This analysis examines the current scope for test hierarchies wherein a Test Case is reused in one place - alone in another Test Case . This Test Case is then also reused in one place - again alone which is then reused in one place alone in another Test Case and so on. Such hierarchies can often be redundant: the Test Case at the bottom of the hierarchy could just as well have been reused directly in the Test Case at the top of the hierarchy.
Such empty chains are collected during the analysis (which may take longer on larger Projects ) and displayed in the Search Result View. They are shown in order of their length, starting with the longest chains.
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