API Testing Tab (Options Dialog Box)

Relevant for: API testing

The options in the API Testing tab of the Options dialog box enable you to customize your work environment when working with API OpenText Functional Testing tests or components. For example, you can define relative or absolute paths for saved files, repository locations, and auto values.

Option	Description
To access	Select Tools > Options > API Testing tab.
Important information	Clicking the Restore Factory Defaults button resets all product settings, including ALM Connection information, the recent files list, and anything defined in the Options dialog box, such as startup options, UI layout, GUI, API, and BPT testing options, remote connection credentials, and more. To define a connection, you must have the 32-bit version of SAP .NET Connector installed on your machine. The installation is available for download on the SAP .NET Connector site.
Related tasks	Create an SAP API test step

This tab includes the following panes and options:

General Pane

UI Element	Description
Compile as	The mode for a run session. Options include Debug or Release. Select the Release option for faster run sessions. Run sessions performed with the Debug option run more slowly and generate additional information in the Output pane.
Use relative paths to call assets	Instructs OpenText Functional Testing to use relative paths for all steps that require a path or file name.
Run test in debugging mode	Runs a test with debugging capabilities active. By default, tests run without any of the debugging capabilities, enabling them to run faster. If you check this option, it activates the debugging capabilities during a test run, slowing the speed of a test run.
Number of items to show in WSDL import history	Specifies the maximum number of WSDL addresses to display in the address drop down list of the Import/Update WSDL/WADL/Swagger Service from URL or UDDI Dialog Box. Default: 10
Default page for WSDL browser	The default Web page that opens when you click the Browse button in the Import/Update WSDL/WADL/Swagger Service from URL or UDDI Dialog Box.
Shows encrypted passwords in the Output pane	Displays passwords used in a test or component in the information displayed in the Output pane in an unencrypted form.
Activity Repositories	Displays the locations for activity repositories: File system path. The folder in the file system in which to store activities. ALM path. The path in the ALM repository in which to store activities.
Number of records to show in query preview	Sets the maximum number of strings for: The Query Preview window (accessible by clicking the Check SQL Statement button in the Set SQL Statement Page. A database source in the Data Pane
Database connection timeout	The number of seconds to wait without a successful connection to a database before timing out the connection.

Auto-Values Pane

Value	Description
String	The default value to use for a property defined as a string.
Date/time	The default value to use for a property requiring a time and date.
Boolean	The default value to use for a property defined as boolean: True or False.
Integer	The default value to use for a property defined as integer.
Long	The default value to use for a property defined as Long.
Float	The default value to use for a property defined as Float.
Decimal	The default value to use for a property defined as decimal.
Double	The default value to use for a property defined as double.

SAP Connections Pane

UI Element	Description
	Import. Allows you to import an saplogon and connection file (.ini or .xml) with the connection settings information.
	Export. Allows you to export the connection settings to an XML file.
	Ping Connection. Tests the selected connection and inserts the date and time in the Last Pinged column.
<SAP connection list>	Displays information about the current connection: Name. The connection's name. Application Server. The URL or IP of the application server. System Number. The value of the SAP system number. Client. The type of client. Username/Password. The authentication information. SapRouter. The string (configured in your SAP server) of the program used as an (proxy) between your SAP server and OpenText Functional Testing. Description. A description of the connection. Last Pinged. The date and time that a ping request was issued to the server.