Issue/improve unit testing setup

.gitignore

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ coverage.xml
 .hypothesis/
 .pytest_cache/
 cover/
+Tests/config.ini
 
 # Translations
 *.mo
@@ -157,4 +158,4 @@ cython_debug/
 #  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
-.idea/
+.idea/

Tests/_readme.md

@@ -4,15 +4,41 @@
 
 - Use a TM1 development environment
 
+- In `Tests` folder: Copy the file `config.ini.template` with the new name `config.ini`
+
 - Specify your instance coordinates in the config.ini file as `tm1srv01`
 
 - `EnableSandboxDimension` config parameter must be set to `F` for the target TM1 instance
 
 # Run TM1py Tests
 
-## To run all tests with PyCharm:
+## Run tests via commandline 
+
+### To run all tests
+
+On Windows:
+
+`pytest .\Tests\`
+
+On Linux and macOS:
+
+`pytest ./Tests/`
+
+### To run a specific test file from the `Tests` folder
+
+On Windows:
+
+`pytest .\Tests\ChoreService_test.py`
+
+On Linux and macOS:
+
+`pytest ./Tests/ChoreService_test.py`
+
+## Run tests via PyCharm
+
+### To run all tests
 
 rightclick `Tests` folder -> run 'pytest in Tests'
 
-## To run tests in a given file in the `Tests` folder:
+## To run a specific test file from the `Tests` folder:
 rightclick file (e.g., `ChoreService_test.py`) -> run 'pytest in ChoreService_test.py'