Below, find the Release Notes for DesignWise:
DesignWise Release (March 31, 2026)
New
AI Manual Script Suggestions
Sembi IQ now powers AI manual script suggestions in DesignWise, helping you write data-driven manual scripts faster and with greater confidence.
Defining manual scripts can be an important final step of the modeling process. Done well, your optimized scenarios pack full coverage into as few manual iterations as possible. This feature makes that step significantly easier, even if you're new to data-driven test scripts.
Key Benefits
- Speed: Describe your test script in natural language and let Sembi IQ handle the rest. No more writing out each step by hand.
- Simplicity: A dedicated UI guides you through getting a suggested data-driven manual script for your testing model.
- Completeness: Sembi IQ surfaces steps you may not have thought to add, helping you avoid gaps in coverage.
To use the feature, open the Scripts → Manual interface and describe the scenario you want to test in plain language. Sembi IQ draws on both your description and the existing contents of your model to suggest steps for a new data-driven manual script. Providing additional context about your testing goals and system under test will improve suggestion quality, but it isn't required.
DesignWise Release (March 26, 2026)
Improved
Constraints Layout
The Rules → Constraints screen layout has been updated to give the Parameters Table more space and prominence.
DesignWise Release (March 16, 2026)
New
AI-Generated Constraint Suggestions
DesignWise now includes AI-powered constraint suggestions powered by Sembi IQ. The AI can now help you define model constraints faster and with greater confidence.
Defining constraints is one of the most important and most demanding parts of the modeling process. Done well, constraints ensure your generated scenarios reflect real business logic and can actually be executed against your system under test. This feature makes that step significantly easier, whether you're new to constraint modeling or are working through a large, complex set of business rules.
Key Benefits
- Speed: Describe your business rule in natural language and let Sembi IQ handle the rest. No more manual iteration on constraint expressions by hand.
- Simplicity: A new dedicated UI guides you through getting suggestions for simple constraints, multi-parameter constraints, grouping constraints, and skip constraints. No syntax knowledge required.
- Completeness: Sembi IQ surfaces constraints you may not have thought to add, helping you avoid gaps in your business logic coverage.
To use the feature, open the Rules → Constraints interface and describe the business rules you want to model. Sembi IQ draws on both your description and the existing contents of your model to generate relevant suggestions. Providing additional context about your testing goals and system under test will improve suggestion quality, but it isn't required.
DesignWise Release (February 10, 2026)
New
TestRail Test Dataset Export
You can now exports directly to TestRail's CSV dataset import format, connecting your optimized scenario generation with TestRail Enterprise's data-driven testing in a single step. You'll find the new "TestRail Test Dataset" option under "Export & API" in your test models.
DesignWise Release (February 1, 2026)
New
AI Parameter Reuse
AI-assisted parameter generation now draws from your team's "Reusable Parameter Library". When you use "Generate Parameters" from the Parameters screen, the AI considers your organization and project-level reusable parameters and suggests applicable ones for reuse in your model. This helps you build test plans faster while staying consistent with shared definitions.
DesignWise Release (January 29, 2026)
Improved
Value Expansion Support in Bulk Edit
The new <... , ...> syntax for parameter value expansions is now supported in the "Bulk" edit tab of the "Parameters" screen.
Example:
Operating System[Windows <Widows 10, Windows 11>, OSX, Linux, iOS, Android]
DesignWise Release (January 21, 2026)
New
Reusable Parameter Library
Parameters often apply across multiple models, whether within a project, a system under test, or a domain. The new Reusable Parameter Library lets you save a parameter once and make it available to anyone in your project or organization, ensuring consistent definitions across models.
Saving a parameter for reuse: Click a parameter's name in the Parameters screen to open it for editing, then click "Save for Reuse" at the bottom of the dialog. You'll choose whether the parameter applies to the current project or across your organization. Learn more about creating reusable parameters.
Managing reusable parameters: Open the "Reusable Parameter Library" from any model's drop down menu. From here you can browse all available reusable parameters with their metadata and push updates to every model that uses them. Learn more about managing reusable parameters.
Adding reusable parameters to a model: Click "Reuse Parameters" in the Parameters screen, or select the bold auto-complete suggestions when creating a new parameter. Learn more about adding reusable parameters to your models.
