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Rational Manual Tester (RMT)
Detailed Introduction – to help you Start with the tool in just 2 hours
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Vivek S. Buzruk
Rational GSAT
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Introducing Rational Manual Tester (RMT)
Creating RMT Test Script
RMT Test Script Enhancements
Executing RMT Test Script
Summary and Next Steps
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Introducing Rational Manual Tester (RMT)
Creating RMT Test Script
RMT Test Script Enhancements
Executing RMT Test Script
Summary and Next Steps
Before you start using IBM Rational Manual Tester (RMT), ensure Test Plans and
Test Cases are available.
Rational Manual Tester helps in creating, maintaining and, if required, executing
the test scripts of the test cases.
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Benefits of Using Rational Manual Tester (RMT)
Test Activity Rational Manual Tester Benefit: Save time…
Feature
Create tests Reuse of common test Authoring tests
content
Execute tests Execution assistance, Typing in the AUT; Comparing
verification assistance actual results to expected results
Report test results Export test results Tabulating test results for reporting
Maintain tests Reuse of common test Updating many tests
content
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Rational Manual Tester – Preview and An Example
Test Script for
Manual Execution
What you see here is a outline for the test script statements and the test script statements.
Subsequently, if possible, test script in Rational Manual Tester (RMT) may be partially or
fully automated using test automation tool like RFT, RPT or Robot.
With RMT, you and the test team become more organized than using Excel or Word
Document to maintain the test scripts and test execution results. Review Last slide for
Benefits…. REMEMBER – RMT test scripts follow the same cycle of development as used to write a
test script in Excel or Word, but its features increase efficiency in test script maintenance,… and team
usage.
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Rational Manual Tester Main Window
Menu and Toolbars
Recent Files Tab
Authoring Editor Reuse View
Outline View
The Authoring Editor, displays a test script. Use the Authoring
Editor to create (author) new test scripts and to maintain
(update) existing test scripts.
The Outline view, provides a hierarchical representation
corresponding to the active script (the script currently displayed
in the Authoring Editor). Use the Outline view to organize a Properties View
script by moving and grouping statements as needed. Also,
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Rational Manual Tester Terminology
Rational Manual Tester Test script – A document, a file with .rmt extension, contains all of the
statements required to document and execute a test procedure.
Statement (four types)
Step
Test Script
Group
Verification Point
Reporting Point
Verification Point
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Test Yourself
Questions:
How do you relate Test script to a Test Case?
How do you relate Test Script to a Use-Case Scenario?
Answers:
One or more test scripts for a test case.
One or more test scripts for a use-case scenario.
Find the Answers:
What is the difference in RMT’s Test Script and one written in
Word or Excel?
What benefits you see of organizing a Test Script in RMT?
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Topics
Introducing Rational Manual Tester (RMT)
Creating RMT Test Script
RMT Test Script Enhancements
Executing RMT Test Script
Summary and Next Steps
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Review: Rational Manual Tester Terminology
Rational Manual Tester Test script – A document, a file with .rmt extension, contains all of the
statements required to document and execute a test procedure.
Statement (four types)
Step
Test Script
Group
Verification Point
Reporting Point
Verification Point
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Creating Script: Using the Authoring Editor
Placeholder
Text
Start Rational Manual Tester and if available, Application Under Test (AUT).
….
Begin typing over placeholder text.
The icon indicates statement type.
Press Enter to create the
next statement. Statement
Type Icon
Press Ctrl+Enter to Authoring
advance to the Editor
next line of the
same statement
(soft line return).
In the end, Save the script and name it inline with the test
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Understanding Statements: About Steps
Icon:
What: An instruction for the tester (User action for the tester to perform in the AUT)
Why: To document the test procedure
When: Any time the tester is supposed to do something
Examples:
Click the OK button.
In the Quantity box, type 2.
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Understanding Statements: About Groups
Icon:
What: A section of a test (group folder and contained statements)
Why:
To group related statements together
To break a large test into logical sections with headings
To reuse statements more efficiently
When: Any time two or more statements are commonly used together
to achieve a single result
Example:
Provide Payment Information
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Understanding Statements: About Verification Points (VPs)
Icon:
What: A point in a test at which the tester observes a specific state or behavior in the AUT
Why: To document the behavior of the AUT
When: Any time the tester is supposed check for an expected state or behavior in the AUT
Example:
Verify that the Place an Order window opens.
