Create a Test Plan and add the Test Cases

This is the last step for the TestLink configuration. However before we start this step, there is an important concept in TestLink: Builds.

In TestLink, you create a test plan outlining how you will test your application under test. Once you have a test plan you can start to add test cases to your test plan, and then execute the test plan.

A build in TestLink can be seen as the execution of a test plan. Once the test plan is executed you are not allowed to edit the test cases of this test plan (it wouldn't be right to change the scope or exit criteria of a test case after it had already been executed).

Go back to the main screen and click on the Test Plan Management option available under the Test Plan box on the right of the screen. Create a test plan with the name My first test plan, any description and make sure that Active and Public are checked.

In the last box on the right of the screen, click on Add / Remove Test Cases and add the test case that you created to your test plan.

Create a Build in TestLink is optional, as the plug-in automatically creates a new build if there is none with the name that you provided in the Jenkins job configuration page. When you go back to your test plan, you should see more options available in the Test Plan box and two other boxes: Test Execution and Test Plan contents, as well as other options available in the top menu.

We are done with TestLink for now, the next step is to configure Jenkins.