DesignWise Release (January 14, 2026)
Removed
Freeze Scenarios
"Freeze Scenarios" has been replaced by the new "Establish Baseline" action on the "Scenarios" screen.
Baselines improve on frozen scenarios in several ways:
- They can be established retroactively on any prior set of generated scenarios, even after model changes.
- They can be enabled, disabled, and changed to explore the impact of different reference points
- They preserve parameter value expansions and ranged value selections in newly generated scenarios.
- They offer full visibility into what changed and why through the "Compare to Baseline" and "View Impact Report" options.
Existing models with frozen scenarios continue to function as before. Going forward, use baselines anywhere you would have used frozen scenarios.
Learn more about minimizing scenario drift with baselines.
New
Model Change Impact Analysis - Minimize Scenario Drift with Baselines
A baseline locks a set of generated scenarios as a reference point. When you change your model, the system preserves your baseline scenarios as much as possible while still achieving the required coverage: new parameter values are integrated into existing rows, scenarios with removed values are updated with valid alternatives, and additional scenarios are generated only as needed.
Using a baseline will result in less optimal scenarios. Set a baseline only if you have a meaningful reason to preserve specific scenarios — for example, you've invested in determining expected outcomes, built non-trivial automation, need ongoing execution traceability, or have formal approval of these scenarios.
Setting a baseline: Any scenarios generated after this feature's release can be baselined. Click "Establish Baseline" in the header of the scenarios table on the "Scenarios" screen.
Comparing changes: Use the "Compare to Baseline" toggle in the scenarios table header to see exactly what's changed. For a summary of all model changes, click "View Impact Report" in the baseline warning banner, or click "Download Full Impact Report" for a detailed Excel spreadsheet.
Learn more about minimizing scenario drift with baselines.
Improved
Updating Forced Interactions Creates Model Revisions
Edits to a model are versioned as revisions, accessible from the model's "Revisions" dropdown. Previously, changes to forced interactions weren't tracked but now they are.
DesignWise Release (cumulative notes for Sept – Nov)
Major feature
Reusable Steps
To improve the efficiency and consistency of your scripting efforts, you can now save the elements of either Manual (individual steps or blocks with multiple steps) or Automate (individual steps) tabs then insert them into other scripts.
You can then manage all your reusable steps in a dedicated library for Manual or Automate, accessible from the model properties menu (downward arrow next to the model name).
You can find more information under the Usage button on the Scripts screen inside the tool or in the Scripts documentation.
Also
Bulk operations on models
In a view like “My Test Models”, you can now select multiple models via the checkboxes on the left then perform bulk operations – “copy”, “move”, “delete”.
UI/UX improvements
On the Scenarios screen, the row with parameter names is now frozen in the view for all generation options (so you can still see it after you scroll down to review the data).
Panels in Scripts -> Automate can now be collapsed to create more space for editing or review (via icons in the top right, next to “Usage”).
When you open a non-private model, you can now see the “breadcrumbs” next to the model name, showing its Project and/or Folder membership. You can click on them to quickly navigate back to that Project/Folder.
Lastly
Both Foundations and Professional courses have been updated for the new UI and recent features (yes, finally).
DesignWise Release (July 10, 2025)
The focus of our tool is test optimization, which means you move the DesignWise artifacts to either test management or test automation solutions at the end of your workflow. Furthermore, given the iterative nature of our model-based approach, the same artifact may need to be re-exported quite a few times over the course of its lifecycle.
This article describes our next step in unlocking more API capabilities and taking the export versatility to a higher level. The goal is to make the connection to external tools more streamlined, particularly in the automation-focused and CI/CD environments.
How It Works
For each export type available on our Export screen, you get an extra option called API Endpoint. It allows you to publish the optimized output in the specified format to a unique URL, which can then be used in HTTP REST “GET”-type API calls from other solutions.
Note: i.e. this implementation will allow other tools to “pull” the output from DesignWise. For future releases, we are evaluating a more flexible API connection with a select roster of external tools, so that you could also “push” the output to them.
DesignWise Release (June 26, 2025)
- Updated the DesignWise branding (a few places will still have the old version as we roll out the adjustments).
