TestAutomation

It happens many times that we want to refer to the previous run results of the test in a test set but we don't know how to go to those results. The only thing you need to do is click on the name of the test in the test set in test lab and it will open a new window called as Test instance details. This window has all the details of the test such as planned execution date, status etc. This window has different tabs one of them is Runs. The runs tab shows all the previous run details such as status, exec date, time etc. You can open the result report of any execution by just clicking that row in the table and click on the Launch Report button. You can also drill down the details of each run by clicking the run id of the run which will open a new window called as Run Details. Below are the screenshots of both the detail windows.

As we start our work to start the execution of UFT/QTP scripts through ALM, we change our scripts related to all aspects of repository linkage to script, functional libraries, input excels, uploading results files created after execution. But still when we try to start the execution from ALM the UFT/QTP is not able to open on the host and the execution is not able to take place. The basic setting which needs to be completed on the UFT/QTP for the hosts where you need to run the scripts. The user needs to open the UFT/QTP on the machine and need to go to Tools > Options and check whether the checkbox "Allow other HP products to run tests and components is checked or not. Nowadays, HP has provided this as one of the errors when you try to execute the script from ALM and if this setting is not done on the host. Its a very small step but takes alot of time to debug if you don't know the description of this option.

                              Type of Test sets in HP ALM I haven't explained the type of test sets while i have written the blog on adding testing hosts in HP ALM. And this has created a little confusion for one of the viewer. So i thought let me clarify the type of test sets here which will help you on type of testing hosts for those test sets. In HP ALM, it gives you 3 options whenever you go for creation of test sets i.e. Functional, default and Performance. As name suggests performance test automation scripts gets added to the performance test sets. And UFT/QTP scripts gets added to functional and default test sets. Below are the only differences between functional and default test sets: 1. Only functional test sets can be added to the build verification suite which users are nowadays use for continuous delivery. 2. The testing hosts used in the functional test sets are to be used from the h...