States and choice values

reference australia Updated Oct 13, 2026 1 min read stm-states-choices.md

Review the states and the choice list values that the Service Test Management records use.

States

For what moves a test group run or a test run from one state to the next, see Test group run and test run states.

Record	Values
Test definition state	Draft, Published, Retired, Archived. A definition can't move back to an earlier state. See Test definitions in Service Test Management.
Test group state	Draft, Published, Retired
Test run state	Draft, Pending for Input, New, Acknowledged, Rejected, Pending, In progress, Cancelled, Completed, Failed
Test run result	Pass, Fail, Inconclusive, Timed out
Test group run state	Draft, New, Pending for input, Scheduled, In progress, Cancelled, Completed

Choice values

Field	Values
Test group execution type	Manual, Automated
Threshold rule severity	1 - High, 2 - Medium, 3 - Low
Violation severity	High, Medium, Low
Value type	Number, String, Boolean
Capture frequency	Once, Daily, Weekly, Monthly
Capture method	Automatic, Manual
Conformance comparator lower	greater than, greater than or is
Conformance comparator upper	less than, less than or is
Test definition relationship type	Dependency, Substitution, Exclusivity

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# States and choice values

Review the states and the choice list values that the Service Test Management records use.

## States

For what moves a test group run or a test run from one state to the next, see [Test group run and test run states](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/telecom-media-technology/stm-run-state-model.md).

|Record|Values|
|------|------|
|Test definition state|Draft, Published, Retired, Archived. A definition can't move back to an earlier state. See [Test definitions in Service Test Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/telecom-media-technology/test-definition-stm.md).|
|Test group state|Draft, Published, Retired|
|Test run state|Draft, Pending for Input, New, Acknowledged, Rejected, Pending, In progress, Cancelled, Completed, Failed|
|Test run result|Pass, Fail, Inconclusive, Timed out|
|Test group run state|Draft, New, Pending for input, Scheduled, In progress, Cancelled, Completed|

## Choice values

|Field|Values|
|-----|------|
|Test group execution type|Manual, Automated|
|Threshold rule severity|1 - High, 2 - Medium, 3 - Low|
|Violation severity|High, Medium, Low|
|Value type|Number, String, Boolean|
|Capture frequency|Once, Daily, Weekly, Monthly|
|Capture method|Automatic, Manual|
|Conformance comparator lower|greater than, greater than or is|
|Conformance comparator upper|less than, less than or is|
|Test definition relationship type|Dependency, Substitution, Exclusivity|