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Add Comments and Attachments in Test Case

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Add Comments and Attachments in Test Case

Comments

Adding comments to a test asset is a useful way to record additional details about a test asset and collaborate with your QA team members. You can use the Wiki markup editor to enter the comments with different text formats. Comments are shown in the Comments tab on the details page when you view a test case.

Required Jira permission for tagging users

  • The user and atlassian-addons-admin must have the Browse users and groups permissions (from Jira Settings > System > Global Permissions > Browse users and groups).

  • Users with the Assign Issue permission (from Project Settings > Permissions) can tag other users.

  • Users with the Assignable User permission (from Project Settings > Permissions) can be tagged by other users.

Add Comments

Performt the following steps to add comments:

  1. Go to the test case details page and open the Comments tab.

  2. You can see the text box at the bottom of the screen. Start typing your comment in it.

The text box has a wiki markup editor to enter the comment text.

Inline images added to comments while authoring will be attached as test case attachments. 

3. After entering the comment, click Save.

Edit Comment

Click Edit for the comment you want to edit. The box appears in editable mode. Make the required changes and save.

 

Arrange Comments

You can arrange the entered comments based on the Oldest First or Newest First sequence.

Attachments

Go to the test case detail page and click the Attachments tab.

Upload the file you want to add as an attachment to the test case. Files with (.dwg) format are also supported as attachments.

You can upload multiple files at a time as attachments.

The maximum size allowed for individual files is 25 MB.

You can attach the file using any of the following methods:

  • drag and drop the file to attach

  • browse the file to attach

  • copy and paste the file to attach 

Download and Preview Attachments

To download the attachment, hover over the attachment and click on the Download icon.

Click the attached file or image to preview it without downloading the attachment.

The Preview option is available for jpg, png, PDF, and JSON file formats.

In the preview window, click the download icon to download the file. 

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Copy Link Address of Attachment: To copy the link address of the attachment, hover over the attachment and click on the Copy Link Address icon.

Delete Attachments: Once you have created a test cycle, you can remove attachments from the test case Attachments tab.

  • To delete a single attachment, hover over the attachment and click on the Delete icon for individual attachments.

  • To delete multiple attachments at a time, select the attachments you want to delete and click on the Bulk Delete button.

Switch to Strip View

You can view thumbnails of images in the Attachments tab. It helps users identify and differentiate various attachments when there are multiple images are added as attachments.

You can view the attachments either in Strip View or List View.

To view the attachment in Strip View, click on the More icon and select the Switch to Strip View option.

The attachments are displayed in Strip View.

To go back to the List View, click on the More icon and select the Switch to List View option.

 

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