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About 2 years ago
Replied to Jim Kepler UFT One supports a large variety of Technologies and Automates both Functional and API testing
Thank you for reading my review and the comment. Glad you felt it added value.
About 2 years ago
Contributed a review of OpenText UFT One: UFT One supports a large variety of Technologies and Automates both Functional and API testing
Almost 3 years ago
Replied to Leah Fainchtein Buenavida How does Micro Focus UFT One compare to Tricentis Tosca?
Please note, UFT does have API testing. UFT is basically QTP with Service Test bundled with it.
Over 3 years ago
Kevin, this is a well-written article and I like how you clearly defined the different terminology such as DevOps vs. DevSecOps.
Over 3 years ago
Commented on Easy integration through API and web services leads to faster deployment and better efficiency
Very well-written review and to the point.
Over 3 years ago
Replied to Ashish Yelkar What needs improvement with Micro Focus ALM Quality Center?
@Ashish Yelkar Good point. It would nice to be able to save SQL queries that are used often.
Over 3 years ago
Replied to AlokPillai What is the best Automated Functional Testing Tool for Testing Pega Applications?
@AlokPillai Thank you for your quick reply. What has been your challenge automating Pega applications?
Over 3 years ago
1) What do you mean by tool’s limitations?
2) Can you please elaborate on what video testing is?
Also, there several different frameworks that can be used with UFT. I am not clear about the context of how you are using the word framework. Can you please elaborate?
Over 3 years ago
Commented on Easy to set up, the interface is okay, and it works well for end-to-end testing of multiple scenarios
Can you please elaborate on the stability situation you are encountering? Do you mean UFT using a lot of memory when executing scripts?
Over 3 years ago
Over 3 years ago
Answered a question: What needs improvement with Micro Focus ALM Quality Center?
ALM Quality Center only supports IE Browser. It would be beneficial if ALM Quality Center supported other Browsers such as Chrome.
Over 3 years ago
Answered a question: What are some common causes for software failure?
This is a good question.
Ideally, if you can find a person that is very well experienced in the Industry/product domain and is experienced automating it yields better results. For example, a tester who has a lot of experience with SAP will be much more successful testing…
Over 3 years ago
Answered a question: What advice do you have for others considering Micro Focus UFT One?
My advice would be for the company to assess its needs. UFT works best in a company that is using many different applications. For example, if your company uses different Browsers (i.e. Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and IE). Furthermore, consider if your company does more than just…
Over 3 years ago
Answered a question: What needs improvement with SQL Server?
My experience with SQL Server has been doing database testing with UFT. The main challenge we encountered is finding the correct connection string to use when performing database testing. Other than that, we encountered no issues.
Over 3 years ago
Answered a question: What do you like most about BMC Remedy Asset Management?
It is easy to upload different kinds of attachments and also download them when needed. Also, can assign different User Roles to new users as needed.
Over 3 years ago
Nice article. When you are using Browsers such as Chrome, Edge, or Firefox do you have to install or use an extension for any of these Browsers?
Over 3 years ago
Interesting article. Are you able to use Dynatrace to run metrics on the type of Browsers your customers are using?
Over 3 years ago
Commented on Gives a lot of freedom to code anything, there is no restriction on the type of function you can do
I like your article because it is well written. I noticed you said your team uses Java. What is the advantage of using Java over JavaScript?
Over 3 years ago
Commented on A flexible all-in-one testing solution
Your review is well-written. Will TestComplete run on a locked computer?
Over 3 years ago
Nice article. Have you used the Web Services module of UFT for API testing?
About 4 years ago
Commented on An open-source tool that's flexible and stable
Good article. Did you learn Selenium through a training course or by hands-on (on the job) learning?
About 4 years ago
Nice article. A person can download UFT and get trial license for free, which is useful for evaluating the tool for your company’s needs.
Over 4 years ago
Commented on Great tool for deep diving into performance data and tracking issues through all the connected systems
Good article because it is very objective. At a previous company we used Dynatrace and the tool is so detailed you can get the details of the keystrokes of an actual end user when troubleshooting where a production situation occurred.
Over 4 years ago
Commented on Helped with time management, improved our resource utility, and helped assure on-time completion
Very informative review. I did have a question. Are you using every module in ALM and are you running automated tests from ALM?
