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Administrator guide
Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
Installing
In this section, you will learn about two ways to install the product. In the first approach, you use an executable file to directly install the product in an easy manner. In the second approach, you download and install IBM® Installation Manager and then use that tool to install the product.
Installing the product using IBM® Installation Manager
In this section, you will learn the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation tasks to install the product by using IBM® Installation Manager.
Planning the installation
Read all the topics in this section before you begin to install or update any of the product features. Effective planning and an understanding of the key aspects of the installation process can help ensure a successful installation.
Installation considerations
Part of planning entails making decisions about installation locations, working with other applications, extending Eclipse, upgrading, migrating, and configuring help content.
Planning what features to install
You can customize your software product by selecting which features of HCL OneTest™ UI to install.

Rational® Functional Tester
- Release Notes
  This document contains information about new features, system requirements, and known limitations in HCL OneTest™ UI.
- Getting Started Guide
  This guide provides an overview of Rational® Functional Tester. You can find the task flows to get you started with Rational Functional Tester. This guide is intended for new users.
- Tutorials
  This section contains the tutorials which explains the main features of HCL OneTest™ UI.
- Samples
  This section describes about the sample project which can be used with HCL OneTest™ UI to test the functionality of an application.
- Administrator guide
  Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
  - Installing
    In this section, you will learn about two ways to install the product. In the first approach, you use an executable file to directly install the product in an easy manner. In the second approach, you download and install IBM® Installation Manager and then use that tool to install the product.
    - Installation requirements
      This section details hardware, software, and user privilege requirements that must be met in order to successfully install and run HCL OneTest™ UI.
    - Installing the product using IBM® Installation Manager
      In this section, you will learn the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation tasks to install the product by using IBM® Installation Manager.
      - Installation terminology
        Understanding these terms can help you take full advantage of the installation information and your HCL OneTest™ UI.
      - Planning the installation
        Read all the topics in this section before you begin to install or update any of the product features. Effective planning and an understanding of the key aspects of the installation process can help ensure a successful installation.
        Installation roadmap
        The installation roadmap lists the high-level steps for installing your product.
        Installation Manager overview
        IBM® Installation Manager is a program for installing, updating, and modifying packages. It helps you manage the applications, or packages, that it installs on your computer. Installation Manager does more than install packages: It helps you keep track of what you have installed, determine what is available for you to install, and organize installation directories.
        Installation considerations
        Part of planning entails making decisions about installation locations, working with other applications, extending Eclipse, upgrading, migrating, and configuring help content.
        Planning what features to install
        You can customize your software product by selecting which features of HCL OneTest™ UI to install.
        HCL OneTest™ UI installation features
        You can choose to install some of the features of HCL OneTest™ UI. Some features are selected for installation by default. If a feature already exists in your shared resources directory, you cannot install that feature again.
        Extending an existing Eclipse IDE
        When you install the HCL OneTest™ UI product package, you can choose to extend an Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE) already installed on your computer by adding the functions that the HCL OneTest UI package contains.
        Installation repositories
        IBM® Installation Manager retrieves product packages from specified repository locations.
      - Preinstallation tasks
        Before you install the product, you might need to prepare or configure your computer.
      - Installing software
        This section provides the instructions for installing IBM® Installation Manager and the product as well as installation verification.
      - Post-installation tasks
        After you have installed your product package, complete the post-installation tasks or configure your product package as required.
      - Installation in the shell sharing mode
        You can install Rational® Functional Tester in the same package group with the other supported Eclipse-based products. These products share a common environment, or they are shell shared. Shell shared products have a common installation directory, <install_directory>\IBM\SDP. Rational Functional Tester installs as a perspective in the UI of the product with which it is shell-shared.
      - Modifying installations
        The Modify Packages wizard in the IBM® Installation Manager enables you to change the language and feature selections of an installed product package. You can also use the Modify Packages wizard to install new features that might be included in a package update, such as a refresh pack.
      - Uninstalling HCL OneTest™ UI
        The Uninstall Packages option in the Installation Manager enables you to uninstall packages from a single installation location. You can also uninstall all the installed packages from every installation location.
    - Upgrading and migrating
      No upgrade is supported from the previous version of the product to the current version. You must uninstall the product and install the current version.
  - Starting HCL OneTest™ UI from the command line
    You can start HCL OneTest™ UI from the desktop environment or a command-line interface.
  - Integrations in Web UI Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Web UI Test perspective.
  - Integrations in Functional Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Functional Test perspective.
- Test Author guide
  As a test author, you are responsible to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
- Test Execution Specialist guide
  A test executor automates the playback of the tests by using different methods such as Docker, IBM Cloud Private, Jenkins and so on. The test results can be pushed to HCL Quality Server.
- Test Manager guide
  As a test manager, you can keep track of the performance of the application by evaluating the test results. Following topics cover how you can work with the test results.
- Troubleshooting
  While working with HCL OneTest™ UI, you might encounter some problems that you can easily troubleshoot. The topics in this section address some of these problems.
- Reference
  Use these additional topics to gain more knowledge about the product.
- All Guides (PDF)
  You can find the link to view or download the content of the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides of IBM® Rational® Functional Tester as a PDF file.
- Security Considerations
  You can take certain actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.
- Notices
  This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

Planning what features to install

You can customize your software product by selecting which features of HCL OneTest™ UI to install.

When you install the HCL OneTest™ UI product package by using IBM® Installation Manager, the installation wizard displays the features in the available product package. From the features list, you can select which to install. A default set of features is selected for you (including any required features). Installation Manager automatically enforces any dependencies between features and prevents you from clearing any required features.

Note: After you finish installing the package, you can still add or remove features from your software product by running the Modify Packages wizard in Installation Manager. See Modifying installations for more information.