Welcome
Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create and edit test assets in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), and then publish test assets to the remote Git repository that you have configured in your project. This guide is intended for testers and test managers.
Data management
Effective data management is at the core of robust application testing. In HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you can manage test data by using the Data tab, which provides a centralized workspace for handling various types of data. Whether you work with fabricated data, retrieve information from databases, or define structured schemas, this interface supports both creating new data and reusing existing assets across your testing requirements.
Prerequisites for working with datasets and data definitions
You can find information about the tasks that you need to perform before you work with datasets and data definitions in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
Management of database query
You can find information about creating, editing, duplicating, and deleting the database query in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
Deleting a database query
You can delete a database query when it is no longer required.

Release Notes
This document includes information about the new features introduced, features deprecated or removed, defects fixed, and known issues identified in this version of HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). You can also find the installation and upgrade instructions along with the contact information of HCL Customer Support.
System Requirements
This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
Getting Started Guide
This guide provides an introduction to HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) covering key features, task flows, and setup instructions. You can get started with installation, integration, user access management, and core functionalities like test data creation, test asset management, and reporting. This guide is intended for new users.
Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install the HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) software.
Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create and edit test assets in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), and then publish test assets to the remote Git repository that you have configured in your project. This guide is intended for testers and test managers.
- Edit branch overview
  When you want to create or modify a test resource in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you must use an Edit branch. An Edit branch is a temporary branch created from the selected branch in the repository configured within the project, where you can save the created or edited resource.
- Test Editor overview
  You can use the Test Editor tab to create and manage test assets such as applications, Web UI tests, and test suites in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
- Application management
  When you want to create and manage Web UI tests in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you must first create an application within the project.
- Web UI test management
  You can test your web applications by recording Web UI tests in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). Test Hub supports industry-standard browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox to record and play back Web UI tests. After the playback, you can evaluate the test results.
- Test suite management
  A suite is a collection of the tests and other suites. You can combine the multiple tests and suites into a single workflow and organize them into a suite.
- Test variables
  A test variable is a user-defined, name-value pair that stores and refers to information throughout a test. You can assign the value of a variable to a test element or assign the value of a UI object property to a test variable.
- Catalog management
  You can use the data catalog in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) to browse and manage data generators used in test data creation. The catalog section provides access to built-in generators, allows you to create custom generators tailored to specific needs, and group them using custom categories.
- Data management
  Effective data management is at the core of robust application testing. In HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you can manage test data by using the Data tab, which provides a centralized workspace for handling various types of data. Whether you work with fabricated data, retrieve information from databases, or define structured schemas, this interface supports both creating new data and reusing existing assets across your testing requirements.
  - Data navigator panel
    The home page of Data features a navigation panel called the data navigator panel, which serves as a central hub for managing and organizing data definitions, datasets, database queries, and schemas across multiple folders within your project.
  - Prerequisites for working with datasets and data definitions
    You can find information about the tasks that you need to perform before you work with datasets and data definitions in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
    - Management of classifications
      You can find information about creating, editing, deleting, and granting access to a classification in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
    - Management of database connections
      You can add a database connection to a project and import the data from an external database in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
    - Management of database query
      You can find information about creating, editing, duplicating, and deleting the database query in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
      - Creating a database query
        When you have the data that is useful for creating the test assets is stored in a database, you can import the data from the database and create a database Query in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
      - Editing a database query
        You can edit the database query when you want to query different data from the database or if you want to query the data from a different database.
      - Duplicating a database query
        You can create a new database query by using the existing database query, when you want the same database query with a different name or only slight modification required in the existing database query.
      - Deleting a database query
        You can delete a database query when it is no longer required.
  - Management of datasets
    You can find information about creating datasets in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), applying a dataset classification, editing datasets, and managing datasets that are in your project repository.
  - Management of data definition
    You can find information about creating, editing, and managing data definitions in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), to support realistic and reusable test data generation.
  - Management of schemas
    A schema, also known as a database schema, defines how data is structured, organized, and managed in a database management system (DBMS). It outlines the format, storage, processing, security, and data access across various structural schema elements such as tables, views, and logical constraints.
  - Publishing changes in data definitions, datasets, or schemas
    After creating or modifying a data definition, dataset, or schema in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you can publish changes from an Edit branch to the source branch in the project repository. After you publish the changes, other members of the project can view and work with the updated datasets.
  - Generating fabricated test data
    You can generate fabricated test data in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) to support a wide range of test scenarios. The generated data is saved as a CSV file on your system and can be used to override existing datasets during test execution.
- Publishing all changes in an Edit branch
  After you create or modify any data or test assets in an Edit branch of a project in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you can publish all the changes that are in an Edit branch to the source branch in the project repository. After publishing, other members in the project can view and use the resources.
Test Execution Specialist Guide
This guide describes tasks that you must complete before you can configure and run tests in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). You can find information about configuring runs for the different test types that are supported. You can also find information about other tasks that you can perform on the Resource Monitoring Service, Virtualization, and Integrations with third-party applications. This guide is intended for testers or test execution specialists.
Test Manager Guide
This guide describes how to manage and track your overall test effort. This guide is intended for test managers.
Troubleshooting
This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
All Guides (PDF)
You can find the link to view or download the content of the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides of HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) as a PDF file.
Security Considerations
This document describes the actions that you can take to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
Notices
This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

Deleting a database query

You can delete a database query when it is no longer required.

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 at least one database query. See Creating a database query.

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.
Click Author > Data.

The Data page and the data navigator panel are displayed.
Select the branch in the project repository from the Branch list.

The assets and resources in the selected branch are displayed in the data navigator panel.
Perform one of the following actions:
1. Select the database query to open it on the Data page. Click the Delete icon .
2. Right-click the database query you want delete and select Delete.
The Edit Branch dialog is displayed.

If the Edit branch dialog is not displayed, then go to step 7.
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.
The Delete database query dialog is displayed.
Click Delete to confirm the deletion.
A message is displayed that confirms database query is deleted.

Results

You have deleted the selected database query from your project repository.

What to do next

You can publish the database query to the Git repository so that other members of the project can use the database query. See Publishing all changes in an Edit branch.