Run OpenText Functional Testing tests in a test suite

After you set up an OpenText Functional Testing integration, any tests and data tables that are discovered are continuously reflected in your repository. This lets you plan and trigger OpenText Functional Testing test runs from OpenText Core Software Delivery Platform by including the tests in test suites.

Run automated tests

You can run automated OpenText Functional Testing tests as part of a test suite.

Prerequisites

Set up the integration to continuously discover your tests and data tables.

Executable automated tests are created to represent the GUI and API OpenText Functional Testing tests. You can run these tests by including them in a test suite. Only OpenText Functional Testing tests discovered this way are executable. For details, see Add tests from an SCM repository.

To run automated OpenText Functional Testing tests:

  1. Add executable OpenText Functional Testing tests to a test suite.

    Open the Quality module or the Backlog module. In the Tests tab, add one or more executable automated tests to a test suite.

    For each test, you can specify a data table to use for parameterizing the test run. For details, see Create test suites.

    You can also create a mixed suite that contains manual and automated tests.

  2. Plan and run the test suite.

    For details, see Plan and run test suites.

  3. View run results.

    The run results are explained in detail in the report provided by OpenText Functional Testing. For example, you can find the name of the test, the machine that ran it, the run duration, the data table and parameters that it used, and details about the success or failure of each step.

    To view the run status and run results report:

    1. In ALM, in a test suite, open the Suite runs tab.

    2. Click the ID of a suite run to open it.

    3. In the suite run, open the Runs tab to view all of the test runs.

      While the test is running, the run status is In progress. After the run finishes, the results are available in the OpenText Functional Testing report and the status shows Passed or Failed.

      If the test runs finish and the status still shows In progress, click the Refresh button to refresh the list of runs.

    4. Click the ID of a test run to open it for more detailed results.

    5. Click the Testing tool report button to open the OpenText Functional Testing report.

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Troubleshoot a test run

If OpenText Core SDP failed to run an executable automated test that is included in a suite run, do the following:

  1. Check the OpenText Functional Testing report for details about why the test failed.

  2. Make sure that you set up the integration correctly. For details, see Set up OpenText Functional Testing integration.

  3. Make sure that the OpenText Functional Testing machine is not logged off or locked.

    Shut down options for a UFT One machine include Lock and Log off.

    Tip: With OpenText Functional Testing version 14.01 or later, you can run tests when the computer is locked, provided that you configured the disconnected remote connection option.

For more details on automated test run failures, see Examine failures on specific test runs.

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