Release notes for HCL OneTest™ API
This document contains information about What's new, installation, known issues, known limitations, and contact information of HCL support.
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Product description
HCL OneTest™ API is an integration testing and virtualization tool that includes capabilities to automate and run tests earlier and more often to find problems sooner in the development cycle. See HCL OneTest API overview.
What's new
- HCL OneTest™ Server
For information about HCL OneTest™ Server, see Release notes.
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HCL® Quality Server
- Tools page
The list of agents changed for a release was updated. Review the Tools page of HCL® Quality Server to see each tool and the version that it was last changed.
- Tools page
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Technologies
- Importing and creating test resources from external
recorded events
You can now import events that are recorded in external applications and saved as an HTTP archive file into the Recording Studio. After you import events, you can create tests or stubs and run them in HCL OneTest™ API.
- Automatic detection of encoding settings
A new option to control whether to automatically determine the encoding settings from the binary content in fields is now available as a preference setting. You can change the preference setting from
or .See Changing preferences.
- Configuring agents to start stubs in a specific
domain
You can now configure HCL OneTest™ API agents to start stubs that are in a specific domain or an environment.
See Creating domains with HCL Quality Server method and Viewing running agents.
- Usage of custom Kafka headers is enhanced
HCL OneTest™ API now allows custom Kafka headers to be subscribed to and published.
- Importing and creating test resources from external
recorded events
Deprecated capabilities
- No capabilities are deprecated in this release.
Removed capabilities
No capabilities are removed in this release.
Installing and upgrading
You can find information about the installation and upgrade instructions for HCL OneTest™ API.
Installing HCL OneTest™ API
For information about installation, see Installation of HCL OneTest API.
Installing HCL® Quality Server
For information about installation, see Installation of HCL Quality Server.
Upgrading HCL OneTest™ API
If you use Installation Manager, you can find the upgrade requirements in HCL OneTest API upgrade information and requirements.
If you use the stand-alone installer to install the software packages, you cannot upgrade the product software. You must uninstall the previous version of the product software and install the latest version by using the stand-alone installer.
Upgrading HCL® Quality Server
If you use Installation Manager, you can find the upgrade requirements in HCL Quality Server upgrade information and requirements.
If you use the stand-alone installer to install the software packages, you cannot upgrade the product software. You must uninstall the previous version of the product software and install the latest version by using the stand-alone installer.
Known issues
Product | Download document | Knowledge base |
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HCL OneTest™ API | Release document | HCL support |
The knowledge base is continually updated as problems are discovered and resolved. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.
The only known limitation is that the Logical View does not display a diagram. Instead, a tree view, similar to that used in the Test Factory and Test Lab is used to support the logical components of the SUT.
Contacting HCL support
- For technical assistance, contact HCL Customer Support.
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Before you contact HCL support, you must gather the background information that you might need to describe your problem. When you describe a problem to the HCL support specialist, be as specific as possible and include all relevant background information so that the specialist can help you solve the problem efficiently. To save time, know the answers to these questions:
- What software versions were you running when the problem occurred?
- Do you have logs, traces, or messages that are related to the problem?
- Can you reproduce the problem? If so, what steps do you take to reproduce it?
- Is there a workaround for the problem? If so, be prepared to describe the workaround.