Document management

Relevant for: GUI tests and components and API testing

This topic describes the testing document types and the functionality offered for you to work with different types of testing documents.

Testing document type

A testing document is any file that enables you to test your application. You create, maintain, and edit steps, parameters, functions, and other details in the document to enable the testing of your application.

Testing documents can include:

GUI testing documents

  • GUI tests

  • GUI actions

  • Function libraries
API testing documents

  • API tests

  • API actions

  • C# files containing event handler code (TestUserCode.cs files)

  • C# files containing user-generated code
BPT documents

  • Business process tests

  • Business process flows

  • Business components, including API, keyword GUI, and scripted GUI components

  • Application areas
UFT documents

Solutions

A single solution contain tests, components, application areas, and function libraries.

You can create and add new documents to an open solution (File > Add > New Test/Business Component/Application Area/Function Library).

You can add existing documents to an open solution by selecting File > Add > Existing Test/Business Component/Application Area/Function Library or add existing tests by dragging and dropping the test file folder to the Solution Explorer.

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Views and functionality

Work with testing documents in the Document Pane, which supports the following types of views and functionality:

Canvas Graphically displays and enables you to edit the flow of your test, action, or component.
Keyword View Enables you to create and view the steps of your action or component in a keyword-driven, modular, table format.
Editor Provides text and code editing features that facilitate the design of your text, script, and code documents.
Application Area

Displays and enables you to edit the application area settings and resource associations.

BPT in UFT One

Displays and enables you to create and edit business process tests and flows that are stored in ALM.

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Working with Auto-Save

Supported in UFT One versions 2021 R1 and later:

Auto-Save is supported only for GUI tests and actions saved on your local computer. As you are editing GUI tests, UFT One saves a temporary backup copy with your latest edits every few minutes. It does not overwrite your original document. This helps minimize data loss in case UFT One closes unexpectedly. You can enable Auto-Save and change its settings in Tools > Options dialog box > GUI Testing tab > General pane.

If you open a test whose auto-saved copy is newer than the last copy you saved, UFT One offers to restore the most recent file. Choose one of the following options:

  • View the copy: Opens the auto-saved test without overwriting the last-saved one. You can choose to replace your test with this one by using Save as.

  • Yes: Overwrites your last-saved test with the recent auto-saved backup copy.

  • No: Opens your last-saved test and delete the auto-saved backup copy. You may lose your latest changes.

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