Over 4 years ago
Commented on Saves us time in regression testing, but should work with browsers other than Internet Explorer
Nice article Judith. However, I am a little baffled about your comment stating UFT only works with Internet Explorer. UFT also works with Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. The user just needs to add the extension for the Browser they want to use.
Over 4 years ago
Interesting article. Referring to your comment about having to update the script when the UI changes, you are correct. I have found that running in “Maintenance Mode” is the quickest way to update a script when the UI changes.
Over 4 years ago
Nice article. What technologies are you using that UFT has a challenge with object recognition?
Over 4 years ago
Answered a question: What's the best way to trial functional testing tools?
Based on my 10 plus years of experience in automated functional testing, my advice is the following
1) First, determine what the most important need is for acquiring an automated testing tool.
2) Write out your company’s core systems, applications, and processes that are in…
Almost 5 years ago
Commented on IT Central Station "Experts" - Introductions!
Hello, my name is Don and I have been working in the automated testing field for 15 plus years. My specialty is using the Micro Focus tools UFT (formerly known as QuickTest Professional) and ALM. I enjoy finding useful automated solutions that are advantageous to companies I…
Over 5 years ago
A very well-written article that clearly shows the new features. However, it would be really helpful if UFT had a Print button like QTP did to allow the user to print out their code directly to the printer.
About 7 years ago
John,
I am glad you liked my review. Just a suggestion for improvement, it would help to know what areas you found useful and anything I could do to improve on.
Regards,
Don
About 7 years ago
Krishna, yes and the official date was September 1, 2017.
About 7 years ago
I updated my review and the significant takeaway is that HPE sold its software testing tools to Micro Focus and on September 1, 2017 the HPE testing tools including ALM and Quality Center officially have been rebranded to Micro Focus.
About 7 years ago
Commented on Built-in features for database connectivity and SQL queries for data retrieval are a time saver.
Aleksandar
A concise and to the point review. One suggestion for a team member to learn UFT is to have an experienced UFT developer pair-up with the "student" team member and work together developing actual scripts. I have found this to be very effective from my experience.…
Over 7 years ago
Arif,
Thank you for the clarification.
Regards,
Don
Over 7 years ago
Yes there are situations sometimes like you described. HP is pretty good at releasing patches to fix a situation you described. Have you checked the Support Site to see if there is a patch released for this situation?
Over 7 years ago
Abin, nice and concise article. Regarding your statement about session timeout not being long enough - the QC Admin can change the settings in the Site Administrator to however long you would like it to be.
Over 7 years ago
Commented on It provides us with the ability to hierarchically group and maintain a regression pool of test cases.
Yes and the reason I asked is that at a former company we did a lot of customization, particularly with the Defects Module.
Over 7 years ago
Commented on It provides us with the ability to hierarchically group and maintain a regression pool of test cases.
Nice and to the point review. For the Defects Module, did you do a lot of customization?
Over 7 years ago
I updated my review to reflect the most significant changes to UFT 14.00 that was released in January 2017.
Over 7 years ago
Yes and the ability to integrate with other development tools and new applications is quite impressive.
Over 7 years ago
Regarding your challenge with UFT and PC's. Have you considered running on a Remote Desktop or Remote Server?
Over 7 years ago
Answered a question: UFT 14 vs UFT 12.54
To elaborate, if you had the same exact script and executed it using UFT 12.54 and UFT 14.00 with the environment being the same are there any significant differences in execution speed, memory usage, etc?
Over 7 years ago
Asked a question: UFT 14 vs UFT 12.54
Almost 8 years ago
Commented on Automated and consistent regression testing that can be triggered from ALM. I would like integration with ALM Octane.
The predecessor to UFT was QTP. Also, QTP was originally developed and sold by Mercury before HP acquired it.
Almost 8 years ago
Deva, thanks for answering my question and the point of my question is that being proficient at Java is usually the case before learning Selenium. From your response this seems to be true.
Almost 8 years ago
Deva, the question I had is were you already proficient in Java? It is my understanding a person needs to be a Java developer or close to it to be proficient at Selenium.
Almost 8 years ago
Cheryl,
Thank you for your comment and remembering. Yes, I was going from WinRunner to QTP at the time and now the latest is UFT 12.54.
