Obtaining Current Build Number/Environment Settings in MTM Test Run

Question

I have been trying to find a way to access the current Build Number and/or the current Environment Settings from MTM for a test suite run as part of a build. I wish to use this information within my own custom reports as the information provided by MTM does not capture everything I require.

Anyone been able to achieve this? I have read many posts of people trying, but they all seem to end at dead ends or Test Scribe, which just outputs the same data in a word doc and is fairly restricted (no custom filepath to save to, and is not run during tests).

Unfortunately I have no code to present what I have tried as I have not even been close. Though I have looked at TestContext in VisualStudio2010 quite closely and it does not appear to pick up much MTM info outside of the current TestCase being run.

chaliasos · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-30T07:25:09.273

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You can use the TFS API for that.

We have implemented an external project (not as part of a team build) which is reporting the TestResults of a TestRun by passing as parameters the TestRunId or the BuildNumber. I think that if you use it as part of a build you will be able somehow to pass it as parameter on runtime or just get the latest Build.

You can check the following links for further details:

edited May 30 '12 at 07:25

answered May 29 '12 at 09:15

chaliasos

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This sounds very promising! Thank you, I shall look into it tomorrow when I have access to my machine and let you know how it goes. – Nashibukasan May 29 '12 at 09:37
You 're welcome. If any of the references will help you please post it here. – chaliasos May 29 '12 at 09:39
I haven't used it yet, but I read through the links with code samples and it seems like the best way to go. Cheers! – Nashibukasan May 31 '12 at 01:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 29 '16 at 05:32

Hi you can use the following code to get the plan and build details through MTM

WorkItemStore workitemstore = tfsserv.GetService<WorkItemStore>();
        Project tfsproject = workitemstore.Projects[tfsprojectname];
        ITestManagementService Mtmserveice = (ITestManagementService)tfsserv.GetService(typeof(ITestManagementService));
        ITestManagementTeamProject mtmproj = Mtmserveice.GetTeamProject(tfsproject.Name);

        ITestPlan plan = mtmproj.TestPlans.Find(planid);
        Console.WriteLine("Test Plan: {0}", plan.Name);
        Console.WriteLine("Plan ID: {0}", plan.Id);
        Console.WriteLine("Build Currently In Use: {0}", plan.BuildNumber);

Obtaining Current Build Number/Environment Settings in MTM Test Run

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