Running Test Cases and Suites

You have many options for running test cases:

In DevTest Workstation, you can use the Interactive Test Run (ITR) utility to walk through and verify the steps of a test case.
In DevTest Workstation, you can run a test case quickly with minimal setup to a specific step in the case.
In DevTest Workstation, you can run a test case quickly with minimal setup.
In DevTest Workstation, you can stage a test case. This option requires you to specify a configuration, staging document, and coordinator server. Often, the same test cases are used with different staging documents to perform different tests. That is, you do not have to write a separate test case for functional, regression, and load testing. Instead, a different staging document is prepared using the same test case.
Test Runner is a command-line utility that lets you run tests as a batch process.
LISA Invoke is a REST-like web application that enables you to run test cases and suites with a URL.
In the Server Console, you can deploy the Model Archive (MAR) for a test case to a lab.
You can schedule tests to run at regular time intervals by using the Continuous Validation Service (CVS).
You can run tests as part of an automatic build process by using Ant and JUnit.

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