How to Run Tests in Change Detection Mode

This task describes how to detect changes made to your packaged app by running business process tests and flows for the application in change detection mode.

You can detect changes to an individual flow, a business process test, or a test set.

1. Prerequisites

   • Make sure BPT Packaged Apps Kit is enabled. Access to BPT Packaged Apps Kit must be provided by your ALM Project Administrator using Project Customization. An administrator can enable BPT Packaged Apps Kit in ALM by clicking , then selecting Customize > Business Process Test and selecting the Enable BPT Packaged Apps Kit check box. For details, see Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management Administrator Guide: Business Process Test Page.

   • Make sure Unified Functional Testing is installed on the client machine along with its SAP add-in and ALM plug-in.

   • To detect changes in Change Detection mode, a user must belong to a user group that has permissions for the Run task, and permissions to modify tests and business components. For details on configuring user group permission settings, see the Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management Administrator Guide: Managing User Groups and Permissions.

   • In UFT, select Tools > Options and click the Run node. Ensure that the Allow other Micro Focus products to run tests and components check box is selected in the Run pane.

   • For additional details on configuring UFT to work with packaged apps, setting up BPT Packaged Apps Kit, and on configuring user permissions, see the Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management Administrator Guide: Managing User Groups and Permissions.

   Note: When using BPT Packaged Apps Kit, it is best to work with only once instance of ALM open. Do not open multiple instances of ALM in multiple browsers or tabs.

2. Locate the flow or business process test

   To detect changes, select the relevant test set from the tree in the Test Lab module.

3. Start the run

   In the Test Lab Module, in the Execution Grid tab, click Run.

   The Automatic Runner dialog box is displayed.

4. Run the flow or business process test

   In the Automatic Runner dialog box, select the Detect Changes check box and the flow or business process test you want to run, and then click Run.

   Components in the flow that were not created using the Learn Flow process cannot be run in Change Detection mode.

   For task details on learning flows, see How to Learn Flows and Business Process Tests.

   For user interface details on the Automatic Runner dialog box and task details on running tests automatically, see the Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management User Guide: How to Run Tests Automatically.

5. Results

   • If Business Process Testing finds similar components, it sends alerts to the tests and flows that are using the components.

   • A Change Detection Report is created. You can open the Change Detection Report screen from the Test Lab module.

     For task details on how to work with this report, see How to View and Resolve Detected Changes.

     For user interface details, see Change Detection Report Screen.