Alternative Quality Center Data Reporting and Extraction Methods

ALTERNATIVE QUALITY CENTER DATA REPORTING

AND EXTRACTION METHODSDon Smith

[email protected]

Methods

Excel Reports HTML App using OTA C# using OTA And any other tool or language that can

access a Dynamic Link Library (DLL)

Excel Reports

HP User’s Guide (12 pages) SQL

Retrieve data from almost any table or test asset

Database Reference (quality_center_db.chm) Excel Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

Format data via VBA (PivotTables, Charts, etc.)

Excel Reports – Simple SQL

Excel Reports – Advanced SQL

Filtering by Test Plan Path Filtering by Test Lab Path Filtering by Release/Cycle Filtering by Other Fields

Excel Reports – Test Plan SQL

Excel Reports – Test Plan Path

Excel Reports – Filter Test Plan

Excel Reports – Filter Test Lab


Filter by Test Set ReleaseName ReleaseCycle TestSetFolderPath


Other Fields Test Set Fields can be added into the select

and where clauses Test Case Fields

can be addedbut require theaddition of the ‘Test’ table to thefrom clause andan additionalstatement to thewhere clause

Excel Reports – What’s Next

We have the data…how do we format it? What does the user of the report want? What is important to highlight? How are we going to highlight it?

Excel Visual Basic for Applications

Excel VBA – Excel Macros Create PivotTables, Charts, etc. Create Custom Tables Summarize, Manipulate and Format Data

Excel Reports VBA

Post-processing = Excel VBA/Macros Default gives you the “Range”

Tip: Use the “Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications” editor in Excel to create your Post-Processing code

Excel Reports VBA – Setup/PivotTable

Excel Reports VBA - PivotTable

On the PTSumm worksheet “PivotTable”

Excel Reports VBA - Chart

Excel Reports VBA - Table

Excel Reports – Complex Example


Reporting by type of tests and application


Reporting by Iterations

HTML Application via OTA

What is an HTML Application? Single file with HTML and Scripting included

As per Microsoft, HTAs are full-fledged applications. HTAs pack all the power of Internet Explorer—its object model, performance, rendering power and protocol support—without enforcing the strict security model and user interface of the browser.http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536496(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536496(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536496(VS.85).aspx

HTML Application via OTA

C# Application via OTA

GUI for connecting to QC

C# Application via OTA

Test Plan view of folders and test cases

References and Support provided by:

Sqaforums.com Forums.itrc.hp.com Msdn.com ConnectedTesting.com Other random code searches…

Questions

Live Demo Questions

Utilities available for download at Tech4Test.com

Don [email protected]

Tech4Test.com

RawDataQuerySQLTestPlan.txt RawDataQuerySQLTestLab.txt PostProcessingVBA.txt

Alternative Quality Center Data Reporting and Extraction Methods

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