Test Activities Overview and Setup

Test Activities are copied through the schedule of record creation like it is executed for Test Properties: Test Activity → Test Plan Activity → Test Order Activity.

While the Test Activity contains general information like the Code and Description fields, the Test Plan Activity contains the Execution Time and Exec. Time Unit of Meas. Code fields.

The Test Order Activity uses the following fields to store the planned time frame based on the Execution Time:

  • Starting Date
  • Starting Time
  • Ending Date
  • Ending Time
  • Starting Date-Time
  • Ending Date-Time
Note

These fields are available as filters in the Change Test Order Status function.

The time-based fields listed above are visible in the following pages:

  • Test Order Card, Planning FastTab
  • Test Order List
  • Test Incident Card, Planning FastTab
  • Test Order Activities

Test Activities Setup

Test Activities define how to operate testing and are used in the Test Order Scheduling process to relate one or more Test Properties to a group that represents the test step. For more information, see Master Data Setup.

Test Activity Groups are used to classify Test Activities and can be set up prior to or as needed when creating test activities.

To create test activity groups

  1. Choose the Lightbulb that opens the Tell Me feature icon, enter Test Activity Groups, and then choose the related link.
  2. Choose the New action.
  3. In the Code and Description fields, enter a unique code and description for the test activity group.
  4. Go to the next line and add another test activity group.

To create test activities

  1. Choose the Lightbulb that opens the Tell Me feature icon, enter Test Activities, and then choose the related link.
  2. Choose the New action.
  3. Fill in or update the fields as described in the following table.
Field Description
Code/Description Unique identifier and short description of the test activity.
Test Activity Group Code Indicates the category of test activity for grouping purposes.
Resource No. Indicates the standard Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Resource to be used for the Activity.
Resources are linked to work centers in order to use the Work Center structures like capacities. Work Center Capacities are used instead of Resource Capacities for Test Order Scheduling.
Work Center No. Indicates the Work Center to be used for the activity, defaults from the linked Resource No.
The use of the Work Center results in usage of related working time structures so that no Activities are planned outside of the working time.
Work Center Group Code Defaults from the Work Center specified in the Work Center No. field.
Exec. Time Unit of Measure Code Defaults from the Work Center specified in the Work Center No. field.

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