I am currently trying to link a test to a requirement that I have created in a project created with the CMMI template.

I have a unit test created and I have associated it throught its attributes to the work item id, iteration, project area. These tests are run as part of a team build and the build report says that the tests all pass successfully. I can see the build report through the project portal but when I go to the "Requirements Test History and Overview" report it does not present me with any data.

I am not sure if I am linking the test to the requirement. Could someone please verify that I am doing this correctly, or if I am not point me in the right direction.

Thanks

B

Ok, I think I got this figured out but it has lead me to a related question.

First of all to get the report to actually show that there is a linkage you have to go into the requirement it self and add a link to a test result. Then the report will show that information.

So the first question that is spawed from this is; what does the associated work items attribute of the test for? The second question is; Is there any way to add a link automatically to a work item from a test by using the associated work item attribute of the test?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

B

Hi B,

I would agree that this is a little confusing. As you already figured out in order to build a relation between a work item and a test result you need to add an actual link in the Work Item to the test result (similar to how you would like other work items or changesets).

The Associated Work Items attribute is not something that is being published to the server at least in the current version. It is something that you can use just so that you can see in the code that this test case is sort of related to that work item.

There are three different ways you can create the link in the Work Item to the test result so that you can see that relationship in the Warehouse:

1. You can open an existing work item and add a link to a test result.

2. From your test result window you can right click on a test result and say create work item. This will create a new work item linked to your test result.

3. If you are thinking on an automatic way of creating new work items for new failures I think that already happens if you have your tests being run as part of a Build but if you are using other tools you can use the TFS public APIs in order to do that.

Thanks.

Federico