This tutorial assumes that you are working in ALM Edition or Quality Center Enterprise Edition. To determine which edition you are using, contact your ALM site administrator. For details, see Editions and lifecycle.

• The demo project is available from Marketplace. After downloading the Demo file, import it using Site Administration. For details on importing projects, see Create a project by importing from a project file.

• To ensure that you get the same results as the ones specified in this tutorial, make sure that you work on a new copy of the Demo project. For details, contact your site administrator.

• Your projects can be version controlled. Some of the screenshots in this tutorial assume a version-controlled project, and display additional icons and options. For details on version control, see Version control.

• This tutorial also contains steps related to functional testing. Functional testing is relevant only if you are using ALM Edition with the Lab Management extension enabled. Running automated tests also assumes that you have a working UFT host set up for your project.

• Mercury Tours is a sample application that simulates a Web-based site for reserving flights, hotel rooms, car rentals, cruises, and vacation deals.

• Mercury Tours app can be downloaded from Marketplace.

  For instructions about how to install the application, see the following:

  • Install Mercury Tours on Windows

  • Install Mercury Tours on Linux

• To run the automated tests in this tutorial, OpenText Functional Testing  must be installed.

• To integrate with UFT, download and install the OpenText Functional Testing add-in.

• To run manual tests in this tutorial, you can use Manual Runner, Sprinter, or both. For enhanced functionality and a variety of tools to assist in the manual testing process, run manual tests with Sprinter.

• To run tests with Sprinter, download and install the Sprinter add-in from Marketplace.