Welcome
Administrator guide
Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
Installing
In this section, you will learn about two ways to install the product. In the first approach, you use an executable file to directly install the product in an easy manner. In the second approach, you download and install IBM® Installation Manager and then use that tool to install the product.
Installing the software by using stand-alone installer
This guide intended for an administrator, describes how to install the product by using stand-alone installer on different operating systems.
Installing HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent
To get started with HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent, you must install the product by using the stand-alone installer.
Installation of the Agent on Windows
You can find information about installing HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent on Windows by using the stand-alone installer.
Installing Agent on Windows
Install HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent on different computers to apply load on the server that hosts the application under test or to run multiple Web UI tests. When you want to run the test scripts on any computer, you must install HCL OneTest Performance Agent.

Release Notes
This document contains information about new features, system requirements, and known limitations in HCL OneTest™ UI.
System Requirements
This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for HCL OneTest™ UI.
Getting Started Guide
This guide provides an overview of HCL OneTest™ UI. You can find the task flows to get you started with HCL OneTest UI. This guide is intended for new users.
Tutorials
This section contains the tutorials which explains the main features of HCL OneTest™ UI.
Samples
This section describes about the sample project which can be used with HCL OneTest™ UI to test the functionality of an application.
Administrator guide
Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
- Installing
  In this section, you will learn about two ways to install the product. In the first approach, you use an executable file to directly install the product in an easy manner. In the second approach, you download and install IBM® Installation Manager and then use that tool to install the product.
  - Installation requirements
    This section details hardware, software, and user privilege requirements that must be met in order to successfully install and run HCL OneTest™ UI.
  - Installing the product using IBM® Installation Manager
    In this section, you will learn the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation tasks to install the product by using IBM® Installation Manager.
  - Installing the software by using stand-alone installer
    This guide intended for an administrator, describes how to install the product by using stand-alone installer on different operating systems.
    - Installation of the product software on Windows
      You can find information about installing the product software on Windows by using the stand-alone installer.
    - Installation of the product software on Linux
      You can find information about installing the product software on Linux by using the stand-alone installer.
    - Installing HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent
      To get started with HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent, you must install the product by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Installation of the Agent on Windows
        You can find information about installing HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent on Windows by using the stand-alone installer.
        Installing Agent on Windows
        Install HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent on different computers to apply load on the server that hosts the application under test or to run multiple Web UI tests. When you want to run the test scripts on any computer, you must install HCL OneTest Performance Agent.
        Creating the properties file on Windows
        To install HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent in the silent mode, you must first create a properties file that contains the data required to install the product. Alternatively, you can generate the properties file by using the stand-alone installer.
        Installing Agent in the silent mode on Windows
        You can also install HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent on Windows by using the silent mode installation method.
      - Installation of the Agent on Linux
        You can find information about installing HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent on Linux by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Installation of the Agent on macOS
        You can find information about installing HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent on macOS by using the stand-alone installer.
    - Installation of the product software on macOS
      You can find information about installing the product software on macOS by using the stand-alone installer.
  - Uninstalling the product software by using the stand-alone installer
    When you no longer require the software, you can use the stand-alone installer to uninstall the products that you have installed.
  - Upgrading and migrating
    No upgrade is supported from the previous version of the product to the current version. You must uninstall the product and install the current version.
  - Managing Licenses
    Licensing for your HCL software is administered through HCL License & Delivery portal. This portal is FlexNet-based web application to manage software entitlements and licenses.
- Starting HCL OneTest™ UI from the command line
  You can start HCL OneTest™ UI from the desktop environment or a command-line interface.
- Integrations in Web UI Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Web UI Test perspective.
- Integrations in Functional Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Functional Test perspective.
Test Author guide
As a test author, you are responsible to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
Test Execution Specialist guide
A test executor automates the playback of the tests by using different methods such as Docker, IBM Cloud Private, Jenkins and so on. The test results can be pushed to HCL Quality Server.
Test Manager guide
As a test manager, you can keep track of the performance of the application by evaluating the test results. Following topics cover how you can work with the test results.
Troubleshooting
While working with HCL OneTest™ UI, you might encounter some problems that you can easily troubleshoot. The topics in this section address some of these problems.
Reference
Use these additional topics to gain more knowledge about the product.
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 OneTest™ UI as a PDF file.
Security Considerations
You can take certain actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.
Notices
This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

Installing Agent on Windows

Install HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent on different computers to apply load on the server that hosts the application under test or to run multiple Web UI tests. When you want to run the test scripts on any computer, you must install HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent.

Before you begin

You must have uninstalled any older version of this product.
You must have installed OpenJDK 8 along with JVM OpenJ9. To download them, go to the AdoptOpenJDK portal.

About this task

The system requirements mentioned in the FNO portal to provides more information about the software and hardware requirements. All 32-bit test extensions such as SAP, Citrix, and Siebel are supported only for 32-bit HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent. The product installer does not support the following:

Updates, modifications or rollback
Shell sharing in Eclipse
Sharing of common components
Integration with Visual Studio for HCL OneTest™ UI

Procedure

Download the product installer from the HCL License & Delivery portal. You can download the appropriate product variant, version, and architecture based on your requirements.
Right-click the exe file and select Run as Administrator.

The GUI window is launched.
On the Introduction window, read through the details, and click Next.
Read the license agreement carefully, select the I accept check box and then click Next.
Browse the location or directory where you want to install the product and click Next.
Note: You must select any other directory if the default directory is not empty. Following are the default locations for 32-bit and 64-bit installers:
- For 32-bit: C:\Program Files(x86)\HCL
- For 64-bit: C:\Program Files\HCL
Configure the agent with HCL OneTest™ UI or HCL OneTest™ Performance and HCL OneTest™ Server. You must provide the values for the following configuration parameters:
- For HCL OneTest™ UI or HCL OneTest™ Performance: You must provide the host name and port number supported by HCL OneTest™ UI or HCL OneTest™ Performance. The default port number is 7080.
- For server: You must provide the host name, port number, and server token of HCL OneTest™ Server.
Read through the installation details and click Install.
After the installation is complete, click Done.

What to do next

You must enter the license key when you launch the product.