PractiTest Updates
February 2022 Updates
Here are some updates from the past month
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Testing Data Visibility and Organization - Multilevel Auto Filters
Taking test data organization to the next level! With Multilevel Auto Filters you can now create a child Auto Filter, for each of the sub-filters of the parent Auto Filter. Read more about it here
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Usability and Productivity - Rename Linked List values
We keep listening to our customer’s requests and adjusting our product to better fit your needs; we added the option to rename your linked list values via the settings window. -
Integrations - Integration settings just became easier
We are introducing an easier way to manage your integrations - you can see it in the integrations settings windows of your projects and account.
Coming up
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PractiTest Live Training
Join our customer success team and ask everything you want to know. March 8th, 11:00 EDT / 17:00 CET Sign up here
Located in APAC?
Join us on March 22nd, 14:00 EST/ 11:00 PST Sign up here
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Increasing Productivity by Uncovering Costs of Delay - a guest webinar with Jutta Eckstein
March 9th, 10:00 EST/ 16:00 CET. Sign up here
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Testing Takes a Village - Guest Webinar with Diego Lo Giudice from Forrester
March 31st, 11:00 EST/ 17:00 CET Sign up here
January 2022 Updates
Here are some updates from the past month
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AI-Based Test Management - Introducing PractiTest’s New Test Score Functionality
The new Test Score functionality is based on the analysis of the actual testing in your projects, according to different parameters.
With the help of the Test Score, you can easily understand the value of each test is providing to your project and make wiser decisions including choosing and prioritizing the best tests to run out of a specific group, listing the tests that should be retired from your execution schedule and more. Read more about it here
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Jira Integration - Adding Jira status field to PractiTest requirement
Inside a PractiTest requirement, you will now find the testing status of the tests covering this requirement, and the Jira status of the Jira issue linked to this requirement. This gives you a better understanding of the status of your tickets and helps you streamline your process.
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Automation - API Additional GET Instance parameters
When creating a GET Instance request in PractiTest API, you can now filter according to test display ID and not only according to system display ID. This will make your work easier and smoother. Check out all the API requests options here -
Usability and productivity - attachments limitation size increased to 50MB
From now on you can attach files as big as 50MB to any of your entities.
Coming up
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PractiTest Live Training
Join our customer success team and ask everything you want to know. February 8th, 10:00 EDT / 16:00 CET Sign up here
Located in APAC?
Join us on February 22nd, 17:00 AEDT/ 14:00 AWST (Australia standard times) Sign up here
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PractiTest’s test automation management capabilities - webinar by Joel Montvelisky
Join PractiTest’s chief solution architect as he goes over PractiTest’s xBot test automation framework and additional test automation management capabilities.
February 10th, 2022, 10:00 EDT / 16:00 CET Sign up here
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How to bring accessibility into your teams - Guest webinar by Laveena Ramchandani
Learn how to make accessibility testing built-in our teams.
February 16th, 2022, 10:30 EDT / 16:30 CET Sign up here
December 2021 Updates
Here are some updates from the past month
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So, what did we have in 2021?
Putting our users at the front, these are the main PractiTest areas we focused on, to help users release better, faster and with confidence:
- Automation - We are making PractiTest the most advanced test management solution by constantly improving the test automation integrations with multiple unique solutions.
- Integrations - Use PractiTest as a hub for all your QA information with more integrations added and with advanced improvements to the 2 way Jira integration.
- Visualization - PractiTest new visualization features make your data valuable and helps you make the right decisions.
- Functionality - Sometimes the small things make the difference. With some day-to-day work features improvements, PractiTest can now save you even more time and money.
You can read our 2021 yearly summary here
But we are not done…
2022 just started and we are already releasing another integration improvement feature: -
Jira Integration improvement - Report a Linked issue field from a PractiTest run
When reporting an issue directly from a PractiTest run, you will now have the option to choose a linked issue and to choose the relationship between the 2 issues - just like in Jira. This is available only if the Jira project you are reporting to and the issue type you chose contain this field in Jira.
Coming up
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PractiTest Live Training
Join our customer success team and ask everything you want to know. JANUARY 11TH, 14:00 EST / 20:00 CET Sign up here
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Who’s Ready for Post-Modern Testing? Guest Webinar by Alan Page
The A/B Testing podcast star and the world-wide keynote speaker Alan Page will be our guest webinar. JANUARY 19TH, 2022, 10:00 EDT / 16:00 CET Sign up here
PractiTest and Beyond
- 10 Testing events in 2022 that you don’t want to miss
We gathered all the fresh and leading events to attend so you can stay up to date with everything that is going on in the industry. Check it out
November 2021 Updates
Here are some updates from the past month
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- ClickUp integration
We keep on adding new integrations to our ecosystem and this time we are introducing ClickUp integration.
