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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® Quality Server.
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.
Inserting dynamic test objects
You can also insert dynamic test objects by using Insert Dynamic Test Object. The hierarchy of a test object in the object map represents the order of search of the particular control during playback. Over a series of application changes, the hierarchy of the objects may change if new objects are introduced in the test application. This results in a playback failure. Using dynamic test objects you can anchor a test object as a descendant to its parent.

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® Quality Server.
- 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 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.
  - Running scripts
    When you play back a script, HCL OneTest™ UI replays your recorded actions, which automates the software testing cycle.
  - Restoring the test environment before playback
    The state of both the environment and the application-under-test can affect script playback. If the recorded environment and the playback environment are different, playback problems can occur.
  - Configuring how to handle unexpected windows during playback
    Problems can occur during script playback if unexpected windows are displayed. Unexpected windows such as security and warning message dialog boxes or custom dialog boxes can cause playback failure with exceptions such as object not found or window not activated. You can configure how unexpected windows can be handled so that scripts can be played back smoothly without interruption.
  - Inserting dynamic test objects
    You can also insert dynamic test objects by using Insert Dynamic Test Object. The hierarchy of a test object in the object map represents the order of search of the particular control during playback. Over a series of application changes, the hierarchy of the objects may change if new objects are introduced in the test application. This results in a playback failure. Using dynamic test objects you can anchor a test object as a descendant to its parent.
  - Enabling the dynamic find feature
    The test object map lists in a hierarchy the test objects in the application under test. Changes to the application-under-test might result in changes in the object hierarchy. During playback, HCL OneTest™ UI is then unable to find an object whose hierarchical position has changed, and this causes playback failure. With the dynamic find feature you can prevent playback failure that results from hierarchy changes in the application under test. The dynamic find feature performs searches for objects whose hierarchy has changed, when a search that is based on object recognition scoring (ScriptAssure) fails to find such objects.
  - Using ScriptAssure
    Using ScriptAssure™, you can play back scripts successfully even when the application-under-test has been updated.
  - Ambiguous object recognition in functional testing
    Ambiguous recognition occurs when HCL OneTest™ UI can not uniquely identify an object in the system-under-test. This commonly happens when HCL OneTest UI cannot differentiate between an instance of the application-under-test started by a script playback and an instance of the same application inadvertently left open previous to script playback. This also applies to identical windows from one application and identical HTML documents. Ambiguous recognition will cause script playback failure unless the duplicate application is closed.
  - Playback Monitor
    During playback you can view the script name, the number of the line that is executing, status icons, and a description of the action in progress from the Playback Monitor.
  - Pausing or stopping script playback
    Playback of a script can be paused or stopped.
  - Running a script from HCL OneTest™ UI
    You can run test scripts from HCL OneTest™ UI to play back all your recorded actions. The playback of the recording can include the actions that you performed to start and stop an application, to add verification points, and the actions you performed while using the application.
  - Running functional tests for HTML applications by using the Web UI engine
    When you want to run functional tests for HTML applications in browsers without enabling the Java environments and browsers, you can do so by using the Web UI engine.
  - Running a script from the Microsoft™ Edge browser
    You can use HCL OneTest™ UI to play back test scripts using the Microsoft™ Edge browser.
  - Debugging scripts
    You can use the same process to debug a Functional Test script as you would to debug other Visual Basic or Java™ applications. If you prefer, in HCL OneTest™ UI, Eclipse Integration, you can debug your script in the HCL OneTest UI Debug Perspective which makes it easier to start the debugger that comes with the Java Development Toolkit.
  - Screen snapshot on playback failure of functional tests
    If playback of a script causes an exception to be thrown, HCL OneTest™ UI takes a screen snapshot at the time of the failure. The screen snapshot is accessible through the log.

Inserting dynamic test objects

You can also insert dynamic test objects by using Insert Dynamic Test Object. The hierarchy of a test object in the object map represents the order of search of the particular control during playback. Over a series of application changes, the hierarchy of the objects may change if new objects are introduced in the test application. This results in a playback failure. Using dynamic test objects you can anchor a test object as a descendant to its parent.

Procedure

From the test object map menu, click Applications > Run to open the Select an Application dialog box.
In the Application Name field, select the application that contains the controls you want to test and click OK.
In the Test Object Map toolbar, click Test Object > Insert Dynamic Test Object .
HCL OneTest™ UI opens the Object Map dialog box.
On the Select an Object page, click the Object Finder icon and drag it into the application over the object you want to add to the test object map. For other methods of selecting objects, see Select an Object.
Click Next.
In the Add Dynamic Test Object dialog box, select Anchor to Selected Parent.
By selecting Anchor to Selected Parent, you are making the new object a descendant of its parent. You can now search for the object dynamically, anchoring to the parent. You can edit the recognition properties by double clicking on the object properties.
Select the object that you want to insert and click Finish.
Note: To convert an existing mapped object to a dynamic object, right-click in the test object map and click Convert To Dynamic Test Object . The Administrative property displays an additional descriptionobject property. To convert a dynamic test object to a mapped test object, set the descriptionobject property to false. However, you must ensure that the test object is a mappable child of its parent.
Note: To prevent playback failure due to object hierarchy changes, you can also enable the dynamic find feature, which enables HCL OneTest™ UI to locate test objects in the application-under-test whose hierarchical position may have been altered from the position in the test object map. For information about the dynamic find feature, see Enabling the dynamic find feature.