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Rational Test Workbench Eclipse Client 8.7.1

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Abstract

Rational Test Workbench Eclipse Client (RTWec) 8.7.1 has been made generally available and contains new features as well as fixes for client-reported and internally found defects

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Table of Contents
Sections Description

The Change history section provides an overview on what is new in this release with a description of any new functions or enhancements when applicable.

The How critical is this fix section provides information related to the impact of this release to allow you to assess how your environment may be affected.

The Prerequisites section provides important information to review prior to the installation of this release.

The Download package section provides the direct link to obtain the download package for installation in your environment.

The Installation instructions section provides the installation instructions necessary to apply this release into your environment.

The Known side effects section contains a link to the known problems (open defects) identified at the time of this release.
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Document Description

Click to review the detailed system requirements information for a complete list of hardware requirements, supported operating systems, prerequisites and optional supported software, with component-level details and operating system restrictions.

IBM Knowledge Center provides an entry point to product documentation. You can view, browse, and search online information related to the product.

Click to review a complete list of the defects (APARs) resolved in this release including a list of resolved defects for the entire version family.

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Prerequisites

Prerequisites include:

Version of IBM Installation Manager required: IBM Installation Manager 1.8.1 or later.

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Installation Instructions

Due to changes in IBM Eclipse 4.4, you cannot use the Update feature in IBM Installation Manager to update previous versions of the product to v8.7.1 or newer. You must first uninstall the previous version and then perform a fresh installation.

Review the Planning the installation page in the IBM Knowledge Center.

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If you are entitled for Rational Test Workbench Eclipse Client and need to download your software from Passport Advantage, perform the following steps:

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How critical is this fix?

Impact Assessment
Impact Description

Recommended

This is a service release. It contains new features as well as fixes for client-reported and internally found defects.

Test Results

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Definitions

Regression: An error in the Maintenance Delivery Vehicle (MDV) that produces incorrect or unexpected behavior causing a supported feature to stop functioning as designed.
This includes:

  • Coding errors that cause a regression
  • Documentation or packaging problems that cause a regression
  • Errors reported in a new function delivered in a MDV that cause a regression

Incomplete: An error in the MDV has not regressed, but does not work as designed.
This includes:

  • Fixed APARs which did not solve the original problem but did not break anything new
  • APARs reporting documentation errors, such as readme errors, that cause problems applying an MDV but do not lead to a regression

Notes:
  • Regression and incomplete APARs are considered fix-in-error or MDV-in-error
  • Definitions above apply only to valid APARs that result in product fixes (APARs returned as working-as-designed are not assessed for being fix-in-error)
  • Issues in major releases due to new functionality do not apply in this definition

There are no known regressions to report.

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Problems Solved

Defects resolved

Click the Fix List link in the table of contents above to review a list of the problems solved in this release.

Known Side Effects

Review the following list of known issues and open defects:

Open defects

Review the following list of open defects for Rational Test Workbench on the IBM Support Portal page.

Review technote 1461170: Open APARs for Rational products available on the Web for information on how to configure your MyNotifications subscription account and subscribe to the APARs you are interested in following.

Known Limitations

Core

  • If you install Rational Test Workbench Eclipse Client on Macintosh OS, the IBM Rational Quality Manager and IBM Rational Team Concert Jazz clients are not available with the installer. To use the Jazz clients on Macintosh, you must download the P2 update site compressed files from www.jazz.net and install them using the native Eclipse client.
  • Ability to initiate Rational Test Workbench tests from IBM UrbanCode Deploy is supported only for Microsoft Windows and Linux computers. The feature is not supported on Macintosh computers.

Limitations in Mobile extension

Limitations with iOS 8 support

  • iOS 8 support on physical devices is currently limited to manual tests of a single app. This iOS limitation exists on iOS 8, iOS 8.0.1, and iOS 8.0.2. You can implement test automation scenarios using the native client running in an iOS Simulator or upgrade the device to iOS 8.1.1 or later. Full support for automated testing on iOS 8 devices is dependent on Apple's response to a defect filed against iOS 8.
  • Windows users must use the command line or iTunes to install instrumented apps on iOS 8 or later devices. Installing instrumented apps using the test workbench UI on a Windows computer is not currently supported on iOS 8 or later devices.
  • Web app testing on iOS 8 devices and simulators require at least the 8.6.1 version of the IBM Rational Mobile Web Recorder.
  • iOS 8 support requires the most recent version of iTunes.
  • When you use the Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Client on iOS simulators, the mobile test client do not display the iOS version. Instead, it displays the version number of Macintosh operating system.
  • If a Web UI test with a loop is played back on an iOS device using the Chrome browser, after the first loop completes, the browser opens an empty tab due to which the Rational Test Workbench web client switches to non-passive state. For the next loop to start, the user has to manually set the device to passive mode.

