When
you create a Functional Tester project, you can use the project stand-alone,
or associate it with a Rational® project to take advantage of the Functional
Test integration features with TestManager.
You must install Rational Administrator and Rational TestManager to associate a
Functional Tester project with a Rational project.
Note About TestManager Integration: Functional
Tester is integrated with Rational TestManager version 7.0.2. If you
have the 7.0.2 version of TestManager, you will be able
to use the integrated features of Functional Tester and TestManager.
See Understanding Functional Tester integrations for
important information on using the products together.
To associate a Functional Tester project with a Rational project, you must first create a Rational project using the Rational Administrator.
For more detailed information about creating a Rational project, see the Rational Administrator
Help.
A Rational project
stores software testing and development information. All Rational components
on your computer update and retrieve data from the same project.
Note: - When you associate a Functional Tester project with a Rational project,
the Functional Tester project is not stored in or moved to the Rational project.
When you associate a Functional Tester project with a Rational project, TestManager gains
direct access to the Functional Test project.
- The types of data in a Rational project depend on the Rational software
that you have installed.
A Rational project
can consist of the following projects or associated projects:
- Functional Tester project -- Stores test assets
such as scripts, Functional Tester logs, object maps, verification point baseline
files, and script templates.
- Rational Test project -- Stores test assets such
as test plans, test cases, test logs, reports, and builds.
Note: If there
are multiple, concurrent users of a test project, use a SQL Anywhere database
engine for the test project. For information about installing SQL Anywhere
software and creating a SQL Anywhere database server, see the Rational Server
Products Installation Guide which is a PDF file on the Rational Solutions
for Windows® Online
Documentation CD.
- Rational RequisitePro project -- Stores product
or system requirements, software and hardware requirements, and user requirements.
When you associate a RequisitePro® project with a project in the Rational Administrator,
TestManager automatically uses the requirements in the project as test inputs.
- Rational Rose models -- Stores visual models for
business processes, software components, classes and objects, and distribution
and deployment processes.
- Rational ClearQuest database -- Stores change-request
information for software development, including enhancement requests, defect
reports, and documentation modifications. When you associate a Rational ClearQuest® database
with a project in the Rational Administrator, you can submit defects directly
from a log in TestManager into ClearQuest. TestManager automatically
fills in some of the fields in the ClearQuest defect form with information
from the log and automatically records the defect ID from ClearQuest in
the log.
Security and privileges
When
administrators create Rational projects using the Administrator, they
determine the security of the Rational Test project.
For any Rational project,
administrators can create test groups with specific write and administration
privileges, and they can create test users and assign them to test groups.
The test users take on the privileges of the test groups to which they are
assigned. For more information about security and privileges, see the Administrator
Help.
Note: The write or administration privileges that you set for a Rational project
do not affect a Functional Test project that you associate with a Rational project.