A Functional Tester project stores application test assets such as scripts, object maps, verification point baseline files, and script templates. You must create a Functional Tester project before you can record scripts.
When you create a Functional Tester project, you can use the project stand-alone, or optionally associate it with the current Rational project to take advantage of the Functional Tester integration features with TestManager if you have TestManager installed. If you have TestManager, see "Note About TestManager Integration" below.
You can associate a project with the current Rational project when you create a Functional Tester project or later. For information about associating an existing project with a Rational project, see Associating a Functional Tester Project with a Rational Project.
If you associate your project with TestManager, you can:
Create and play back scripts, including Functional Tester scripts, from Rational TestManager.
Use the TestManager Agent to play back scripts on a remote computer.
View scripts from the Test Scripts window of Rational TestManager.
Functional Tester has several log options. If you choose to use the TestManager log, you can use the Test Log window of TestManager to:
Open a log to view a result.
Filter the data of a log to view only the information you need.
Open the script that generates a log event in the appropriate script development tool. For example, if you create a Functional Tester script and run it from TestManager, when you right-click a log event, and then click Open Script, Rational Functional Tester opens and displays the script.
Analyze the results of a log using the Verification Point Comparator. After you use Rational Functional Tester to play back scripts, you can analyze the results of a verification point in the comparator to determine why it may have failed.
Submit a defect for a failed test case or for a failed log event. The log automatically fills in build, configuration, and script information in the Rational ClearQuest defect form if you configure ClearQuest to use the testing defect form. For information, see the ClearQuest Help.
Preview or print data displayed in the active log in the Test Log window.
Note: A Functional Tester project that you associate with a Rational project appears in the Functional Tester Projects view as: MyXDETesterProject - MyRationalProject where MyRationalProject is the name of the Rational project.
Note About TestManager Integration
Functional Tester is integrated with Rational TestManager version 2003.06.13. If you have the 2003.06.13 version of TestManager, you will be able to use the integrated features of Functional Tester and TestManager. Please see Understanding Functional Tester Product Packaging and Integrations for important information on using the products together.
You can add a Functional Tester project to source control to use ClearCase LT or ClearCase as your software configuration management system. ClearCase LT is one of the team-unifying tools that comes with Rational TestStudio and Rational Enterprise. With ClearCase LT you can use only snapshot views. With ClearCase you can use snapshot and dynamic views.
A software configuration management system helps you maintain an auditable and repeatable history of your organization's test assets. You can also use ClearCase to share scripts, script templates, or object maps with others in your testing team. Using ClearCase, you can manage changes in test assets that are stored in the Functional Tester project and in software system development from requirements to release.
Note: Functional Tester works in a ClearCase Unified Change Management (UCM) enabled view if the view was created as part of a single-stream UCM project. Functional Tester will not work in views that are part of multi-stream UCM projects.
Related Topics:
Creating a Functional Tester Project
About Software Configuration Management
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