Error on setting string for custom field in Test Run

[fjglira]

Hi, I'm trying to set a string in a custom field for a test run and I'm getting always errors:

suds.WebFault: Server raised fault: 'org.xml.sax.SAXException: SimpleDeserializer encountered a child element, which is NOT expected, in something it was trying to deserialize.

But it works if I set a string to a custom field defined as enum. It's happening this for some else?

[leelavg]

• The error doesn't ring any bells
• Would you be able to provide working & failing snippets w/ masking/changing internal names?

[fjglira]

Yes sure, I'm trying to create a test run with some custom fields that where defined before, for example

• component, defined in Polarion a string field
• arch, defined as enum with some values

I'm using a simple python script to read the xml file of the result and them create the test run in polarion:

if create_run:
    print("Creating new Polarion Run: {}".format(polarion_run_name))
    try:
        tr = TestRun.create(project_id=polarion_project, test_run_id=polarion_run_name, template='Empty', title=RUN_TITLE)
        arch = tr.get_custom_field("arch")
        tr._set_custom_field("arch", arch)
        component = tr.get_custom_field("component")
        tr._set_custom_field("component", component)
        tr.update()
        
    except Exception as e:
        raise(e)

The except is triggered and the error displayed does not said any detail that the error that I send before. The thing is that the arch field can be filled and the component can't, the only difference between them is the polarion field definition. In fact I change all the fields to enum type and it can be filled without any error

[leelavg]

• Could you pls try setting the values on attrs rather than using those set methods?
• Like, tc.arch = <value> and tc.component = <value>

[fjglira]

That's work @leelavg , thanks a lot for the help. Can we update the documentation because we are using this func in the example in the readme file it's displayed in that way:

https://github.com/RedHatQE/pylero#:~:text=tr.set_custom_field(%22arch%22%2C%20arch)

Can I make the change in the readme?

[leelavg]

• Ack, now I need to check why set method isn't working before updating the readme
• I believe the correct action should be to have updates of fields via attrs match set methods and change _set... to set...