine the layout of the fields in the report. You can further customize the report by adding sub-reports. You can save the settings of your reports as favorite views and reload them as needed.

WinRunner: Its an Automation Testing tool, used for automation of manual written Test Cases to Test Scripts and Regression Test also. Test Director: Its an Testing Management tool, used from Creating Test Plan,Preparation of testCases, execution of testcases and generating defect report.Also used for maintaining Test Scripts.

The Defect ID will be generated automatically after the submission of the defect..

Create an object with a type = Number. Name it something like "Test_ID" in the Customize Entities area. Then go into the Workflow Script Editor to "TestPlan module script/TestPlan_Test_MoveTo" and insert the following: if Test_Fields.Field("Your Object Name").Value <> Test_Fields.Field ("TS_TEST_ID").Value then Test_Fields.Field("Your Object Name").Value = Test_Fields.Field("TS_TEST_ID").Value end if This will put an object on each test thet displays the Test ID Number.

1. In requirements TAB select coverage view.
2. Select requirement by clicking on Parent/Child or grand Child.
3. On right hand side (in Coverage View Window) another window will appear. It has two TABS (a) Tests Coverage (b) Details. Test Coverage TAB will be selected by default or you click it.
4. Click on Select Tests Button. A new window will appear on right hand side and you will see a list of all tests.
You can select any test case you want to map with you requirement.

You can add requirements to test cases in two ways; either from Requriements tab or Test Plan tab. Navigate to the appropriate Requirement and right click, you can find the menu to map the test case and the vice versa is available in Test plan tab.

Once completed the preparing of the test cases. 1. Export the test cases in to Test Director. ( it will contain total 8 steps). 2. The test cases will be loaded in the Test Plan module. 3. Once the execution is started, we move the test cases from Test Plan tab to the Test Lab module. 4. In Test Lab, we execute the test cases and put as pass or fail or incomplete. We generate the graphs in the test lab for daily report and sent to the onsite (where ever you want to deliver). 5. If you got any defects and raise the defect in the defect module. When raising the defect ,attach the defect with the screen shot.

The Test Grid displays all the tests in a TestDirector project. The Test Grid contains the following key elements: Test Grid toolbar, with buttons of commands commonly used when creating and modifying the Test Grid. Grid filter, displaying the filter that is currently applied to a column. Description tab, displaying a description of the selected test in the Test Grid. History tab, displaying the changes made to a test. For each change, the grid displays the field name, date of the change, name of the person who made the change, and the new value.

Open test director and then click the Analysis you will find three type of graphs Planning Progress Graphs Planning Summary Graphs Defect Age Graph Click any of one and you can generate the graphs..

Yes, you can do that. Go to Add In menu in TestDirector, find the Excel add in, and install it in you machine. Now open excel, you can find the new menu option export to Test director. Rest of the procedure is self explanatory

You can not create your own template for defect reporting in Test Director but you can customize the Template in Test Director

Open any test and click on the tab 'design step'. Once it opens, you can right click on the first cell and export into any format .

This depends a lot of what you are interested in "reporting on". You have to combine both SQL and VB script to extract data from TD to Excel. Its also possible to "customize" the standard reports given from the "analyze" tab, this is written in XML if you are familiar with this language. If you log in to Mercury support you will be able to find a lot of code examples.

there are 4 tabs available in Testdirector.
1. Requirement -> to track the customer requirenments
2. Testplan -> to design the testcases & to store the testscripts
3. Testlab -> to exectue the testsets & track the results
4. Defect -> to log a defect & to track the logged defects

This function is for getting datatable(excel sheet) in test director. Try to use it and as vbs file and call this function to get ur datatable. GetAttachment(FileName, OutPath) FileName The name of the attachment that needs to be copied OutPath The folder location where the file needs to be stored Return value The full path where the file has been copied on the local file system Example: FilePath = GetAttachment("test.pdf", "C:") MsgBox "Your file is here:" & FilePath The GetAttachmentFromTest finds the attachment associated to the given test name and stores it in a local folder. GetAttachmentFromTest(TestName, FileName, OutPath) TestName The name of the test where the attachment is located FileName The name of the attachment that need to be copied OutPath The folder location where the file needs to be stored Return value The full path where the file has been copied on the local file system

Test Lab can be used to create a test set. You can add one or many test cases into a test set. Then run all test cases in a test set together and change the status as pass/fail.

Yes. Create your req. structure. Create the test case structure and the test cases Map the testcases to the apr. req. Run and report bugs from your test cases in the test lab module. The database structure in TD is mapping testcase to defects, only if you have created the bug from the apr. test case. Maybe you can update the mapping by using some code in the bug script module (from the customize project funktion), as fare as I know, its not possible to map defects directly to an req.

This is how you do it:
1. Open the test director project.
2. Display the requirements module.
3. Chose report Analysis > Reports > Standard Requirements Report.

Design tab -- Right click -> go to save as -> select excel and save it Requirement tab -- Right click on main req/ click on export/ save as word, excel or other template. This would save all the child requirement. Test plan tab-- only individual test can be exported. No parent--child export is possible.Select a test script. click on the design steps tab. right click anywhere on the open window. click on export and save as.... Test lab tab-- select a child group. Click on execution grid if it is not selected. right click anywhere . default save option is excel. but can be saved in doc and other formats. select 'all' or 'selected' option. defects tab -- right click anywhere on the window, export all or 'selected' defects and save excel sheet or document.

Test director is a test mangement tool, it is used across all major organizations and is generally used for management of all test activities in organization. It is important to learn this tool, but for beginners it is enough to understand how to log defects into it and how to run tests using it.

To connect to TD from QTP follow the steps... Open Qtp ==> Tools ==> Select TestDirector Connection ==> In Server Connction Box Enter TD address(URL of TD) ==> Click Connect==> In project Connection Box Enter the Details Domain,Project,User name and Password ==> Click Connect If you want to reconnect on startup check the reconnect on startup and save password for reconnection on startup. Then close.