Structure Example - Traditional Test Cases

Testpad is designed for free-form test descriptions and does not provide rigid field structures. However, where more traditional test cases are desired, simple conventions can be applied. This example script serves to illustrate some of the possibilities for how teams might organise more traditional test cases.

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0001 Test Case 1

0002 step 1

0003 step 2

0004 step 3

0005 expected outcome 1

0006 expected outcome 2

0007 Test Case 2

0008 // step 1 (note: rows prefixed with // are treated as non-test rows and do not collect a pass/fail result during a test run)

0009 // step 2

0010 // step 3

0011 expected outcome 1

0012 expected outcome 2

0013 Test Case 3

0014 step 1 and verify this

0015 step 2 and verify that

0016 step 3 and verify something else

0017 step 4 and check this and that

0018 Test Case 4

0019 // steps displayed in Notes field, only visible to testers

0020 expected outcome 1

0021 expected outcome 2

0022 expected outcome 3

0023 Test Case 5

0024 with: some precondition

0025 where: this condition

0026 and where: that condition

0027 verify: expectation 1

0028 verify: expectation 2

Structure Example - Traditional Test Cases

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