Assigned test platforms allow you to designate which community-level test platforms users must use for a specific project. You can either assign these platforms directly or allow users to select them manually.
Note: You don’t need to use assigned test platforms for testers to link a test platform to their feedback. This only requires a Test Platform element on the feedback form and for the tester to fill out at least one test platform.
Configuring Assigned Test Platforms
When setting up assigned test platforms for your project, you’ll need to configure a few settings.
- Title: Set the user-facing title of your Assigned test platform section
- Instructions: Designate the instructions that will be shown to your users when they are viewing the Assigned test platform section
- Available test platforms: Choose which test platform will be available for users to select
- Narrow by specific element: Limit platform selection to users who provided specific answers within a test platform. For example, only users who indicated they have a desktop PC would be able to select that platform for this project.
- Team access: Choose which teams can access assigned test platforms. Setting this as a notice for a team will force them to view the Assigned test platform page.
- Email notifications: This option will allow you to trigger an email that will be sent every time a user selects an assigned test platform.
- Other options
- Show on project home: This option determines if the "Assigned test platform" selection tool is available for users on the Project home. Select this if you want users to be able to select assigned test platforms at their leisure.
- Lock users' assigned test platforms to this project: Restricts assigned platforms to this project only. Users cannot assign the same platform to other projects, and platforms already assigned in other projects cannot be selected here.
- Allow users to select multiple test platforms: Lets users select more than one assigned test platform and choose between them when applicable (e.g. in a feedback form).
- Lock updates to assigned test platforms: Prevents users from editing their assigned test platform at the community level while it is linked to this project.
- Make assigned test platforms required for project users: Enabling this option will make assigning a test platform mandatory for the project.