Release notes for IBM® Rational® Functional Tester

This document contains information about what's new, installation instructions, known problems in and contact information of IBM Customer Support.

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Description

IBM® Rational® Functional Tester is a GUI test automation tool that is used to accelerate the functional and regression testing. It provides a flexible environment to test the desktop and web applications very efficiently. It is used to test a wide range of applications such as HTML5-based web applications built on modern frameworks which include Angular, React and Vue.js in the latest versions of the world’s popular browsers, both on the desktop and mobile devices. Rational® Functional Tester is available in two integrated development environments (IDE): Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The Eclipse integration supports both Java and simplified (non-programming) method of scripting while the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET integration supports Microsoft Visual Basic .NET scripting language. See Product overview.

What's new

  • Enhancements to application configuration for tests

    • You can now modify or substitute the details of the Android, iOS, and desktop applications along with the web applications. For example, you can substitute values for the Working Directory field in the configured application which might take multiple values based on the directory path of the agent computer on which you run tests.
    • You can synchronize these changes made to the configured applications from the test suites in the workbench to the primary application and other tests.
    See Synchronizing changes of the configured applications.

  • Support to set browser profiles from the Browser tab

    You can now set the browser profiles for browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, and Opera, which are used to run Web UI tests, from the Browser tab under the Preferences menu. See Clearing cache, cookies, and history of browsers.

  • Support to clear the browser data in the Opera browser

    You can now clear the cache, cookies, and history of the Opera browser before the test is played back on Windows, Linux, and macOS computers. See Clearing cache, cookies, and history of browsers.

  • Enhancements to address the browser incompatibilities
    The browser and driver compatibility issues can now be resolved either from your computer or through an agent computer by using browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or Opera while you play back the following tests:
  • Enhancements to Unified reports

    You can now export the unified report to the JUnit format. See Exporting unified reports.

  • Enhancements in testing the Windows desktop applications : Tech Preview

    • You can now test Add-ins that are integrated with the Microsoft office applications such as MS Access, MS Word, MS Outlook, and MS Powerpoint. See Testing Windows desktop applications.

    • You can now play back on the list controls that needs a scroll action in an effective and faster manner. See Playing back a Windows test.

Installing the product

To download the product from IBM® Passport Advantage®, follow the directions in the download document at Rational® Functional Tester V10.1.3.

For installation instructions, see Installing software.

Notes:

  • You can upgrade the product to V10.1.3 from V10.1.0 or later.

  • If you installed the product that is earlier than V10.1.0, you cannot upgrade the product to the latest version. You must uninstall the existing version of the product before you install the latest version of the product.

  • After you installed Rational® Functional Tester V10.1.3, at any point in time if you want to use earlier versions of the product, you cannot roll back to the previous version of the product. You must uninstall Rational® Functional Tester V10.1.3, and then install the required version of the product.

Known issues

You can find information about the known issues identified in this release of Rational® Functional Tester.

Product Download document Knowledge base

Rational® Functional Tester

Release document

Knowledge articles

Known problems are documented in the download document and in the form of individual tech notes in the Support Knowledge Base. See the Support Knowledge Base.

The knowledge base is continually updated as issues are discovered and resolved. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to issues.

Contacting IBM Rational Software Support

  • For contact information and guidelines or reference materials that you will need when you require support, read the IBM Support Guide.

  • For personalized support, including notifications of significant upgrades, subscribe at Product notification.

  • Before you contact IBM Rational Software Support, gather the background information that you will need to describe your problem. When describing a problem to an IBM software 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.