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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ Performance. After you install the product, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
Integration with other products
You can integrate HCL OneTest™ Performance with certain products to run tests, manage test assets, and create defects.
Integration with Jenkins
You can use the HCL OneTest™ Performance Jenkins plugin to run tests on a Jenkins server.
Running tests from Jenkins
You can run test assets either from the Jenkins Freestyle or the Pipeline project on the Jenkins server to test an application under test.

Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ Performance. After you install the product, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Installation of HCL OneTest™ Performance
  Installation of the product involves verifying requirements, planning, managing licenses, and configuring web-based help. This section lists all such topics.
- License management
  Licensing for HCL OneTest™ Performance is administered through HCL Software License & Download portal. This portal is a FlexNet-based web application that helps to manage software entitlements and licenses.
- Product upgrade and migration
  When you want to use the enhanced functionalities of HCL OneTest™ Performance, you must upgrade to the latest version of the product software.
- Configuration of the product
  You must configure HCL OneTest™ Performance when you want to run SAP tests, collect response time breakdown data, or use the product in the Docker container.
- Integration with other products
  You can integrate HCL OneTest™ Performance with certain products to run tests, manage test assets, and create defects.
  - Integration plugin compatibility matrix
    You can find information about the versions of the integration plugin that are compatible with HCL OneTest™ Performance.
  - Running tests by using Ant
    When you want to automate repetitive tasks, you can run performance test assets from the command-line interface by using Ant.
  - Integration with Azure DevOps
    When you use Azure DevOps for continuous integration and continuous deployment of your application, you can create tests for your application in HCL OneTest™ Performance and run those tests in Azure DevOps pipelines.
  - Integration with Apache JMeter
    You can use JMeter tests extension with HCL OneTest™ Performance to run JMeter tests.
  - EGit integration
    You can store your test assets in the remote Git repository and use EGit for version control operations. EGit is an Eclipse plugin for the Git version control system.
  - Integration with Engineering Test Management
    You can integrate IBM® Engineering Test Management (formerly known as IBM Rational® Quality Manager) with HCL OneTest™ Performance to initiate test runs from Engineering Test Management.
  - Integration with IBM® Engineering Workflow Management
    You can integrate Engineering Workflow Management (formerly known as Rational® Team Concert™) to create and track defects (bugs) or other work items, as a defect tracking tool in HCL OneTest™ Performance.
  - Integration with HCL® Launch
    You can integrate HCL OneTest™ Performance with HCL® Launch to run performance test assets as a Process from HCL Launch.
  - Integration with HCL OneTest™ API
    You can use HCL OneTest™ API extension to run API tests from HCL OneTest Performance. You can either import the projects from HCL OneTest API or manage them from HCL OneTest Performance by establishing the connection between the products. You can also create a schedule or compound test to run the tests by using the Agents.
  - Integration with IBM® UrbanCode™ Deploy
    You can integrate HCL OneTest™ Performance with IBM® UrbanCode™ Deploy to run performance test assets as a Process from UrbanCode Deploy.
  - Integration of Jaeger with the product
    Jaeger is software for tracing transactions between distributed services. You can use Jaeger to monitor and troubleshoot complex microservices environments.
  - Integration with Jenkins
    You can use the HCL OneTest™ Performance Jenkins plugin to run tests on a Jenkins server.
    - Environment variables for Jenkins
      You can add environment variables on the Jenkins server to run the Jenkins build by referring to environment variables.
    - Task flows for running test assets from Jenkins
      You can perform certain tasks to run test assets from the Jenkins Freestyle project or the Pipeline project.
    - Installing the plugin on the Jenkins primary server
      You must install the HCL OneTest™ Performance Jenkins plugin to run performance test assets from the Jenkins server.
    - Configuring the Freestyle project
      You must configure a Freestyle project to add a build step, and then run test assets from Jenkins.
    - Creating a pipeline script from Jenkins
      You must create a pipeline script to run test assets from the Jenkins Pipeline project.
    - Configuring the Pipeline project by using the sample script
      You can configure a Pipeline project directly from the Jenkins UI by using the sample pipeline scripts to run test assets from Jenkins.
    - Configuring the Pipeline project by using the script from SCM
      You can configure the Pipeline project to use the pipeline script from the Source Code Management (SCM), and then run test assets from the Jenkins Pipeline project.
    - Running tests from Jenkins
      You can run test assets either from the Jenkins Freestyle or the Pipeline project on the Jenkins server to test an application under test.
  - Testing with Maven
    Starting from 9.2.0, you can use the Maven plug-in that is provided with the testing product to run tests as part of your Maven build. Apache Maven is a software build tool based on the concept of a project object model (POM).
  - Integration with Micro Focus ALM
    You can integrate HCL OneTest™ Performance with Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) to run performance test assets from Micro Focus ALM.

Running tests from Jenkins

You can run test assets either from the Jenkins Freestyle or the Pipeline project on the Jenkins server to test an application under test.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Verified that you have test assets residing within HCL OneTest™ Performance.
Configured the Freestyle project, if you want to run test assets from the Freestyle project. See Configuring the Freestyle project.
Configured the Pipeline project either by using the Pipeline script or Pipeline script from SCM, if you want to run test assets from the Pipeline project. See Configuring the Pipeline project by using the sample script or Configuring the Pipeline project by using the script from SCM.
Closed HCL OneTest™ Performance.

Procedure

Log in to the Jenkins server.
The Jenkins dashboard is displayed.
Open your Jenkins Freestyle or Pipeline project from the list.
Click Build Now to run the test assets from Jenkins.

Results

You have run the test from the Jenkins server.

What to do next

You can view the build logs by clicking the build number from the Build History pane, and then selecting the Console Output option.

The Reports information section on the Console Output page displays the names of the report along with its corresponding URLs if you publish test results to HCL OneTest™ Server.