In addition to importing from Excel, you can now import from OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language). OPML is an XML format commonly supported for import/export by mind mapping and outlining tools. These tools provide a very fast and visual way to define your test inputs (parameters, values and value expansions), and can be a quick and easy alternative to Excel or Hexawise for defining test inputs and collaborating with colleagues on what the correct inputs should be.
Import from OPML does not provide the complete import (invalid pairs, auto-scripts and notes) like Excel import.
To share a project, (a) hover over a project name (vs. a plan name), (b) click on the blue person icon, and (c) add the email address of the person you'd like to invite to see your project. That process now automatically generates an email to the user you've shared your project with. Until now, the fact that you shared a plan with your colleague might well have gone tragically unnoticed like those longing, furtive glances that you gave to that crush of yours in high school.
You can now invite anyone with an email address to view your projects. Previously, you could only share your projects with other registered Hexawise users.
Once an extremely large number of invalid pairs to the total number of pair had been created, there could be problems saving any additional pairs.
This is fixed.
Performance of creating new invalid pairs would lag as the number of invalid pairs in the plan grew to be very large. This is no longer a problem.
There was an issue where you'd get a file download dialog upon updating plan properties (name and project) with IE browsers. This has been fixed.
The contents of the step description field was not correct when there was no auto-script defined. This is resolved.
Feedback is now a dialog rather than a flash which was too subtle.
There was a rare case on specific browsers where note tooltips would show to the left where no space was available rather than to the right.
The formatting of the Excel exports was greatly improved so the default column widths are more reasonable.
Fixed this temporary problem.
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In addition to Excel and CSV, you can now export to an Excel file that is designed for importing into HP's Quality Center tool. Click the export link and you'll see a checkbox for HP Quality Center in the export dialog.
HP Quality Center exports are best when you are using auto-scripting (bottom panel in the Create Tests tab). Each paragraph (up to a carriage return) is interpreted as a test step in the export.
Feedback on this new BETA feature is welcome!
Made the tab order correct and the enter key work on the login page of hexawise.com so you can login with just the keyboard.
For those keeping track, this was a problem that would only be guaranteed to be tested with 3-way strength testing. So something like: Browser = Firefox, OS = Linux, Action = Create a New Parameter
FAQ entry listing supported browsers and detailing how to turn off IE compatibility mode.
In the IE 7 info dialog box, it now mentions the fact that you may be running in IE 8, but in IE 7 compatibility mode.
Thank you for reporting the issue Carlos.
The "n-way interactions means" dialog now shows an n+1 tuple that is less likely to be covered in explaining what's not necessarily covered in an n-way strength test.
The more specific file extension on the exports will help it get to the right editing application and the application do the right thing with the file.
These were not properly escaped (double quotes in CSV).
Going to /login (lots of people have that bookmarked) redirects you into the app now rather than making it seem like you need to login again.
Made it more pretty.
Tweaks to make sure the display is as effective as possible at low resolutions.
There was an issue if the auto-script panel was open when the tests were generated, it would then re-size the input text area to the full panel size and push the preview out of the panel.
Some Unicode characters caused issues when used in notes and invalid pairs. This has been resolved.