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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.
Extending the Functional Test perspective
In this section, you will learn how to use custom code to extend the default functional test capabilities as per your requirements.

Rational Functional Tester
- Release Notes
  This document contains information about what's new, installation instructions, known problems in and contact information of IBM Customer Support.
- System Requirements
  This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for IBM® Rational® Functional Tester.
- Getting Started
  This guide provides an overview and describes 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 Rational® Functional Tester.
- Samples
  This section describes about the sample project which can be used with Rational® Functional Tester to test the functionality of an application.
- Administrator Guide
  This guide describes how to install IBM® Rational® Functional Tester software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
- 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 with UI Test perspective
    This section provides you the information about the tasks that you can perform to test the web, Windows, native and hybrid mobile applications. You can configure the applications in a common web interface, and then use the configured applications to record tests. You can also edit the recorded tests to modify the test details as required.
  - Testing with Functional Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn how to record and edit the traditional functional tests for Java, HTML, and Terminal-based applications.
  - Extending the UI Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn how to use custom code to extend the default Web UI capabilities as per your requirements.
  - Extending the Functional Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn how to use custom code to extend the default functional test capabilities as per your requirements.
    - Rational® Functional Tester proxy SDK
      Extend automated functional testing support for your application's user interface controls.
    - Customizing a script template
      Rational® Functional Tester uses its default script templates to format and provide basic information when you create a script. You can customize the information and format by customizing the script templates.
    - Using the API to edit functional test scripts
      These topics describe how you can take advantage of the Rational® Functional Tester application programming interface (API) or the scripting framework to make changes to functional test scripts. As a general rule, the modifications that you make with the scripting SDK, should emulate as closely as possible, the user interactions to test with the application-under-test.
  - 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.
- Test Execution Specialist Guide
  This guide describes how to automate 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 Rational® Test Control Panel.
- Test Manager Guide
  This guide describes how to 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
  This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with Rational® Functional Tester.
- Reference Guide
  This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about Rational® Functional Tester.
- Security Considerations
  This document describes the actions that you can take 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.

Extending the Functional Test perspective

In this section, you will learn how to use custom code to extend the default functional test capabilities as per your requirements.

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