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The Folder Watcher Job Creation form has the following fields:
Field name | Description |
Job Name (required) | The name of your suite automation job. |
Job Description | The description of your job. |
Automation Framework | Select the test automation you are using. Possible values:
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Create Package | Select the check box if you are using the Selenium automation framework. |
Sleepover Period (required)
| The time interval between checking for changes (in minutes). |
Folder Path (required)
| The path to the folder where the results will appear. |
Zbot (required) | The Zbot you will use to execute the test cases. |
Cycle Name (required) | The name of the cycle that will be created. Here you can decide whether you want to reuse the same test cycle for all the automation runs or create a new test cycle every time the automation job is run (you can include a timestamp in the test cycle as well). |
Folder in Test Repository for Test Cases (required) | The rest repository folder where the created test cases will be stored. |
Assign Executions To | The Zephyr user to assign the executions to. |
Cycle Start Date (required) | The test cycle start date. |
Cycle End Date (required) | The test cycle end date. |
After creating a Folder Watcher job, you can start watching the specified folder to automate your test cases.
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When a job is running, it keeps on watching the specified folder in specified time intervals. Once a test report appears in the folder and the job run is completed, Zephyr creates test cases in the Test Repository, creates a cycle for them on the Test Planning page, and posts the results to the Test Execution page. If there are some failed test cases, they will have attachments:
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See Also
Zephyr Test Automation
Zephyr Vortex
ZBot Overview
Script Automation
Suite Automation
ZBot OverviewAutomation REST API
Create and Manage API Tokens in Zephyr