Test resource access by using the global branch

After you add one or more repositories to your project, you can start accessing the test assets from all the repositories. In earlier versions, you viewed and accessed the test assets for your test run from the Repositories page. You can view all the branches contained in all the repositories that are added to the project by using the Branch field.

You can access all the branches contained in all the repositories that are added to the project by using the Branch field on the Execution, Datasets, and Overview pages. The master branch is selected by default and it is displayed as the first entry in the list. This master branch refers to the master branches contained in all the repositories that are added to the project.

The list of branches contains all the branches that are contained in all the repositories and are displayed in the increasing alphabetical order after the master branch.

Refer to the following table to know what resources are displayed when you select a branch from the list in the Branch field on the following pages:

The following table lists the pages on which the global branch is displayed. The table also provides the details of the test resources on each of these pages.
Page Displays
Execution page All the tests in the selected branch that you can run or want to run.
Datasets page All the datasets contained in all the test assets in the selected branch.
Overview page The summaries of the test types and execution results of the tests contained in the selected branch. The new or modified panel shows the number of tests that were added to the branch in the remote repository or existing tests that were modified during the selected period.
Note: The Results page displays the execution results of all the test assets from all the repositories of your project.

Until you select a branch from the Branch field on any page, the master branch is selected by default and is displayed as the first entry in the list. When you select a branch in one of the pages then the same branch is displayed as selected in the other pages and the resources in the selected branch are used to display the contents of that page.

The branch that you select is saved for you during your ongoing session and it is retained as the selected branch even when you perform the following activities:
  • Log out of the server and log in again.
  • Log in after a server restart.