Introduction

Test Suites are where we store the tests that are being run for the current development.  Test Cases can be assigned to multiple team members, with the results of the tests being stored independently for each user

Structure

Each development phase should have its own test plan. 

Within a test plan, there will be a test suite. There is three different types of test suite: 

• Static
• Requirement Based
• Query Based

Most test plans will have a static suite at the top level, with Query Based suites underneath for the different functionality.

Once the different suites have been created, Charts can be created to show different states of the tests.

Instructions

Test Plan

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Log in to Azure Dev Ops, and go to Test Plans
Click New Test Plan
Enter a name, this is normally the development phase, and then select the Ara and Iteration
Click Create. The Test Plan will now be created, with a Static Test Suite

Test Suite

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Select the test plan you want to add the test suites to.
Select the eclipse next to the Test Suite name
Select Query based suite
Change the Name, to what the query is going to return. In this case, we can call it HR - New Starters
For the query, set the Work Item Type to Microsoft.TestCaseCategory. Add additional querys for the tags we want to search for. In this case we will add two, HR and New Starter
Click Run Query to ensure the results are correct
Click Create Suite
To assign the tests to users, select the eclipse next to the test suite, and select Assign testers to run all tests
You can now select the users and whether to email the users.  Once the users are selected, click Ok
Change from the Define tab to the execute tab We can now see are four tests have doubled to eight, and the selected testers have been assigned. For more information on how to run tests, please see the the following KB article.

Charts

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Go to the test suite you want to add the chart for
Select Chart from the toolbar
Click New, and select new test result chart
Configure the chart as required, and select OK
The chart will now be visible and can be used during Test Review sessions to show progress to the team