This application is related to a measuring system and method for performing various measurement tasks. The measuring system comprises a test-setup configured to measure the characteristics of a device-under-test and an input-device of the test-setup configured to receive a test-case. The measuring system further comprises several measurement-hardware devices configured to perform the measurements according to the test-case. A computer unit of the measuring system is configured to determine at least one required hardware device on the basis of the test-case and to select the additional measurement-hardware devices. The computer unit is further configured to identify an adding of the selected additional measurement-hardware.