Use Jenkins to trigger local UFT One tests

This topic describes how to run UFT One tests stored on your local machine.

Run local UFT One tests

Configure a Jenkins build step to run one or more local UFT One tests.

To configure a Jenkins build step to run UFT One tests

  1. In the Project Configuration section of the Jenkins job, scroll down to the Build section, click Add build step, and select Execute Micro Focus tests from file system for a freestyle project.

    Note: For a pipeline, in the Pipeline Syntax page, select runFromFSBuilder or UFTScenarioLoad from Sample Step drop-down, generate the script, and copy the script to the pipeline script box.

    The UFTScenarioLoad option is obsolete and is supported for backwards compatibility only.

  2. In the Tests box, enter a test with its full absolute path, a folder, or MTB containing one or more tests.

    To specify multiple entries, click the down arrow on the right of the field and enter each test path on a separate line. Make sure that the paths are accessible from all machines in the local network.

    Tip: Alternatively, indicate a batch file that contains a list of tests, along with their parameters. For details, see Use a batch file to specify multiple tests.

  3. (Optional) Specify test parameters to use in one of the following ways:

    Note:  

    • We recommend specifying test parameters in the table instead of specifying them in the Tests box. The first method, which lets you provide only string or number parameter values, is supported for backward compatibility only.

    • Specify values for all test parameters required by your tests, or make sure that the parameters have default values defined in UFT One.

    • Application Automation Tools plugin version 7.6 and later: You can define a GUI test parameter of type Password in the table. For information on how to encrypt the values of Password parameters in the test run results, see Encode passwords in test run results.

  4. (Optional) Configure the following settings:

    Results directory Specify the location in which to save the test's results. The result files are named such that they do not overwrite any existing results in that location.
    UFT One parallel running mode

    Select to run your test on multiple environments.

    For more details, see Run tests on multiple environments in parallel.

    Timeout

    Indicate a timeout, in seconds, after which the job will fail.

    Required to configure Jenkins to load UFT One run results for any tests that had completed for this build step, even if a test failed and prevented other tests from running.

    Run Mode

    Define a UFT One run mode for your tests:

    1. Select UFT One-specific settings.
    2. From the Run Mode dropdown list, select Fast or Normal.

    For more details, see Test Runs Pane (Options Dialog Box > GUI Testing Tab).

    Configure failure scenarios

    Configure the actions that UFT One performs in case your test, or a test in your test run, fails.

    For details, see Configure failure scenarios for your test runs.

    Output encoding

    (Plugin version 7.4 and later)

    Select the encoding charset to use for Jenkins Console Output text. The default value is UTF-8.

    Caution: We do not recommend configuring failure scenarios together with parallel test runs. Doing so may cause UFT One to behave unexpectedly.

  5. Click Apply to save your changes and continue with more build steps. Click Save when you are finished adding build steps.
  6. Add a post-build action to define settings for the UFT One test results.

    In the Post-build Actions section, click Add post-build action, and select Publish Micro Focus test results for the freestyle project.

    Note: For a pipeline, in the Pipeline Syntax page, select publishMicroFocusTestResults from Sample Step drop-down, generate the script, and copy the script to the pipeline script box.

    Select one of the following archiving options:

    Archive test reports for failed tests Only save test result reports for failed tests.
    Always archive test reports Always save test result reports.
    Do not archive test reports Never save the test results.
  7. (For a pipeline) To display results of all executed tests in case you abort the pipeline in the middle of the run, insert a try-finally block into the script in the pipeline script box. See the following example:

    Example:

    try {
      runFromFSBuilder fsTests: 
      '''C:\\JenkinsTestsFromFS\\TestToFail''',
      uftSettingsModel:[
        cleanupTest: '', fsTestType: 'Rerun the entire set of tests', 
    numberOfReruns: '3', onCheckFailedTest: 'true'
        ] 
      } finally {
      publishMicroFocusTestResults 'ALWAYS_ARCHIVE_TEST_REPORT'
    }
  8. Run or schedule the job as you would with any standard Jenkins job.

    When test is completed, continue with Review test run results.

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Use a batch file to specify multiple tests

Configure the Jenkins job to trigger multiple tests by specifying the tests in a batch file, together with their parameters.

Specify multiple tests, or even the same test several times, each time with different parameters. When specifying the path to your tests, Jenkins environment variables are supported for path names.

