- Starting QEngine Web Client
-
Getting started with Suite
Manager
- Enabling various test types
-
Selecting a Test Type
-
Getting started with the
test type screen
Starting
QEngine Web Client
There are three ways to start QEngine
Web Client :
Way 1 : (Applicable for
Windows where QEngine is running in the same machine)
In Windows, right click over the QEngine Tray Icon
present in the System Tray and choose "Start Web Client" to start the
web client.
Way 2 : (Applicable for
Windows / Linux System where QEngine may run in Same or Remote machine)
Launch a Web Browser
(IE / Firefox) and type in the URL
http://<QEngine_Host>:<QEngine_Port>
QEngine_Host -
is the system name where QEngine is running
QEngine_Port
- Port in which QEngine is running (Default Port is 7001)
Way 3 : (Applicable for
Windows / Linux System where QEngine may run in Same or Remote machine)
You can open
the QEngine client using QEngine Toolbar directly, For this open the
browser (IE or FireFox) in which you have installed the QEngine Toolbar
and click on the Connect
option in QEngine Toolbar. This will bring up the Connection Details screen. In this
screen, specify the following details:
- QEngine Host - The host name where QEngine WebTest is running.
Default value is "localhost".
- QEngine Port - The port where the QEngine WebTest is running.
Default value is "7001".
- Choose the connection type - Direct
Connection or Use Proxy.
If the connection has to be done through proxy, then specify the Proxy
host name, Proxy port where the proxy server is running and the
username and password to authenticate and connect to the proxy.
- After specifying the QEngine details and LAN Connection
Details, click the OK button
to connect to the QEngine.
- This will launch QEngine Client.
Getting
Started With Suite Manager
Suite Manager will list all the available suites in QEngine, with options to navigate to particular test type (Web Functional / Web Performance / Web Services).
You can get detailed introduction on various Suite Manager functionalities can be accessed at Suite Manager Introduction
Enabling Various Test Types
By default QEngine WebTest is enabled with Web Functional testing tool. Hence if you launch the
QEngine
Web Client, it will directly navigate to Web Functional Test Page.
To activate other testing types from Web Functional test page follow
below steps :
- Click "Enable Other Testing" link available in below the ManageEngine QEngine logo in the Web Functional Test Main Page.
- This will open "Jump to Other Testing" popup.
- Click on "Admin" link from the above popup.
- This will show various test type such as Web Functional Testing, Web Performance
Testing , Web Service Functional Testing and Web Service Performance
Testing.
- Choose the test type you want to use and click apply to
enable those testing in QEngine. You can also choose multiple test type.
Once you enable multiple test type, when you launch QEngine Web Client,
thereafter you will be navigated to "Suite Manager" page.
Selecting Test
Type
Once multiple test type is enabled with QEngine Web Test, thereafter
when QEngine Web Client is launched it will navigate to the Suite Manager screen.
The Suite Manager Page will show separate button for each enabled test
type. You can choose appropriate test type to work with it.
To select the test type, click on the Continue With Web Functionality Testing button
or Continue With Web Performance
Testing button or Continue
With Web Services Functionality button or Continue With Web Services Performance button.
This will bring up the Main Screen page
based on the selected test type where you can test the functionality or
performance of your Web applications or Web service applications.
To navigate to the appropriate test type with the selected suite, click on "Suite Name" link listed in the table and choose the appropriate test type from the popup shown on the "Suite Name" click.
This will take you to the appropriate test type with selected suite in the tree.
Getting Started with
Test Type Screen The test type screen is appropriate to the test type
choosen. The page will contain following components:
- Home Tab
- Reports Tab
- Regression Tab
- Admin Tab
- Support Tab
Home Tab :
Home Tab consist of following components in it :
- Tree Component - List the Suite and the scripts / testcases
present in the suite, Settings and Reports for the suite.
- Content Screen - This is context sensitive screen which shows the
content for the one selected in the tree component.
Reports Tab :
Reports Tab will list all the suites which contains test
execution reports. Selecting each Suite will list the link to
reports for various test that got executed for the suite.
Regression Tab :
This will list various schedules configured. It will also allow
to create new schedule any of the available suites.
Admin Tab :
This will consist of Global Settings. Here you can configure for Proxy
Settings, Mail Configurations, Enable Other Testing etc., For More help
on Global Settings follow the link here.
Support Tab :
This will list all support related informations. Addition
to this it will list QEngine forum discussion threads.
