Welcome
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.
Tests in the UI Test perspective
When you develop web applications, Windows-based applications, or mobile applications, you can use HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) to create functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use Test UI to run the tests before you can view the test results.
Windows tests
HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) uses FlaUI and UI Automation 3 (UIA3) to record and play back tests on modern Windows desktop applications, including WinForms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Universal Windows Platform (UWP). You can also test Windows applications on dual monitors.
Prerequisites for testing Windows desktop applications
You can find information about the prerequisite conditions that you must satisfy before you can test Windows desktop applications.

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) 2026.09 (12.0.0).
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.
- Tests in the UI Test perspective
  When you develop web applications, Windows-based applications, or mobile applications, you can use HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) to create functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use Test UI to run the tests before you can view the test results.
  - Web UI tests
    You can test web applications in HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) by using the industry-standard browsers such as Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. You can record Web UI tests and then play back the tests to evaluate the test results. You can also test the web applications on dual monitors when you extend the display of your computer to a secondary monitor.
  - Web UI tests for HTML canvas applications
    HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) supports the recording and playback of user interactions on HTML canvas elements to enable automated testing of dynamically rendered web applications.
  - Salesforce Lightning tests
    You can record and play back Web UI tests for the Salesforce applications that are designed by using Salesforce Lightning controls. Salesforce applications usually include complex workflows, integrations, and customizations. By testing these applications, you can verify that the elements and the functionality as a whole work as expected.
  - Mobile tests
    You can test the Android or iOS mobile applications by recording and playing back mobile tests on Android devices or emulators, iOS mobile devices or simulators by using HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
  - Windows tests
    HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) uses FlaUI and UI Automation 3 (UIA3) to record and play back tests on modern Windows desktop applications, including WinForms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Universal Windows Platform (UWP). You can also test Windows applications on dual monitors.
    - Prerequisites for testing Windows desktop applications
      You can find information about the prerequisite conditions that you must satisfy before you can test Windows desktop applications.
    - Configuring a Windows application
      In HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI), you can test the native Windows desktop applications. To test the Windows applications, you must first configure the Windows applications in the common web interface.
    - Recording a Windows test
      You can record a Windows test to capture the actions that you perform on Windows desktop applications and on the Add-ins in Microsoft Office applications. The actions are captured as test steps in Windows tests.
    - Editing a Windows test
      You can edit the test by using the test editor. You can edit a Windows test by modifying the test steps, adding verification points, and so on.
  - SAP tests
    When you record a test, the test creation wizard records your interactions with the SAP server, generates a test from the recording, and opens the test for editing. You can record tests from the SAP GUI. You can also record SAP batch input tests that can be used to produce a heavy load on the server while minimizing the processing requirements for virtual testers.
  - Selenium or Appium tests
    You can manage your Selenium or Appium Java™ tests from the UI Test perspective, where you can import and modify the tests, add them to compound tests, and run them. You can also create new Appium Java tests from the Perfecto perspective on Windows™ and Mac OS, add the tests to compound tests, and run them. Perfecto is not currently supported on Linux®.
  - Compound tests
    You can create compound tests to help you organize smaller tests into scenarios that can then be run end-to-end. You can combine tests from different extensions to achieve end-to-end flow.
  - Accelerated Functional Tests
    When you create Web UI, mobile, or Windows tests, you can use the Accelerated Functional Test (AFT) feature in HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) to distribute test effort during the play back of the recorded tests.
  - Keywords
    In HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI), you can record and then associate Test Workbench tests with the keywords that are created in IBM® Engineering Test Management. The keywords are used in manual tests in Engineering Test Management. When you run a manual test that contains a keyword associated with a HCL DevOps Test Workbench (Test Workbench) test, the Test Workbench test is run on the workstation where the adapter has been started.
- Tests in the Functional Test perspective
  When you develop Java, HTML, or Terminal-based applications, you can use HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) to create traditional functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use Test UI to run the tests before you can view the test results.
- Extending the UI Test perspective with custom Java™ code
  You can use custom code to extend the default Web UI testing capabilities. You can write custom Java™ code and call the code from the test. You can also specify that results from the tests that are affected by your custom code to be included in reports.
- Extending the Functional Test perspective
  You can use custom code to extend the default functional testing capabilities. You can write custom code and call the code from the test. You can also specify that results from the tests that are affected by your custom code to be included in reports.
- Extending the functionality in the Visual Studio IDE
  These topics describe various ways that you can customize HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) or use the application programming interface (API) to extend Test UI functionality.
- Experimental features
  HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) contains a set of pre-releases that enable you to test various experimental features. These experimental features, while still in progress, are introduced early in the release to seek your feedback on its overall functionality and performance. You can play around with these capabilities before they are made available and supported as a general feature in an upcoming release.
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.

Prerequisites for testing Windows desktop applications

You can find information about the prerequisite conditions that you must satisfy before you can test Windows desktop applications.

Before you record and play back Windows tests, you must have completed the following actions:

Configured the Windows desktop application. See Configuring a Windows application.
Restarted your computer if you want to record the Windows test immediately after you install the product.

Tip:

You must ensure that the 49200 and 49201 ports are available and they are set in the Windows > Preferences > Test > UI Test > Native Settings as shown in the following image:
To run tests on your local computer, you must clear the Host checkbox in the Mobile Device tab. You can access the checkbox from the Windows > Preferences > Test > Test Execution > UI Test Playback > Mobile Device tab.