Run the test launch configuration by clicking the Run button at the bottom of the Run dialog.
When a manual test suite is executed, the Manual Test View is launched on the host as specified in the test deployment associated with the execution test launch configuration. The Manual Test View is an independent Standard Widget Toolkit window for executing a manual test suite.
The Manual Test View displays the manual test suite as a hierarchal tree at the left of the Manual Test View for viewing and navigation. The executed manual test suite is displayed at the root with loops and referenced manual test suites as branches of the manual test suite tree. Any manual test suite or loop node in the tree may be expanded and collapsed by selecting the node in the manual test suite tree and selecting Expand node and Collapse node, respectively, in the node's context menu. All of the manual test suite and loop nodes in the tree may be expanded and collapsed by selecting the Expand all and Collapse all buttons, respectively, at the top of the Manual Test View. Individual manual test suite cases are displayed as leaves of the manual test suite tree. Selecting a node in the tree will display the details of that node at the right of the Manual Test View.
At any time during the execution of the manual test suite, the tester may record a message with optional attachments in the test log by selecting the Send message button at the top of the Manual Test View. The Manual Test View may be terminated at any time during the execution of the manual test suite by selecting the Stop Execution button at the top of the Manual Test View.
When the Manual Test View initially appears, the first manual test suite case of the manual test suite is automatically selected. The execution steps for the manual test suite case are displayed at the upper-right of the Manual Test View. After completing the execution steps of the manual test suite case, input the status at the lower-right of the Manual Test View:
To record the status in the test log and advance to the next manual test suite case, select the Next button at the lower-right of the Manual Test View. At any time during the execution of the manual test suite, the tester may advance to the next manual test suite case by selecting the Selects the current test to execute button at the top of the Manual Test View. Testers may execute the same manual test suite case multiple times by navigating to the manual test case in the test tree and recording a new status, reason and optional contextual information and attachments.
When the manual test suite execution is complete, exit the Manual Test View by selecting the Stop Execution button at the top of the Manual Test View.
Related concepts
Analyzing test results
Related tasks
Creating a manual test
Running a manual test suite
Creating a test deployment
Related reference
Generic launch configuration properties