Creating an application

You can create an application within your project in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) and select it to create or record a Web UI test for that specific application.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Ensured that you are assigned a role as a Project Owner or Tester in the project. See Managing access to the server projects.
Created a project in your team space in Test Hub. See Creating a project.

Added the remote Git repository that contains the test resources to the project. See Adding repositories to a server project.

About this task

When you create an application within your project, you can initiate the test creation process, capture interactions and behaviors on the Web UI, and automate testing workflows.

Procedure

Log in to Test Hub.
The Projects page of the initial team space is displayed.
Click My projects > project_name to open the project that contains the test assets.
The Overview page of the project is displayed.
Navigate to Author > Test Editor.
The Test Editor page and test navigator panel are displayed.
Perform any of the following actions:
- Click Create Application on the Test Editor page.
This option is displayed when no applications are created in your project.
- Click the Action Menu icon and select Application.
The Edit Branch dialog is displayed.
Select your action to either select an existing Edit branch or create an Edit branch:
- Perform the following steps to select an existing Edit branch:
  1. Select Use an existing edit branch.
  2. Select an Edit branch from the Select branch list if Edit branches already exist for your repository.
    
    Note: A warning message is displayed if the Edit branch, which you selected, is behind the source branch. To update the selected edit branch and maintain synchronization with the source branch, you can select the Update branch option when switching checkbox.
  3. Click Ok.
- Perform the following steps to create the Edit branch:
  1. Select Create new edit branch.
  2. Enter a name for the Edit branch in the Branch Name field.
  3. Click Save.
Enter a unique name for the application in the Name field.
Click Create.
The application is successfully created and it opens in the Test Editor for further configuration.
Type the web address in the URL field.
Test Hub detects and displays the logo of the website in the Image field.
Enter a brief summary or relevant details about the application in the Description field.
Click the Save icon to save the details.

Results

You have created an application.

What to do next

You can perform the following tasks:

Record a Web UI test. See Recording a Web UI test.
Create a Web UI test. See Creating a Web UI test by using the empty test option.
Modify application components. See Modifying application components.