Introduction & contents
This document provides information on the types of test information that users can import from Azure DevOps into TestRail, the process of exporting data from Azure DevOps, and the necessary steps for preparing and importing that data into TestRail. It also outlines what data can and cannot be imported and provides workarounds for situations where data cannot be imported into TestRail.
Features & limitations
TestRail supports importing test cases with all the supported fields, from header fields to template fields, including separated test steps and custom fields, via CSV. The table below enumerates the data supported when importing test cases via CSV, as well as the current limitations.
Supported | Limitations |
---|---|
|
|
Import requirements
To import test cases with custom fields from Azure DevOps to TestRail, it is necessary to create matching custom fields in TestRail prior to the import process.
Exporting test cases from Azure DevOps
You can export test cases from Azure DevOps with the help of below steps:
- Access your Azure DevOps account using your credentials
- Select the project from which you want to export the tests
- Navigate to the Test Plans section of your project
- To select all test cases and perform a bulk export, you should create a custom suite using a query. You can do so by accessing the New Suite option and selecting Query-based Suite
- To select all test cases from a project, filter by Work Item Type and Area Path, as per the image below
- Now that the new suite is created, you can export all of its test cases by using the export icon. This will generate a CSV file similar to the sample CSV File
Please note that you can only access the Azure DevOps export facility if your user access level is Basic + Test Plans.
Importing test cases to TestRail
The common fields to all templates can be mapped to TestRail fields as per the table below. For fields that may not exist by default in TestRail, you can create a new custom field to map your data to.
Azure DevOps Excel columns | TestRail fields |
---|---|
Title | Title |
Step Action | Steps(Step) |
Assigned To | Assigned To |
Step Expected | Steps (Expected Result) |
State | Status |
Area Path | CUSTOM FIELD |
Work Item Type | CUSTOM FIELD |
Importing test case data into TestRail is very straightforward. Just navigate to the project to which you want to import the test cases and follow the steps below.
- Navigate to the Test Cases page
- Click the Import Cases icon on the top of the page and select Import from CSV
- On the first step of the import dialog:
- Select the CSV file you want to import
- Select the Section you want the file to be imported to
- Select the File Encoding as Windows-1252(Latin)-Excel default. This is the default file encoding used by Excel
- Set the CSV delimiter to be a comma (or the delimiter you used when saving the file)
- Set the Start Row to 1
- Is header row checkbox should be checked as our Excel sheet includes a header row
- Set the Template to Test Case (Steps)
- Click Next
- On the second step of the import dialog:
- Set the Row Layout to Test cases use multiple rows
- Set the Column to detect new test cases value to Summary. This means new test cases will be detected based on the different summaries available
- Map the CSV columns to TestRail fields (you can see a simple example in the image below)
- Check the option Ignore test cases/records without a title
- Click Next
- On the third step of the import dialog:
- Select Remove HTML tags from CSV values for all fields
- Click Next
- On the fourth and last step of the import dialog:
- Confirm the information processed by TestRail is as expected
- Click Import
- Once the import is done, you will get the confirmation dialog, as shown in the screenshot below.
Viewing imported data in TestRail
You should now see your imported test cases as per the image below.