qTest - Search

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You can quickly search a system object such as requirement, test case, test run, or defect. You can also search for partial information that belongs to a system object such as a description or a comment by entering the keywords into the Search box located on the top right corner of any page.

The following screenshot displays the location of the Search box.

qTest also supports free text search and syntax search.

Free-text Search

The system searches for free-text, which you key in and then returns all the objects that have free-text. Apart from that, the following set of pre-defined functions can be used to find an object −

• Release − ID, Name, Status, Description, Release Note

• Build − ID, Name, Status, Build Note

• Requirement − ID, Name, Status, Description, Type, Comment

• Test Case − ID, Name, Description, Status, Type, Test Step Description, Test Step Expected Result, Comment

• Test Suite − ID, Name, Description, Execution Type

• Defect − ID, Summary, Description, Status, Type, Comment

• Test Run − ID, Name, Status, Execution Type, Test Step Description, Test Step Expected Result, Test Step Actual Result

Syntax Search

Syntax search helps to narrow down the searched result or find unique objects, based on the following details.

Search by IDs

Each qTest object is associated with an ID (a prefix and followed by an ID number). It helps to refer to unique objects as well as search them quickly. Following syntax can be used to find an object using id.

• id:id_number − This syntax returns the object which has the specified ID number. For example: id:50 will return all objects having ID numbers as 50, such as requirement RQ-50, defect DF-50, test case TC-50, etc.

• id:prefixid_number − This works the same way as obj: object_typeid:id_number. To find a unique object, you can define with the object prefixes (RQ, TC, DF, etc.). This syntax will return a unique object of the specified type and the ID number. For example, id:tc-50 or obj:tc id:50 will return the test case TC-50.

Combine Different Keywords

You can narrow down the search results by using a more advanced syntax search, such as obj:object_typeobject_field: free text AND/OR ( ) obj:object_typeobject_field: free text. Following table lists down the keywords that can be used to make advanced syntax search.

Objects	Object_type search keys	Object_field	Object_field search keys
Release	rls	Name	name
		Status	stat
		Description	des
		Release note	note
Build	bld	Name	name
		Status	stat
		Build note	note
Test Case	tc	Name	name
		Description	des
		Status	stat
		Type	type
		Comment	cmt
		Test Step Description	tsdes
		Test Step Expected Result	tsexp
Requirement	req	Name	name
		Description	des
		Status	stat
		Priority	prt
		Type	type
		Comment	cmt
Test Suite	ts	Name	name
		Description	des
		Execution type	type
Test Run	tr	Name	name
		Status	stat
		Execution Type	type
		Test Step Description	tsdes
		Test Step Expected Result	tsexp
		Test Step Actual Result	tsact
Defect	df	Summary	sum
		Description	des
		Severity	svt
		priority	prt
		Status	stat
		Type	type
		Comment	cmt