XRay - Text parameter value on project level

[Kevin Brok]

Hi,

We just started using XRay in JIRA and I'm looking into parameters. Say we have a system where people can order stuff, and after the order they have 4 days to confirm it and if they haven't confirmed it in 2 days we will send them a reminder email to confirm the order.

We have multiple test for this and now the 2 and 4 days are "hardcoded" into the test. The amount of days for expiration and reminders have changed in the past so I would rather have it be a parameter so we can update the parameter and all test will be correct again.

So I would like to create a project text parameter named OrderExpiresIn with value '4 days' and OrderReminderEmail with value '2 days' or something like that.

I have seen that you can create list parameters on project level. However as mentioned my values would be '2 days' and '4 days' which would be pretty vague. I could create two lists with each having one of the values but that seems redundant.

Also if I have a test which uses the list value and I change the value in the list, the value in the test isn't altered. Which means I still need to go through all the tests to update the value in the list which kinda defeats the purpose.

So is there a way to just have a project text parameter, which I can use in my tests and will update automatically in all tests when I update the value? If not, do you have any recommendations on how to handle this situation?

Thanks in advance!