OpenText Application Quality Management integration

This topic describes the integration between Analysis and OpenText Application Quality Management.

Manage results

OpenText Application Quality Management provides an efficient method for storing and retrieving scenario and analysis results. You can store results in a project and organize them into unique groups.

For the integration, Analysis must be able to access a project, by connecting to the web server on which OpenText Application Quality Management is installed. You can connect to either a local or remote web server.

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Connect from Analysis

To store and retrieve results, you need to connect to an OpenText Application Quality Management project. You can connect to, or disconnect from, the project at any time during the testing process.

You can connect to one version of OpenText Application Quality Management from Analysis and a different version from your browser.

Note: Before you connect through the OpenText Professional Performance Engineering interface, it is recommended that you first connect to the OpenText Application Quality Management server through your browser. This automatically downloads the client files to your computer.

To connect:

Select Tools > ALM Connection. The ALM Connection dialog box opens.
Enter the required information, as described in ALM Connection dialog box.
To disconnect from OpenText Application Quality Management, click Disconnect.

Note:

There is no explicit option in the Analysis user interface for enabling CAC mode (as in VuGen). Analysis automatically enables CAC mode if the OpenText Application Quality Management server machine supports it.
If you have a slow connection, this may be because the Analysis machine does not have access to the WAN, and so cannot verify the digital signature of the relevant files.

Resolution: Download and import the certificates from the GlobalSign Root Certificates site using certmgr MMC until the issue is resolved (you might not need to import all the certificates).

Work with results

The following steps describe the workflow for working with results saved in an OpenText Application Quality Management project.

To work with results:

Open a connection to the server and project that contains the OpenText Professional Performance Engineering results or Analysis session files. For task details, see Connect from Analysis.
Open an existing Analysis session file - optional.
1. Select File > Open.
2. In the left pane select a script.
3. In the right pane, select the results for which the Analysis session file was created.
4. Click OK.
Create a new Analysis session file from the raw data - optional.

This procedure describes how to create a new Analysis session file on the OpenText Application Quality Management server, from the raw results file. If an Analysis session file already exists for the raw data, you can choose to overwrite the existing file.
1. Select File > New.
2. In the left pane select a script.
3. In the right pane, select the results you want to analyze.
4. Click OK.
Save the results file.

When you are finished analyzing your results and creating reports or graphs, save the changes. Select File > Save. The Analysis session file is saved in the OpenText Application Quality Management project.

ALM Connection dialog box

This dialog box enables you to connect to an OpenText Application Quality Management project. To access, select Tools > ALM Connection.

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element	Description
Step 1: Connect to Server	Server URL. The URL of the server on which OpenText Application Quality Management is installed. The URL must be in the following format https://<server_name:port>/qcbin. Reconnect to server on startup. Automatically reconnect to the server every time you start OpenText Professional Performance Engineering . Connect/Disconnect button. Depending on your current connection status, the button connects to, or disconnects from, the server specified in the Server URL box.
Step 2: Authenticate User Information	User Name. Your OpenText Application Quality Management project user name. Password. Your project password. Authenticate on startup. Authenticates your user information automatically, the next time you open the application. This option is available only if you selected Reconnect to server on startup above. Authenticate button. Authenticates your user information against the server. After your user information is authenticated, the fields in the Authenticate user information area are displayed in read-only format. Change User button. Displayed after authentication. Use to log in to the same server using a different user name. Enter a new user name and password, and then click Authenticate again.
Step 3: Login to Project	Domain. The domain that contains the OpenText Application Quality Management project. Only those domains containing projects to which you have permission to connect to are displayed. Project. Enter the project name or select a project from the list. Only those projects that you have permission to connect to are displayed. Login to project on startup. This option is enabled only when the Authenticate on startup check box is selected. Keep project connection alive. Keeps the project connection alive, even after you log out. Login/Logout buttons. Use to log in to, or out of, the project.