Build and Test Integration

You use build and test data fields to perform the following actions:

• Associate bugs with the builds where they were found or fixed.

• Mark test cases as either manual or automated, and store information to support automated test cases.

• For test cases and shared steps, define the action and validation steps and the data that are used to perform tests.

In this topic

• Build and Test Data Fields that Appear on Work Item Forms

• Additional Fields that Support Query and Reporting

The following table indicates the data fields that are valid for each type of work item that is provided with the process template for Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) for Agile Software Development v5.0.

Field Name	Bug	Test Case	Shared Step
Automated Test Storage
Automated Test Type
Automation Status
Found In
Integrated in Build
Steps
Steps to Reproduce
System Info

Build and Test Data Fields that Appear on Work Item Forms

The following table describes the fields that you can use to track information that relates to builds and tests. For information about data types and default field attributes, see Working with Work Item Fields.

Field name	Description	Reference name	Data type	Default value of the reportable type attribute	Default value of the index attribute
Automation Status	The status of a test case. You can specify the following values: Not Automated Planned	Microsoft.VSTS.TCM.AutomationStatus	String	Detail	False
Found In	Product build number, also known as a revision, in which a bug was found.	Microsoft.VSTS.Build.FoundIn	String	Dimension	False
Integration Build	Product build number that incorporates the code or fixes a bug.	Microsoft.VSTS.Build.IntegrationBuild	String	Dimension	False
Steps	The action and validation steps that are required to perform the test.	Microsoft.VSTS.TCM.Steps	TestStepsControl	None	False
Automated Test Storage	The assembly that contains the test that automates the test case.	Microsoft.VSTS.TCM.AutomatedTestStorage	String	None	False
Automated Test Type	The type of test that automates the test case.	Microsoft.VSTS.TCM.AutomatedTestType	String	None	False
System Info	Information about the software and system configuration that is relevant to the test.	Microsoft.VSTS.TCM.SystemInfo	HTML	None	False
Steps to Reproduce	The steps that are required to reproduce unexpected behavior.	Microsoft.VSTS.TCM.ReproSteps	HTML	None	False

Additional Fields that Support Query and Reporting

The following fields do not appear on work item forms, but these fields are tracked for each type of work item. You can use these fields to filter queries and create reports.

Field name	Description	Reference name	Data type	Default value of the reportable type attribute	Default value of the index attribute
AutomatedTestId	The ID of the test that automates the test case. (Test Case only)	Microsoft.VSTS.TCM.AutomatedTestId	String	None	False
AutomatedTestName	The name of the test that is used to automate the test case. (Test Case only)	Microsoft.VSTS.TCM.AutomatedTestName	String	None	False
LocalDataSource	The local data source that supports the test. (Test Case only)	Microsoft.VSTS.TCM.LocalDataSource	HTML	None	False
Parameters	The parameters to be tested. (Shared Steps and Test Case)	Microsoft.VSTS.TCM.Parameters	HTML	None	False

See Also

Concepts

Bug (Agile)

Test Case (Agile)

Shared Steps (Agile)

Using System Fields and Fields Defined by the MSF Process Templates

Finding Bugs, Tasks, and Other Work Items

Other Resources

Work Items and Workflow (Agile)

Work Item Fields (Agile)