Task flow: Working with the DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel Environments dashboard

You can use the HCL DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel (Test Virtualization Control Panel) Environments dashboard to perform various tasks such as starting, stopping stubs and scenarios, and modifying stub configurations after you have published stubs to Test Virtualization Control Panel. You can also lock the environment that contain the published stubs.

The task flow presents tasks that a Tester can perform in the Test Virtualization Control Panel Environments dashboard. The following links to the associated topics provide more information to complete the tasks.

The following table provides a list of the tasks to be performed in a sequence along with the link to the corresponding topic for the details of the task.

Task More information
1. Publish one or more stubs to Test Virtualization Control Panel by using any of the following methods:
1.1 By using the HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) user interface. Publishing stubs to Test Virtualization Control Panel
1.2 By using the command line. Publish stubs by using the command line
1.3 By using an Ant task. Publish stubs by using an Ant task
2. Verify that the stub is published by checking the output directory from the publish step. Verifying stub publication to Test Virtualization Control Panel
3. Log in to Test Virtualization Control Panel. Logging in and out
4. Use the landing page of RTCP to navigate to the Environments dashboard. Navigating the user interface
5. Learn about features you can use while working in the Environments dashboard to filter, sort, and search for stubs and scenarios. Working with DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel dashboards
6. Work with stubs in Test Virtualization Control Panel for the following tasks:
6.1 Start stubs from Test Virtualization Control Panel. Starting stubs by using the DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel method
6.2 View the possible cause by hovering over the stub when the stub fails to start and displays a Broken state. Viewing broken stub messages
6.3 View the details of the stub that you can modify. DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel: Modifying stub information
6.4 Stop stubs from Test Virtualization Control Panel that are running. Stopping stubs by using the DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel method
6.5 View the stub logs. Viewing stub logs
6.6 Troubleshoot the cause when you run into problems while working with stubs. Troubleshooting stubs
7. Work with scenarios in Test Virtualization Control Panel for the following tasks:
7.1 Create a scenario. Creating a scenario
7.2 Start a scenario. Starting a scenario
7.3 Modify a scenario for adding a stub to a scenario, deleting a stub from a scenario, modifying configuration of a stub in a scenario, renaming a scenario, or deleting a scenario. Modifying a scenario
7.4 Stop a scenario. Stopping a scenario
8. Lock the environment to prevent other users from starting or stopping stubs in your environment. Locking an environment in HCL DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel (Test Virtualization Control Panel)
9. Request for unlocking of the environment when you want to work with stubs in an environment that is locked by another user. Unlocking an environment