- Released UX and functional improvements to the AI Guidance. The feature icon is now visible to trial users by default. All users need to accept the AI Supplemental Terms before engaging with the feature.
DesignWise Release (May 14, 2025)
New
"Scenarios" option on the Export screen
Before this, you could export just the data table (without any scripts) by leveraging the "Save As" dropdown on the Scenarios screen. Now, the same format options (CSV, JSON, Gherkin Data Table, etc.) are also available under the "Scenarios" tile on the Export screen.
This not only consolidates your choices in one place but also establishes the foundation for future API work.
DesignWise Release (May 13, 2025)
New
We are excited to announce the rework of the Manual Scripting experience.
With this release, you can create multiple script templates per model (similar to Automate) and use the Condition field to specify when certain steps do or do not apply. That significantly improves the flexibility of your modeling, especially when it comes to rule-heavy, branching flows.
The look and feel have also been modernized. Also, please note that the “Relax” feature is now enjoying well-deserved retirement (along with “Start” and “Finish” sections). However, there is a “Simple Parameters Script” option on the Export screen that performs a similar function, and you can now clone steps.
You can find more details from the “Usage” section now available on the Manual Scripts screen, as well as from the updated documentation in the knowledge center.
DesignWise Release (July 29, 2024)
Release - Optimized Compute Option
“Optimized” compute option is now live.
As a summary,
- It won't affect the existing computations automatically. There will be a dropdown on the Scenarios screen to allow the user to select optimized, at which point they will need to fill in a text field with the word “optimize” and confirm it. This is intentional friction to ensure people don’t just try to do optimized computes by default all the time.
- It will run the computation on the same engine 50 times from 1 click, selecting the outcome with the least number of tests.
- Switching between standard and optimized resets cache - i.e. if you calculate standard, then switch to optimized, then back to standard, a new data table will be generated.
- Staying with the same compute option does not reset cache - i.e. if you calculate optimized, switch to another screen, don't do any other cache-resetting edits, switch back to optimized, the same table will be retrieved.
- The recommended flow/best practice is to utilize standard computation while the model is undergoing edits, then launch the optimized version when you are ready to export.
DesignWise Release (August 10, 2023)
New
Advanced N-way Constraints released
One of our features is Constraints which can be used to exclude invalid or irrelevant combinations of parameter values from the Scenarios table. Advanced N-way constraints (where N can be 2 or higher) make it possible to create dependencies across any number of parameters which should be a significant time saver when defining complex rules and should expand your ability to apply our tool to highly conditional workflows.
Please refer to the dedicated "Advanced N-way Constraints" article in the documentation for the feature overview.
DesignWise Release (July 18, 2023)
Improved
Parameterizable Test Name and Description for the Xray export option
In the previous implementation of the Xray export dialog, the Test Name field only leveraged the global variables (like Model or Feature Name) and the Description field was automatically populated in the background.
This change allows users to specify both fields leveraging not only global, but also model variables. It applies to both Manual and Automate scripting types.
The caveat: previously, the Description for Automate included the entire content of the Feature tab without any user interaction or choice. If that behavior needs to be preserved, users would need to manually copy the content from the Automate tab into the Description field during export.
DesignWise Release (January 25, 2023)
New
Added an Automate script tag which will allow the number of exported scripts to match the number of rows on Scenarios (regardless of the parameters involved in the script block)
This was a pain point specific to system integration and end-to-end testing. In the previous functionality, let's say we have a Guidewire integration model. The Policy Center section has 10 parameters which result in 20 scenarios, and the Billing Center validation needs only 3 parameters. We couldn't write a separate script block like this:
Scenario: Billing Center validation
Given I navigate to policy summary in BC
When I check that P1 is <P1> and P2 is <P2>
And On the Amounts screen, premium is <Premium>
Then Validation is successful
Because it would export only the number of unique combinations between P1, P2, and Premium, which is very often less than 20. Such mismatches caused issues during transitions to test management systems for execution/reporting. That forced users to write very long scripts which were harder to analyze for feedback. Also, different parts of the e2e flow could have different execution methods (manual vs automated).
This change adds @enumerate_all tag that, if specified above the Scenario or Scenario Outline name, will make sure that the number of exported scripts matches the number of rows on the Scenarios screen, regardless of the number of parameters involved in that particular script block.
