Creating or Editing Silk Test Classic Plan Tests

To create or edit a Silk Test Classic plan test:

  1. In the menu, click Tests > Details View .
  2. Select a container or folder node in the Tests tree where you want to insert a new test, or select the test that you want to edit.
  3. Click New Child Test (New Child Test) on the toolbar, or click (Edit).

    The New Test/Edit Test dialog box appears.

  4. Type a name and description for the test.
    Note: Silk Central supports HTML formatting and cutting and pasting of HTML content for Description fields.
  5. If you are creating a new test, select Silk Test Classic Plan from the Type list box. Click Next.

    ThePlan Properties dialog box appears.

  6. In the Plan file field, type the fully qualified name of the test plan file (.pln) to be executed. Click Browse to browse for the file.
  7. In the Project file field, type the name of the Silk Test Classic project containing the file and environmental settings. Click Browse to browse for the project file.
  8. In the Option set field, type the fully qualified name of the option set file containing environmental settings. Click Browse to browse for the option set file.
  9. In the Data file for attributes and queries field, type the default path of the test plan initialization file. Click Browse to browse for the test plan initialization file.
  10. In the Test plan query name field, type the fully qualified name of the saved test plan query.
  11. Click Finish.

To maintain the structure of your Silk Test Classic plan test in Silk Central, execute a trial run. Once the trial run has completed successfully, the output.xml file is added to the result files of your execution plan run. This allows you to convert your test to a test package, giving you full control over the test's structure.

Parent topic: Silk Test Classic Tests
Related tasks
Creating a Test Package
Executing a Trial Run of a Test