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Understanding Statements: About Reporting Points (RPs)
Icon:
What: A point in a test at which the tester evaluates the AUT’s performance within a specified
scope
Why:
To document the behavior of the AUT over an entire function or scenario
To document the tester’s subjective assessment of a tested function or an entire test
To document the overall results of multiple steps, groups, and VPs
When: Any time the tester is supposed to provide summary results or make a
subjective assessment
Example:
Verify that the Name box
displays Sonia Evans.
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Introducing Rational Manual Tester (RMT)
Creating RMT Test Script
RMT Test Script Enhancements
Adding Images
Associating Data Entry Text
Associating Expected Text.
Reuse
Executing RMT Test Script
Summary and Next Steps
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Rational Manual Tester – Preview and An Example
Embedding an
Image in the
Test Script.
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Using Images in Statements
Step: Image indicates what the tester should do.
Verification point: Image indicates what the tester should see.
Example: “Verify that the ClassicsCD window opens.”
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Inserting an Image
1. Position the cursor in Test
Script and Click Capture > Image.
2. Select an
image type.
3. With the pointer, select what you want to include
in the image.
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More on Screen Captures and Graphics
Region on the screen
Select an area to capture.
Window, Dialog, etc.
Select a window or dialog box to
capture.
Picture of the entire screen
Capture the entire contents of your
monitor screen.
Graphic file on disk
Select an existing graphic image file to
insert (.gif or .jpg).
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Associated Data Entry Text
Associate text with step during test script authoring
Paste text during test execution (instead of typing)
Benefits:
Increased data entry efficiency
Reduced human error
Improved consistency:
Among testers
Across tests
Across test runs
Across test runs against different AUT builds
Use with long strings of characters:
Credit card numbers
Authorization codes
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Associating Data Entry Text
Type text into script statement.
Select and copy (Ctrl+C) text.
Click Capture > Data for Insert.
Click OK.
Blue barrel in icon
represents
associated text.
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Associated Expected Text
Associate expected text with a verification point or reporting point during test script
authoring
Have Rational Manual Tester compare the expected text to actual text during test
execution
Benefits:
Quicker verification
Easier than visual comparison
More reliable, especially with long strings of characters
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Associating Expected Text
In the AUT, select the text to be verified.
Copy (Ctrl+C) the selected text.
Click Capture > Data for Compare.
Click OK.
Blue barrel in icon
represents
associated text.
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Alternative: Using the Properties View to Associate Text
Associate data entry text by typing or pasting text into the Paste Data
property.
Associate expected text by typing or pasting text into the Compare Data property.
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Review and Try
Review the earlier Sections
Start Rational Manual Tester and try the specified features for one of
the Application Under Test.
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Reuse View
Use as a repository for reusable content (groups and individual statements)
Create reuse folders to organize reusable statements
Choose single or multiple select
Drag into Outline View
Link by reference or make local
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Make Statement Reusable Example
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Reused Statements in Script
Has shaded background (pale gray)
Local
Shows arrow in lower left corner of icon Statement
Must be edited Reused
in source script Statement
Reflects changes
to source content
immediately
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Making a Reused Statement Local
Click Edit > Make Statement Local.
Group statement includes group contents.
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Topics
Introducing Rational Manual Tester (RMT)
Creating RMT Test Script
RMT Test Script Enhancements
Executing RMT Test Script
Manual Test Execution
Test Execution Log
Export Test Results
Summary and Next Steps
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Run Test Script View
Guides tester through test script Learn to
resize and set
Highlights current statement the
Collects results for test log transparency
level of Run
Allows user to define transparency Test Script
view.
Run Test Script Toolbar Apply Result
Result
Current Statement Test Script Properties View
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Executing a Test
(If you have AUT, start it first ) and then Click Run > Run Script.
Follow script:
Press Alt+Tab to switch between AUT and Run Test Script view.
Paste (press Ctrl+V) and Compare associated text.
