Load only the add-ins you need for this specific session.

This speeds up both learning objects and run sessions.

Run your tests or components in "fast mode."

From the Test Runs pane in the Options dialog box (Tools > Options > GUI Testing tab > Test Runs node), select the Fast option.

This specifies that the test or component should run without displaying the execution arrow for each step, enabling the test or component to run faster.

An accelerated mechanism is used when running web tests. For details, see Web > General Pane (Options Dialog Box).

This mechanism is enabled by default.

Note: Do not use this mechanism if your web object hierarchy includes web objects that are not contained directly in Browser.Page or Browser.Page.Frame objects.

General snapshots.

Reduce disk space and improve test run time by saving screen captures and movie segments only in certain situations, such as when errors occur, or by not saving them at all.

Use the Save still image captures to results and Save movie to results options in the Screen Capture pane in the Options dialog box

(Tools > Options > GUI Testing tab > Screen Capture node)

Insight and snapshots.

If you are using Insight test objects, adjust the number and size of snapshots saved with the test objects.

In the object repository, delete all of the snapshots stored with the Insight test objects after you finalize the test object images and verify that they enable correct object identification in all relevant scenarios.

(In the Object Repository window or the Object Repository Manager, Tools > Delete Insight Snapshots.)

Save results to a temporary folder

Save the run results report to a temporary folder to overwrite the results from the previous run session every time you run a test or component.

Remove obsolete results

Remove unwanted or obsolete run results from your system, according to specific criteria that you define. This enables you to free up valuable disk space.

Try to use the same application area for all components in a business process test.

Minimize the number of actions in a test. Ideally do not use more than a few dozen actions in each test.

Additionally, store any functions in function libraries instead of as reusable actions.

Hide the Active Screen

If you are not using the Active Screen while editing your test, hide the Active Screen while editing your test to improve editing response time.

Right-click the Active Screen pane and select Hide.

Decide if and how much information you want to capture and save in the Active Screen.

The more information you capture, the easier it is to add steps to your test or component using the many Active Screen options.

However, more captured information also leads to slower recording and editing times.

Set your options in the Active Screen pane of the Options dialog box (Tools > Options > GUI Testing tab > Active Screen node).

Determine whether to save Active Screen files

When you save a new test or component, or when you save a test or component with a new name using Save As, choose not to save the captured Active Screen files with the test or component.

Do this by clearing the Save Active Screen files option in the Save or Save As dialog box.

Decrease the timeout settings for your application.

These settings depend on the application, objects in the application being tested, and the operation being run on the object.

Find these settings in the following locations:

• In the Run pane of the Settings dialog box (File > Settings > Run), decrease the Object Synchronization timeout.
• In the Web pane of the Settings dialog box (File > Settings > Web), decrease the Browser Navigation timeout.

Save tests on the file system instead of network drives.

Set the following ALM site parameters to Y:

• COMPRESS_GUI_TEST_RESULTS.

  The results of GUI tests are compressed into a single .zip file.

• COMPRESS_API_TEST_RESULTS.

  The results of API tests are compressed into a single .7z file.

Note: OpenText Functional Testing and UFT One Add-in for ALM 24.2 and later can open both types of compressed result files. Earlier version can open only .zip files.

Do one of the following:

Project customization

In the ALM Project Customization > Business Process Test > Test Reports area, select the Upload BPT test results to ALM as a single zip file option.

Site parameter

Set the COMPRESS_BPT_TEST_RESULTS ALM site parameter to Y

In the ALM Project Customization > Business Process Test > Test Reports area, select the Exclude component parameter values from the BPT Report Viewer option.

Set the ENABLE_BPT_STEP_PARAM ALM site parameter to N.

In the ALM Project Customization > Business Process Test > Test Reports area, select a report level.

Set the ALMReportLevel ALM site parameter with the lowest report level you want to include: 

Fail, Warning, Pass, Done