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Rational Functional Tester (RFT)
Agenda
Introduction Datastore Enabling Environments Configuring Application for Testing Recording Automation Script Play Back Resources Data Driven – Data Pool
Introducing RFT…
What it is… RFT is a GUI Testing application that is built
on Eclipse and uses Java as its testing language. It tests by replicating user input following a script written by the user.
Those that are familiar with WinRunner or RobotJ or XDE Tester will be Comfortable with this type of testing.
Salient Features of RFT
RFT is Cross Platform capable
Scripts are in Java.
Object Oriented.
Recording - Creates scripts by its own against user’s actions on a Java or HTML application.
Uses Eclipse editor as IDE.
Platform Support
Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or 2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 4 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with Service
Pack 1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with Service
Pack 1
Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Version 4.0 Red Hat Desktop Version 4.0 (running in 32-bit mode) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Version 9 (all service packs;
running in 32-bit mode)
IDE Setup
Perspectives: Perspectives control what appears in certain
menus and toolbars. (e.g.: Java ,Test, Debug etc…)
Path :Main menu->Windows->Open Perspective
RFT Default Window
Script ViewScript View
Menu BarMenu Bar
Functional Test
Scripts
Functional Test
Scripts
Script ViewScript View
Script ExplorerScript
Explorer
Task List, Console, ...Task List, Console, ...
What are the major views (or windows )
Functional Test Project explorer Script editor Script explorer Task window Console window Debug view Play back window The “workbench”
Functional Test Project
Funtional Test Project -- Description
Basically a folder with files that holds:
Scripts RFT resources associated with the scripts Script templates Logs text and HTML Object maps Verification point files
Functional Test Project properties windows
The Functional Test Project properties window is of great importance Setting the build path Including libraries and jar files required
FT properties window
Create or Connect to a Functional Test Project
File > New > Functional Test Project File > Connect to a Functional Test Project…
Create a RFT Functional Test Project
Enabling Environments
Enabling Environments for Testing What are environments?
Environments specify where your application will run Each browser is considered an “environment” for running
HTML applications Browsers have plug-in environments (designated Java
runtime – JRE) for running Java applets JREs/JVMs/JDKs are environments for running Java
applications What is enabling?
Enabling provides information to RFT about the environment so it can set up how to communicate with the application during recording
Enabling Environments for Testing
Target environments must be enabled prior to recording
Enabling Environments – Web Browsers
Search Add … Remove Enable Disable Set as
Default
Enabling Environments – Java Environments
RFT Tester JRE is automaticallyenabled and set as the default JRE
Search to add otherJRE’s (note: search takes a long time)
When setting up environments, specify the JRE the target application for testing is supposed to use Enable Set as Default
Configuring Applications
Configuring Applications for Testing
What is configuring an application in RFT? Configuring an application specifies runtime options
so that the application can be launched from RFT
Why is configuring necessary? The application under test must be configured in
order to launch the application during a RFT record session
Configure Applications for Testing
Set up RFT Tester to run the target application
Application Configuration Tool
Add Remove Run
Add Application
Add Application – Java, HTML or Executable
JAVA
HTMLLocal = HTMLURL = e.g. www.rational.com
Executableor Batch File
Test Configuration Run application from Application Configuration Tool to
test the configuration
Recording & Playback
Recording Automation Script
Test application should be learnt for automation. Application can be learnt through recording. For Recording 1.Click the record button OR Click File->New->Functional Test script using recorder. 2.Launches script recorder window.
3.Choose the application to be recorded.4.Run the application.5.RFT records the application and generates an automation script.
Recording Automation Script…
Recording Automation Script…
File->New->XDE-Tester script using recorder.Clicking this will launch Script recorder window
Recording Automation Script…
Start Application
Clicking the Start Application button launches the application window.
Recording Automation Script…
Select an application from the application window. Start recording the application by clicking OK button.
Recording Automation Script…
Stop Recording
RFT learns the actions performed over the application.Script Recorder Window shows recording details .Click stop button to end recording.Automation script is created
PlaybackSelect the script and click the running man button.
Run
Playback… Brings RFT Play
back monitor Script name Execution line
number Current line in
the script
Current line
Script name
Current line
Script name
Associated Resources
Associated resources
Test object maps Verification points Scripts Logs( After Playback)
Test Object map
VP
Script
logs
Test object Maps
The Functional Tester test object map lists the test objects in the application under test.
Test Object Maps store information about the objects of the application being tested
It is a static view that describes test objects known to Functional Tester in the application-under-test.
Test object Maps…(Create)
While creating script Click next
brings up this window
Default is private
Click Finish
Test object Maps…(Create)
On choosing shared Displays any existing
shared TOM Selecting from
display makes that as the TOM for this script
Adding Test Objects…
Launch the application to be automated.
Open the TOM window by double clicking TOM icon in the tester script explorer.
Learn the object of interest using the Object finder.
Adding Test Objects…
TOM
TOM window
Adding Test Objects…
Select an object to learn
RFT highlights the selected Test Object by a red box
Adding Test Objects…
Adding Test Objects…
Adding Test Objects…
Verification Points
Verification points verify the state of an object.
When you create a verification point, you are capturing information about an object in the application
To establish this as baseline information for comparison during playback.
Create a VP
•Using RFT Tester Recorder action wizard
Create a VP
Select object to verify
Create a VP
Logs
Text Html
Data Pool :
A datapool is a test dataset, a collection of related data records which supplies data values to the variables in a test script during test script playback.
Datapool Usage
To add realistic data to a test script To import data from a Functional Tester datapool, an
IBM Rational TestManager datapool, or a .csv file created using a spreadsheet application.
To create a datapool manually and add data to a datapool
To edit datapool values or change data types To export datapools to use in other Functional Test
projects or to a .csv file to edit in a spreadsheet application.
To change the datapool record selection order to determine how the test script accesses an associated datapool during playback.
Functional Tester Command-Line Interface
java <standard java options> com.rational.test.ft.rational_ft <Functional Tester options>
Example : java -classpath "E:\Program Files\IBM\
SDP70\FunctionalTester\bin\rational_ft.jar;" com.rational.test.ft.rational_ft –datastore C:\RftTestScripts\Project1 -playback Script1
Some CLI Options
-datastore <datastore directory> is needed whenever a script is specified, for example with -record or -playback.
-record <script name> to record a new script (or in conjunction with -insertafter <line number> to insert recording into an existing script).
-playback <script name> to play back a specific Java script.
Hands - On
Sample Functional Test Script Recording Functional Test Script Functional Test Script using Data
Pool
Help Resources
RFT Online Help Subscribe to [email protected]
and [email protected] for RFT related mails.