Running tests from the test workbench

After generating the test from a recording, you can edit a test according to your requirements and play it back from the workbench on your mobile device/simulator. This means that the playback is controlled from the workbench and not from the simulator or mobile device. The result of the tests can be viewed from both the test workbench and the mobile test client.

Before you begin

Note: If your test contains datapools, it will be controlled by the workbench.

About this task

If you have not installed the mobile test client through the silent mode and recorded a native or hybrid app from the mobile test client, you must run the test from the mobile test client before running it from test workbench.

Tests created for native or hybrid applications must be run on the Android mobile test client if recorded on Android platform, and on the iOS mobile test client if recorded on iOS platform. But there is no such restriction for tests of web applications and of IBM Worklight® hybrid applications, as they can be recorded and run on either platform.

Procedure

  1. From the test workbench, you can initiate the running of a mobile test by using any of the following steps in the Test Workbench perspective:
    • In the Test Navigator view, right-click a test and click Run As > Test.
    • From the Test Navigator view, open the test and, in the test editor, click the Run button.
    • Add the mobile test to the Compound Test editor.
  2. A wizard displays the list of available devices. Select the device on which the test will be run.
  3. The first time you run a test, you will be prompted to run the test from the Test Execution perspective. Select the Remember my decision check box to avoid receiving the message again and click Yes. The test is played back in the mobile device.
    Note:

    Do not interact with the mobile device till the test is complete.

    If you need to stop the test run, click the Stop test button in the toolbar of the test workbench.

Results

After the run, both Statistical (Performance) and Mobile (Live) reports are displayed.

What to do next

You can now evaluate the test results. See Evaluate results.

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