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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
Installation
You can find information about the installation of HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
Installing the product using Installation Manager
In this section, you will learn the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation tasks to install the product by using Installation Manager.
Post-installation tasks
After you have installed your product package, complete the post-installation tasks or configure your product package as required.
Deploying the help content of DevOps Test UI in Visual Studio IDE
When you install HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) in Visual Studio IDE, the help content of Test UI also gets installed. You must then deploy this help content in Microsoft Help Viewer to access it from the Help menu of Visual Studio IDE.

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 UI (Test UI). 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 UI (Test UI) 2024.03 (11.0.1).
Getting Started Guide
This guide provides an overview of HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI). You can find the task flows to get you started with Test UI. This guide is intended for new users.
Tutorials
You can learn to start using Test UI by reviewing the information in the Tutorials for the UI Test perspective and Functional Test perspective.
Samples
You can find the sample project that you can use with HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) to test the functionality of an application.
Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Installation
  You can find information about the installation of HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
  - Installation requirements
    This section details hardware, software, and user privilege requirements that must be met in order to successfully install and run HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
  - Installing the product using Installation Manager
    In this section, you will learn the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation tasks to install the product by using Installation Manager.
    - Installation terminology
      Understanding these terms can help you take full advantage of the installation information and your HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
    - Planning the installation
      Read all the topics in this section before you begin to install or update any of the product features. Effective planning and an understanding of the key aspects of the installation process can help ensure a successful installation.
    - Preinstallation tasks
      Before you install the product, you might need to prepare or configure your computer.
    - Installing software
      This section provides the instructions for installing Installation Manager and the product as well as installation verification.
    - Post-installation tasks
      After you have installed your product package, complete the post-installation tasks or configure your product package as required.
      - Post-installation checklist
        After you have installed your product, complete several tasks to configure and verify the installation.
      - Deploying the help content of DevOps Test UI in Visual Studio IDE
        When you install HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) in Visual Studio IDE, the help content of Test UI also gets installed. You must then deploy this help content in Microsoft Help Viewer to access it from the Help menu of Visual Studio IDE.
    - Installation in the shell sharing mode
      You can install HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) in the same package group with the other supported Eclipse-based products. These products share a common environment, or they are shell shared. Shell shared products have a common installation directory, <Install_Directory>\HCL\DevOpsTest. Test UI installs as a perspective in the UI of the product with which it is shell-shared.
    - Modifying installations
      The Modify Packages wizard in the IBM® Installation Manager enables you to change the language and feature selections of an installed product package. You can also use the Modify Packages wizard to install new features that might be included in a package update, such as a refresh pack.
    - Uninstalling DevOps Test UI
      The Uninstall Packages option in the Installation Manager enables you to uninstall packages from a single installation location. You can also uninstall all the installed packages from every installation location.
  - Installation by using the stand-alone installer
    This guide intended for an administrator and describes how to install the product by using stand-alone installer on different operating systems.
  - Uninstallation by using the stand-alone installer
    You can use the stand-alone installer to uninstall HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) that you have installed.
  - About upgrading and migrating
    When you want to use the enhanced functionality of HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI), you must upgrade to the latest version of the product software.
- License management
  Licensing for HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) is administered through HCL Software License & Download portal. This portal is a FlexNet-based web application that helps to manage software entitlements and licenses.
- Starting DevOps Test UI from the command line
  You can start HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) from the desktop environment or a command-line interface.
- Software configuration management
  You can integrateHCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) with the software configuration management systems to maintain an auditable and repeatable history of your organization's test assets.
- Integrations in 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
This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
Test Execution Specialist Guide
This guide describes how to automate 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 DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel (Test Virtualization Control Panel).
Test Manager Guide
This guide describes how to 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
This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
Reference Guide
This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
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 UI (Test 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.

Deploying the help content of DevOps Test UI in Visual Studio IDE

When you install HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) in Visual Studio IDE, the help content of Test UI also gets installed. You must then deploy this help content in Microsoft Help Viewer to access it from the Help menu of Visual Studio IDE.

Before you begin

You must have installed the following software:

Test UI in Visual Studio IDE. See Installing in Visual Studio IDE.
Microsoft Help Viewer. Refer to Microsoft Help Viewer Installation.

About this task

After you deploy the help content of Test UI in Visual Studio IDE, you can refer to the following content:

Details about Test UI proxy SDK
Details about the product and functional testing
DevOps Test UI API reference
DevOps Test UI Proxy SDK API reference

Procedure

Open Visual Studio.
Click Help > Add and Remove Help Content.
The Help Viewer dialog is displayed.
Select the Disk option in the installation source.
Click to select the source location of the help content.
The Open dialog is displayed.
Go to <install_directory>\FunctionalTester\vsnet\MSDNHelp.
For example, the help content can be located in C:\Program Files\HCL\DevOpsTest\FunctionalTester\vsnet\MSDNHelp.
Select the helpcontentsetup.msha file, and then click Open.
The the help content of Test UI is displayed.
Close the Help Viewer dialog.

Results

You have deployed the help content of Test UI to display in Visual Studio IDE.

What to do next

You can view the deployed help content by clicking Help > View Help in Visual Studio IDE.