Almost 8 years ago
Answered a question: Has any user tried using UFT 12.02 with Windows 10?
More information on Edge Browser - Getting the version of the installed Edge browser is not clear cut. Using Edge, go to "Settings>>About this app." A number will appear in the format such as 20.10240.16384.0 The Edge version is the second set of numbers within displayed…
Almost 8 years ago
Answered a question: Has any user tried using UFT 12.02 with Windows 10?
With regards to Microsoft Edge, I did more research on this using UFT 12.54. Microsoft Edge uses the Microsoft Webdriver to interact with UFT 12.54. Note, it is recommended to use Windows build 10.576 and greater to get better functionality with Edge browser and UFT 12.54.
Almost 8 years ago
I see lots of reviews mentioning Selenium and BrowserStack. Is there any information about compatibility with HP UFT and BrowserStack?
Almost 8 years ago
Commented on The next wave : QTP (I mean UFT) or Selenium?
Mansoor, this is an interesting article comparing UFT vs Selenium. Let's assume that you had the same exact test case, and had an UFT Automation Engineer and a Selenium Automation Engineer. Can you give any insight on the time to automate the test case with UFT vs Selenium…
Almost 8 years ago
Commented on Strong community of developers and contributors
Alex,
I have heard good things about Jenkins. Can you please list a couple of sites that would help someone learn more about Jenkins from the ground level?
Almost 8 years ago
When downloading and installing UFT trial version for 60 days, make sure that when you get to the step with "License Warning" that you click "Continue." Do not click on "Install License."
Almost 8 years ago
A very well written review with lots of information. I am glad you pointed out on "Othet Advice:" don't be afraid to customize. Every company is different and ALM can be customized based on the needs of the organization.
Almost 8 years ago
Mike, thank you for the comprehensive answer. I am very familiar with UFT and VBScript. However, I have not had time to install and assess LeanFT. You did an excellent job detailing LeanFT and that it is geared more towards developers.
Almost 8 years ago
Thank you Deva. Did you learn Java before you started learning Selenium?
Almost 8 years ago
Can you please elaborate on the part where you stated the script/tool hung? Were there any changes in the UI between the time they ran successfully vs. when it hung?
Almost 8 years ago
Mike, how would you compare LeanFT vs UFT? In other words, what are the pro's and cons of using LeanFT over UFT?
Almost 8 years ago
Commented on BrowserStack and Sauce Labs work with it. It also can work with most of programming languages.
Michelle, a very informative review. How do you handle Windows dialog boxes in a script? For example if you have a File Download dialog box from a Web page how does Selenium handle this?
Almost 8 years ago
Commented on QuickTest Professional Pricing
With the pending merger with Microfocus do you know how this will affect pricing on HPE UFT and QC?
Almost 8 years ago
I have experienced the scenario where a UFT script stored in QC gets locked and becomes read only. You are correct that the QC Admin has to disconnect the user session to unlock it.
Almost 8 years ago
Answered a question: Has any user tried using UFT 12.02 with Windows 10?
Update - UFT 12.54 supports Windows 10.
Almost 8 years ago
I noticed that you stated that you also evaluated TestComplete. What was the determining factor for your company to choose UFT over TestComplete?
Almost 8 years ago
Deva, good information. Does Selenium support Microsoft's Edge browser?
Almost 8 years ago
Nice review Gourav. I did have a question. How was the learning curve for QA team members for learning BPT module of QC when your company originally started using BPT?
Almost 8 years ago
Nice and concise review. How much of the reporting capabilities in Quality Center do you use to provide metrics and reports to upper management?
Almost 8 years ago
Frederick, thank you for your comment and I understand your concern. UFT is kind of like a Swiss Army knife in that it is designed to work with so many different technologies which has an associated cost. Open Source tools are popular however some of them have limitations on…
About 8 years ago
Matt,
Thank you for the informative comment. Because our test sets are not large, we are not at the point yet that you described.
Over 8 years ago
Mena, please send me your email through "Contact User" and I will email you the code to find broken links that you can use with UFT.
Over 8 years ago
Commented on It's improved the way our organization functions by automating test cases that were previously done manually.
