Web Client FAQ

This section answers some of the questions frequently asked about Web Client.

What browsers does Web Client support?

Web Client is purely web-based, so it works with main-stream browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Edge, and runs on any type of PC or tablet with a browser.

For more information about the support matrix for Web Client, see Support Matrix.

What can I do in Web Client?

You can do most of the common end-user tasks in Web Client, with the following modules: Dashboard, Releases, Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab, and Defects. You can implement customizable workflow using JavaScript language as well.

Web Client has a modern user interface that provides a productive work environment. Web Client functionality is evolving in each release. See the following table for details:

Module Functionality 26.1.x 25.1.x 24.1.x 17.0.x 16.0.x
My Homepage  
Dashboard > Analysis View Business View Graph
Composite Graph

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Starting from 26.1 P1

(Tech Preview)
Entity Graph check mark

Starting from 26.1 P1

(Tech Preview)
Business Views Excel reports check mark

Starting from 26.1 P1

(Tech Preview)
Project Report check mark

Starting from 26.1 P1

(Tech Preview)
Dashboard > Dashboard View CRUD check mark check mark View only View only View only
Management > Releases CRUD check mark check mark check mark check mark
Progress
Quality
Status
Management > Libraries   check mark

Starting from 26.1 P1
Requirements > Requirements CRUD check mark check mark check mark check mark
Requirement tree check mark check mark check mark check mark
Requirement grid check mark check mark check mark
Linked defects check mark check mark check mark check mark
Requirement traceability check mark

Starting from 26.1 P1
Test Coverage check mark check mark check mark check mark

Starting from 17.0.1
Coverage analysis
Traceability matrix
Version control check mark check mark

Starting from 25.1 P1

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Requirements > Business Models  
Lab Resources > Testing Hosts  
Lab Resources > AUT Environments  
Testing > Test Resources  
Testing > Business Components  
Testing > Test Plan CRUD check mark check mark check mark check mark check mark
Test Plan tree check mark check mark check mark check mark check mark
Test grid
Parameters check mark check mark
Test configurations check mark
Requirement coverage check mark

Starting from 26.1 P1

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View only

Starting from 17.0.1
Linked defects check mark check mark check mark check mark check mark
Dependencies
Analysis
Version control check mark  check mark

Starting from 25.1 P1

 View only View only View only
Testing > Test Lab CRUD check mark check mark check mark check mark
Execution grid check mark check mark check mark check mark check mark
Execution flow
Automation
Linked defects check mark check mark check mark check mark check mark
Analysis
Testing > Build Verification  
Testing > Timeslots  
Testing > Test Runs CRUD check mark check mark check mark
Defects CRUD check mark check mark check mark check mark check mark
Project Customization User Properties check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark*
Project users check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark*
Groups and permissions check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark*
Module access check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark*
Project entities check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark*
Requirement types check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark*
Risk-based quality management
Project lists check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark*
Automail check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark* check mark*
Alert users
Workflow > Script Editor check mark check mark check mark check mark
Workflow > Toolbar Button check mark check mark
Project Planning and Tracking
Project Report Template
Business Process Test
Business Views
Sprinter
Common Functionality Filter Records check mark
No Cross Filter		 check mark
No Cross Filter		 check mark
No Cross Filter
Work with attachments check mark check mark check mark
Find, replace, and update data
Recycle Bin
Entity history check mark check mark
View entity dependencies
Add comments check mark check mark check mark
Send email about entities check mark check mark
Set default values for fields
Work with users list check mark check mark check mark
Copy/Paste entities

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Not for Defects

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Not for Defects

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Not for Defects
Task Manager
View administrator messages
Change your user properties check mark check mark check mark
Reset your password check mark check mark
Alerts and flags
Favorite views check mark check mark check mark
Pin items
Version comparison check mark

Starting from 26.1 P1
Insert images to memo fields
Capture snapshots of your application
Event Log
Purge Runs
Keyboard navigation check mark check mark check mark

Note:  

  • : Unsupported

  • check mark: Supported

  • check mark*: These customizations should be defined using Desktop Client. Existing customizations can all be used in Web Client.

  • CRUD: Create, read, update, and delete

Can I run UFT tests with Web Client?

Yes, with the Test Execution Agent configured on your host machine, you can trigger UFT tests and view the results (passed/failed) in Web Client.

For details, see Run tests automatically.

Does Web Client have any features to enforce processes?

You can use customizable workflow scripts to implement controls.

For details, see Web Client workflow customization.

Does Web Client consume a full license?

Because Web Client has most of the common functionality, it consumes a full license.