Execution Workflow

1 Required Configuration for the Execution Workflow
2 How the Execution Workflow works

The execution workflow is generally used to help you track the total estimated time and total logged times for all test executions in Zephyr for Jira. If you administrator has this enabled, when you change any execution status or test step execution status, the workflow will kick off from the initial state and Zephyr for Jira will begin to log/capture the time it takes to move from one workflow status to the next. The user or manager is able to define the initial time estimate for the test execution as well.

Required Configuration for the Execution Workflow

Jira Time Tracking should be activated for your Jira projects.
- The Time Tracking field should be visible when creating an issue which allows you to provide an estimated time.
Within the general configuration page, the execution workflow should be enabled for the particular project.
- If the execution workflow is disabled for a particular project, the execution workflow and estimated time field will not be displayed for the project.
For the Ad-Hoc test cycle, the workflow and estimated time will not be displayed.

How the Execution Workflow works

The Execution workflows consists of 4 different statuses that distinguishes the overall status of work that the test execution is on. The 4 statuses for the execution workflow are the following:

To Do
In Progress
Done
Reopen

The estimated time and logged time are given in a format that provides a combination of weeks, days, and hours, etc (eg. 3w 4d 12h).

The time format should be accepted in the ‘Modify logged time’ field:

Time Format	JIRA	Zephyr

Time Format	JIRA	Zephyr
1d 1w 2h 1m	PASS	FAIL
3m 1d 2w 1h	PASS	FAIL
2d 2h 1w 3m	PASS	FAIL
1h 1m 2h 2w	PASS	FAIL
1w 4h 2w 1m	PASS	FAIL
2h 4w 1m 2d	PASS	FAIL
1m 2h	PASS	FAIL
2m 2h	PASS	FAIL
2h 4w 1m	PASS	FAIL

1. Once a test case is created with an estimated time and it is scheduled for execution in any test cycle that is not the Ad-hoc cycle, the default execution workflow for the test execution will be set to ‘To do’.

2. When you or another user updates the status to ‘In Progress’, the estimated time will start.

This will display the estimated time which was defined when the test case issue was created. You can change the estimated time at any time as long as the workflow status is not set to ‘Done’.

3. When your or another user clicks and changes the status to ‘Done’, all users will not be able to make any changes to the time. The test execution will be “masked” and closed which doesn’t allow users to make changes.

If you want to make changes to the estimated or logged time, you must set the status to ‘Reopen’ which will then allow you to edit the time(s).

4. After clicking on ‘Reopen’, the execution workflow will essentially restart as if it was ‘In Progress’ and then from here, you can make any and all changes to the test execution including the time(s).