Give your batch file an .mtbx extension, and use the following sample syntax:

<Mtbx>
 <Test name="test1" path="c:\tests\APITest1">
 <Parameter name="A" value="abc" type="string"/>
 ….
 </Test>
 <Test name="test2" path="${WORKSPACE}\test2">
  <Parameter name="p1" value="123" type="int"/>
  <Parameter name="p4" value="123.4" type="float"/>
  ….
 </Test>
</Mtbx>

Pass parameters from one test to another in a batch test run

Supported on Application Automation Tools plugin version 7.6 and later

You can pass an output parameter from one test as an input parameter in another test. To do that, do the following:

  1. In UFT One, define the output parameters to use as inputs for subsequent tests in each test.

  2. In each <Parameter> element in the batch file, you can leave the value empty and include a source attribute specifying the name of the output parameter whose value should be used.

    Example:

    <Test name="test2" path="c:\tests\GUITest1">
    <Parameter name="inputParam1" value="" type="string" source="outParam1"/>
    …
    </Test>

Note:  

  • When specifying the first test in a batch test run, leave the source attribute empty.

  • If there are 3 tests (A, B, C) in a test batch, parameters cannot be passed directly from A to C.

Continue with your build configuration

When you're done defining your batch file, go back to the main build configuration steps.

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Exclude parameter details from test run results

Supported on Application Automation Tools plugin version 7.6 and later

By default, test parameter details are displayed in the Console Output and Test Result page after each test run. To prevent exposing sensitive data, you can define a job-level parameter to control the build process and exclude the parameter data from the test run results.

Do the following:

  1. In the General area of the build job configuration, select This project is parameterized and add the following parameter using the Add Parameter drop-down button.

    • Name: UFT_PRINT_TEST_PARAMS

    • Type: Boolean

    • Values: true (include the parameters); false (exclude the parameters)

  2. Launch your build with the defined parameter. For more information, see relevant Jenkins documentation.

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Run tests on multiple environments in parallel

Configure Jenkins to run a series of sequential web or mobile tests, on multiple environments in parallel.

When configured, each test is run sequentially. While running each test, multiple environments are tested in parallel.

Do the following:

  1. In the Execute Micro Focus tests from file system build step, select the UFT One parallel running mode option.

  2. In the Tests box, enter a test with its full absolute path, or a folder or MTB containing one or more tests.

    To specify multiple entries, click the down arrow on the right of the field and enter each test path on a separate line. Make sure that the paths are accessible from all machines in the local network.

    Alternatively, indicate a batch file that contains a list of tests and parameters. For details, see Use a batch file to specify multiple tests.

  3. Define one or more environments for each execution set of tests.

    1. Select Mobile or Web.

    2. Click Environment wizard to select a browser or device.

    3. Click + Environment to add a new environment for your execution set. UFT One supports up to four parallel test runs.

      If you configure more than four environments, each subsequent environment will wait in queue.

    4. Click + EXECUTION SET to add a new set of tests to run, with their own environments defined.

    Note: To run tests on mobile devices, you must have a Digital Lab (UFT Mobile) connection configured. For details, see Integrate mobile tests and Jenkins.

Continue with your build configuration

When you're done defining your parallel test runs, go back to the main build configuration steps.

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Configure failure scenarios for your test runs

Configure the actions that UFT One performs in case your test, or specific tests in your test run, fail.

Do the following:

  1. In the Execute Micro Focus tests from file system build step, click the UFT One-Specific Settings button.

  2. Select the On failure option, and then select one of the following:

    Option Description Application Automation Tools plugin version 6.3 or earlier
    Rerun the entire set of tests.

    Select this option to rerun all the tests run by this build job if any of the tests failed.

    Option name is Of any of the build's tests
    Rerun specific tests in the build.

    Select this option to define failure scenarios for one or more specific test only. This enables you to rerun specific failed tests in your test run without having to rerun them all. For details, see Configure failure scenarios for one or more specific tests.

    Option name is Of a specific test in the build
    Rerun only failed tests. Select this option to rerun any and all failed tests. Option is not available.
  3. Select a node to handle rerunning the test or tests.

    Note: Ensure that the node selected here matches the node configured in the General area of the build job configuration. This ensures that the test paths used for the tests run by this job are correct.

    For details, see Use Jenkins to trigger local UFT One tests.

  4. In the Reruns field, define the number of times you want to rerun the test or tests.

  5. In the Cleanup test field, define an optional test to run as a cleanup after the entire test run has finished and a failure has occurred. The test defined is run before each new test rerun, to create the correct environment for the test run.

