Service Test Definition form fields

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Review the fields on the Service Test Definition form.

To create a test definition, see Create a test definition.

Field	Description
Number	Identifier that the system generates for the test definition.
Name	Name of the test definition. Required. Maximum 80 characters.

Owner	Name of the person who is responsible for maintaining this definition.
Role	Role associated with the test definition. Select a role from the list.
Description	Description of the test definition. Maximum 4,000 characters.
State	State of the test definition. A new definition starts in the Draft state. For the values and the moves that the system allows, see Test definitions in Service Test Management.
Published on	Date on which the test definition was published.
Retired on	Date on which the test definition was retired.

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Setting up test definitions

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# Service Test Definition form fields

Review the fields on the Service Test Definition form.

To create a test definition, see [Create a test definition](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/telecom-media-technology/create-test-specification.md).

<table id="table_test_def_fields"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Number

</td><td>

Identifier that the system generates for the test definition.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

Name of the test definition. Required. Maximum 80 characters.

</td></tr><tr><td>

 

</td><td>

 

</td></tr><tr><td>

Owner

</td><td>

Name of the person who is responsible for maintaining this definition.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Role

</td><td>

Role associated with the test definition. Select a role from the list.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Description

</td><td>

Description of the test definition. Maximum 4,000 characters.

</td></tr><tr><td>

State

</td><td>

State of the test definition. A new definition starts in the Draft state.

 For the values and the moves that the system allows, see [Test definitions in Service Test Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/telecom-media-technology/test-definition-stm.md).

</td></tr><tr><td>

Published on

</td><td>

Date on which the test definition was published.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Retired on

</td><td>

Date on which the test definition was retired.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>**Related topics**  


[Setting up test definitions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/telecom-media-technology/settingup-test-specifications.md)