Linking Rational Integration Tester tests to HP Quality Center tests

Linking IBM® Rational® Integration Tester tests to HP Quality Center tests are simple and easy to do. With the IBM RIT Quick Link tool, you can effectively "import" multiple tests from Rational Integration Tester into HP Quality Center at once rather than having to link them one at a time. This tool is a significant time-saver.

Before you begin

You installed Rational Integration Tester and completed the setup of the HP Quality Center and IBM Rational Integration Tester integration. For more information about setting up the HP Quality Center to work with Rational Integration Tester, see Integrating Rational Integration Tester with HP Quality Center.

About this task

The RIT Quick Link tool is an application that you can use to generate tests in the HP Quality Center and to link them to tests in Rational Integration Tester. This process is the same as creating the tests one at a time and linking them to Rational Integration Tester tests from within the HP Quality Center client. With the tool, you can save time.

Procedure

Installing the tool

Locate the <Rational Integration Tester Installation Directory>\tools\HP folder.
Extract the server files to a temporary location.
- For setting up the RIT Quick Link tool on the HP ALM 11.0 server, extract the QualityCenterServerDist11.zip file.
- For setting up the RIT Quick Link tool on the HP ALM 11.5 or 12.0 server, extract the QualityCenterServerDist11_5.zip file.
Inside the compressed file, is another compressed file for the RIT Quick Link tool.
Extract the RIT Quick Link tool to a new temporary location.
- For the HP ALM 11.0 server, extract the RITQuickLinksTool11.zip file.
- For the HP ALM 11.5 or 12.0 server, extract the RITQuickLinksTool11_5.zip file.
Run setup.exe
This command installs and starts the tool, and adds IBM RIT Quick Link Tool to the Start menu under IBM Rational Integration Tester.

Tip: If a version of the RIT Quick Link tool is already installed, go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features to uninstall it.

If you do not already have Microsoft .NET 4.0, it is installed automatically for you.

Linking tests

From the Login page, enter the connection parameters for your HP Quality Center server and click Authenticate.
If you see an authentication error about TDConnection, you missed installing the HP ALM Connectivity Add-in. For more information about this add-in, see Installing the Connectivity Add-In on the clients.
Select the domain and project to create the tests in. Click Next to connect to that project in Rational Integration Tester.
From the Project page, select an existing Rational Integration Tester project or click Browse to select another project that contains the tests that you want to link to HP Quality Center tests. Click Next to load the Rational Integration Tester project.

Important: If the selected project is in a local drive or mapped network drive, you see a warning message. With users on different systems that use the created tests in the HP Quality Center, the project path must be the same for all systems that are running those tests. Use a shared drive or UNC path so that all users can run the linked tests from the HP Quality Center. For more information about setting up a shared folder, see Normalizing the location of Rational Integration Tester assets.
From the Assets page, select the tests and suites to link to HP Quality Center tests. You can select all tests and suites, only tests, only suites, or select specific assets. Click Next.

The tool generates all of the data to link a Rational Integration Tester asset to an HP Quality Center test. The number of selected assets determines how long it takes to complete.
When the process completes, click Next. If the selected HP Quality Center project has custom required test fields that are defined, the Default Field page opens. Otherwise, the HP Quality Center tests are created and linked to Rational Integration Tester assets.
Optional: From the Default Field page, enter values for any custom test fields that you defined for HP Quality Center tests. Without these values, the tool cannot create HP Quality Center tests. The fields are presented as close as possible to their presentation if they are created in the HP Quality Center.
- String fields use a text box. No mask validation is done.
- Number fields use a text box and ensure that a number is entered upon validation.
- Date fields use a date chooser control and select the current date by default.
- User List fields have a list with all the users. Lookup List fields have a list with the proper list values.
Click Next to validate the data.
Click Finish to close the tool.

Viewing the tests that are created in the HP Quality Center

Start HP Quality Center and log in to your project.
In the HP Quality Center client, the tests created show in the Test Plan section. Under the Subject folder, another folder is created with the name of the selected Rational Integration Tester project. If a folder with that name exists, a folder with that name and a number is created. Beneath this folder, the exact folder structure that shows in the Test Factory perspective in Rational Integration Tester shows. Only the selected Rational Integration Tester tests and suites are created. The tests and suites are in their respective folders in the HP Quality Center.

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