How do I find a specific Suite in Azure DevOps Test Plans?

Question

I'm using Azure DevOps in my company. After our last migration we have been unable to find specific requirement based suites within our static suites, in a specific test plan.

Our work is organized as such:

Test Plan 1 - Static Suite 1 - Static Suite 1.1 - Requirement-based Suite 1.1.1 (nr 111)
                                                - Requirement-based Suite 1.1.2 (nr 222) 
                                                - Requirement-based Suite 1.1.3 (nr 333)
                             - Static Suite 1.2 - Requirement-based Suite 1.2.1 (nr 444)
                                                - Requirement-based Suite 1.2.2 (nr 555)
                                                - Requirement-based Suite 1.2.3 (nr 666)
                             - Static Suite 1.3 - Requirement-based Suite 1.3.1 (nr 777)
                                                - Requirement-based Suite 1.3.2 (nr 888)
                                                - Requirement-based Suite 1.3.3 (nr 999)

            - Static Suite 2 - Static Suite 2.1 - Requirement-based Suite 2.1.1 (nr 111)
                                                - Requirement-based Suite 2.1.2 (nr 222)
                                                - Requirement-based Suite 2.1.3 (nr 333)
                             - Static Suite 2.2 - Requirement-based Suite 2.2.1 (nr 444)
                                                - Requirement-based Suite 2.2.2 (nr 555)
                                                - Requirement-based Suite 2.2.3 (nr 666)
                             - Static Suite 2.3 - Requirement-based Suite 2.3.1 (nr 777)
                                                - Requirement-based Suite 2.3.2 (nr 888)
                                                - Requirement-based Suite 2.3.3 (nr 999)

I open the test plan and, with all Suite folders expanded, search for a specific requirement based suite number using CTRL+F.

If I search for "777" I will only be shown Requirement-based Suite 1.3.1 (nr 777) when I expected it to find Requirement-based Suite 2.3.1 (nr 777) as well.

I've been searching online for people that have had the same problem but I can't find any reference to this situation anywhere. I am also not the only one within my company to whom this happens.

Answer 1

If you want to find the specific requirement based suites with Ctrl + F, you need to make sure the list has been loaded/displayed on the page.

For example, I used your list for testing. I clicked the Expand All button.

When I use Ctrl + F to search for 111, 222, 333, I can see two results. Because they are displayed on the page. When I use Ctrl + F to search for 444, 555,..., 999, the result is the same as you described, only the first one can be found. Because they are not displayed on the page. When I go through the entire list and load/display them on the page, I can find two results.

If you don't want to browse the entire content every time, you can use Filter suit by name. This will be much more convenient to find the suit you need.

Update:

I found that the Filter suit by name is only available in Azure DevOps Service. When using Azure DevOps Server, there is no Filter suit by name.