Configure failure scenarios for one or more specific tests

If you selected the option to rerun only specific failed tests, configure the tests to rerun as follows:

  1. The list of tests displays all tests included in this build job. Select the check boxes for each of the tests you want to rerun if it fails.

  2. Do one of the following:

    Define failure scenarios per test

    For each selected test, define the number of times to rerun the test, and any cleanup test to run before rerunning.

    Copy values to all selected tests

    Copy the main failure scenario defined to all selected tests below.

    Next to the main Reruns field, click the Copy/Paste button.

    To clear all of the per-test definitions, click Clear.

Continue with your build configuration

When you're done defining your failure scenarios, go back to the main build configuration steps.

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Run tests as a specified Windows user

Supported on Application Automation Tools plugin version 7.7 and later, UFT One version 2023 and later

Note: To run tests successfully as a specified Windows user, you must start Jenkins agent via command line.

You can run UFT One tests as a Windows user that is different from the currently logged-in Windows user. To do that, perform the following steps:

To run tests as a specified Windows user

  1. In the General area of the build job configuration, select This project is parameterized and add the following parameters using the Add Parameter drop-down button.

    Parameter Type Description
    UFT_RUN_AS_USER_NAME String

    The username for running the Jenkins job.

    Note: If the authentication fails, specify the value in the UPN format username@DNS_domain_name.

    UFT_RUN_AS_USER_ENCODED_PASSWORD Password

    The encoded password for running the Jenkins job.

    Encode the password with the Password Encoder tool installed with UFT One.

    UFT_RUN_AS_USER_PASSWORD Password

    The real password for running the Jenkins job.

    Add either UFT_RUN_AS_USER_ENCODED_PASSWORD or this parameter.

  2. Launch your build with the defined parameters.

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Review test run results

To view your UFT One test results, do the following:

  1. Click the UFT Report icon in the left toolbar. The UFT Report page opens with a table listing the test runs (test name, timestamp, status, link to the report)

    Note: You can specify the timestamp format for each test run on the Jenkins configuration page (Manage Jenkins > Configure System, Run Result (UFT Report) timestamp format string section).

  2. Click on a link to open the desired report:

    • HTML Report: The browser opens the HTML report.

      If you ran multiple tests in parallel, your report includes results from all tests run. For more details, see Sample ParallelRunner response and run results.

    • Run Results Report: The download of the zip file begins. Extract its contents. The extracted zip file contains the result files, viewable in the Run Results Viewer.

Note:  

  • If you are viewing the log for this build job, you can see a number of timeout messages displayed, including PerScenarioTimeout and FileSystemTestRunner.

    The PerScenarioTimeout can be ignored as it is only relevant for LoadRunner Professional tests.

  • You can also add a post-build step to publish a JUnit test result report. This converts the UFT One .xml results file into a JUnit report.

  • If you abort a job in the middle of the test run, the test report displays the results of all tests executed until the stop of the job.

  • Application Automation Tools plugin version 7.6 and earlier: The build job is marked as failed even if all failed tests passed after reruns.

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Release licenses when a job is aborted

When you abort a job before it completes the test run, UFT One licenses may remain in use.

To check whether the license was released:

  1. On AutoPass License Server, click the Usage Reports menu.

  2. Under UFT Enterprise Concurrent User, click the History tab.

  3. In the table on the bottom of the page, check the CLIENT INFO column and find the record about your license.

    • If you can find the license record there, your license was successfully released.

    • If your license is on the In Use tab, your license remains in use.

To release a license when a run is aborted:

Application Automation Tools plugin version 7.6 and earlier:

If the UFT One license was not immediately released back to the license pool when the job was aborted, it will be released automatically after about 10 minutes.

Application Automation Tools plugin version 7.7 and later:

UFT One releases the license when a job is aborted, if the Jenkins server provides UFT One with enough time to do so.

The wait time is controlled by the SoftKillWaitSeconds property (default: 5s). If you find your UFT One license is still in use after the Jenkins job ended, do the following:

In the jenkins.xml file, add the -DSoftKillWaitSeconds=value statement before -jar. Set the property to a value larger than 5 seconds.

Example:

<arguments>-Xrs -Xmx256m -Dhudson.lifecycle=hudson.lifecycle.WindowsServiceLifecycle -Dhudson.model.DirectoryBrowserSupport.CSP= -DSoftKillWaitSeconds=30 -jar "C:\Program Files\Jenkins\jenkins.war" --httpPort=8080 --webroot="%LocalAppData%\Jenkins\war"</arguments>

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