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Define the sequence of the steps in a test case that resemble the flow of a test scenario.

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1. From the Expand Menu, click Develop.

2. On the Test Case Editor screen, from the left pane, open an existing scenario or create a scenario. For more details, refer to Working with Scenarios.

3. You can edit or add a test case of the selected scenario:

   1. To edit a test case

      • Select a test case
        The Test Case Editor screen opens.

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        If a test case is underlined with the red color, open the test case to resolve the steps that are also underlined with the red color. For more information, refer to Editing a Step Underlined with the Red Color.

        
        

   2. To add a test case

      1. On the right pane, click the New Test Case button ().

      2. Enter a Test Case Name, Description, Manual TC ID, and File Name.

      3. Click OK.
         The Test Case Editor screen opens.

4. (Optional) To add a task from the first step, click Create Task. Enter a name and description for the task, and then click OK.
   To add steps for the added task, refer to step 4.

5. To add an independent step or a task step

   1. Click the Add Test Case Step button () to add a blank step in the Test Case Editor screen.

   2. To add an object, double-click the Object cell to open the Object Repository hierarchy, and then select an object. For more information on objects, refer to Working with Objects.
      Note: You can right-click the object and select Edit Object to edit its properties. For more information, refer to Editing an Object.
      Some Generic Actions do not require an object such as OpenURL, Maximize Browser, and so on.

   3. Double-click the Actioncell and click the arrow button to select an Action.

      Note: As per the selected object, only the relevant actions are displayed. For more information, refer to Qualitia Actions.
      As per the selected action, the associated parameters in a single or multiple parameter cells are automatically displayed.

   4. Enter the relevant values for the parameters. For more information, refer to Quailtia Actions.
      Similarly, you can add more steps that you want to add to the test case.

6. To add a task using the steps that you have defined

   1. Select the steps, Press Ctrl and select the other steps that you want to add to the task, right-click and then select Add New Task.

   2. Enter a name and description for the task, and then click OK.
      To add steps to thetask, refer to step 4.

7. To import an existing task, select a step from where you want to insert the task, click the Import Task button () from the Test Case Editor screen.
   To edit the steps for the imported task, refer to step 4.

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   If you edit the steps of the imported task, ensure that there is no impact on other test cases that are using the same task.  The task steps have white background, whereas the independent test case steps

   
   

8. To move a task or step to its appropriate place, select the task or step, and then click the Move Up button () or the Move Down button ().

9. After adding or editing all the tasks and steps, click the Save button () to save the test case.

If a task step is added with test data, you need to update the same task in other associated test cases. The associated test cases and test scenarios are automatically underlined with the red color in the left pane. If you execute the associated test cases (underlined with the red color) without updating the test data, the test case execution fails.

For more information, refer to Editing a Step Underlined with the Red Color. 

You can now click the Run button () to dry run the test case to know whether expected results are achieved. For more information, refer to Dry Run a Test Case.

Editing a Highlighted Step

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The Test Case Editor screen highlights some steps or tasks by underlining them with the red color, as shown in the following figure:

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This indicates that every highlighted step has anyone of the following problems due to which the test case execution fails:

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the steps that have issues with a red underline and a vertical red line next to the step number. Similarly, the associated problematic tasks, test cases, and test scenarios that need resolution are also highlighted.

You must resolve the highlighted steps to avoid test case execution failures.

The following figure shows how steps, tasks, test cases, and test scenarios are highlighted:

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The highlighted steps may have one of the following problems:

• The task step does not have test data. Add the relevant test data for that task step. For instructions on how to add a test data, refer to Adding Test Data for a Test Case.
• The step contains an empty object, which means that one or more of the object properties property values are blank, such as locator type and locator value. 
• The step contains a deleted object, which is applicable for the desktop projects only. This occurs when the object is removed The object was deleted from the OR object repository because objects repository due to updates in the synchronized TSR file is either updated or replaced with another TSR file. 

To find all navigate through the task steps that are underlined with red colorhighlighted steps, select any step in the Test Case Editor screen, click the Next Deleted/Empty/New test data step button Error button () or the Previous Deleted/Empty/New test data step  Error button () to navigate through the steps. 
Similarly, the left pane highlights some test scenarios and test cases by underlining them with the red color. Open the test case to resolve its steps as explained above.