Import Requirements from Microsoft® Word

If you have collected and structured the Requirements for your system under test in Microsoft® Word, you can import these Requirements into Tricentis Tosca to avoid re-doing your work.

In order to import a Requirements structure into Tricentis Tosca, make sure that:

  • your Microsoft® Word document is formatted with the style Heading 1 to Heading 9.

  • the structure of the headers is 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, etc.

  • the WordHeadingPrefix setting matches your Microsoft® Word installation language. By default, this value is Ueberschrift. If your Microsoft® Word is set to English, the configuration of this setting must be defined as Heading, or an error will occur.

To change this setting, navigate to Project->Options->RequirementsManagementAddIn and enter the style name into the field next to WordHeadingPrefix (see table "Options - RequirementsManagement").

If you are using Microsoft® Word 2013, make sure the checkbox Open e-mail attachments and other editable files in reading mode under File->Options->General in Word is decativated.

Example Word template

To import your Requirements from Microsoft® Word into Tosca Commander, follow the steps below:

  1. Right-click a Requirements folder and select Import Requirements from Word captions from the context menu.

  2. In the subsequent dialog, select the file you want to import and click Open.

Tricentis Tosca creates a RequirementSet, attaches the imported document, and creates Requirements based on the headings in the document.

Requirement imported from Microsoft® Word