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Use this dialog box to create a run/debug configuration for Django tests.

In this section:

Configuration

ItemDescription
1.2+TargetSpecify the target to be executed. If the field is left empty, it means that all the tests in all the applications specified in INSTALLED_APPS will be executed.
  • If you want to run tests in a certain application, specify the application name.
  • To run a specific test case, specify its name after the application name, delimited with a dot.
  • To run a single test method within a test case, add the test method name after dot.

Same rules apply to the doctests contained in the test targets. The test label is used as the path to the test method or class to be executed. If there is function with a doctest, or a class with a class-level doctest, you can invoke that test by appending the name of the test method or class to the label.

Custom settingsIf this check box is selected, Django test will run with the specified custom settings, rather than with the default ones.

Specify the fully qualified name of the file that contains Django settings. You can either type it manually, in the text field to the right, or click the browse button, and select one in the dialog box that opens.

If this check box is not selected, Django test will run with the default settings, defined in the Settings field of the Django Support page. The text field is disabled.

2.7+OptionsIf this check box is selected, it is possible to specify parameters to be passed to the Django tests. Type the list of parameters in the text field to the right, prepending parameters with '--' and using spaces as delimiters. For example:
--noinput --failfast
                

If this check box is not selected, the text field is disabled.

ProjectClick this drop-down list to select the desired project.
Environment variableThis field shows the list of environment variables. If the list contains several variables, they are delimited with semicolons.
To fill in the list, click the browse button, or press Shift+EnterShift+Enter and specify the desired set of environment variables in the Environment Variables dialog box.
To create a new variable, click add, and type the desired name and value.
Python InterpreterSelect one of the pre-configured Python interpreters from the drop-down list.
Interpreter optionsIn this field, specify the string to be passed to the interpreter. If necessary, click shift-enter-button.png, and type the string in the editor.
Working directorySpecify a directory to be used by the running task.

Note

  • When a default run/debug configuration is created by the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+F10Ctrl+Shift+F10, or by choosing Run on the context menu of a script, the working directory is the one that contains the executable script. This directory may differ from the project directory.
  • When this field is left blank, the bin directory of the PyCharm installation will be used.
2.7.2+Add content roots to PYTHONPATHSelect this check box to add all content roots of your project to the environment variable PYTHONPATH;
Add source roots to PYTHONPATHSelect this check box to add all source roots of your project to the environment variable PYTHONPATH;

Toolbar

ItemShortcutDescription
add InsertInsert Click this button to add new configuration to the list.
delete DeleteDelete Click this button to remove the selected configuration from the list.
copy Ctrl+DCtrl+D Click this button to create a copy of the selected configuration.
settings Edit defaultsClick this button to edit the default configuration templates. The defaults are used for the newly created configurations.
arrowUp or arrowDown Alt+UpAlt+Up or Alt+DownAlt+Down Use these buttons to move the selected configuration or group of configurations (folder) up and down in the list.

The order of configurations or folders in the list defines the order, in which configurations appear in the Run/Debug drop-down list on the main toolbar.

folder Use this button to create a new folder.

If one or more run/debug configurations have the focus, then the selected run/debug configurations 0 are automatically moved to the newly created folder. If only a category has the focus, then an empty folder is created.

Common options

ItemDescription
NameIn this text box, specify the name of the current run/debug configuration. This field does not appear for the default run/debug configurations.
Defaults This node in the left-hand pane of the dialog box contains the default run/debug configuration settings. Select the desired configuration to change its default settings in the right-hand pane. The defaults are applied to all newly created run/debug configurations.
Temporary configurations limit Specify here the maximum number of temporary configurations to be stored and shown in the Select Run/Debug Configuration drop-down list.
Share Select this check box to make the run/debug configuration available to other team members.

The shared run/debug configurations are kept in separate xml files under .idea\runConfigurations folder, while the local run/debug configurations are kept in the .idea\workspace.xml.

This check box is not available when editing the run/debug configuration defaults.

Single instance onlyIf this check box is selected, this run/debug configuration cannot be launched more than once.

Every time a new run/debug configuration is launched, PyCharm checks the presence of the other instances of the same run/debug configuration, and displays a confirmation dialog box. If you click OK in the confirmation dialog box, the first instance of the runner will be stopped, and the next one will take its place.

This make sense, when usage of certain resources can cause conflicts, or when launching two run/debug configurations of the same type consumes too much of the CPU and memory resources.

If this check box is not selected, it is possible to launch as many instances of the runner as required. So doing, each runner will start in its own tab of the Run tool window.

Before launchIn this area, specify the actions to be performed prior to executing the current run/debug configuration.
ItemKeyboard shortcutDescription
addAlt+InsertAlt+Insert Click this button to add one of the tasks to be executed prior to launching the application. The possible tasks are:
  • Run External tool: Add this task to have PyCharm launch the specified third-party tool prior to running or debugging. To appoint a tool to launch, select it in the External Tools dialog box that opens.
deleteAlt+DeleteAlt+Delete Click this button to remove selected task from the list.
edit1EnterEnter Click this button to open the selected task for editing.
arrowUp or arrowDownAlt+UpAlt+Up or Alt+DownAlt+Down Click these buttons to move the selected task one line up or down.

Note that Before launch actions are performed in the order they are specified in the run/debug configuration dialog.

Show this pageSelect this check box to always show the Edit Run/Debug Configuration dialog prior to launching the current run/debug configuration.
If this check box is not selected, run/debug configuration will be launched silently.

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