Integration with Rational® Robot is implemented
through the use of
an adapter. The Rational Robot
adapter serves as a bridge between Rational Robot
and Rational Quality Manager.
The Robot adapter is installed by default when you install Robot
and is configured on the workstation where Robot is installed. Once
installed,
you must configure and start the adapter. When it is running, the
adapter
receives messages from Quality Manager and runs Robot scripts when
a user
requests them to be run through the Quality Manager. After test execution,
the adapter uploads the execution log to the Rational Quality Manager server.
Prerequisites
- The Rational Robot
adapter requires Rational Robot version 7.0.2 or above (Projects
must be created in Standalone Mode.)
- The Robot adapter only
runs on Windows®.
- The adapter
must be running before you start a script.
Configuring the Robot adapter
To configure
the Robot
adapter:
- Click .
- Type the Rational Quality Manager server
URL in the Server URL field.
- Type a Rational Quality Manager ID
in the Login field. This user account must
exist in Rational Quality Manager with
a Connector Client Access License.
- Type the Rational Quality Manager password
for the ID in the Password field.
- (Optional)
Type a unique name to identify the Rational Quality Manager adapter
on this workstation in the Adapter Name field.
- Click OK to save the configuration.
Starting the adapter
You can
start the adapter from
the Start menu or from a command prompt. To start the adapter from
the Start
menu:
To start the adapter from a command prompt:
- Start
a command prompt window.
- Switch to the directory where Robot
is installed.
- Type RobotRQMAdapter\robotrqmadapter.bat.
Creating and running Robot scripts
in Rational Quality Manager
You
can create a reference to a Robot script just as
you would create any script in the Quality Manager.
- Create
a test script in the Quality Manager.
- Select the script type
as Robot.
- Provide the full path to
the Robot script on the adapter machine.
- After you create
the script, assign it to a test case.
- Optionally, you can
assign the test case to a test suite.
- Run the test case or
test suite or alternatively, create
or generate a test execution record.
- Run the test execution record and
select the adapter to be used.