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JuanCarlos
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How to Generate a Summary Report for Multiple Test Cycles Without Duplicating Cases

Hello, We are currently migrating our testing tool from TestLink to Zephyr Scale, but I've encountered a problem with generating our follow-up reports. In TestLink, we used to create reports where w...
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    2 months ago

    Hi, sorry, I missed a key part of the solution where you need to change reporting to be based on the Test Case Folder location!  This means changing your report to not report by Test Cycle.  This paragraph is now corrected:

    From:
    In my report, using the Advanced Filtering option, in Test Cycles I added the two Cycles, and in Test Execution, chose Iterations v1, and v2, and set the Results output to Last Test Execution (the default value).

    To:
    In my report, using the Advanced Filtering option, Test Cases, I selected the Folder where the tests are stored, and in Test Execution, chose Iterations v1, and v2, and set the Results output to Last Test Execution (the default value).  This solution requires you to file tests logically by folder (which hopefully is what you're already doing), but the advantage is that you can now report executions by folder (i.e. by test case), and show the latest result for those tests regardless of how many test cycles they appear in, e.g. v1, v2, v3, etc.

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Thank you very much for your help. After reviewing both cases, the first one would be the best fit for our way of working. However, after following your suggestion (assigning iteration 1 to all test cases from the first test cycle, whether they passed or failed, and iteration 2 only to those executed in the second test cycle), when applying the filter as per your instructions, it displays all the test cases executed in iteration 1 plus those executed in iteration 2.

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Hi, sorry, I missed a key part of the solution where you need to change reporting to be based on the Test Case Folder location!  This means changing your report to not report by Test Cycle.  This paragraph is now corrected:

From:
In my report, using the Advanced Filtering option, in Test Cycles I added the two Cycles, and in Test Execution, chose Iterations v1, and v2, and set the Results output to Last Test Execution (the default value).

To:
In my report, using the Advanced Filtering option, Test Cases, I selected the Folder where the tests are stored, and in Test Execution, chose Iterations v1, and v2, and set the Results output to Last Test Execution (the default value).  This solution requires you to file tests logically by folder (which hopefully is what you're already doing), but the advantage is that you can now report executions by folder (i.e. by test case), and show the latest result for those tests regardless of how many test cycles they appear in, e.g. v1, v2, v3, etc.

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    JuanCarlos
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    Now I've finally got it! Thank you so much for your help!

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      That is good news!  Glad I could assist.  Happy testing!