A task is a collection of steps that you can reuse in multiple test cases. You can add tasks that are part of testing multiple scenarios. For example, you can create a task to login into the application.

You can add a task in one of the following ways:

• From the Test Case Editor Screen
  While adding or editing a test case, you can select steps and create a task out of them 
• From the Task Editor Screen
  
  Also, you can import tasks from another project. For more information, refer to Importing Tasks from Another Project.

Adding a Task

You can create a task manually using the task editor screen similar to creating a test case manually. 

Unlike the Test Case Editor screen, the Task Editor Screen has the following options only:

• Add a Step
• Remove a step that you do not want
• Add a conditional block
• Move Up Or Move Down a step
• Move through the error objects.

To add a task:

1. From the Expand Menu, click Develop.
2. Click the Tasks tab.
   The Task Editor screen opens as shown in the following:
   
3. On the left pane, click the Add Task button ().
4. Enter the details in the following fields:
   • Task name
   • Description of the Task,

   • File Name

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     The task name must not contain the special characters:/, \, :, *, ", <, >, |, %, and #. The File Name field is not editable after the task is saved. The task file is saved with .xml extension in the QualitiaProjectPath\<projectname>\Tasks folder.

     
     

5. Click Save. 
6. Click the Add Step button ().
   A new row is added to the task grid.
   Do the following in the order listed:
   1. If it is an object-based action, select the required object by clicking Object field.
   2. Select the relevant Actions for the selected objects clicking Actions field.
      Depending upon the Action selected, the Parameter fields get populated with the default parameter name.
      Note: The Parameter fields are blank for the Actions that do not require any parameters.
      Similarly, you can add more steps in the below rows. 
      Qualitia recommends clicking the Save button () regularly to save the updates that you have made in the task.
      After a task is created, you can import it when creating or editing test cases from the Test Case Editor screen. 

Editing a Task

Before you edit a task, ensure that it does not impact all the associated test cases.

To edit a task:

1. From the Expand Menu, click Develop.
2. Click the Tasks tab.
3. On the left pane, right-click the task that you want to edit, and then select Edit Task.

4. To know how to edit a task, refer to Adding a Task.
   Qualitia recommends clicking the Save button () regularly to save the updates that you have made in the task.

Deleting a Task

You cannot delete a task that is used in a test case.

To delete a task:

1. From the Expand Menu, click Develop.
2. Click the Tasks tab.
3. On the left pane, right-click the task that you want to delete, and then select Remove Task.

Viewing Test Cases Associated with a Task

Qualitia allows you to view test cases associated with a task. You can view the associated test case names, their manual test case IDs, and descriptions.

To view the test case associated with a task:

1. From the Expand Menu, click Develop.
2. Click the Tasks tab.
3. On the left pane, right-click the task that you want to delete, and then select View Test Cases.