Managed logs and Rational TestManager

When you create a Functional Test project, you can use the project separately, or associate it with a Rational project to take advantage of the integration features with TestManager.

After you run a suite or a script, TestManager writes the results to a log. You use the Test Log window of TestManager to view the logs. For more information about suites or managing logs, see the TestManager Help.

A testing cycle can have many individual tests for specific areas of an application. Reviewing test results in the Test Log window reveals whether each test passed or failed. Review and analysis of the results help determine the progress of your software development effort and whether a failure is a defect or a design change.

You can use the Test Log window of TestManager to:

  • View results.
  • Filter log data.
  • Open the script that generates a log event in the appropriate script development tool. For example, if you create a Functional Test script and run it from TestManager, when you click a log event, HCL OneTest™ UI opens the script.
  • Analyze the results of a log in the HCL OneTest UI Verification Point Comparator.
  • Submit a defect for a failed test case or for a failed log event. The log fills in build, configuration, and script information in the Rational® ClearQuest® defect form.
  • Preview or print data displayed in the active log in the Test Log window.
Note:
  • When you associate a Functional Test project with a Rational project and set the HCL OneTest UI logging preferences to TestManager, the logs generated appear after you run a script are TestManager logs. TestManager stores these logs as part of a Rational project. For information about using the Test Log window of TestManager, see the Rational TestManager Help.
  • You must use the Rational Administrator to give write privileges that allow HCL OneTest UI users to run Functional Test scripts, manage, and view HCL OneTest UI logs from TestManager. If you do not give write privileges to the appropriate HCL OneTest UI users, TestManager does not create a log or play back the Functional Test script. For information about privileges and the Test Group dialog box, see the Rational Administrator Help.
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