Rational® Functional Tester installation features

You can choose to install some of the features of Rational® Functional Tester. Some features are selected for installation by default. If a feature already exists in your shared resources directory, you cannot install that feature again.

Feature Description Selected for installation by default
Select Edition (Eclipse IDE) Provides an automated functional and regression testing of Windows®, .NET, Java™, HTML 5, Siebel, SAP, AJAX, PowerBuilder, Flex, Dojo, GEF, Visual Basic applications, Adobe® PDF documents, and zSeries®, iSeries®, and pSeries® applications through the Eclipse IDE. You can install a full licensed edition, which is available for Web UI testing. The .NET Framework 1.1 or 2.0 is required for testing Siebel and SAP applications. Yes
IBM® Rational® Functional Tester Extension for Selenium/Appium/Perfecto Mobile Provides the ability to run Perfecto JUnit tests (Appium framework) on a cloud Perfecto environment. Yes
Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET Integration Provides components to enable Visual Basic .NET scripting through the Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, 2017, or 2019 integrated development environment (IDE).
Note: Microsoft Visual Studio integration for Rational® Functional Tester might not get installed if the mandatory prerequisites are not installed, or if Microsoft Visual Studio is not installed properly. For more information, see Unable to install Rational® Functional Tester Extension for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, 2017 & 2019.
 No
Java 8 OpenJDK with Eclipse OpenJ9 Provides the Java 8.0 binaries required for Rational® Functional Tester.
Notes:
  • If you want to shell share Rational® Functional Tester along with other products that utilize OpenJDK, you must select Java 8 OpenJDK with Eclipse OpenJ9 for only one of the shell shared products. You must not install multiple instances of OpenJDK in the same package group.
  • The Windows Desktop Application Testing (Next Generation) option, which is a default selection, provides the necessary prerequisites to test the Windows desktop applications. The Developer mode is enabled automatically when you restart your computer, if it was not enabled earlier.
    After you install the product, the UI Test Agent runs automatically on your computer until you manually stop the UI Test Agent. Depending on the operating system of your computer, the UI Test Agent works as follows:
    • Windows: The UI Test Agent runs automatically and you can find the UI Test Agent in the system tray of your computer.
    • Linux: You must set the environment variable to run the UI Test Agent automatically. The UI Test Agent continues to run in the background. See the related information.
    • macOS: You must set the environment variable to run the UI Test Agent automatically. You can find the UI Test Agent on the toolbar of your computer. See the related information.
 Yes
Jazz Eclipse Client for Rational Team Concert/Rational Quality Manager Manages functional test assets using the Jazz source control management provided by the Jazz Eclipse Client.

You must have a compatible version of Rational Team Concert or Rational Quality Manager server setup to use the Jazz source control management. You must also have a platform that is also supported by the Rational Team Concert client.

 No
Note: Rational® Functional Tester supports integration with Rational® Quality Manager for remote execution of test scripts. You can enable Rational® Functional Tester integration with Rational® Quality Manager by configuring the adapter that is installed by default when you install Rational® Functional Tester. For more information, see Rational Quality Manager integration overview.