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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.
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.
The Keyword view
The Keyword view displays the keywords created in IBM® Engineering Test Management. By default, this view is displayed along with the Protocol Data and Recording Control views in HCL DevOps Test Workbench (Test Workbench).

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.
  - 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
    You can configure the Windows applications to record and play back tests on the Windows desktop applications. You can also test the Windows applications on dual monitors when you extend the display of your computer to a secondary monitor.
  - 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.
    - Viewing 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. To view the keywords, you must log on to Engineering Test Management.
    - Associating tests with keywords
      You can automate an IBM® Engineering Test Management keyword by associating it with a Web UI test. You can either associate an existing test with a given keyword, or record a new test against the keyword and then associate the test.
    - The Keyword view
      The Keyword view displays the keywords created in IBM® Engineering Test Management. By default, this view is displayed along with the Protocol Data and Recording Control views in HCL DevOps Test Workbench (Test Workbench).
- 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.

The Keyword view

The Keyword view displays the keywords created in IBM® Engineering Test Management. By default, this view is displayed along with the Protocol Data and Recording Control views in HCL DevOps Test Workbench (Test Workbench).

The following menu options are available when you right-click a keyword in the keyword view:

Refresh Steps: Lists the steps associated with a keyword.
Record Test: Records a Test Workbench test for the selected keyword.
Associate Test: Associates a Test Workbench test with the keyword. Multiple tests can be associated with a keyword.
Show Associated Tests: Shows all the tests associated with a keyword.

To view the keyword list:

If the Keyword View is not displayed in the UI Test perspective, click Window > Show View. Select Keyword View from the Type category and click OK.

To select a project area:

To select a project, click ProjectArea list. Only keywords pertaining to the selected project area are displayed.