DesignWise Release (January 24, 2023)
New
Added 1 more level to the asset hierarchy
Old hierarchy: Project (optional) -> Model
New hierarchy: Project (optional) -> Folder (optional) -> Model (for the avoidance of doubt, you can still put the models directly into the project)
So you should have more flexibility in terms of grouping your models. Folders can be created via the "New Test Model" dialog, "Edit Model" one, or Project level view (icon with a "+" sign).
Naming convention for Folders always includes Project Name automatically. Folders under the same project cannot have identical names.
If you select the Project, you will see all the models from all the folders on the right. If you select the Folder, you will see only the models in that folder.
If you delete a folder, it doesn't delete the models in it, it just removes them from the folder and puts them into the underlying project.
DesignWise Release (December 28, 2022)
Improved
Clickable URLs are now allowed in Notes
URLs are now clickable inside any given test Model’s Notes.
New
Added Notes pop-up window
When accessing a Test Model that has Notes associated with it, you are now given a notification pop-up about the Notes existing. There is a “Don’t notify me again” checkbox in the Note pop-up if you don’t want to see the pop-up again when accessing the test model moving forward.
DesignWise Release (December 14, 2022)
Fixed
Export now takes into account the strength selection from the export dialog, not the preview one.
In the past, selecting different preview and export coverage strengths for Automate-related outputs resulted in the generated file matching the preview choice, not the export one. That could cause confusion since the selection in the Export dialog is the "final" one from the user workflow standpoint. This was adjusted to make the generated file use the export strength selection.
Fixed
Resolved inconsistencies in the message about conflict handling between Forced Interactions and Constraints.
The dialog that appears when a user creates constraints contradicting forced interactions (or vice versa) has been updated to reflect the most recent terminology and represent the involved elements (forced interaction ID and constraint value/type) more precisely.
DesignWise Release (December 13, 2022)
Fixed
Error when generating 1-way sets of scenarios
Resolved an issue where the warning dialog for 1-way computation strength could automatically redirect a user back to the previously generated n-way (without giving a chance to accept the warning).
Fixed
"Silent" error when using duplicate but case-sensitive model names
Resolved an issue where the validation of model naming uniqueness was case-insensitive.
I.e., a user could create a model with the name that matches another existing model (both private or both in the same project), with the only difference being the case ("TestModel" vs "testmodel").
No error was presented, but the model was not created either. The duplicate naming error will now be properly shown to the user and the "Create" button will be disabled.
DesignWise Release (December 9, 2022)
Changed
UI Update
As part of the closer collaboration and consistency across Idera's toolset, we have changed the UI color scheme.
All references to "Test Plans" became "Test Models", and the dropdown next to the plan name (with Revisions, etc.) was streamlined to remove redundancy with the left vertical menu, but no functional changes otherwise.
Documentation and Certification screenshots will lag a bit from the update perspective, but we'll try to bring them up to speed asap.
If you notice any issues, please report them to support.
DesignWise Release (October 19, 2022)
New
Learning Center Update
We have added the "Onboarding Checklist" article to the Getting Started section of our documentation center. Since we removed the previous leveling system, it can be challenging to figure out the best first steps in the DesignWise learning process. The new article hopefully addresses that.
DesignWise Release (July 21, 2022)
Improved
Target manual auto-scripts or Automate scripts with Xray export configurations
Administrators configuring Xray exports can now flag the configuration as targeting manual auto-scripts, Automate scripts, or both (which is the default).
When exporting, the scripts that can be exported for the configuration that is selected will match this flag.
The most important element of this improvement is that it is now easier to have manual auto-scripts and Automate scripts in the same test plan and export each of them to Xray using different configurations.
DesignWise Release (July 17, 2022)
Improved
Tosca Commander export with mixed folder hierarchies
Specially named parameters in the test plan can represent folders/hierarchy in the Tosca Commander export. These parameters should have just 1 value so as not to affect the generated scenarios, and they should use a parameter naming scheme that starts with a # (e.g., # Folder Name ). The number of # indicates the depth of the folder (e.g., ### This is 3 deep).
This scheme was limited to folder depth only ever staying the same or getting deeper, but not returning to a more shallow depth, but now works more flexibly and you can specify a higher depth after lower depths (for both folder names and individual parameters).
