Viewing asset baselines

Relevant for: GUI tests and components and API testing

What is the Baseline History dialog box? This dialog box enables you to view and compare read-only baseline "snapshots" of an asset.

When should you use the Baseline History dialog box? You should use this dialog to view different baselines of an asset or to compare different baselines.

To access
  • Most assets: Open the asset and select the ALM > Baseline History menu command.
  • Recovery scenario (GUI testing only): In the Recovery Scenario Manager, open the recovery scenario, click the Version Control down arrow, and select Baseline History.

What do you want to know?

From the list of baselines, select the necessary baseline version and click Get. OpenText Functional Testing pauses for a moment and loads the select baseline of the asset.

When you click Get, OpenText Functional Testing:

  • Closes the currently open asset.
  • Opens the same asset from the baseline you selected.

  • Loads the baseline version of the external actions and resource files that are associated with the asset, if any, when they are called.

    Note: If an external GUI action or resource file is associated using a relative path, loads the latest version of the action or resource file instead of the version from the baseline.

There are can be multiple baselines for a testing asset, depending on how they are created and saved in ALM.

Yes. Select the different baseline versions of an asset and click Compare. OpenText Functional Testing loads the baselines in the Asset Comparison tool.