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Reference Guide
This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about Rational® Functional Tester.
Reference for the UI Test perspective
In this section, you will learn all the reference or additional information about the Web UI Test perspective.
Mobile test preferences
You can change the Mobile Test preference settings.
UI Test Application Editor preference
This setting is applicable when the same integrated development environment is used to develop and test an application. Developers who use the Eclipse integrated environment and the Android Developer Tools (ADT) can use this setting to quickly modify and re-test an application during the development process itself.

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 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 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.
- 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.
  - Reference for the UI Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn all the reference or additional information about the Web UI Test perspective.
    - Mobile test preferences
      You can change the Mobile Test preference settings.
      - Mobile web testing preferences
        The Mobile web testing preferences control how the information are displayed in the Mobile test editor and the Mobile data view.
      - UI Test Application Editor preference
        This setting is applicable when the same integrated development environment is used to develop and test an application. Developers who use the Eclipse integrated environment and the Android Developer Tools (ADT) can use this setting to quickly modify and re-test an application during the development process itself.
    - Mobile test reference
      Read some of the reference topics about testing mobile applications.
  - Reference for the Functional Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn all the reference or additional information about the Functional Test perspective.
- 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.

UI Test Application Editor preference

This setting is applicable when the same integrated development environment is used to develop and test an application. Developers who use the Eclipse integrated environment and the Android Developer Tools (ADT) can use this setting to quickly modify and re-test an application during the development process itself.

Context: The Keep only the latest version of the build for the currently worked on application version option is available from the test workbench toolbar (Window > Preferences > Test > UI Test > UI Test Application editor).

Keep only the last application for a version: When this preference is selected, an application that is modified and then built by using the Run as > Test with options, is instrumented and the latest build of the application is added to the workbench. Thus, by using this setting, you replace any previous build of the same version of the application by the latest builds. The test suites that were created from the previous build of the same version of the application are automatically associated with the new build.; If the preference is not selected, when you run a build for a modified application by using the Run as > Test with options, a message is displayed to indicate that test suites referencing other versions of the same application have been found. You must click Preview to open a refactoring wizard and click Finish to start refactoring. After they are refactored, the test suites will be used with the new version of the application.