As you develop your Functional Tester test scripts and the supporting files that accompany those scripts, you can use Rational ClearCase as your software configuration management system to maintain an auditable and repeatable history of your organization's test assets. Using ClearCase allows you to share projects, scripts, script templates, test datapools, and object maps across the testing team. You can manage changes in test assets stored in the Functional Tester project and in software system development from requirements to release.
Functional Tester works with ClearCase and ClearCase LT. ClearCase LT comes with Rational Functional Tester. ClearCase must be purchased separately. You must install ClearCase LT or ClearCase to use the Functional Tester ClearCase integration. For information about setting up and configuring ClearCase, see the ClearCase Help and Setting Up ClearCase.
If you are using a version of ClearCase earlier than this version, you must update the ClearCase type managers to recognize Functional Tester test object map files on Windows systems. For information, see Setting Up ClearCase on a Windows Server.
Functional Tester works in a ClearCase view enabled for Unified Change Management (UCM) if the view was created as part of a single-stream UCM project. Functional Tester does not work in views that are part of multistream UCM projects.
Here is an example of how to use Functional Tester and ClearCase to manage test assets:
Check out a test script in Functional Tester. ClearCase checks out the script and all supporting Functional Tester files if you check them out from Functional Tester.
Edit a checked out copy of the script or any of the supporting files using Functional Tester.
Check in a test script in Functional Tester to create a new version of the script. ClearCase stores the version permanently in the VOB and checks in all supporting Functional Tester files.
Functional Tester, Java Scripting, compiles the project when an element changes. If you are using a dynamic view, automatic compilation can be time consuming, depending on the size of the project. To disable this feature, click Window > Preferences and clear the Perform build automatically on resource modification check box. Functional Tester, VB.NET Scripting, does not automatically compile the project when an element changes.
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