Steps sidebar

This sidebar enables you to navigate, mark, and edit the steps in your test.

For ALM users: If you are running a Business Process Test, the Steps sidebar displays the test hierarchy and components in an additional pane on the left. The Steps display area displays the steps for the selected component.

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To access	Enter Run mode Open a test or component. Click Run. Tip: To lock the sidebar in the open position, click the thumbtack icon. To reposition the sidebar, click and drag on the sidebar header.
Related tasks	Manage test steps
Important information	If your manual test does not have any steps and you did not manually change the Sprinter configuration file, the Steps sidebar is not displayed.
Important information for ALM users	Some options are available only when you are connected to Application Lifecycle Management. Some options are available only when you are working with Business Process Testing. Steps in components are displayed in the order in which they were created and not by their logical order in the component. User defined fields in steps are not supported in Application Lifecycle Management business process tests.

The Steps sidebar contains the following elements:

Steps Toolbar

User interface elements are described below:

UI Elements	Description
<Title bar>	The title bar of the Steps sidebar displays the test name. For ALM users, this is the name that appears in Test Plan module of Application Lifecycle Management. For ALM users: For Business Process Testing tests, the title bar displays the name of the Business Process Test and the current component.
	Pass Selected Steps. (Default) Marks the selected steps as Passed. (Ctrl-click to select multiple steps.) Click on the down arrow for the following options: Pass. Marks the selected steps as Passed. Pass All. Marks all the steps as Passed. Pass Selected, Pass Previous Unmarked. Marks the selected step as Passed, and marks all the unmarked steps before the selected step, as Passed. This option is only available when a single step is selected.
	Fail Selected Steps. (Default) Marks the selected steps as Failed. (Ctrl-click to select multiple steps.) Click on the down arrow for the following options: Fail. Marks the selected steps as Failed. Fail Selected, Pass Previous Unmarked. Marks the selected step as Failed, and marks all the unmarked steps before the selected step, as Passed. This option is available only when a single step is selected.
	Actual Result. Enables you to modify the actual result and/or add a regular or annotated screen capture to the actual result. For details, see the Actual Result dialog box If your steps have user defined fields from Application Lifecycle Management, they can be edited in the Actual Result dialog box.
	Edit Step. Opens the Edit Steps dialog box. (not available for Business Process Tests) Click the down-arrow for the following options: Edit Step. (Default) Enables you to edit a step. Insert Before. Enables you to insert a new step before the current step. Insert After. Enables you to insert a new step after the current step. Delete Step. Deletes the selected step.
	Attachments. (Tests only) Opens the Run Attachments dialog box, enabling you to add, edit, or remove attachments in your step.
	Previous Component (Business Process Tests only). Returns the right pane and the Steps display area to the previous component.
	Next Component (Business Process Tests only). Advances the right pane and the Steps display area to the next component.
	Parameters mode (Business Process Tests only). Displays and enables you to edit the actual values of the parameters for the component selected in the left pane.
	Show Subtitles. Displays the steps, as an on-screen subtitle. For details on working with subtitles, see Subtitles toolbar.
	Expand All. Expands all the steps in the Steps display area.
	Collapse All. Collapses all the steps in the Steps display area.
	Find. Enables you to search the steps for specific text. Find searches the step name, description, and expected result for the specified text. The search text is not case-sensitive. The first step containing the text is automatically opened.

Steps Display Area

This area displays the steps in the current run.

For ALM users: For Business Process Tests, it displays the steps in the current component. In Parameters Mode (Business Process Tests only) it displays the parameters for the component selected in the left pane.

Navigating

When you start a run, the Steps display area displays the first step expanded. If you switch to another run that you have not yet completed, the last step you marked is expanded.
When you set the status of a step, the Steps display area automatically advances to the next step in the test.

User interface elements are described below (unlabeled elements are shown in angle brackets):

UI Elements	Description
	Expand/Collapse. Expands or collapses the selected step. When the step is expanded, the name, description, and expected results are displayed.
	Status. Displays a drop-down list that enables you to set the status of the step. Default status values: Passed. The step passed. Failed. The step failed. Blocked. The step is blocked. Not Completed. The step was paused in the middle of the run. No Run (Default) The step has not yet been run. N/A. Current status is not applicable. Note: For ALM users, in addition to the default status items above, the list includes any user-defined statuses defined for your Application Lifecycle Management project. For details on user-defined statuses, see the Application Lifecycle Management Administrator Guide. Tip: You can Ctrl-click to select multiple steps and then use the one of the selections in the drop-down list to set the status of all the selected steps.
<Step content>	When a step is expanded, the following fields are displayed: Name. If the step name is too long to display in the step heading it is truncated, and the full step name is displayed in the step description. Description Expected Result Actual Result (if added). If you added a screen capture to the Actual Result, an icon is added to this area. If you move the cursor over the icon, the screen capture is displayed. Step Attachments. If you added an attachment to a step, an icon indicates that there is an attachment. Double-clicking the icon opens the attachment in your default program for that file type. For images, moving the pointer over the icon displays a preview of the attachment.

UI Elements

Description

Expand/Collapse. Expands or collapses the selected step. When the step is expanded, the name, description, and expected results are displayed.

Status. Displays a drop-down list that enables you to set the status of the step.

Default status values:

Passed. The step passed.
Failed. The step failed.
Blocked. The step is blocked.
Not Completed. The step was paused in the middle of the run.
No Run (Default) The step has not yet been run.
N/A. Current status is not applicable.

Note: For ALM users, in addition to the default status items above, the list includes any user-defined statuses defined for your Application Lifecycle Management project. For details on user-defined statuses, see the Application Lifecycle Management Administrator Guide.

Tip: You can Ctrl-click to select multiple steps and then use the one of the selections in the drop-down list to set the status of all the selected steps.

<Step content>

When a step is expanded, the following fields are displayed:

Name. If the step name is too long to display in the step heading it is truncated, and the full step name is displayed in the step description.
Description
Expected Result
Actual Result (if added). If you added a screen capture to the Actual Result, an icon is added to this area. If you move the cursor over the icon, the screen capture is displayed.
Step Attachments. If you added an attachment to a step, an icon indicates that there is an attachment.

Double-clicking the icon opens the attachment in your default program for that file type. For images, moving the pointer over the icon displays a preview of the attachment.

Steps Status Bar

User interface elements are described below (unlabeled elements are shown in angle brackets):

UI Elements	Description
<Steps status bar>	Displays a progress bar and text indicating the number of steps that do not have a status of No Run, out of the total number of steps.
User Actions	Displays the number of user actions performed in the current test run.
Duration	Displays the amount of time spent on the current run. The Duration counter resets to 0 when you move between runs in the Run Control sidebar.

Steps sidebar

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