problem with testcase assignments

[brianj]

Hi,

We recently updated to 1.9.2, and now have a problem. We used to be able to assign testcases to users for execution, then everytime there was a new build, the users could go into "Execute tests", select the new build, filter by their username, see their tests, and run them.

Now the problem is that seemingly all prior test execution assignments are null and void when a new build is made! So the filter no longer works, and people have to pick through the huge list of tests to try to find the ones they are assigned to.

Was this change intentional?

[fman]

on 1.9 test execution assignment is done at BUILD level.
Test cases that have NO TESTER assigned for execution are excluded from metrics, this allow you fine grane control of test case execution progress from build to build.
All you have to do to keep same assignments when creating a new build is check the option Copy Tester Assignments

[brianj]

Ok, here's the problem though: We have a build that is created automatically each day via the Testlink API, and then the people assigned to the testcases test. I don't see any way via the API to set that "copy over assignments" when creating a new build. Is there such an option? If not, this completely hoses us, as we'd have to manually re-assign tests every single time we want to execute our tests, either that or just give up on that mechanism entirely.

[istream]

Even when using manual steps, there is no way to clone previous assignments on to new build.
I am trying to create a New Test Plan from an existing Test Plan, where in I would only like to pick a subset from original Test Plans with same assignments,
I am unable to find a simple way to do this, but to just create a new test plan from scratch.