3. Apply the result of each statement executed.
4. Save test results and end test.
Save the test results Skip to next Verification Compare Copied Text to
and end the test Point or Reporting Point Expected text
Submit Defect
Capture an image to associate Pause and
with the current statement Return to Script
Select any statement to add comment.
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Click Apply or press Enter for Step statement, for failure submit defect.
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Associated Text
Associated Text
Blue barrel indicates
associated text
Data entry text is associated with the Expected text is associated with the
current step current verification point or reporting
point
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Pasting Data Entry Text
1. Place cursor in data entry box in AUT.
Paste (Ctrl+V) associated data.
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Comparing Actual Text to Expected Text
Copy (Ctrl+C) actual text in AUT.
Switch to Run Test Script view.
Click Compare Copied Text To Expected
Text button.
Examine actual and expected text in Text
Difference dialog box or dismiss match
message box.
Expected Actual
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Review and Try
Review the Section
Start Rational Manual Tester and Execute the Manual script in parallel
with AUT.
Save log and stop the execution
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Test Log
Generated upon completion of execution
Default filename = script filename.execution
Two tabs: Overview and Events
Overview
Events
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Review and Try
Review the Section
Check the Log of earlier test execution.
<< Click to Review the Slides
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Export Test Log
Export to comma separated values (CSV) file
Open CSV file in Microsoft Excel
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Introducing Rational Manual Tester (RMT)
Creating RMT Test Script
RMT Test Script Enhancements
Executing RMT Test Script
Summary and Next Steps
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Review: Benefits of Using Rational Manual Tester (RMT)
Test Activity Rational Manual Tester Benefit: Save time…
Feature
Create tests Reuse of common test Authoring tests
content
Execute tests Execution assistance, Typing in the AUT; Comparing
verification assistance actual results to expected results
Report test results Export test results Tabulating test results for reporting
Maintain tests Reuse of common test Updating many tests
content
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Review: Rational Manual Tester Terminology
Rational Manual Tester Test script – A document, a file with .rmt extension, contains all of the
statements required to document and execute a test procedure.
Statement (four types)
Step
Test Script
Group
Verification Point
Reporting Point
Verification Point
S
T
A
T Reporting Point
E
M
E
N Group
T
S
Step Ready for Next Slide
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Review: Run Test Script View
Guides tester through test script Learn to
resize and set
Highlights current statement the
Collects results for test log transparency
level of Run
Allows user to define transparency Test Script
view.
Run Test Script Toolbar Apply Result
Result
Current Statement Test Script Properties View
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Review: Executing a Test
(If you have AUT, start it first ) and then Click Run > Run Script.
Follow script:
Press Alt+Tab to switch between AUT and Run Test Script view.
Paste (press Ctrl+V) and Compare associated text.
3. Apply the result of each statement executed.
4. Save test results and end test.
Save the test results Skip to next Verification Compare Copied Text to
and end the test Point or Reporting Point Expected text
Submit Defect
Capture an image to associate Pause and
with the current statement Return to Script
Select any statement to add comment.
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Click Apply or press Enter for Step statement
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Review: Test Log
Generated upon completion of execution
Default filename = script filename.execution
Two tabs: Overview and Events
Overview
Events
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Rational Manual Tester (RMT) – Further Reading
See Help
Content
Visit
http://www.ibm.
com/developer
works/rational
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Quality management
Governance expertise & dashboards
Change & release management
Process
& portfolio Quality management
management
Architecture management
Create, document & prioritize Open technology
business requirements & community innovation
Rational RequisitePro Ensure software functionality,
reliability and performance in
Project Define, approve & monitor project development and production
Manager & components
Rational ClearQuest
Align teams to work efficiently
Test Manager across the quality management
lifecycle process
Design, code, build, stage Measure
Developer / & deploy tests
Build Engineer Proactive response to quality
Rational Application Developer Trace
Rational Build Forge issues earlier in the lifecycle
Reconcile
Evaluate & execute functional Collaborative process
& performance test cases
automation & enforcement (e.g.,
Tester Rational Functional,
Performance & Manual Tester outsourced testing)
Extensible framework ensures
Deploy build & monitor
in production environment Rational performance, function, and
Tivoli Composite
ClearCase scale of software including
Operations Application Manager, testing software for packaged
Manager Tivoli Provisioning Manager
applications
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