Patent ID: 7761841

Claim:
A computer automated method to update a data store, comprising: receiving, by a script executed by a spreadsheet application, a test set definition for mapping a plurality of information fields associated with at least a test set defined as an ordered sequence of test cases and a plurality of test cases in a spreadsheet upload file from the spreadsheet application to fields in a data store of a test management tool, wherein the test management tool does not provide support for uploading the test set from the upload file; creating, by the script, based on the definition, a plurality of linkages, wherein each linkage is between the test set and one of the plurality of test cases in the upload file; and creating, by the script, based on the definition, a plurality of test set records for the test set in the data store, wherein each of the plurality of test set records includes one of the plurality of linkages, and wherein the test set is automatically uploaded to the data store by the script when the plurality of test set records for the test set is created.