Creating a Cycle

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Last updated: Jun 17, 2024
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AIO Tests allows you to manage and keep track of the results of groups of test cases that should be executed together for a certain objective. By creating cycles of test cases on AIO Tests, you can not only monitor cycle testing results effortlessly, but can also streamline testing processes.  

In this documentation, you’ll understand:

Factors to Consider When Creating a Cycle

In AIO Tests, users can manage the results of test cases of different releases. It not only provides an organized way of managing the results of cycle testing, but also helps you find out whether the new features work well with old ones. Here are some of the guidelines that you should consider when creating a cycle in AIO Tests. 

  • Appropriate title: When it comes to creating a cycle, make sure you check whether you have given the correct and relevant name to the Cycle in the title. 

  • Choose tags wisely: One of the major factors that need to be considered while creating a cycle is to make sure you create or choose appropriate tags for the cycle as it helps in the searchability of cycles. 

  • Review the cycle: Another major factor that you need to consider when creating a cycle is making sure you have added the appropriate test cases for different scenarios and releases. 

Steps to Create a Cycle

Step 1: To create a cycle, simply click on the Create option in the top bar menu and select Cycle from the drop-down list. 

Step 2: Once you click on the Cycle option, the Create Cycle modal window will appear on the screen where you need to enter the below details under the Details tab. 

  • Title: It is a mandatory field where the user needs to give a relevant name to the Cycle.

  • Objective: In this field, the user needs to enter the motive/reason to create the Cycle.

  • Folder: Cycles can be organized in Folders, just like Cases.

If the user clicks ‘Create Cycle’ from the “All Cycles” listing, it will be pre-populated with “Not Assigned”. However, if the user clicks “Create Cycle” from within a folder then it will be pre-populated with the selected folder’s name. The cycle will then be created in the selected folder.

  • Owner: The user can select the name of the person who is responsible for getting this Cycle executed. 

The owner could be anyone in the team. It is not necessary that the owner should be the person who created the Cycle. 

  • Component: With AIO Tests, Components that were created in Jira project, become available while creating a Cycle. This feature helps to categorize and organize Cycles.

  • Release: With AIO Tests, Releases that were created in Jira project, become available while creating a Cycle. This feature offers flexibility to the user. 

  • Start Date and End Date: It gives the user the privilege to enter the start and end date of the testing process. You can also remove the Start and End Date individually. The system doesn’t allow the selection of the start date after the end date if the end date is already specified and if the start date has been assigned, a user can’t select an end date before the start date.

  • Tags: Tags are keywords that let you classify your Cycle in a more flexible and informal manner. They help you in searching. 

Users can associate multiple tags with a Cycle. To create a new tag, the user just needs to enter the tag name in the field and press enter once done

  • Jira Tasks: Cycles can be linked with Jira issues that can track the work being done in a cycle.

  • Attachments: Any Cycle-level attachments like reports or documents to be used for testing can be uploaded here.

Step 3: Click on the Add Cases option at the top right corner of the Create Cycle modal window. 

Step 4: On the Cases tab, select cases that you want to add to that particular Cycle from a list of published cases of the current as well as any other project you have access to. 

Step 5: Click on the Assign Users button to assign testers to the added cases.

Step 6: On the Assignee page, select the desired cases that you want to assign to a particular user and bulk assignment can be done for the selected cases. Users can click on Go to Executions option to start executing the cycle. 

Once you click the Go to Executions option, you will be navigated to the Cycle Details screen.

For further queries and suggestions, please feel free to reach out to our customer support service via help@aiotests.com.