Succinct but to the point review. May I make a suggestion? You might want to include what types of applications that you are automating with UFT (i.e. Web, Java, SAP, Terminal Emulator, .NET, etc.). One of the main advantages of UFT over other automation tools is there is…
Over 8 years ago
Commented on It provides a centralized location for managing all aspects of your testing data and results.
Very informative review. One suggestion might to be to include other modules such as the Defect and Requirements and how they add value. Overall, very well-written review.
Over 8 years ago
Raymond
Thank you for the constructive comments. If you notice, I devoted a specific section to the Insight Object feature that became available with the release of UFT. The reason I specifically devoted a section to the Insight Object (with screen shots) is that it allows…
Over 8 years ago
Swaropp,
I sent you a message through contact user. Please email me after you get the message and I will email you the code for finding broken links using MSXML2.XmlHttp.
Regards,
Don
Over 8 years ago
Swaropp, please send me your email through "Ask a question" and I will email you the code for finding broken links using MSXML2.XmlHttp. This site is also to help fellow users in the IT community.
Over 8 years ago
Jim,
Thank you for the reply and it answered my questions. I worked on a couple of SAP projects several years ago and I remember it is a very high-tech, high-quality Enterprise Solution. I remember having to pad a lot of data with the leading zeroes in the data-table.
Over 8 years ago
Robert, thank you for the reply. I do know that QC/ALM has version control, yet I have seen companies use another tool for version control eventhough they had QC/ALM.
Over 8 years ago
I wanted to add a comment on my review. UFT has the functionality to have more than one test open at a time which is a big improvement because it allows the developer to copy and paste code from one test to another. With QTP you could have only one test open at a time.
Over 8 years ago
What tool do you use for version control of your UFT scripts?
Over 8 years ago
Commented on IT Central Station Elite Squad
Welcome David. You caught my attention by mentioning MicroStrategy because I have had to automate a couple of MicroStrategy applications. Can you offer any advice or books on the best way to test MicroStrategy applications (both front-end and back-end). At first glance, it…
Over 8 years ago
I noticed that you mentioned you are a worldwide organization and execute 20,000 tests per week. It might help the reader if you mentioned how many locations there are using UFT. Also, could you please elaborate on how many people are executing all of these scripts and how…
Over 8 years ago
Commented on IT Central Station Elite Squad
Hello and thank you for inviting me to join this group of talented people
1) My specialty is using the HP automation tools UFT (the successor to QTP) and ALM/Quality Center. I started out in 1998 using Mercury WinRunner, progressed to QuickTest Pro, and am currently using…
Almost 9 years ago
Thanks. It would help me if I knew what industry you are in and if/how you found it helpful.
Almost 9 years ago
Stephen, thank you for your assessment of my product review article. Just to reiterate, UFT is the successor to QTP and has very similar core functionality except that UFT has bundled packages and several add-ins into one product. Furthermore, UFT has the new InsightObject…
Almost 9 years ago
Jason (Nhien), thank you for your informative response.
Regards,
Don
Almost 9 years ago
Jonas,
Thank you for the quick response and detailed answer. It sounds like a very unique situation.
Almost 9 years ago
Nhien, you mentioned that besides UFT that you use several other automation test tools. How do you decide on which specific tool you are going to use when developing an automated test for a specific application or project? For example, what factors would determine whether to…
Almost 9 years ago
Jonas, thank you for the reply. There seems to be an on-going debate among QTP/UFT users as whether to use a shared OR or one OR per action. Just out of curiosity, what type of application is your company using that can only be automated by by UFT? Also, what add-ins are…
Almost 9 years ago
Answered a question: Has any user tried using UFT 12.02 with Windows 10?
Yahia, thank you for your comment. I have noticed that in some cases a scenario may exist (such as a certain browser) that is officially not supported but may still work anyway. HP UFT 12.02 and UFT 12.51 cannot co-exist using concurrent licenses because starting with UFT…
Almost 9 years ago
Answered a question: Has any user tried using UFT 12.02 with Windows 10?
The last PAM (January 2016) I read for UFT 12.02 had up to Windows 8.1. However, I did not see Windows 10 listed.
Almost 9 years ago
Answered a question: Has any user tried using UFT 12.02 with Windows 10?
