Integrating with Rational Robot

Integration with Rational® Robot is implemented through the use of an adapter. The Rational Robot adapter serves as a bridge between Rational Robot and Rational Quality Manager. The Robot adapter is installed by default when you install Robot and is configured on the workstation where Robot is installed. Once installed, you must configure and start the adapter. When it is running, the adapter receives messages from Quality Manager and runs Robot scripts when a user requests them to be run through the Quality Manager. After test execution, the adapter uploads the execution log to the Rational Quality Manager server.

Prerequisites

Configuring the Robot adapter

To configure the Robot adapter:

  1. Click Start > All Programs > IBM Rational > Robot Adapter for Rational Quality Manager > Configure Adapter.
  2. Type the Rational Quality Manager server URL in the Server URL field.
  3. Type a Rational Quality Manager ID in the Login field. This user account must exist in Rational Quality Manager with a Connector Client Access License.
  4. Type the Rational Quality Manager password for the ID in the Password field.
  5. (Optional) Type a unique name to identify the Rational Quality Manager adapter on this workstation in the Adapter Name field.
  6. Click OK to save the configuration.

Starting the adapter

You can start the adapter from the Start menu or from a command prompt. To start the adapter from the Start menu:

To start the adapter from a command prompt:

  1. Start a command prompt window.
  2. Switch to the directory where Robot is installed.
  3. Type RobotRQMAdapter\robotrqmadapter.bat.

Creating and running Robot scripts in Rational Quality Manager

You can create a reference to a Robot script just as you would create any script in the Quality Manager.

  1. Create a test script in the Quality Manager.
  2. Select the script type as Robot.
  3. Provide the full path to the Robot script on the adapter machine.
  4. After you create the script, assign it to a test case.
  5. Optionally, you can assign the test case to a test suite.
  6. Run the test case or test suite or alternatively, create or generate a test execution record.
  7. Run the test execution record and select the adapter to be used.
Related tasks
Creating a reference to an automated test script on a local test machine
Creating a reference to an automated test script at a shared location
Running automated tests

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