HP Service Test - Readme
Software version: 11.00 / October 2010
This file provides information about HP Service Test 11.00.
What's New in HP Service Test Version 11.00
Service Test version 11.00 provides feature enhancements and improved stability.
Visual Test Designer
A canvas for creating and configuring a visual representation of the steps in a test. Tests are created by dragging activities from a toolbox, and configuring their properties
Multiple Technologies
Support for a variety of activities such as Web Services, REST, .NET, Java, and more.
Flexible Data Handling
Ability to link to a variety of data sources, or store data locally with the test. Support for Excel data sheets and XML files.
Extensibility
Behavior of existing activities can be customized using event handlers. For greater control over events, code activities can be inserted at any point.
JMS
Service Test supports Web Service messages over JMS message queue and JMS Topics.
HP Unified Functional Testing
The UFT (Unified Functional Testing) package includes HP Service Test and HP QuickTest Professional. This package enables you to validate both the GUI and headless elements in your application, enabling comprehensive testing of these complex business processes.
ALM/QC Integration
ALM/QC (Application Lifecycle Management/Quality Center) integration allows you to save and open tests through the ALM/QC Test Plan module and execute them from the Test Lab module. Integration with Service Test Management allows you to access Web services stored on ALM/QC.
Installation and Configuration Information
Specific software needs to be installed before you can install HP Service Test. When you run the installation wizard, if the prerequisite software is not already installed on your computer, the wizard detects which software is missing and provides the option to install it.
The following prerequisite software needs to be installed:
- .NET Framework 3.5
- Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1 (or later)
- Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1
- Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86)
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86)
- Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0 SP3 for Microsoft .NET Redistributable Runtime MSI
- Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0 for Microsoft .NET Redistributable Runtime MSI
System Requirements
To successfully install and run Service Test, your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:
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For a complete list of supported operating systems and integrations, see the HP Service Test Product Availability Matrix, hpst_pam.pdf, in the product's help folder.
Pre-Installation Notes and Limitations
- To run the Service Test installation, you must have full local administrative rights on the designated machine.
- Microsoft Office is required for editing imported Excel files.
- QuickTest Professional 11.00 is required for incorporating UFT (Unified Functional Testing) steps into a test.
- Before installing Service Test, be sure to uninstall any previous versions.
- If Service Test Runtime Component is installed and you try to uninstall or modify the installation, you will be required to access the installation program from the location where you originally ran it (for example, the installation DVD).
- If you run the Service Test installation from the command line (silent mode), run the following two files manually to complete the installation: run_after_finish batch and Report Viewer MSI.
Limitations
General
- It is not recommended to open two instances of Service Test on the same machine, nor to open two tests within a single Service Test solution.
- WSDL import is only supported for document/literal types. Workaround: Use the SOAP Request activity.
- Linking to or from an "Any" type XML element is not supported.
- Keywords such as #NIL#, #Skip#, and so forth, are not supported in the checkpoint grid. They are supported in the Data Window's data sources.
- Data driving for arrays within checkpoints, using Excel data queries, is not supported.
- Working with an imported Excel file as a data source, may temporarily disable an open Excel document on the same machine.
- The CurrentIterationObject loop property is not available as a data source from the Select Link Source dialog box.
- On some operating systems or after installing certain Windows service packs or updates, you may be unable to view the content of the Help files. Workaround: Select the CHM file in the product's help folder, and click Properties from the shortcut menu. Select Unblock. For details, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902225.
- XPATH aggregate functions are not supported.
- The Run Results dashboard does not show iteration statistics.
- JMS transport is not supported for tests containing the Call Service Test test activity.
- Opening a file on a remote shared resource is not supported.
REST Services
- Importing a schema to a REST, HTTP, or SOAP checkpoint may remove the links of the input properties.
- Copy and Paste is not supported for REST services.
- XPATH checkpoints are not supported for HTTP and REST activities.
- Links that are defined in the toolbox are deleted on the canvas.
- A link defined in the toolbox cannot be deleted.
- Do not drag a method onto the canvas after an output property is deleted.
Load testing
HP ALM/QC Integration
- For Service Test Management version 10.50—Before importing a WSDL from Service Test Management, you must connect at least once to the Service Test Management- Quality Center server, through Internet Explorer.
- To enable test versioning in Quality Center versions prior to 11.00, create a file in the <QC installation folder>\repository\<User Name>\DomsInfo\Metadata\TEST folder called ServiceTest.xml with the following content:
- ALM/QC issues a message indicating an Invalid variant operation, when viewing a Service Test type test's Configuration settings in the Automation tab (Test Lab > Test Instance Properties).
- The HP ALM/QC Baseline feature is not supported.
- The HP ALM/QC ERI feature is not supported. Due to this limitation, you cannot save tests with resources, such as QTP tests, external data tables, and so forth, to ALM/QC. Resources remain stored locally.
- If you are connected to a ALM/QC server, and you want to connect to a different server, disconnect from the first ALM/QC server, restart Service Test, and connect to the second server.
- Connection to an ALM/QC server that requires Web authentication, is not supported.
- Connections to machines that use a proxy requiring authentication—such as Forward proxy or Reverse proxy—are not supported.
Security
- Authentication and proxy security are not supported for Web Services imported from a UDDI.
- When testing Web Services that require message-level security, the Web Service security scenario only supports SOAP version 1.1. For SOAP 1.2 use a WCF type scenario.
- When using a SAML security token for Web services security, user-provided content may contain creation and expiration timestamps. To extend the life of the test, we recommend that you hard-code an expiration date in the distant future. In this is not possible, change the timestamp by implementing the OnBeforeApplyProtocolSettings event.
- When using a SAML security token for Web services security, if you edit the values in Grid mode, they may not be updated in Service Test. To update the values, switch to Text mode and save the test.
- The AfterProcessRequestSecurity and the BeforeProcessResponseSecurity events are not supported for Web Service activities configured with WCF type scenarios.
- The OnSendRequest and the OnReceiveResponse events are not supported for Web Service activities configured with WCF type scenarios. Bug 90496
- When calling a Service Test test from a QuickTest test, and both tests are stored in ALM/QC, the results of the Service Test step may not appear in the Run Results.
Activities
Call Java Class Activity
Command Line
To run a test from the command line, follow these guidelines:
Documentation
The Service Test User and Installation guides in PDF format, are available from the product's help directory. They require Acrobat Reader for viewing.
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