From now on you can integrate ClickUp with PractiTest to report issues from PractiTest runs to ClickUp tasks and maintain overall testing visibility. Read more about it here
Coming up
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10 Ideas to help you correctly evaluate 2021 and effectively plan 2022
Join Joel Montvelisky on a webinar that will help you conclude this year and prepare for the next one. December 8th, 10:00 EDT / 16:00 CET, Sign up now
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State of Testing™
For the last 10 years we have conducted the “State of Testing” survey to track our industry current and future trends. We invite you to take part and influence this year’s results. Take the survey here
PractiTest and Beyond
- How to Achieve Test Traceability For Compliance Requirements
Find out all you need to know about test traceability for regulatory requirements, such as the FDA Validation Guidelines and other software safety standards and guidelines in this article
October 2021 Updates
Here are some updates from the past month
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- Focusing on Automation
- More parameters control in FireCracker
From now on, you can also define parameters for tests and step names as they will appear in PractiTest, when defining field modification based on your surefile XML’s parsed results.
Read more about it here
- xBot agents view - for better admin control
To have better control of the agents running your automated tests, we added an agents view in the account admin page. Here you can see the active and non-active agents, enable or disable them, get running parameters, edit client id and more!
Learn more about it here
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Our clients ask - We listen
- Create Dashboard graphs for Instances and Runs based on text, number, date and User custom fields
When creating a dashboard item based on Instance or Run entity, you are now able to choose more fields as filters for your graph
- Linked issues on instance grid to show ALL linked issues and not from last run only
Unlike before,From now on you will be able to see ALL linked issues of each instance in the test set right in front of you! Without the limit to the last run only.
Coming up
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OnlineTestConf
Last chance to join the upcoming Fall OnlineTestConf 3-4 November Sign up now
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State of Testing™
Take part in the longest lasting survey in the industry! More details to come.
Check out the State of Testing™ page
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Metatesting: The secret questions you need to ask yourself to be a world-class tester
Join our upcoming webinar with Paul Merill, November 17th 10:30 EDT / 16:30 CET, Sign up now
September 2021 Updates
Here are some updates from the past month
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- More focus on automation API
From now on you can create and update any automation field through API calls. To see all the API options, go here
Coming up
- Automation: Embrace it, don’t be scared - webinar by Ajay Balamurugadas
Learn how to approach automation to grow your career around it. October 20th 10:00 EDT / 16:00 CET Sign up now
Trending on the web
- A tool review by Alan Page
We are honoured that a thought leader like Alan Page wrote “I feel like PractiTest provides a great way to be the right tool for a lot of teams – and that’s a huge achievement.”
PractiTest and Beyond
- Learn about Functional Testing
All you need to know about functional testing, now in a new in this new guide
August 2021 Updates
Here are some updates from the past month
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Automation Test Management #1 - xBot improvements
PractiTest automation framework, the xBot, is constantly improving. From now on, you can schedule your automation runs from within PractiTest to run on a daily, weekly or monthly basis or on a specific date. If things change and you want to delete a pending run or kill a running test - you can do so from your xBot dashboard.
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Automation Test Management #2 - CircleCI integration via FireCracker
CircleCI and PractiTest integration just got better! CircleCI has a new PractiTest FireCracker Orb to integrate all your CircleCI results into PractiTest automatically. Click here for more information and examples.
Coming up
- Growing an Experiment-driven Quality Culture
Sign up to this guest Webinar by Elisabeth Hocke here
PractiTest and Beyond
- Learn about Exploratory Testing
and how to apply it using PractiTest in this new guide
July 2021 Updates
Here are some updates from the past month
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Multiple Integrations per account
Want to integrate PractiTest with 2 different Jira accounts? With AzureDevOps and JIRA Server? Have a team that works with a project management tool and a bugtracker? This update is for you. From now on, you can integrate your PractiTest account with 2 different issue management tools allowing you to maintain seamless control of your entire process -
Auto-sync Jira filters
SyncingJira filter to PractiTest is no news, but now you can also keep the sync running and update PractiTest with every change you make to issues in the synced filter! Read more about it here -
Project history view
From now on, PractiTest will combine your actions in the history tab to have all actions made by the same user in the same day on the same entity - in one record. This will help you have a clearer view of your actions log history. -
More stuff in My Stuff
My stuff section in the account landing page will now also include your Test Sets runs logs. This gives you a quick overview of relevant actions you made recently and also easy access directly to them
PractiTest and Beyond
- Missed our Guest Webinar by Rob Meaney “Testing is Not the Goal”?
It’s not too late! Watch it here
June 2021 Updates
Here are some updates from the past month
Product
- FireCracker improvements for better automation results configuration
The new FireCracker version, lets you choose whether to include xml test-cases in separate tests in PractiTest or to have them as multiple steps in one PractiTest test. You can also create more than one TestSet for your test-case runs’ results based on your xml data. Read more about it here
Coming up
- Testing is Not the Goal - Guest Webinar by Rob Meaney
Learn from a Testability expert how to deal with the new testing reality. Don’t miss out, Wednesday, July 21st,10:00 EDT/ 16:00 CEST Sign up here
PractiTest and Beyond
- Learn about sanity testing in software development and maintenance projects.
Read our latest QA Learning resource