Polarion MCP Server

getExportExcelTests

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Starts an asynchronous export of a Test Run's test cases to an Excel workbook, optionally filtered, sorted, or shaped by a template. Returns a job to poll and download when ready.

Instructions

Starts an asynchronous export of one Test Run's test cases to an Excel workbook, optionally filtered with query, ordered with sortBy, and shaped by an export template. Returns a jobs resource, not the file: poll getJob until finished, then download the workbook with getJobResultFileContent. To import results back, use importExcelTestResults.

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`query`	No	Polarion Lucene-style query string to filter results: field:value clauses combined with AND/OR, phrases in quotes. Exact supported field names depend on the resource type being queried.
`sortBy`	No	The property to sort the test results.
`template`	No	The export template string.
`projectId`	Yes	The Polarion project ID (its URL segment, e.g. `myproject`), case-sensitive. Required to scope the request to one project. If the ID is unknown, ask the user; getProjects lists IDs only with global read access.
`testRunId`	Yes	The Test Run's ID within its project.
`response_format`	No	Response detail level. concise removes redundant HTML and JSON:API metadata and may use a small default fieldset on large lists; detailed preserves the complete response. Defaults to detailed.	detailed

Output Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`data`	No

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed1 schema field changedv1.4.4Oct 29, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / projectId / description

Previous value: -"The Polarion project ID (its URL segment, e.g. `myproject`), case-sensitive. Required to scope the request to one project; call getProjects to list valid IDs."New value: +"The Polarion project ID (its URL segment, e.g. `myproject`), case-sensitive. Required to scope the request to one project. If the ID is unknown, ask the user; getProjects lists IDs only with global read access."

Changed1 schema field changedv1.4.0Oct 24, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / response_format

Added value: +{
+  "default": "detailed",
+  "description": "Response detail level. concise removes redundant HTML and JSON:API metadata and may use a small default fieldset on large lists; detailed preserves the complete response. Defaults to detailed.",
+  "enum": [
+    "concise",
+    "detailed"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}

Changed45 schema fields changedv1.3.1Oct 22, 2026
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / jobId / example
```
Removed value: -"example"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / jobId / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / name / example
```
Removed value: -"example"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / name / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / state / example
```
Removed value: -"example"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / state / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / status / properties / message / example
```
Removed value: -"message"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / status / properties / message / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / status / properties / type / enum
```
Removed value: -[
-  "OK",
-  "CANCELLED",
-  "FAILED",
-  "UNKNOWN"
-]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / status / properties / type / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / status / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / id / example
```
Removed value: -"MyJobId"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / id / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / links / properties / downloads / example
```
Removed value: -[
-  "https://example.com/polarion/download/filename1",
-  "https://example.com/polarion/download/filename2"
-]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / links / properties / downloads / items / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / links / properties / downloads / type
```
Previous value: -"array"New value: +[
+  "array",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / links / properties / log / example
```
Removed value: -"server-host-name/application-path/polarion/job-report?jobId=MyJobId"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / links / properties / log / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / links / properties / self / example
```
Removed value: -"server-host-name/application-path/jobs/MyJobId"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / links / properties / self / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / links / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / document / properties / data / properties / id / example
```
Removed value: -"MyProjectId/MySpaceId/MyDocumentId"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / document / properties / data / properties / id / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / document / properties / data / properties / type / enum
```
Removed value: -[
-  "documents"
-]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / document / properties / data / properties / type / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / document / properties / data / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / document / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / documents / properties / data / items / properties / id / example
```
Removed value: -"MyProjectId/MySpaceId/MyDocumentId"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / documents / properties / data / items / properties / id / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / documents / properties / data / items / properties / type / enum
```
Removed value: -[
-  "documents"
-]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / documents / properties / data / items / properties / type / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / documents / properties / data / items / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / documents / properties / data / type
```
Previous value: -"array"New value: +[
+  "array",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / documents / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / project / properties / data / properties / id / example
```
Removed value: -"MyProjectId"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / project / properties / data / properties / id / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / project / properties / data / properties / type / enum
```
Removed value: -[
-  "projects"
-]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / project / properties / data / properties / type / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / project / properties / data / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / project / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / type / enum
```
Removed value: -[
-  "jobs"
-]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / type / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```

