Q. What is the difference between Quality Center and Test Director?

Quality Center is the advanced version of Test Director. In QC there are two extra tabs called Business Component and Dashboard which is used to prepare graph. Given below the complete difference between the two in details:

Q. What is the last version in TD to support for qtp?

The last version of TD is 8.0. Version 9.0 is called QC (Quality center).

Q. What are the tabs in TD?

Test Director mainly have four grids

1. Requirements

2. Test plan

3. Test lab

4. Defect

Q. TD is web based or client/server?

It is a client server not web based tool. It will maintain client server architecture where server is the database with stores the test information, and client is qc center machine by which the data stored will be retrieved and the server n client r communicating with active x controls.

Q. What is the latest version in TD?

Latest Version Of QC is 9.5. Before that the latest version of TD was 8.0.

Q. How to map test cases with requirements in test lab?

First go to the test lab and select the test case that needed to be mapped. On the right hand side of the test lab select the requirement coverage tab and click the select requirement tab, requirement tree is displayed on the right side. You need to search for the requirement that need to be attached or you can find by requirement name in the find box. Then click on the add to coverage (This is shown in the requirement tree with the arrow). This will add a requirement to the test case. Now you can close the requirement tree.

Q. How do you prepare Bug Reports? What all do you include in Bug Report?

Bug report preparation:

1.Click on Track defects tab (mandatory)

2.Click on Add

3.Enter all the details like below:

Summary:---> What test you are performing? say GUI test on a  particular window

Detected by: tester who found the bug

Version: 

Date:

Assigned to: developer who will be fixing it.

Status:

Test set:

Project id:

Severity:

Priority:

In status field there r 6 options:

New: when the bug is detected for the first time
Open: after sending the bug report to the developer
Rejected: when the bugs are found in the modified version of the application that is sent by the developer
Re-open: when the bug report is sent to the developer for subsequent no of times.
Fixed: when the modified version of the application is found free from bugs.
Closed:  the status is selected by the QA Lead after verifying the test to confirm whether it is passed.

Q. How can we connect defect report from test lab & test plan tabs?

Actually when u link the defect to any test that indirectly linked to the requirement 1st way, be in test plan module select the test for which u want to link the defect n go for linked defects tab n a list of all defects will be shown in that select the defect which has to be linked 2nd way be in defect tab open the defect which u want to link click on linked entities select the test which needed to be linked to the current defect

Q.  How to upload test cases from excel sheet to Quality center test plan section. How to upload data (written test case in excel) to Quality center?

First install the excel add ins present in QC/TD, then you will get the option upload to TD of your excel sheet under Tools menu. Then click on Tools. Then rest is self explanatory as you follow the steps u will find.

Q. What is the purpose of Dashboard in Quality Center? Mention the advantages of dashboard?

Dashboard functionality is introduced in Quality Center as an Add-in, if a user wants to analyze the their test measurement in a more explanatory way you can use Dashboard, using the Dashboard functionality you can see the Test Measurements in Graphical way and in Charts with different filters.