Welcome
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).
Configuration of test runs from the UI Test perspective
When you create Web UI, mobile, or Windows tests, you must configure the play back of the recorded tests as test runs from the UI Test perspective before you can view their test results.
Configuration of mobile test runs
After you record the tests for mobile applications by using HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI), you can play back the recorded tests by using Test UI. The test reports help you to analyze the functional and performance issues in the mobile applications developed.
Running mobile tests for iOS mobile applications
You can run the tests for iOS mobile applications that are recorded by using HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
Running mobile tests on iOS devices on Perfecto Cloud
You can run mobile tests on an iOS device that is connected to the Perfecto Mobile Cloud.

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.
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).
- Configuration of test runs from the UI Test perspective
  When you create Web UI, mobile, or Windows tests, you must configure the play back of the recorded tests as test runs from the UI Test perspective before you can view their test results.
  - Configuration of Web UI test runs
    See the different ways to play back Web UI tests.
  - Configuration of mobile test runs
    After you record the tests for mobile applications by using HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI), you can play back the recorded tests by using Test UI. The test reports help you to analyze the functional and performance issues in the mobile applications developed.
    - Running mobile tests for Android mobile applications
      After you record the tests for Android mobile applications by using HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI), you can play back the recorded tests by using Test UI.
    - Running compound tests for Android mobile applications
      After you create the compound tests for Android mobile applications by using HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI), you can play back the compound tests by using Test UI
    - Running mobile tests for iOS mobile applications
      You can run the tests for iOS mobile applications that are recorded by using HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
      - Running mobile tests on an iOS device or simulator connected to a computer that runs DevOps Test UI
        You can run mobile tests on iOS mobile devices or simulators that are connected to a computer that runs HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
      - Running mobile tests on an iOS device or simulator connected to a remote computer
        You can run mobile tests on an iOS device or simulator that is connected to a remote agent computer.
      - Running mobile tests on iOS devices on BitBar Cloud
        You can run mobile tests on an iOS device that is connected to the BitBar Cloud.
      - Running mobile tests on iOS devices on BrowserStack Cloud
        You can run mobile tests on the BrowserStack Cloud so that you can choose devices from a wide range of iOS devices that are available for testing.
      - Running mobile tests on iOS devices on pCloudy Cloud
        You can run mobile tests on an iOS device that is connected to the pCloudy Cloud.
      - Running mobile tests on iOS devices on Perfecto Cloud
        You can run mobile tests on an iOS device that is connected to the Perfecto Mobile Cloud.
    - Running compound tests for iOS mobile applications
      After you create the compound tests for iOS mobile applications by using HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI), you can play back the compound tests.
    - Configuration of AFT Suite runs for mobile tests
      When you create mobile tests and want to use the distributed effort feature inHCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI), you must configure the AFT Suite run for the recorded mobile tests before you can view the test results.
  - Configuration of Windows test runs
    You can run Windows tests that you created for Windows desktop applications in HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
  - Configuration of AFT Suite runs
    When you create Web UI, mobile, or Windows tests, you must configure the play back of the recorded tests as AFT Suite runs before you can view their test results.
  - Running a test on multiple browsers and devices simultaneously
    Rather than run a Web UI test on one browser at a time, you can run a single Web UI test on multiple browsers simultaneously. Doing so can significantly speed up your test effort. You can also extend your test coverage by adding mobile devices to the test run. You can run the test from HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI), from the command line, or from Engineering Test Management. This topic describes how to run a test from the UI Test perspective.
  - Setting a global delay for test steps
    You can set the duration of a global delay in milliseconds between all the steps instead of adding the wait time manually for each of the steps in a recorded test. You can specify this global delay as a preference for the playback of Web UI, Windows, or mobile tests.
  - Configuration of test runs from the command line
    When you need to run Web UI, mobile, and windows tests using the command line without opening the desktop client to run these tests, you can use the command line of HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
- Configuration of test runs from the Functional Test perspective
  When you created functional tests, you must configure the run of the recorded functional tests from the Functional Test perspective before you can view the test results.
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.

Running mobile tests on iOS devices on Perfecto Cloud

You can run mobile tests on an iOS device that is connected to the Perfecto Mobile Cloud.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Recorded mobile tests. See Recording mobile tests for iOS applications.
Set up your account to access the Perfecto Mobile Cloud. You must have valid credentials such as the host name or the URL of the Perfecto Mobile Cloud instance and the security token to authenticate the connection.
Installed the .ipa file of the iOS application that you want to test on an iOS device in the Perfecto Mobile Cloud. For information, refer to Manage Apps in the Perfecto documentation.
Installed the iOS application that you want to test on the iOS device.

Procedure

Open the UI Test perspective in Test UI if it is not already open.
Select the mobile test from the Test Navigator pane.

The test window is displayed.
Click Window > Preferences > Test > Test Execution > UI Test Playback.

The UI Test Playback pane is displayed.

Perform the following steps in the UI Test Playback pane:

Click the Mobile Device Cloud tab.
Select the Perfecto host checkbox to enable the options on the Perfecto Device Cloud Environment panel.

Perform the actions as listed in the following table:


Option	Action
Perfecto host	Enter the host name of the Perfecto Cloud instance.
Security Token	Enter the Token to authenticate the connection to the Perfecto Cloud instance.

Click Apply and Close.

Note: When the connection with the Perfecto Cloud instance is successful, the mobile devices that you have configured on the Perfecto Cloud are displayed in the Run using drop-down list.

Click the Run Test icon.

The Run Configuration dialog is displayed.
Note: If you are using a compound test that contains mobile tests, you can specify the mobile device to play back the test for each mobile test.
Select the mobile device to play back the test from the Run using list, and then click Next.

The Advanced Playback Options dialog is displayed.
Click Next.

The Performance Measurement dialog is displayed.
Note: For mobile tests, you can skip this step.
Click Finish.

Results

The test runs on the iOS device that is connected to the Perfecto Cloud. The test result is displayed as a unified report in Test UI.

What to do next

You can view the unified report for the mobile tests and choose to export the unified report. See Unified reports.