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Owned by Kevin Pham (Deactivated)
Last updated: Jul 09, 2019
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Zephyr for Jira - Server to Data Center License Migration

As of September 3rd 2019, Atlassian has announced that it would no longer support the use of server licenses for Jira Apps on Jira Data Center if an approved Data Center App exists (https://www.atlassian.com/blog/enterprise/data-center-approved-apps). With that deadline, anyone using Zephyr on their Jira Data Center instance needs to make sure the license is for Data Center instead of Server to avoid any issues with losing Zephyr functionality upon their renewal.

Please navigate to the following page for license migration: Server to Data Center License Migration

Release 1.0

  • Custom fields added for both test steps and test executions
    • Can be managed on a Global level across all projects.
    • Can be managed on a project level which allows users to enable and disable fields exclusive to the specific projects.
    • Can be searched/filtered using ZQL. (ZCF is the keyword for the ZQL Query)
  • Importer tool added Zephyr for Jira
    • Users are able to import data from Excel and XML to Jira.
    • Provides users with persistent mapping of the issue fields for reuse when importing at a later time.
    • Provides users with the ability to link test cases from Excel and XML to a Jira story.
    • Imported Test Case files cannot exceed beyond 5MB.
  • Export allows for files to be exported as a PDF for search test executions.
  • In-App walkthroughs to assist users with the new UI and functionality changes.
    • Can be found on the Cycle Summary and Standalone Execution page.
    • Icon for help is located at the top right of the interface.
    • Users are guided with walkthrough balloons to learning the product features.
  • Implementation of Execution Workflows
    • Enabled by default but can be disabled through the General Config.
    • Users are able to log time against the test case and executions.
    • Ability to track both the estimated execution time and the actual logged execution time.
  • Data Center Administration Settings
    • Soft and Hard Re-Indexing provides users with an option to perform a soft re-index which significantly reduces the time spent re-indexing from hours to minutes. Users can still utilize the hard re-index which may still take up to hours depending on the data that is being re-indexed. 
    • Support Tool to provide admins with the ability to collect and download log files which reduce time spent troubleshooting and reviewing.
    • Integrity Checker to perform sanity checks of the indexed data vs the database to ensure they are both in sync while also providing further statistical data of the testing activities.
    • Index Recovery to set up and perform scheduled indexes to ensure that the index is synced up with the database. Also the Index Recovery allows users to set up scheduled times for performing backup indexing and provides users with the ability to restore to a specific index if need be. 

Data Center UI Changes

  • Changed the Cycle Summary Icons for folders and cycles in the hierarchy of folders to differentiate between cycles and folders.
  • Quality of life changes for navigation on the Cycle Summary page.
  • List View and Detail View added to Cycle Summary.
    • List View displays the list of test executions on the left while showing a condensed window for the test execution selected.
    • Detail View displays the test execution with the all the information that can be viewed.
  • Attachments allow users to preview the attachment before downloading.
  • Freeze columns grant the ability to ‘freeze’ two columns of test steps/test executions to scroll side-to-side without losing track. This will assist end users maintain the reference to Testcase Key/Status/Summary.
  • Major changes to the real estate of the Cycle Summary page and when viewing individual test executions, test steps, etc. for easier navigation.

New Reporting Widget

  • Test Execution Time Tracking – Displays a bar graph of the total execution time logged vs the total execution time estimated for each testing cycle.

Performance Changes

  • Allow up to 20 custom fields for test executions
  • Allow up to 5 custom fields for test steps