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This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
Testing in the UI Test perspective
When you develop web applications, Windows-based applications, or mobile applications, you can use IBM® Rational® Functional Tester to create functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use Rational Functional Tester to run the tests before you can view the test results.
Working with Selenium or Appium tests
You can manage your Selenium or Appium Java™ tests from the UI Test perspective, where you can import and modify the tests, add them to compound tests, and run them. You can also create new Appium Java tests from the Perfecto perspective on Windows™ and Mac OS, add the tests to compound tests, and run them. Perfecto is not currently supported on Linux®.
Importing Selenium or Appium Java tests
You can import Selenium or Appium tests into Rational® Functional Tester. The tests are then displayed in the Test Navigator from where they can be modified and run. You can also add Selenium or Appium tests to a compound test, which is a combination of different kinds of tests that can be managed using Rational Functional Tester.

Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
- Testing in the UI Test perspective
  When you develop web applications, Windows-based applications, or mobile applications, you can use IBM® Rational® Functional Tester to create functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use Rational Functional Tester to run the tests before you can view the test results.
  - Testing web applications
    You can test web applications in Rational® Functional Tester by using the industry-standard browsers such as Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. You can record Web UI tests and then play back the tests to evaluate the test results. You can also test the web applications on dual monitors when you extend the display of your computer to a secondary monitor.
  - Testing mobile applications
    You can test the Android or iOS mobile applications by recording and playing back mobile tests on Android devices or emulators, iOS mobile devices or simulators by using Rational® Functional Tester.
  - Testing Windows desktop applications
    You can configure the Windows applications to record and play back tests on the Windows desktop applications. You can also test the Windows applications on dual monitors when you extend the display of your computer to a secondary monitor.
  - Recording SAP tests
    When you record a test, the test creation wizard records your interactions with the SAP server, generates a test from the recording, and opens the test for editing. You can record tests from the SAP GUI. You can also record SAP batch input tests that can be used to produce a heavy load on the server while minimizing the processing requirements for virtual testers.
  - Working with Selenium or Appium tests
    You can manage your Selenium or Appium Java™ tests from the UI Test perspective, where you can import and modify the tests, add them to compound tests, and run them. You can also create new Appium Java tests from the Perfecto perspective on Windows™ and Mac OS, add the tests to compound tests, and run them. Perfecto is not currently supported on Linux®.
    - Importing Selenium or Appium Java tests
      You can import Selenium or Appium tests into Rational® Functional Tester. The tests are then displayed in the Test Navigator from where they can be modified and run. You can also add Selenium or Appium tests to a compound test, which is a combination of different kinds of tests that can be managed using Rational Functional Tester.
      - Importing a Selenium or Appium Java project into the UI Test perspective
        If you have an existing Java project that contains a Selenium or Appium test, you can import it into the UI Test perspective.
      - Importing a Selenium or Appium test into a Test Workbench project
        To work with an existing Selenium or Appium test, import it into a project in the Web UI Test perspective.
      - Adding a Selenium or Appium test to a compound test
        The product provides a one-stop testing environment to work with different types of tests such as Selenium, Appium, Web UI, and Functional tests. You can combine such different types of tests to form a single larger workflow, which is called a compound test. When you run a compound test, its constituent tests are run in the defined sequence. You can add Selenium tests to a compound test in the UI Test perspective.
    - Viewing and modifying Selenium or Appium tests
      You can view and modify Selenium or Appium tests that you have imported into the Web UI Test perspective.
    - Running Selenium or Appium tests
      You can run Selenium or Appium tests that you have imported into a Test Workbench project. You can also run a compound test to which you have added a Selenium or Appium test.
  - Compound tests
    You can create compound tests to help you organize smaller tests into scenarios that can then be run end-to-end. You can combine tests from different extensions to achieve end-to-end flow.
  - Accelerated Functional Tests
    When you create Web UI, mobile, or Windows tests, you can use the Accelerated Functional Test (AFT) feature in Rational® Functional Tester to distribute test effort during the play back of the recorded tests.
  - Working with keywords
    In Rational® Functional Tester, you can record and then associate Test Workbench tests with the keywords that are created in IBM® Rational Quality Manager. The keywords are used in manual tests in Rational Quality Manager. When you run a manual test that contains a keyword associated with a Rational Test Workbench test, the Test Workbench test is run on the workstation where the adapter has been started.
- Testing in the Functional Test perspective
  When you develop Java, HTML, or Terminal-based applications, you can use IBM® Rational® Functional Tester to create traditional functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use Rational Functional Tester to run the tests before you can view the test results.
- Extending the UI Test perspective with custom code
  You can use custom code to extend the default Web UI testing capabilities. You can write custom Java™ code and call the code from the test. You can also specify that results from the tests that are affected by your custom code to be included in reports.
- Extending the Functional Test perspective
  You can use custom code to extend the default functional testing capabilities. You can write custom code and call the code from the test. You can also specify that results from the tests that are affected by your custom code to be included in reports.
- Experimental Features
  Rational® Functional Tester contains a set of pre-releases that enable you to test various experimental features. These experimental features, while still in progress, are introduced early in the release to seek your feedback on its overall functionality and performance. You can play around with these capabilities before they are made available and supported as a general feature in an upcoming release.

Importing Selenium or Appium Java tests

You can import Selenium or Appium tests into Rational® Functional Tester. The tests are then displayed in the Test Navigator from where they can be modified and run. You can also add Selenium or Appium tests to a compound test, which is a combination of different kinds of tests that can be managed using Rational® Functional Tester.

From the UI Test perspective, you can:

Import existing Selenium or Appium Java projects.
Import a Selenium or Appium test into a Test Workbench project.
Add a Selenium or Appium test to a compound test.

You can view Selenium or Appium tests that you imported in the Test Navigator.

Note: If the Selenium or Appium test has a compilation error, the test does not show up in the External Tests folder of the Test Navigator view. You must fix the compilation error.