Refresh Lookups allows Enterprise Tester to pull in static information from external systems such as JIRA or TFS. Static information can consist of items like Custom Field values or Workflow configurations.
Automatic Refresh Lookups
Automatic Refresh Lookups will occur on an upgrade or restart of Enterprise Tester, or when a Project Link is created when mapping between projects.
Refer Setting Automatic Refresh Lookups to turn the Automatic Refresh off or on.
Manual Refresh Lookups
To keep JIRA /or TFS field field information up-to-date in Enterprise Tester, a refresh of lookups will be Refresh Lookups is required after adding or editing custom fields in JIRA. This refresh can be initiated manually or automatically. In addition, following an upgrade or restart of Enterprise Tester, a refresh will automatically take place. To configure automatic refresh lookup synchronization at Startup and on project link creation, please refer to the Setting Automatic Refresh Lookups topic.
When configuring an incident or requirement link to your defect tracker, you may be prompted to refresh lookups prior to configuring your fields.
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