Organize Test Cycles in Folders

Right-click on the folder and select Add Subfolder. Enter the folder name and submit. The process creates a subfolder under the selected folder, adding a new folder to the tree on the sub-level hierarchy.

Add Folder

Follow either of the following ways to add a new folder under the root or a subfolder.

A. Right-click on the folder under which you want to create a new folder and select Add Folder.

B. Select the folder under which you want to create a new folder and click the + Folder button above the tree.

The Add New Folder dialog box appears.

Folder Hierarchy View

You can view the details about the number of test cycles within the current folder and the total test cycles, including test cycles of sub-folders.

The syntax of the folder hierarchy represents -

<folder name> No. of test cycles within the current folder (Total no. of test cycles, including test cycles of sub-folders)

Test Cycle folders can be arranged on Name and Date. Click the Sort by drop-down list and select the option to arrange the folders on the tree. The folders can be sorted alphabetically and by date of creation in ascending/descending manner. By default, folders are sorted on Oldest First.

Right-click on any folder and select Edit Folder. It allows you to edit the name of the selected folder.

Cut & Paste: You can also Cut a folder and Paste it to another location/folder on the tree to change the hierarchy. All the test cycles under the folder will also move along with the folder.

Select the folder under which you want to paste the folder you cut above.

Right-click on any folder and select Delete. Select the option to delete that particular folder. All the test cycles under that folder will be disassociated with the folder. If there are sub-folders under the folder, then all these sub-folders will be deleted. All the test cycles under such folders will be disassociated from the folders.

On clicking Delete, you are asked to select a folder in which they want to move the underlying test cycles.

If a folder is not selected, then the test cycles will be moved to the root folder, that is, the "All Test Cycles" folder.

The Copy Folder Path right click option copies the folder path on the clipboard.

You can directly add test cycles created via Automation into the defined test cycle folder using the Folder Id.

For example, an automation engineer wants to arrange test cycles created via Automation API, Maven Plugin, Jenkins/Bamboo into a specific folder that can be provided as a parameter, instead of the default root folders.

Right-click on the folder whose Folder ID you want to copy and select the Copy Folder Id option on the menu. The folder Id will be copied to the clipboard. You can use it in Automation API and Maven, Jenkins & Bamboo plugins for adding created test cycles in a particular folder.

You can share a specific Test Cycle folder by sharing the folder link with other users. The link is accessible to others users within the project. Users with whom the link is shared can open the folder link and directly go to the folder. Users can access the folder and its data. If it is a parent folder/root folder, the data is displayed accordingly.

For example, in a project, Project Managers, Developers, and other teams are working in collaboration with each other. They also create test assets, like test cycles required for the project. They prefer to have a direct folder link and share it across teams for the ease of adding test cycles to it.

To copy the folder link,

You can search folders on the folder structure through the search box. It is useful where the folder structure is very complex with multiple hierarchies or the folder list is too long to locate a specific folder.

You can perform the following operations on the root folder:

Operations available on sub-folders are like edit, delete, cut, and copym which are not available on the root folder.

From the root folder, you can perform only Reuse action (and not Move action) for test cycles as the test cycles remain on the root folder and are not moved.

The options for carrying out Bulk Operation remain invisible by default. The options available for Bulk Operations become visible on the screen as soon as you select at least one record.

You can perform the following Bulk Operations on test cycles. Follow the links for more details.

Move Test Cycles

Edit Test Cycles

Delete Test Cycles

You can reorder or move folders within the folder hierarchy using the drag-and-drop functionality across all modules. Refer to Moving and Reordering Folders for more information.