Replace all the Test Instructions in a Test Script
Quick Links:
- Steps to replacing all test instructions within the test script
- Situations when it makes sense to replace a test script
Steps to replacing all instructions within a test script:
When you are in the 'edit' mode of a 'WIP' version of a test script, to replace all the test instructions in it in bulk, follow the steps outlined below:
- Create the replacement test script using QaSCRIBE (or excel if it is a test script to test native/hybrid app)
- Within the Worksoft SaaS app, on the edit test script screen, click on 'Replace' button that appears on the top right hand side of the screen
- Once you upload the replacement script that has the new set of instructions, click the 'Save' button that appears on the top right hand side of the screen.
Situations when it makes sense to do a replace test script:
Typically, as part of maintaining the test script over time, if there are only a few changes to test instructions, you will be able to manage by making the changes to the impacted test instructions directly using the 'edit test screen' within the Worksoft SaaS app. But if you AUT in a new release has changed drastically making most of the test instructions invalid and you have to replace most or all of the test instructions in the test script that was in sync with the previous version of your AUT, then it makes sense to build the test script anew using QaSCRIBE and once you have that ready, make use of the 'replace script' feature within the Worksoft SaaS app.
You may ask, "In such a situation, why can't I just create a new script into my Script Library?" The answer is by doing so, you will have to spend lot of effort to do the following:
- Assemble that new script into all the test scenario the old test script was part of
- You will have assign the labels afresh
- You will have to assign a data definition to the new script (if the previous one was parameterized with a data definition and its attributes) again