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Workflow

A failing test is not the end of the story — someone has to do something about it. The Workflow Report is where that something is tracked: the work items raised against the project.

Where the items come from​

Work items are not typed in by hand. They are raised by runs — a test plan with Create Defect on Run turned on opens a defect when a test fails, and the defect appears here.

Which means an empty Workflow Report — "This project has no work items." — says one of two things, and it is worth knowing which:

  • nothing has failed, or
  • nothing is configured to raise a defect when it does.

If your runs are red and this screen is empty, look at the Defects tab of the plan.

Reading the report​

Show Full Test Suite PathOff, an item names its test. On, it names the whole path down the suite tree to that test. Turn it on in a project with deep, similarly-named suites, where Login alone does not tell you which login.
RefreshRe-reads the list. Items appear as runs finish, not as you watch.

Reaching it from a suite​

The report is in the project's Reports menu, and also on the ⋮ menu of any suite in the catalog, as Workflow report. Opening it from a suite is the same report, asked a narrower question: what work is outstanding in this part of the tree?