VPT offers the option to create teams with the Team and Enterprise subscription tiers. A team is a way to group users together to provide access control and resource allocation. When a VPT account is created, there is a single team, named “My Team”, created to get you up and running quickly. Unless you create additional teams, all resources and users will be associated with this team by default.
All VPT resources including projects, tests, reports, and files associated with a team will only be viewable by users assigned to the team. Users can be assigned to multiple teams, and in this case, they will be able to see all resources related to all the teams they belong to.
Using teams also allows you to allocate resources between teams to prevent contention and manage the usage of VPT. Resource limits such as concurrent users and load hours can be split between all the teams. For example, if you subscribe to a plan that gives 100 load hours and a maximum of 50,000 concurrent users, you could assign those resources based on needed usage. One team with higher requirements could be given 80 load hours and a maximum concurrent user count of 35,000 and another team could be assigned the remaining 20 load hours and 15,000 concurrent users. This allows the teams to perform their testing independently without interfering with one another, eliminating the need to plan and schedule efforts across teams.
Adding Teams
Adding teams can be done through the Account Management Portal.
From VPT, click on the three-dot menu on the top navigation bar and then click on Manage Account to navigate to the Account Management Portal.
Click on Teams on the left navigation bar.
Here you will see all the existing teams in the system as well as buttons to add new teams or manage the resource allocation.
Click + Add Team to navigate to the Add Team page.
Enter a name and description (optional), then select the users you want to add to the team and click Add to create the new team.
Allocating Resources
From VPT, click on the three-dot menu on the top navigation bar and then click on Manage Account to navigate to the Account Management Portal.
Click Teams on the left navigation bar.
Here you will see all the existing teams in the system as well as buttons to add new teams or manage the resource allocation.
Click Manage Allocation to navigate to the Resource Allocation page, where you can view and change the resource allocation.
Here you will see all the teams in the system and the resources that can be allocated between the teams.
To make changes, click on the value or percentage for a team and resource then type in the desired value. You can allocate however you see fit, but you cannot allocate more resources between the teams than your subscription allows.
The total limit for each resource is shown at the top in the Total Resources row. The Remaining Resources row shows any unallocated resources. Ideally, after changing the allocation, you would want Remaining Resources to be 0, meaning that you have allocated all your resources.
When you are finished allocating resources, click Save to save the changes.