Mobile performance testing limitations:

  • Resource monitoring is supported only when the test run is initiated from the Rational Test Workbench Eclipse client.
  • Resource monitoring is not supported with the iOS native client of Rational Test Workbench Mobile Client on simulators. However, iOS web client can be used to test on both devices and simulators.
  • Resource monitoring is not supported for apps that invoke other apps or processes during test execution.

Mobile performance resource monitoring counters limitations:

  • A counter indicating battery level is available only at the device level.
  • A counter indicating virtual memory is available only for the application being tested.
  • Application-specific network data for Android apps is supported on Android 4.4.2 and later on only mobile devices.
  • Application-specific network data for iOS apps is captured based only on the most commonly used network communication APIs, and not all APIs.

Limitations in Web UI extension

The following actions are not supported in both Web UI recording and playback:

  • Controls inside frames are not supported for web browsers accessed from a computer
  • Shortcut keyboard keys
  • Scroll bar action in the web browser
  • Context menu action
  • Native browser dialog boxes

The following actions are not supported in Web UI recording, but you can add them manually in the test editor for a successful playback:

  • Back and Forward browser navigation action
  • Mouse hover action
  • Playback is not supported on a browser window that is launched with the showModalDialog API.
  • Sometimes the playback of a multiwindow test fails to execute on Internet Explorer. This limitation is observed primarily after you switch from the second window to the first and click a link in the first window.
  • Sometimes the playback on the Google Chrome browser displays an Internal Error. The Problem Determination log in Eclipse has references to "StaleElementException."
  • Sometimes the playback on Internet Explorer shows an Internal Error. The Problem Determination log in Eclipse has references to "Unable to get browser."
  • Sometimes the application under test becomes unresponsive during record/playback time. This happens primarily if the application refreshes regularly using Ajax requests.
  • The Web UI extension is not supported on a Turkish Macintosh computer.
  • Although recording in multiple windows in the Apple Safari browser is supported, playback in multiple Windows is not supported. For example, when recording in the primary browser window, you might click a button or link that opens a secondary browser window. The Web UI recorder can record actions in both windows but playback will fail.
  • Using multiple monitors with workbench running on one monitor and browser on another for an extended view is not supported.
  • Due to a limitation in the Selenium web driver, the Web UI extension does not support JavaScript alerts in the Apple Safari web browser.

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Change History


What's new

Core

Full support for Eclipse 4.4, including the ability to shell share with other components of IBM Rational Test Workbench v.8.7.1, including Rational Functional Tester and Rational Performance Tester.

Mobile

Support for testing iOS applications developed with the Swift programming language.

Support for filtering in the Application Editor to show which applications have or do not have associated test scripts.

Support for identifying a step target using an image as the main property. See Modifying a step target using an image as the main property.

Support for using a property in a test other than the generated one to identify an element. See Modifying the property used to identify an object in a test script.

Drag and drop support in the test editor to make it easier to reference a stable object, such as a date, that can be found easily during playback. See Setting object location conditions in a test script.

Ability to specify that an action will be executed only once after an Android app has been installed (Responsive Design condition). This allows support for features that are executed only once after a new installation, such as help overlays. See Creating Responsive Design conditions in a test Creating Responsive Design conditions in a test.

Ability to specify which Android WebView will by the target of subsequent web instructions when there is more than one WebView on the page.

Support for the jQuery DatePicker object in hybrid apps.

Web UI

Support for recording a Web UI test on a locally running browser instance. See Recording a Web UI test by using a running a running browser instance.

Support for the latest versions of the supported web browsers and JQuery UI.

Support for load testing a Web UI test in the Cloud. See Running Web UI load tests in the cloud.

Support for allowing a new recording to be inserted into an existing test. See Recording Web UI steps for an existing test.

Support for recording and playing back JavaScript pop-up windows, such as alert dialog boxes and confirmation and prompt messages. In previous releases, gestures on these objects had to be entered manually.

Enhanced label identification for HTML 5 controls, such as Edit Text Fields, so that these visual labels are now captured as a property whenever possible. Otherwise, the control is identified based on other properties, such as Content, ID, Type, and so on.


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Problems (APARS) fixed
PI23775;PI23910;PI33036;PI33066;PI34794;PI35150;PM99817;PM99821

Document Information

Modified date:
20 July 2018

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swg24040456

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