When you create a Functional Tester project, you can use the project stand-alone, or associate it with a Rational project to take advantage of the Functional Tester integration features with TestManager if you have TestManager installed. See the note at the end of this topic.
When you associate an existing Functional Tester project with the current Rational project, you can use TestManager to start Functional Tester to create and play back Functional Tester scripts, use the TestManager Agent to play back scripts on a remote computer, and manage logs from TestManager. You must have Rational Administrator and TestManager installed to use these integrated features.
You can associate a project with a Rational project when you create a Functional Tester project, or associate an existing project with a Rational project.
The benefits of associating a Functional Tester project with the current Rational project are:
You can manage all of your testing assets from one Rational project.
You can record and play back all Functional Tester scripts from Rational TestManager. (TestManager starts Functional Tester when you start recording a Functional Tester test script from TestManager.)
You can play back a Functional Tester script on different computers using Rational Test Agents that you set up through TestManager.
You can manage logs, including Functional Tester logs, using the Test Log window of TestManager.
You can use TestManager reports to get information about the results of running Functional Tester test scripts and get coverage reports for a testing project.
You can use a TestManager suite to coordinate the way that scripts run. Often several scripts and computers can be involved in a test. You can use suites to run scripts in parallel on the computers that are available so that your tests can run more quickly.
Notes:
The name of the Rational project that you associate with a Functional Tester project appears next to the name of the Functional Tester project in the Functional Tester Projects view, for example, as: MyFTProject - MyRationalProject where MyRationalProject is the name of the Rational project.
You can disassociate a Functional Tester project anytime.
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.
Related Topic:
Associating a Functional Tester Project with a Rational Project
Disassociating a Functional Tester Project from a Rational Project
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