Changed3 schema fields changedv1.2.0Sep 17, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / projectId / description

Previous value: -"The Project ID."New value: +"The Polarion project ID (its URL segment, e.g. `myproject`), case-sensitive. Required to scope the request to one project; call getProjects to list valid IDs."

changedInput schema / properties / query / description

Previous value: -"The query string."New value: +"Polarion Lucene-style query string to filter results: field:value clauses combined with AND/OR, phrases in quotes. Exact supported field names depend on the resource type being queried."

changedInput schema / properties / testRunId / description

Previous value: -"The Test Run ID."New value: +"The Test Run's ID within its project."

Changed1 schema field changedv1.1.0Sep 11, 2026

changedOutput schema / (root)

Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
+  "properties": {
+    "data": {
+      "properties": {
+        "attributes": {
+          "properties": {
+            "jobId": {
+              "example": "example",
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "name": {
+              "example": "example",
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "state": {
+              "example": "example",
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "status": {
+              "properties": {
+                "message": {
+                  "example": "message",
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "type": {
+                  "enum": [
+                    "OK",
+                    "CANCELLED",
+                    "FAILED",
+                    "UNKNOWN"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              },
+              "type": "object"
+            }
+          },
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "id": {
+          "example": "MyJobId",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "links": {
+          "properties": {
+            "downloads": {
+              "example": [
+                "https://example.com/polarion/download/filename1",
+                "https://example.com/polarion/download/filename2"
+              ],
+              "items": {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "type": "array"
+            },
+            "log": {
+              "example": "server-host-name/application-path/polarion/job-report?jobId=MyJobId",
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "self": {
+              "example": "server-host-name/application-path/jobs/MyJobId",
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          },
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "relationships": {
+          "properties": {
+            "document": {
+              "properties": {
+                "data": {
+                  "properties": {
+                    "id": {
+                      "example": "MyProjectId/MySpaceId/MyDocumentId",
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "type": {
+                      "enum": [
+                        "documents"
+                      ],
+                      "type": "string"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "type": "object"
+                }
+              },
+              "type": "object"
+            },
+            "documents": {
+              "properties": {
+                "data": {
+                  "items": {
+                    "properties": {
+                      "id": {
+                        "example": "MyProjectId/MySpaceId/MyDocumentId",
+                        "type": "string"
+                      },
+                      "type": {
+                        "enum": [
+                          "documents"
+                        ],
+                        "type": "string"
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                  },
+                  "type": "array"
+                }
+              },
+              "type": "object"
+            },
+            "project": {
+              "properties": {
+                "data": {
+                  "properties": {
+                    "id": {
+                      "example": "MyProjectId",
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "type": {
+                      "enum": [
+                        "projects"
+                      ],
+                      "type": "string"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "type": "object"
+                }
+              },
+              "type": "object"
+            }
+          },
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "type": {
+          "enum": [
+            "jobs"
+          ],
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "type": "object"
+}

First observedv1.0.0Jun 13, 2026

TDQS

A4.7/5.0

Behavior5/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Discloses the key non-obvious trait: the call is asynchronous and returns a 'jobs' resource rather than the file, with the follow-up poll and download steps named. This adds substantial context beyond the readOnlyHint/openWorldHint annotations.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness5/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Three tight sentences, front-loaded with the action and result type, then the required follow-up chain, then the inverse operation. No filler.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness5/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema present and full parameter documentation, the description covers the only real gaps an agent would hit: the async job pattern and job-to-file handoff. Nothing needed to invoke and complete the workflow is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters3/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, so query, sortBy, template, projectId and testRunId are already documented in the schema. The description only restates that query filters, sortBy orders, and template shapes the export, without adding syntax or format detail beyond the schema. Baseline 3 applies when the schema carries the semantic load.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('Starts an asynchronous export of one Test Run's test cases to an Excel workbook') with scope (one Test Run) and output format (Excel workbook). This is clearly distinguishable from siblings like importExcelTestResults or getTestRuns.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines5/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Explicitly routes the agent: poll getJob, then getJobResultFileContent to download, and use importExcelTestResults for the reverse direction. The when-to-use and what-to-do-next conditions are stated, not inferred.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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