Release notes for IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server

This document includes information about What’s new, installation and upgrade instructions, known issues, and contact information of IBM Customer Support.

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Product description

You can find the description of IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server.

Rational® Test Automation Server is a server that includes capabilities such as project and role-based security, Docker-based distribution and installation, and running of test cases. For more information about the server, see IBM Rational Test Automation Server overview.

What's new

You can find information about the features introduced in this release of Rational® Test Automation Server.

The following sections list the new features, enhancements or other changes made in this release.
  • Support to export test results to a Jira Xray project

    When you use Atlassian Jira as a change management system on Rational® Test Automation Server and you use Xray as the test management application in Jira, you can now integrate Xray with Rational® Test Automation Server. With this integration, you can export the test results of the tests that run on Rational® Test Automation Server to an issue in your Jira Xray project. You can then view and use the test results in your project in Jira.

    See Integration with Xray test management for Jira.

  • Configuring Azure DevOps as a change management system

    You can now add Azure DevOps as a change management system on Rational® Test Automation Server, if you use Azure DevOps to create and monitor defects or bugs, issues, or other work items. After you configure Azure DevOps on Rational® Test Automation Server, you can create work items for the test runs from Rational® Test Automation Server and view the created work items on Azure DevOps by clicking the links within Rational® Test Automation Server.

    See Configuration of Azure DevOps as a change management system.

  • Support for HCL® Compass as a change management system

    You can now create HCL® Compass records for the tests that you run on Rational® Test Automation Server, after you configure the HCL® Compass server as a change management system on Rational® Test Automation Server.

    See Configuration of HCL Compass as a change management system.

  • Copying of the generated keys individually

    When you configured Atlassian Jira as a change management system on Rational® Test Automation Server, you were able to copy the public and consumer keys in a single action. However, it was difficult to differentiate the keys when you pasted them in the individual fields on the Jira server configuration page. You can now copy the public and consumer keys separately and use them to configure the Jira server.

  • Support to create defects on tests run by other project members

    Previously, you were able to create defects only on tests that you ran on Rational® Test Automation Server. You can now create defects in the change management system configured in your project on tests that are run by other project members too.

  • Enhanced publishing of association changes in the system model

    Previously, you were able to publish the changes made to the component associations with test resources in the system model from the Author > Changes page. You can now review and publish the association or dissociation changes of test resources with components in a system model from the System Model page. You can use the Image of the publish icon. icon on the System Model page to publish the association changes.

  • Viewing results data in Grafana

    By using the Grafana plug-in for Rational® Test Automation Server, you can retrieve and explore test log data for tests run from Rational® Test Automation Server on the Grafana dashboard. See Test results data in Grafana.

Deprecated capabilities

You can find information about the capabilities that are deprecated in this release and are planned for a removal in a future release.
Note: You can contact the IBM Support team if you have any concerns.
  • No capabilities were deprecated in this release.

Removed capabilities

No capabilities were removed in this release.

Installing and upgrading

You can find information about the installation and upgrade instructions for Rational® Test Automation Server.

Installing Rational® Test Automation Server

For instructions about installing the software, see Installation of the server software.

Upgrading of Rational® Test Automation Server

For instructions about upgrading the software, see Server software upgrade methods.

Known issues

You can find information about the known issues identified in this release of Rational® Test Automation Server.

Table 1. Release documents - Fix list and known issues
Product Download document Knowledge Base
Rational® Test Automation Server Release document Knowledge articles

Known problems are documented in the download document for each product and in the form of individual technotes in the Support Knowledge Base:

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

Contacting IBM Rational Software Support

You can find information about Contacting IBM Rational Software Support.

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

  • For personalized support that includes notifications of significant upgrades, subscribe to Product notification.

  • Before you contact IBM Rational Software Support, you must gather the background information that you might need to describe your problem. When you describe 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.