An Introduction to Quality Center

An Introduction to Quality Center

Quality Center is a test management tool from HP (takeover from Mercury Interactive in 2007)

QC derived from TestDirector tool and developed in J2EE technology and backend database is MS SQL server

TestDirector developed in C++ technology default database is MS Access.

TestDirector has single cluster support where as QualityCenter has multi cluster support.

Quality Center is a web based test management solution; it supports standalone, Intranet and Internet environments.

Quality Center is available for both Windows and UNIX environments (QualityCenter for Windows and QualityCenter for UNIX)

Quality Center supports various activities like:

a) Requirement management

b) Test Design ( manual test cases as well as automated tests)

c) Test execution

d) Defect Management

e) Traceability among requirements, test cases and defects

f) Integrating with other tools like WinRunner, QTP and LoadRunner

Quality Center doesn’t have API as like QTP and LoadRunner

Quality Center has 2 Interfaces

I) Site Administration

II) Quality Center

Site Administration

It is administration area; here we can do below tasks:

a) Creating Domains

b) Deleting Domains

c) Creating a Project under a Domain

d) Deleting Projects

e) Creating Users

f) Editing User profiles

g) Deleting Users

h) Assigning users to a Project

i) Tracking a project’s status

Quality Center

It has four important modules

a) Requirements

In this module we can create, edit and delete Requirements.

And we can map Requirements with Test cases

b) Test Plan

It is an area, used for creating Manual as well as automated tests using WinRunner or QTP or LoadRunner

c) Test Lab

In this module Tests (manual as well as automated) can be executed.

During automated tests execution QualityCenter launches corresponding tool (WinRunner/QTP/LoadRunner) and that tool executes tests.

d) Defects

In this module testers can post defects and get status of their defects.

Note: QualityCenter can be used by Testers, Test Leads, Test Manager and Developers.

Quality Center Version history:

1st version QC 8.0

8.2

8.2 SP1

9.0 (in 2006)

9.2 (in 2007)

9.5 (in 2008)

10.0 (in 2009)
11.0 ( in 2010)

I) Exporting QTP Tests (From File System) to Quality Center Project

Steps:

    1) Create a folder in 'Test Plan' (QC) for Importing Tests

    2) Connect to Quality Center Project from QTP
        File menu-->Quality Center Connection-->Enter QC Server Url
        -->Enter User name & Password--> connect to Project
  
    3) Open a Test in QTP Test pane and Select Save As Option in File menu
    4) Select QC Test Plan and Save

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II) Exporting Tests from Quality Center Project to QTP (File System)

    1) Launch QC and Connect to the Project by Providing User Id & Password

    2) Select 'Test Plan' and selects an Automated test & Launch QTP

    3) Save As, Select 'File System' and Save

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III) Exporing Manual Requirements/Tests/Defects from File System (Using Excel/Word) to QC Project:

Pre-Requasites:

Download & Install Excel/Word Add in, then 'Export to Quality Center' Option will be available in Excel sheet 'Tools Menu.


Steps:

    1) Open Test case file (Excel)
    2) Tools menu ->Select 'Export to Quality Center' option
    3) Enter QC server Url and Click Next
    4) Enter User Name & Password and Click Next
    5) Select Domain & Project and Click Next
    6) select type of Data (Requirements/Tests/defects) and Click Next
    7) Enter map name and Click Next
    8) Map QC Fields to corresponding Excel Columns and Click Next
    9) Click Finish