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Reference Guide
This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about Rational® Functional Tester.
Reference information for the UI Test perspective
In this section, you will learn all the reference or additional information about the Web UI Test perspective.

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.
- 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.
  - Reference information 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 test reference
      Read some of the reference topics about testing mobile applications.
  - Reference information for the Functional Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn all the reference or additional information about the Functional Test perspective.
  - Reference information for the Visual Studio IDE
  - Java API reference
    You can find the links to view the following API reference guides of IBM® 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.

Reference information for the UI Test perspective

In this section, you will learn all the reference or additional information about the Web UI Test perspective.