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You can learn to start using Rational® Functional Tester by reviewing the information in the Tutorials for the UI Test perspective and Functional Test perspective.
Tutorials for testing in the Functional Test perspective
You can use the tutorials to get started with testing in the Functional Test perspective in Rational® Functional Tester.
Get started with functional testing using simplified scripts
This tutorial introduces you to simplified test scripts and the application visuals and helps you get started with Rational® Functional Tester for testing applications. It uses a sample Java™ application that is installed with the product for functional testing.
Introduction: Get started with functional testing using simplified scripts
In this tutorial, you learn to create simplified test scripts, work with application visuals, and get started with functional testing. You review use cases for testing and performing basic functional testing operations. This tutorial uses the sample application provided with Rational® Functional Tester in performing all the tasks.

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
  You can learn to start using Rational® Functional Tester by reviewing the information in the Tutorials for the UI Test perspective and Functional Test perspective.
  - Tutorials for testing in the UI Test perspective
    You can use the tutorials to get started with testing in the UI Test perspective in Rational® Functional Tester.
  - Tutorials for testing in the Functional Test perspective
    You can use the tutorials to get started with testing in the Functional Test perspective in Rational® Functional Tester.
    - Get started with functional testing using simplified scripts
      This tutorial introduces you to simplified test scripts and the application visuals and helps you get started with Rational® Functional Tester for testing applications. It uses a sample Java™ application that is installed with the product for functional testing.
      - Introduction: Get started with functional testing using simplified scripts
        In this tutorial, you learn to create simplified test scripts, work with application visuals, and get started with functional testing. You review use cases for testing and performing basic functional testing operations. This tutorial uses the sample application provided with Rational® Functional Tester in performing all the tasks.
      - Lesson 1: Set up Rational® Functional Tester
        IBM provides a Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) that is installed and enabled for testing Java applications. Use this JRE for the tutorial. When you want to test your own Java or HTML applications, run the enabler and configure your environments and applications. For more information about these setup tasks, see the Getting Started with Rational® Functional Tester wizard in the First Steps section of the product Welcome. For now, you do not need to do anything to use the preconfigured JRE to continue.
      - Lesson 2: Record a simplified test script
        In this lesson, you record a simplified test script by using the recorder to test the Java application that is installed with the product.
      - Lesson 3: Perform a data-driven test
        In this lesson, you insert data-driven actions into the test script and populate a dataset with the data from the sample application.
      - Lesson 4: Create a verification point with a dataset reference
        In this lesson, you create a verification point with a dataset reference to check that the price for the CD is correct in the ClassicsCD application.
      - Lesson 5: Add data to the dataset
        In this lesson, you add data to the dataset to test the ClassicsCD sample application by placing more orders for the CD.
      - Lesson 6: Play back the test script
        In this lesson, you play back the script and look at some parts of the application interface. Because the script you recorded is the active script, that script plays back when you click the playback button.
      - Lesson 7: Edit the simplified script by using the application visuals
        In this lesson, you learn to edit the simplified script by using the application visuals.
      - Lesson 8: Insert Java custom code
        You can switch to Java scripting if you want to insert Java codes to perform additional operations such as extending an API or any functions that cannot be performed directly in the simplified script editor.
      - Summary: Get started with functional testing using simplified scripts
        This tutorial has shown you how to set up Rational® Functional Tester for testing, recording and playing back simplified scripts, creating verification points, performing data-driven tests, and editing the scripts using the application visuals.
    - Create a functional test using Java scripts
      This Rational® Functional Tester tutorial walks you through the major use cases for creating and playing back functional tests that use Java scripts. This comprehensive tutorial uses a sample Java™ application that is installed with the product.
    - Perform a data-driven functional test using Java scripts
      In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a data-driven functional test using the Rational® Functional Tester data-driven test wizard.
    - Test Adobe Flex application
      This tutorial walks you through the steps to enable your Adobe Flex application, and test the enabled Flex application from a local test computer using Rational® Functional Tester. The steps are based on the roles that Flex developers and testers perform.
    - Test GEF applications
      The movies in this tutorial show you how to use Rational® Functional Tester to test applications that are based on the Graphical Editing Framework (GEF). It also shows how Rational Functional Tester works with GEF objects.
    - Extend Rational® Functional Tester capabilities using Proxy SDK
      The movies in this tutorial show you how to extend the Rational® Functional Tester proxies using the proxy SDK.
- 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.
- 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.

Introduction: Get started with functional testing using simplified scripts

In this tutorial, you learn to create simplified test scripts, work with application visuals, and get started with functional testing. You review use cases for testing and performing basic functional testing operations. This tutorial uses the sample application provided with Rational® Functional Tester in performing all the tasks.

The tutorial is divided into eight lessons that must be completed in sequence for the tutorial to work correctly.

Learning objectives

You learn how to perform these tasks:

Create functional test projects
Record simplified test scripts
Data-drive a functional test
Work with verification points
Use application visuals
Modify simplified test scripts
Insert custom code
Play back test scripts

Time required

This tutorial requires approximately 60 minutes to finish. If you explore other concepts related to this tutorial, it might take longer to complete.

Skill level

This is an introductory tutorial. Typically, users with little or no experience with Rational® Functional Tester can perform the tasks.