Tosca AddOn for ALM 2023.1

Summary

Release Date

12-OCT-2023

High Level Description

2.0.0.0 release of Tosca AddOn

Notes

The Tosca AddOn For ALM enables upload and updates of Tosca Test Cases to ALM.  Update to support Tosca 2023.1.1 and API Key authentication to ALM.

Internal Ref ID (Tosca Addon Installer)

f07459f

Internal Ref ID (Tosca Addon)

0185ca4

Software Components

Component

Version

Tosca AddOn Installer

Tosca AddOn Installer: 2.0.0

Tosca AddOn Views

Vera.ToscaAddOn.UI.Views.dll: 2.0.0.0

 

Tosca AddOn Test Case Upload

Vera.ToscaAddOn.TestCaseUpload.dll: 2.0.0.0

 

Tosca AddOn Utilities

Vera.ToscaAddOn.Utilities.dll: 2.0.0.0

Change Log 

Current Release

Items addressed in the current release.

Category

Reference ID

Name / Description

Enhancement Request

VF-1411

Tosca AddOn Support for Tosca 2023.1.1 and API Key Authentication

IN ORDER TO provide support for Tosca 2023.1.1 and API Key authentication to ALM in the Tosca AddOn

WE WILL update the Tosca AddOn to include the Tosca 2023.1.1 API files and provide API Key authentication to ALM

Enhancement Request

VF-1412

Installer for Tosca AddOn Support for Tosca 2023.1.1 and API Key Authentication

IN ORDER TO provide support for Tosca 2023.1.1 and API Key authentication to ALM in the Tosca AddOn Installer

WE WILL update the installer for the Tosca AddOn to include the Tosca 2023.1.1 API files and provide API Key authentication to ALM

Prior Releases

Running log of features and bug fixes from prior releases in reverse-chronological order

Category

Reference ID

Name / Description

Enhancement Request

VF-1399

Utilize the updated Trusted Publishers certificate for Tosca Adapter code-signing and import

 

 

IN ORDER TO update the Tosca Adapter code to the latest Tricentis GmbH certificate

 

WE WILL utilize the current Tricentis GmbH certificate to sign the Tosca Adapter code and installers

 

Enhancement

VF-1085

 

Pull RMP processing into library that can be reused by Tosca Adapter and Tosca Add-on

 

RMP processing code was moved to a reusable library.

 

Enhancement

VF-1052

 

Create Tosca Test and populate fields with RMP

 

Project parameters in the RMP can be used to populate Tosca Test fields.

Bug Report

VF-1015

 

Update Tosca AddOn to highlight the XTestStepValue rows in the Tosca Test Steps field

 

The XTestStepValue rows in the Tosca Test Steps table are highlighted in aqua color.

 

Enhancement

VF-989

 

Create a Tosca Add-On Installer for Version 14

 

A new Tosca AddOn installer is generated to include CI client files required for Tosca 14.

Bug Report

VF-921

Make 'Upload' operations and 'Update' operations more distinguishable in the Tosca Addon

 

Change the Tosca AddOn ribbon menu items to make it easier for users to distinguish between the "Upload Test Cases" and "Update Test Cases" features.

 

Bug Report

VF-920

ALM Tosca Test Type Extension Interferes with Approval Process

 

Update Approval Process for Tosca test type

Bug Report

VF-934

Upload not displaying error when ALM test creation fails due to incorrect field names

 

Detect incorrect field names during test case upload and report the test creation failure

Bug Report

VF-932

Not all details for TestSteps and TestStepValues are being imported to ALM during upload

 

Report all Tosca test steps and test step details during test case upload

Bug Report

VF-937

Tosca AddOn does not support ALM version control for test cases

 

Correct the ALM "failed to Post" message when a Tosca Test case update is attempted when ALM version control is enabled.

Enhancement

VF-875

Display selected test cases for user confirmation prior to uploading to ALM

 

A selection dialog presents the number of test cases selected, a list of the specific test cases selected and the selected target ALM folder path.

 

Enhancement

VF-857

Select a target location in ALM for pushing test cases

 

The ALM test case folder tree is displayed for selection of the destination folder for the uploaded test cases.

Enhancement

VF-853

View Test Case push results

 

The results dialog provides a count of test cases successfully uploaded and error messages for failures.

 

Enhancement

VF-852

Filter Test Cases by Name and / or by folder (node)

 

Provide the ability for the user to filter and sort TOSCA Test Cases and TOSCA Test Folders to find specific tests to select for upload.

Enhancement

VF-893

No "in progress" dialog is displayed when uploading test cases from TOSCA

 

An In-Progress dialog is presented while the background task performs the upload or update of the test case.

Bug Report

VF-892

TOSCA Test Case Upload Results Error datagrid doesn't resize with window

 

The results dialog is updated to correct resize issues.

Bug Report

VF-889

AddOn throws COM error after switching TOSCA projects

 

Correct errors report when the Tosca workspace is not closed properly.

Enhancement

VF-903

Display an "in progress" dialog when building the folder tree from ALM

 

An In-Progress dialog is presented while the background task builds the ALM test folder tree structure.

Enhancement

VF-902

View Test Case update results

 

The results dialog provides a count of test cases successfully updated and error messages for failures.

Enhancement

VF-898

Push Updated Test Cases from TOSCA to VERA for ALM

 

Updates in Tosca test cases can synchronized to existing Tosca test cases in ALM.

Enhancement

VF-897

Filter updated test cases  by Name and / or by folder (node)

 

Provide the ability for the user to filter and sort TOSCA Test Cases and TOSCA Test Folders to find specific tests to select for update.

Enhancement

VF-896

Select synchronized Test Cases for Updates

 

Provide a list of Tosca test cases existing in ALM that can be update.

Bug Report

VF-894

TOSCA Tests are left Checked Out after uploading to ALM

 

Check in uploaded Tosca test cases and handle upload error conditions.

Enhancement

VF-814

Connect Local TOSCA workspace to ALM

 

Allow users to specify credentials to connect to an ALM project.

Enhancement

VF-816

Push Test Cases from TOSCA to VERA for ALM

 

Provide the ability for the user to select the destination ALM Test Subject folder and replicate TOSCA Test Cases in ALM projects as TOSCA Tests

Enhancement

VF-815

Select Test Cases in TOSCA for push to  VERA for ALM

 

Allow selection of Tosca test cases for push to ALM

Enhancement

VF-818

Install Tosca AddOn

 

Obtain the installation path automatically for the AddOn location in Tosca Commander, verify prerequistes and install the AddOn files.

Bug Report

VF-949

Tosca Add On does not properly recognize if another Tosca user checks out a testcase to be uploaded

 

Verify that the test case is checked out by the current user.

Bug Report

VF-948

Tosca testcase name begins or ends with a space

 

Prevent upload of Tosca test cases that begin or end with a space to correct execution errors.

Enhancement

VF-947

Users can upload Tosca testcase templates to ALM

 

Users can select Tosca testcase templates for upload to ALM

Bug Report

VF-945

Tosca 12 Installer overwrites existing Tosca dependencies

 

Correct the Tosca 12 installer to prevent overwriting existing dependent libraries.

Known Limitations

Summary

Description

Tosca shared repository

The Tosca active workspace must be a multi-user workspace in a shared repository.

Tosca Commander Installed on the workstation

The Tosca AddOn installer requires that Tosca Commander has been installed on the workstation.

ALM OTA TDConnection

The Tosca AddOn installer requires that the ALM OTA TDConnection has been registered on the workstation.

 

.NET Framework 4.8+

The Tosca AddOn installer requires a minimum .NET Framework 4.8..