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3 years ago

Zephyr Scale - is there a way to separate Custom Fields by Project

We have a series of Projects, each with unique Features. We track tests based on which Features they test. We have a Custom Field for Primary, Secondary and Tertiary features tested. What we are seei...
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I'm not sure if I understand the issue correctly but reading between the lines it sounds like you've setup your Zephyr Scale (ZS) project to contain test cases from multiple projects?  The problem in this scenario is that custom fields are applicable to all items within the project.  If I've understood that correctly then you have the suggestions you mention but there is also the Components and Labels fields that might offer a different solution and experience.

 

Did I understand correctly?

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    kking
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    Perhaps, I'm new to ZS, so I'm not certain of the terminology. I was hoping the image I provided would be visible to help out, but apparently it doesn't automatically display. I'll try again in text form...

     

    We have 4 separate Products under the Projects tab. Each Project has a Custom Field of Primary (each also has a Secondary and Tertiary field as well). The Custom Field named Primary is supposed to have a unique set of features, one set for each Project. At the moment, all of the Projects see the same set of features under Primary, which is not the desired behavior. We are trying to see if we can set up the Projects to have unique Primary fields, each filled with their own unique feature set. So far, we believe the only solution is to make each Primary (and Secondary/Tertiary) Custom Field unique to the Project, such as P1-Primary, P2-Primary, etc...

    We are hoping to find a cleaner way, and separate the Primaries by Project, but are unsure if such is possible. Does that help clarify what we are trying to do?

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    kking
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    Thanks, MisterB. I believe you understand correctly. However, I started with Zephyr about a week ago (among all the other things I'm doing), so I haven't had time to look into what Components and Labels are.

    Can we use them to select a list of tests to run? I was told we needed the Custom Fields to do that. Note that the person guiding me is only a slight bit ahead of me on the curve and even more overloaded than I am (which is how I got stuck with this).
    Where can I find out more about Components and Labels fields?