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I have three entities Token - N:1 - User - N:1 - Company. I let ember-cli to generate model tests and all of them failed. Thats somehow expected, since when testing Token it should need User so I added user into needs. Whats mysterious to me is why do I have to include Company as well? Will I have to include all of my models in every model test?

// tests/unit/models/token-test.js
import {moduleForModel, test} from 'ember-qunit';
moduleForModel('token', {
    needs: ['model:user', 'model:company']
});

test('it exists', function(assert) {
    var model = this.subject();
    // var store = this.store();
    assert.ok(!!model);
});

//models/token.js
user: DS.belongsTo('user')

//models/user.js
tokens: DS.hasMany('token')
company: DS.belongsTo('company')

//models/company.js
users: DS.hasMany('user')
Keo
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Without seeing your model definitions I can't know for sure (would you mind posting those?), but it seems like it's because your models have relationships between them. From the Ember CLI website:

Note: If the model you are testing has relationships to any other model, those must be specified through the needs property.

My guess is that your token model has relationships to both your user and company models. (Or your token is related to the user, and the user is related to the company.)

Ember CLI's goal for tests is for them to be as isolated as possible, so it doesn't load anything for you - you have to declare all dependencies. It seems like a pain, but it makes for much better unit tests.

GJK
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  • The ```token``` is related to the ```user``` and the ```user``` is related to the ```company```. You are right, after adding another entity connected to company I found out that ```Token``` and ```User``` doesn't need it. So I don't have to need all models everywhere but just one or two levels of connections. – Keo Mar 20 '15 at 14:07