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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.
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.

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.
    - 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.
      - Introduction: Perform a data-driven functional test using Java scripts
        In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a data-driven test using a variety of realistic data to test the application with the Rational® Functional Tester data-driver wizard.
      - Lesson 1: Create a project and record a test script
        In this lesson, you will use the Classics CD sample application to create a new project and start recording a test to verify that the sample application correctly totals the amount of music CDs purchased.
      - Lesson 2: Data-drive a test
        In this lesson, you will use the data-driver to populate a dataset with data from the sample application. A dataset is a collection of related data records. A dataset supplies data values to the variables in a test script during test script playback.
      - Lesson 3: Add descriptive headings to the data
        In this lesson, you will add descriptive headings to the dataset you created in the previous lesson. Descriptive headings make it easier to add data to the dataset.
      - 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 will add data to the dataset to test the ClassicsCD sample application by placing more orders for the CD.
      - Lesson 6: Play back the test
        In this lesson, you will play back the test you just recorded to see how easy it is to use a variety of data from a dataset to test the application.
      - Summary: Create a data-driven test
        This tutorial has shown you how to create a data-driven test.
    - 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
  You can find the sample project that you can use 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.

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.

Data-driven testing puts a layer of abstraction between the data and the test script, eliminating literal values in the test script. Because data is in a dataset and separated from the test script, you can:

Modify test data without affecting the test script
Add new test cases by modifying the data, not the test script
Share the test data with many test scripts

Learning objectives

After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:

Create a project and record a Java test script
Data-drive a test
Add descriptive headings to the data
Create a verification point with a dataset reference
Add data to the dataset
Play back the test

Time required

30 minutes.