Example:
# Folder A: blank (column A in export)
Param 1: value 1, value 2, value 3 (column B)
Param 2: value 1, value 2 (column B)
## Folder A Deeper Child: blank (column B)
Param 3: value 1, value 2, value 3, value 4 (column C)
## Param 4: value 1, value 2, value 3 (column B)
# Folder B: blank (column A)
### Param 5: value 1, value 2, value 3, value 4 (column C)
DesignWise Release (July 13, 2022)
Fixed
Error when exporting a test plan with no scenarios immediately after opening the plan
This issue has been resolved.
This defect is a good example of a pairwise defect caused by variation in the user’s activity. This type of parameter isn’t often modeled, but should be as it is the source of numerous real-world defects. Study defects in production in your own system to get a feel for this type of variation so you can model it effectively.
DesignWise Release (June 29, 2022)
Improved
Canceling the initial 2-way scenario generation
After navigating to “Scenarios” in a test plan, the most recent scenarios are retrieved and displayed, or if there aren’t any then the generation of a 2-way set of scenarios is initiated. If you don’t want those 2-way scenarios (e.g. you want 3-way, or mixed-strength scenarios instead) and cancel the operation, there wasn’t then an ability to initiate the generation of a different set of scenarios in the UI. Now there is.
Fixed
Issue when copying a test plan containing advanced skip constraints
In a specific case of a test plan with a skip constraint that was skipping just a single parameter and a copy is made of the test plan the copy will have the skip constraint defined as skipping to the end of the plan, rather than skipping just the single parameter. This pairwise defect has been fixed.
Fixed
Previewing the last scenario in the manual auto-scripts UI
In a test plan with forced interactions, there was an error when previewing the final generated scenario in the manual auto-scripts UI. This was either a pairwise or 3-way defect depending on how you frame it. It is fixed.
DesignWise Release (June 24, 2022)
Fixed
Value expansions with commas and CSV exports
In some cases, commas coming from value expansions were not properly escaped during a CSV export. This is fixed.
DesignWise Release (June 9, 2022)
Fixed
Regression in CSV exporter
Some users will have seen an issue exporting some test plans into CSV format. This has been resolved.
DesignWise Release (June 7, 2022)
Fixed
Stray click when using the “what kind of file” link on the new plan dialog
If you clicked the “what kind of file” link on the new plan dialog, there was a stray click registered which opened the browser’s file open dialog. This has been resolved.
DesignWise Release (May 6, 2022)
Improved
Manual Auto-Scripts preview test selection table
The table that is used to select the scenario being previewed when writing manual auto-scripts has been updated to the new table style and functionality.
DesignWise Release (April 28, 2022)
Improved
Accelerated handling of large test plans
We have made a couple adjustments to the scenario generation processes which will increase the speed for the large plans and also optimize the impact on overall performance.
DesignWise Release (April 20, 2022)
Fixed
Missing warning message when deleting a parameter with value expansions.
When you delete a parameter with value expansions you should receive a warning that the value expansions will be deleted as well. This warning was temporarily missing.
DesignWise Release (April 4, 2022)
Improved
Email address entry when sharing projects
When you share a project with colleagues in DesignWise, you specify their email address. This used to require a bare email address, and entry one-by-one. This has been significantly improved by allowing comma delimited lists of email addresses to be entered at one time, and to support a common format that you get when copying & pasting from an email client:
Tester McTesterson <tester.mctesterson@testing.com>
This format will work and can be used.
Some additional small UX improvements around field focusing were made.
DesignWise Release (March 31, 2022)
Improved
Parameter value range delimiters
The syntax to provide a numeric range required a plain ASCII – character. That’s the character you’ll get typing with the keyboard, but if you happened to paste the numeric range from other tools, such as a word processor or spreadsheet, you could actually be pasting a Unicode variant of a dash (em dash, en dash, etc.). DesignWise now recognizes the common variants for a – in numeric ranges and replaces them with a standard -.
DesignWise Release (March 23, 2022)
Fixed
Remembered navigation for “Rules”
DesignWise now properly remembers which sub-navigation you were last at within “Rules” and brings you back to that location in the test plan when you navigate back to “Rules”.