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Zephyr test cases migration

xueying yang

I want to migrate my Zephyr test cases from one server to another.Old JIRA version is v7.3.6,and the new one is v7.6.1.

I try to export Zephyr test cases with CSV file,but I have detailed test steps in my tests, they CANNOT be imported using this mechanism. It makes me very upset...

Please give me some solutions.

Thank you.

Accepted answers

Japara16

Hi Xueying,

I have had considerable trouble trying to export/import test cases in the past as well. The only solution I have come up with is this:

Create a Test CYCLE with all of the test cases that you want to export. It is important that this is a test cycle so all of the test steps will be exported as well. Export this cycle as a .CSV file. This should contain the test name, description and steps. It will not give you any attachments associated with the test. Once you have this file you can open it in MS Excel and view the data. Make a note of which data each column contains.

Next you will need to use the Zephyr for JIRA importer Utility:

https://www.getzephyr.com/insights/getting-started-zephyr-jira-importer-utility

Knowing the data from the columns in the file you exported, use the utility to map cwhere it will all be loaded when you import it to the new server.

I hope this helps. good luck!

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Japara16

Hi Xueying,

I have had considerable trouble trying to export/import test cases in the past as well. The only solution I have come up with is this:

Next you will need to use the Zephyr for JIRA importer Utility:

https://www.getzephyr.com/insights/getting-started-zephyr-jira-importer-utility

Knowing the data from the columns in the file you exported, use the utility to map cwhere it will all be loaded when you import it to the new server.

I hope this helps. good luck!

Arun_Thundyill_Saseendran

The above suggestion is a very good approach. This will import all the test steps, test data and expected results without issues.

You can download the Utility from here

lewiT

You will get lots of errors fro the importer utility due to the fact that JIRA exports Zephyr tests in merged rows. The importer tool uses by ROW or by ID discriminators to distinguish tests. Due to the merged rows on the export you spend tons of time formatting the spreadsheet where you might as well have written the tests manually in the time spent.

Peter Zhou_rewh0l

Hi,

Mind if I post another question here, because this is a new post, and I'd like to believe people here are more active.

We are looking for a tool to import Zephyr test execution. The current ZFJ importer utility does NOT support execution. Somehow the Zephyr support export.

Thanks a lot,

Peter

Arun_Thundyill_Saseendran

@Peter Zhou you can please try to upgrade to Zephyr 4.0. Now the Zephyr Import Utility comes within JIRA just like the CSV importer.

I have not tried this case explicitly, however, it is worth trying if the new importer has this feature.

I am sure that the Zephyr 4.0 has custom fields in Execution screen which has come as a blessing.

- Arun

Peter Zhou_rewh0l

Hi Arun,

Thank you for your help.

Just wonder if it's compatible export execution from Zephyr 3.6 to Zephyr 4.0 on different servers?

Regards,

Peter

Peter Zhou_rewh0l

I have done a test,

export from 3.6 with test -> search Test Executions, output to XML and Excel files.

import to 4.0: Project to my new test project, Type = Test, Link and Link Type unselected/default.

Retrieve Mapping for XML: "invalid xml file."
Retrieve Mapping for Excel: "Sheet Filter expression did not match"

Thank you please help?

Thanks,

Peter

Peter Zhou_rewh0l

But if I click "Import" button, ignore the error message. the Import will run for 1 min, and then shows Failed.

Please kindly advise. if I should Open new ticket or keep using this post?

Thanks,

Peter Zhou_rewh0l

Arun, please help, I have opened ticket in the getZephyr site.

https://support.getzephyr.com/hc/en-us/requests/30360?page=1

Thanks!

Arun_Thundyill_Saseendran

@Peter Zhou sorry that I did not see this post. You could have tagged me so that I get a notification without fail.

And BTW, can you post the problem statement here so that the community can try to help. I am actually not able to see the ticket you posted on Zephyr. Possibly they don't allow viewing of a cross-user ticket.

- Arun

Arun_Thundyill_Saseendran

Well said @lewiT. The process needs maturity!

Gencho Kerkenyakov

Anwesha Mukherjee

I have a question about the importer that is mentioned in

https://bitbucket.org/zfjdeveloper/zfj-importer/downloads/

How secure is this as this does not come from markert place Apps from inside JIRA.

Requires JIRA credentials so we need to know how important is this.

srikanth selvaraj

Hi All,

I have one question to ask related to same topic.

Can some one tell us how to export Attachments also from Zephyr ??

We able to sucessfully get test steps and description but we are missed with attachments.

Kindly Help me!!

@Japara16

@ARUN Thundyil Saseendran

Steffen John

srikanth, how did you manage to import the test steps and description? Like the many others, I'm still stuck with error messages for both XLS and XML.

Sorry, I don't know about the attachments. We are doing a full project import, so they are included.

Thanks,
Steffen

Ashwani Raj

I am not able to export test steps along with other details. is there a different way to extract test steps ?

Tobias Meyer_o703c0

Hi All..
We had similar problems merging zephyr data from one instance to another. We finally created a parametrised job to copy all zephyr data to the new instance.
Check our blog for further details: https://kreuzwerker.ch/post/jira-merge-and-beyond
There you can find all the steps needed. You can try to perform it yourselves or we would love to support you.
Best regards
Tobias

Gaurav Agrawal_vomjbr

Hi All,

We have created "Jira for zephyr" data migration utility which migrates data from one Jira server instance to another server instance. Please find utility at github.

Regards,

Gaurav

M Hoogenboom

Hi Gaurav,

Thanks for sharing this. I've got a question: is the ZAPI addon really required? We have Jira 8.10.1 and ZAPI addon is not available for this version of Jira unfortunately.

Thanks,

Mariska.

Gaurav Agrawal_vomjbr

Hi Mariska,

You can use jira for zephyr plugin instead ZAPI plugin. However you need to change the context url to use the utility.

Regards,

Gaurav

M Hoogenboom

Hi Tobias,

I'm very interested in your solution, but couldn't find all the steps that you mentioned.

We are trying to merge 2 jira server instances. We have managed sofar with Project Configurator to migrate projects from B to A, and the only projects that we cannot migrate fully, are the ones containing Zephyr test issues. I can migrate the test steps with the Zephyr importer, but still struggling with the test attachments and test execution data. Hope to hear from you.

Thanks,

Mariska

Gaurav Agrawal_vomjbr

Hi Mariska, I can help migrating execution and attachment data from one to another. Please DM at Twitter handle @Range1264

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