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# automation

This configuration section contains settings to configure synchronizing automated test cases.

Read more about synchronizing automated test cases in the [Synchronizing automated test cases](/specsync/important-concepts/synchronizing-automated-test-cases.md) concept description.

The following example shows the available options within this sub-section.

```javascript
{
  ...
  "synchronization": {
    ...
    "automation": {
      "enabled": true,
      "condition": "not @manual",
      "testExecutionStrategy": "assemblyBasedExecution",
      "automatedTestType": "BDD tests"
    },
    ...
  },
  ...
}
```

{% hint style="info" %}
After changing the `condition` setting of the automation configuration, you need to perform the push command with an additional `--force` setting otherwise the existing Test Cases will not be updated until the next change of their scenario. Using the `--force` setting is only required once.
{% endhint %}

## Settings

| Setting                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Default                                 |
| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `enabled`               | Specifies whether SpecSync should attempt to create automated test cases.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | `false`                                 |
| `condition`             | <p>A <a href="/pages/TGCBAcTAtNt1Zb9MZKGG">local test case condition</a> of scenarios that should be included in automation (e.g. <code>not @manual or @automated</code>).</p><p>Before v3.2 this setting had to be specified as <code>skipForTags</code> where the excluded scenarios had to be specified.</p><p>After changing this setting, you need to use the <code>--force</code> option once to update existing Test Cases. See note above.</p>                                                                                                                                              | all scenarios included                  |
| `automatedTestType`     | Specifies the value to be used in the *Automated test type* field of the Test Case.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | uses a strategy-dependent default value |
| `testExecutionStrategy` | <p>Specifies the test execution strategy for the automated test cases. The <code>assemblyBasedExecution</code> strategy can be used to document that the tests are executed by running them from .NET assemblies. The <code>custom</code> strategy can be used for non .NET projects.</p><p>The options <code>testSuiteBasedExecution</code> and <code>testSuiteBasedExecutionWithScenarioOutlineWrappers</code> should only be used for suite based execution. See <a href="/pages/-MDPm5dsl5TGDhASsFzl">Support for Azure DevOps Test Plan / Test Suite based test execution</a> for details.</p> | `assemblyBasedExecution`                |

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[synchronization](/specsync/reference/configuration/configuration-synchronization.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

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[Configuration reference](/specsync/reference/configuration.md)
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