Welcome
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.
Results for tests in Functional Test perspective
In this section, you will learn how to analyze test results in the Functional Test perspective.
Log Extension
You can create customized HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) logs in addition to the standard log formats: text, HTML, Test and Performance Tools Platform (TPTP), and XML. You can use the customized logs to view your playback results.
Extending a log
You can customize your log files by configuring the plug-ins to extend an extension point and writing a class that designs your log.

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) 2024.06 (11.0.2).
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).
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.
- Publishing test result to DevOps Test Hub
  The test results indicate the quality of the application under test. There could be different stakeholders to the application who do not have the product installed but want to check the quality of application. You, as the user of the product, can publish the test results to HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) so that others can view it from the web browser.
- Publishing specific results to the server
  If you have a single test result or multiple test results that are not published to HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you can publish a single or all of them simultaneously.
- Unified reports
  Unified reports in HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) provide a detailed overview of the test results.
- Results for tests in UI Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn how to analyze test results in the Web UI Test perspective.
- Results for tests in Functional Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn how to analyze test results in the Functional Test perspective.
  - Functional test logs
    After the playback is complete, you can view the results in the log. The results include any logged events such as verification point failures, script exceptions, object recognition warnings, and any additional playback information.
  - Logging page
    You use the Logging page to set log and comparator options, such as preventing the script launch wizard from displaying on playback, displaying the log viewer after playback, and displaying a message before overwriting an existing log. You also use this page to indicate the type of log generated.
  - Setting log preferences
    You can set your log preferences to view functional test logs.
  - Disabling enhanced log results
    Logged events such as verification point failures, script exceptions, object recognition warnings, and other additional playback information are displayed in the playback log results. From HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) version 8.2 and later, the results of the getProperty() command are also displayed in the log results. If you do not require the log event to be displayed in the playback log, you can disable the event in the log results.
  - Viewing logs in the Projects view
    You can open a log from the Projects view. In Projects view, the HTML, XML, and text logs are listed within each project. The log list is displayed below the project. The log has the same name as the project, with _logs appended, for example, projectname_logs.
  - Renaming and deleting logs
    You can rename and delete logs from the Projects view.
  - Log Extension
    You can create customized HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) logs in addition to the standard log formats: text, HTML, Test and Performance Tools Platform (TPTP), and XML. You can use the customized logs to view your playback results.
    - Extending a log
      You can customize your log files by configuring the plug-ins to extend an extension point and writing a class that designs your log.
    - Deploying the extended log file
      You can deploy your customized log file by exporting the plug-in in a format suitable for deployment.
    - Example: Creating a text log
      The following example shows how to create a text-log output from an empty test script.
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.

Extending a log

You can customize your log files by configuring the plug-ins to extend an extension point and writing a class that designs your log.

Procedure

Create a new plug-in project.
By default, the Eclipse environment displays the project Overview after you create the project.
Note: If the project Overview is not displayed by default, right-click MANIFEST.MF under the META-INF folder, and click Open With > Plug-in Manifest Editor.
Click the Dependencies tab, and click Add under Required Plug-ins.
Select com.ibm.rational.test.ft.playback from the Plug-in Selection list, and click OK.
Save the plugin.xml file.
Click the Extensions tab, and click Add.
Select the com.rational.test.ft.playback.logExtension extension point from the list, and click Finish.
Type the extension ID and Name.
Right-click com.ibm.rational.test.ft.playback.logExtension in the left pane of Extensions window.
Click New > Log.
The log file is displayed under the extension file.
Note: Customized or extended log files in formats other than the standard formats cannot be viewed in either the Test UI Eclipse Integrated Development Environment or the Visual Studio IDE.
In Extension Element Details, specify the properties of the log.
1. Type a unique ID for the log in LogID field. Test UI uses this LogID to list the log type on the Preference Page.
2. Type a class name in Class field. This class name extends the base class LogExtensionAdapter.
3. Optional: Type a description of the log in Description field.
Save the project.