You can copy a single test artifact to the same project
area or to a different project area in the same or another configuration
by using the editor for the test artifact.
Procedure
- Open the test artifact.
- At the top of the page, click the Duplicate () icon.
- In the Duplicating dialog
box, select the project area.
By default, the current project
area is selected.
- If you selected to copy the artifact to the same project
area as the original artifact, complete the following steps:
- Select an option for the test artifacts that are associated
with the copy.
- Include links to the same artifacts that the original
artifacts link to: By default, links are created in the
duplicated artifact to the artifacts that are associated with the
original artifact. To prevent these links in the duplicated artifact,
select another option.
- Include links to duplicates of the artifacts that the
original artifacts link to: Artifacts associated with
the duplicated original are also copied and links between the associated
duplicates are generated.
- Do not include links to other artifacts:
The duplicated artifact is a basic copy and will not contain links
to other artifacts.
- Click Finish.
The duplicate is created in the current project and configuration.
Tip: If configuration management is enabled for your project
and the copy also must be duplicated in another configuration, you
can use the Compare Configuration command to merge the test artifact
into the other configuration. For more information about configuration
compare and merge operations, see
Comparing and merging test artifacts.
- If you selected a different project area to copy to, complete
the following steps:
- If configuration management is enabled for your project,
select the stream that will contain the copy.
- Click Next.
- If your test artifacts contain fields that must be mapped,
in the following pages of the wizard, select the field mapping. The
destination project must have an equal or greater number of template
and category types than the source project. Select the values in the
target project area that correspond to the values in the original
project area.
- Click Finish.
Results
When the test artifact is duplicated in the same project
area, the new copy opens in the editor. Test artifacts copied to the
same project area have Copy of preceding
the name. To view an artifact that you duplicated to a different project
area, you must log in to the other project area.
If you copied
test artifacts to the same project area, associated test artifacts
are referred to; if you copied test artifacts to a different project
area, most associated test artifacts are also copied. For more information
about the artifacts that are copied, see Copying test artifacts.