Introduction to Organizing Tests in Katalon Studio

Creating a Test Suite

Follow the given steps to create a test suite.

1. Inside your project, open Test Suites inside the Test Management tab. This tab is the place that stores all your test suites. 
    
2. To add a new test suite, click the + Test Suite button. A dialog box will appear. It will ask you to give a name to your test suite, choose the repository it belongs to and finally add a new test case.
    
3. Click Add. It adds the target test case to your test suite. Remember, you can only add one test case at a time.
    
4. Click Create. Congratulations Ninja! You have successfully created a test suite.
    

Updating a test suite

Due to various reasons, you may want to change the name of your test suite. Adding or removing test cases is also a frequent activity. 

Follow the below steps to update your test suite.

1. Open the Test Suites section again. Then click the TestOps tab. All of your created test suites will be visible to you. Select the test suite you want to update.
    
2. You will see an Edit button in the top right corner of the screen. Click it.
    
3. You can now change the test suite's name. You may add or remove test cases by clicking Add and Remove.
    
4. Finally, click Save to confirm the changes and update the suite.
    

Deleting a Test Suite

You can delete unnecessary test suites if you want to remove them from your repository.

The steps are simple. Follow the instructions, and you can delete the test suite.

1. Go to Test Management and Test Suite to view all the available test suites.
    
2. Open the test suite you want to delete.
    
3. You can find the delete button at the top right corner of the screen, next to the Edit button. 
    
4. Click the button and confirm to delete the test suite.
    

Good going, Ninja! We have successfully uploaded test scripts to our TestOps repository and created test suites.

We will now learn to view the uploaded test cases and the suites created.

Katalon TestOps copies the folder-based view style of your script repository. This mirroring is done so you get a familiar environment to work in. 

Before moving on to the steps, we would like to give you a suggestion. Whenever you upload new test cases or test suites from GitHub, TestOps fetches the data and then displays it on the screen. However, this may take some time. In this case, we advise you to refresh your script repository.

Go to the Script Repositories page inside the Configurations tab. After selecting the script, click the "Refresh Test Suite Collection" button present at the top right corner of the screen. This step will refresh your test suite and all the test cases.

Viewing Test Scripts

Follow the below steps to view the uploaded test scripts:

1. Go inside the Test Management folder. You can view the test cases and test suites here.
    
2. Open the Test Cases page. Here you will find the Uploaded Data folder.
    
3. The Uploaded Data folder, as the name suggests, stores all the uploaded data and folders. You can find your required test cases here.
    
4. By clicking on a test case, you can view all the run results of the test, if any. Information such as Last execution, number of executions, Last updated, etc., is available for each test case.
    
5. Now, go to the Test Suites page. Here you can see the information about every test suite that you click. It tells you the total number of test executions for the selected test suite. It also shows us when the data was last updated and executed.
    

Fantastic! Now you have done it all. You know how to upload test scripts, create and manage suites, and view test cases. Now it all comes down to your management skills. We suggest you structure your data as neatly as possible. This methodology will boost your efficiency and save you a lot of time.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do you mean by a Test Suite?

A test suite is a collection of test cases. By suite, we mean that the test cases inside it have similar functionalities. They might be related to the same part of the application which is to be tested.

What happens if I delete a test suite by mistake?

Do not worry. You do not lose any data even if you delete the wrong test suite. Katalon automatically creates a shell test suite that stores the data of your deleted test suite.

How do I sync the latest version of my Git repositories?

To sync the updated version of your Git repository to your testOps, you can refresh the TestOps. This method to refresh has been discussed earlier in this article. 

Which are the two most popular automation tools for testing?

Selenium and Katalon are the two most popular automation tools. However, selenium is faster than Katalon because of differences in its scripting language.

Conclusion

Hey Ninja! We hope you enjoyed reading this article. We believe you will now be able to easily manage test scripts and cases in Katalon TestOps. 

Before ending our discussion, let us summarize everything we learned in this article. We started by understanding the need for a proper organization of test cases. We then learned to upload test scripts from GitHub. We discussed the creation and management of test suites. And finally learned how to view test cases, suites, and execution results in Katalon TestOps.

In the end, we also discussed some frequently asked questions along with their brief answers.

We sincerely hope the above discussion helped you understand how to organize tests in Katalon Studio.

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