To answer the question why we have not upgraded to UFT 12.51 is because starting with UFT 12.50, HP changed the type of licenses, and due to workload and project deadlines we have not had bandwidth to do upgrade, yet. We have several UFT 12.02 scripts scheduled to run every…
Almost 9 years ago
Answered a question: Has any user tried using UFT 12.02 with Windows 10?
Priyadarshan,
This information is very helpful. Thank you for sharing.
Almost 9 years ago
Asked a question: Has any user tried using UFT 12.02 with Windows 10?
Almost 9 years ago
Correction: this should have been phrased, "Does your team use a shared OR methodology or do you use one OR per Action?"
Almost 9 years ago
Interesting review. I noticed that you mentioned the situation about Object Repository (OR). Does your team use a shared OR methodology or do you use one OR per script?
Almost 9 years ago
Commented on Extremely versatile QA management tool, but costly
Very informative article. Being a Quality Center user myself I wanted to ask you about a potential situation that exists with QC. When a major new version of Quality Center is released, does your company always upgrade Quality Center to the newest version within a relatively…
Almost 9 years ago
Robert,
Thank you for the detailed reply. Our company uses a lot of different types of browsers as well along with different versions of browsers. Your approach of using XML config files looks quite innovative.
Almost 9 years ago
Commented on HP LoadRunner is a powerful tool for performance testing. It supports lots of protocols and is intuitive.
Thank you for the useful information about LoadRunner. I am in the process of writing my first LoadRunner script. I did notice that while recording it generates a ton of code. Thanks again for your helpful comment.
Almost 9 years ago
Commented on HP LoadRunner is a powerful tool for performance testing. It supports lots of protocols and is intuitive.
Hello. I have worked as an automated functional tester for several years. If a person wanted to learn LoadRunner by on the job training from a LoadRunner colleague, how long do you think it would take to reach mid-level proficiency?
Almost 9 years ago
Very informative review. Have you used UFT to do cross-browser testing and if so approximately how much time did it save versus a manual approach?
Almost 9 years ago
Have you tried automating against Microsoft's newest browser known as Microsoft Edge? If so, what was your overall assessment?
Almost 9 years ago
Neeraj, this is a nice review. Have you had a need to automate any Adobe Flex applications and if so was it successful?
About 9 years ago
You can do a search on YouTube for HP UFT and there are many videos that demonsrate how UFT works and how to test an application. Furthermore, you can go to HP's website and download UFT onto your computer and have access to UFT for 30 days. This is a good way to learn the…
About 9 years ago
Quality Center (QC) actually stores the QTP/UFT scripts along with the test run results. Furthermore, Quality Center is a repository centrally located that also stores test cases, Requirements, Defects, screenshots, and has a Test Lab that allows a QC user to run manual and…
About 9 years ago
Krishna,
Yes, UFT has a SAP add-in that allows it to interact with SAP (UI) User Interface and identify SAP objects as well.
About 9 years ago
Paul
This is a very informative review. I have a question regarding LeanFT and Selenium. For clarity sake, suppose you had to automate a Web application that was of medium complexity. For example, the test was to launch a Web Browser, login, populate several fields,…
About 9 years ago
Contributed a review of OpenText UFT One: With regularly occurring releases, a QA team member can schedule tests, let the tests run unattended, and then examine the results
Over 9 years ago
Contributed a review of OpenText ALM / Quality Center: We can have multiple users execute tests independently on their own computers because the UFT scripts are stored online.
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Most companies monitor their Production sites for outages. However, many companies have several lower environments such as Dev, QA, Training, Stage, Cert, UAT, Test, etc. that…
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About me
Specialties: Writing automated test scripts using Micro Focus UFT and QuickTest Professional integrated with ALM/Quality Center.
Over 10,000 hours of actual hands-on experience developing, modifying, and executing QuickTest Professional and UFT scripts.
Operating Systems: Windows 11/10/7/XP, basic UNIX commands
Languages: VBScript, SQL, HTML5, Visual Basic
Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access
Software: UFT 15.0.1, ALM 12.55, Rally, SharePoint, SAP-ABAP/4 functional, ABAP Query
Methodologies: Testing, Report Writing, Business Analysis, SDLC
Certification: HP Certified Professional - QuickTest Professional
