Selecting individual Test Cases to define a Test Run is a very tedious task. There are two ways in which mass association of test cases with a test run can be done.
From the Test Runs view
Mass Association functionality in the Test Runs view provides an intelligent mechanism to map Test Cases to Test Runs by using the existing relationships, already defined in the system.
Broadly, we have many existing relationships like
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These can be used to quickly map a set of Test Cases to a Test Run. For example, by clicking on Associate Button on the Test Run Screen, we get the following screen
Selecting one of the Releases, would select all the corresponding Requirements as well as Test Cases. Later, the user can go to these tabs and unselect the ones which are not required.
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