Running tests from ALM

Relevant for: GUI tests, API tests, and business process tests

When integrating with ALM, you can run tests stored in ALM in different ways.

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Programs that run tests

If OpenText Functional Testing is connected to ALM, you can run tests that are stored in an ALM database using one of the following:

• OpenText Functional Testing

• An ALM client that is installed on your computer

• A remote ALM client

You must give OpenText Functional Testing permission to be called from other tools, such as ALM. In the OpenText Functional Testing Options Test Runs pane (Tools > Options > GUI Testing tab > Test Runs), select Allow other products to run tests and components.

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ALM and the Remote Agent

When you run a test or business process test from ALM, the OpenText Functional Testing Remote Agent opens on the computer where the test runs.

The settings in the Remote Agent determines how OpenText Functional Testing behaves when a test is run by a remote application such as ALM.

By default, OpenText Functional Testing opens and runs in hidden mode when ALM activates it to run a test in a test set. This helps to improve performance.

While running in hidden mode, you can open OpenText Functional Testing to view the steps being run in the Editor by clicking the button in the status bar. If you do not want to run in hidden mode, you can change this setting in the Remote Agent.

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See also:

• ALM Integration

• Version control in ALM