estimated specification time for this PreconditionĮstimated time for specifying all the Tests being grouped within this Test SetĮstimated time for running all related Test Runs.estimated execution duration for this Precondition.

Using 'estimated execution time' may be more adequate however, if you choose that approach, you may have to decide where to report the estimation for the specification (e.g., in a Test Set or in some specificaiton task). estimated specification time for this Test.estimated execution duration for this Test.You can choose to log exactly the displayed elapsed time, report another value or even not log anything. In sum, the elapsed time (which is calculated automatically from the Timer) and the actual logged time are two different things. It's not mandatory to log time use it, if you need it. Remember that no matter what, if logged, this time is always logged on the Test Execution issue and is available on the related 'Time Spent' custom field. Some reports (e.g., Test Runs Report) show this value.Ĭoncerning the logged time, for time tracking purpose, the time that you spend executing some Test Run is not logged automatically in Jira you can manually log it on the Test Execution issue though, either from the Test Run execution screen using a logging shortcut/ Timer or from the corresponding Test Execution issue using the standard time tracking mechanism from Jira. For old/legacy Test Runs, before the Timer existed, the Test Run elasped time was based on the 'Started on' and 'Finished on' dates of the Test Run. The question then arises: How do I log the time I spent executing some tests runs?įirst, Xray automatically calculates the elapsed time using the recorded time from the Timer. However, you can then easily add Time Tracking features to the other issue types (Test, Precondition, Test Set) by editing the corresponding view/default screens and adding the 'Time Tracking' field. Only some issue types have time tracking enabled by default: Test Execution, Test Plan.

Time tracking field in jira