Test execn. outside Test Cycles _HELP

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Hi all&nbsp;Is it possible to restrict users from executing Test cases outside Test cycle , we want to limit Test execution within Test cycle only .Please share any knowledge , hopefully there is a solution other than asking users :).&nbsp;When Test cases are executed within Test cycle it's allows for better report results &gt;What are your thoughts Thanks in advance for your kind help -&nbsp;&nbsp;Let me pre-empt an answer&nbsp; cheekily "no there is no such options available but if you add it as a suggestion someone at Smart Bear may pick it up at some point in the future :) "&nbsp;

kristen32010 · Answer

I agree! For us, it's the play button on the test cases within the Jira item itself. Some folks forget about the test cycle and just click that play button which creates the execution outside of the test cycle, and additionally there is no way to include that execution or pull it into the test cycle after its already been executed ad-hoc. Please give us an option to turn off ad-hoc executions!

nasar · Answer

MisterB it's your old buddy here ( me) reaching out&nbsp;&nbsp;

duck-tester · Answer

I have asked this question before as we have the same issue in our organisation.&nbsp;unfortunately the only global setting there is currently is to thrn off the AI test helper (purple button in executions page)As you pre-empted this is a process thing for now. But if your suggestion gets some weight behind it they may do something about it.&nbsp;I for one think all executions should happen within a cycle. And that’s a hard sell when the functionality to execute randomly with no cycle exists

nasar · Answer

HI Kirsten this is exactly what's happening but I struggled to explain&nbsp;:) clearly .Test cases are being run from Jira , please Smartbear&nbsp; can you provide an option whereby people are not able to execute test cases from Jira item _Please&nbsp;Otherwise some reports where we are looking for Tags are useless,&nbsp; Test cases are being run outside test cycles the Tag is returning as "NO_VAL" even when Tags are within Test cases .MisterB&nbsp; &nbsp;apologies but Kirsten has articulated my case much better than i have done so far.

kristen032010 · Answer

It is quite simply that there is a play button on the test cases within Jira. Disable that and then it would be less of a hindrance and users would be forced to created a test cycle to do their executions.

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