Run Dialog Box

1. Ensure that a test or component is in focus in the document pane or selected in the Solution Explorer.

2. Select one of the following:

   • Click the Run button.

   • For GUI tests:

     • Click the Run button and select Maintenance Run Mode.

     • Click the Run button and select Update Run Mode.

• When the test stops running, the run results open unless you have cleared the View results when test run ends checkbox in the Run Sessions pane of the Options dialog box (Tools > Options > General tab > Run Sessions node).

• You can also optionally automatically upload your run results to OpenText Application Quality Management if you are running a test from OpenText Application Quality Management. This option is set as a site parameter for your project. For details, see the OpenText Application Quality Management Administrator Guide.

• When running API tests, you can bypass this dialog box using the Run > Run Now menu item.

• For GUI testing: When running a test with external resource files (like function libraries, data tables, or recovery scenarios) that are saved in OpenText Application Quality Management, the resource files are not refreshed for each test run. As a result, any changes made to these external resource files during the current session are not reflected in a test run until you close and reload test and its resource files.

When you run business process tests and flows in OpenText Functional Testing, you can only select the document you are running, if you have multiple documents open. You cannot modify the results location, nor can you define any other options.

• Run a test or component

• Maintenance Run mode

• Manage BPT tests and flows

The test or component to run. You can select any open item from the drop-down list.

The target location for the results.

For GUI and API tests, you can specify this location in the Results Location tab.

For business process tests, results are always saved in the temporary run results folder.

Expands or collapses the dialog box to show the Results Location and Input Parameters tabs.

Begins the run session.

An area allowing you to indicate the results location.

The area displays the default path and folder name in which the results are saved. A new folder is created for each run. By default, results are stored in the following locations:

• For tests: The test folder

• For components: An ALM cache folder on your computer

You can provide a specific location in which to save the results for the current test or component.

Provide a full file system folder path, or a relative path, relative to the test's location.

Saves the run results in a temporary folder. This option overwrites any results previously saved in this folder.

• Project name. Displays the ALM project to which you are currently connected.

• Run name. The name of the run. You can accept the automatically generated name or enter a different one.

• Test set. A group of tests selected to achieve specific testing goals. For example, you can create a test set that tests the user interface of the application or the application's performance under stress. (You define test sets when working in the ALM test run mode. For details, see your OpenText Application Quality Management documentation.)

• Instance. The instance of the test in the test set. If there is more than one instance, select the instance of the test for which you want to save the results.

Saves the run results in a temporary folder. This option overwrites any results previously saved in this folder.

• The path in the text box of the Temporary run results folder option cannot be changed. Additionally, if you save results to an existing results folder, the contents of the folder are deleted when the run session starts.

• OpenText Functional Testing stores temporary results in %TMP%\TempResults (which is usually <System Drive>\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local Settings\Temp\TempResults)

The input parameters that were defined for the test or component.

To set the value of a parameter to be used during the run session:

Click in the Value field for the specific parameter and enter the value, or select a value from the list. If you do not enter a value, it uses the default value from the Test Settings or Business Component Settings dialog box during the run session.