RFT adapter with -var or -varfile in execution command received from Rational Quality Manager(CLM5.0)
Hi,
I have integrated an RFT adapter with RQM and set up several test scripts with some execution variables in RQM. When I kicked off tests from RQM, I noticed that in adapter console, the execution command it received sometimes uses "-var" and some other time it uses "-varfile".
I wonder if there is a way to configure RQM or RFT to use "-var" consistently?
Thank you!
2 answers
Hi Reshma,
No, it happens to different scripts. Actually these scripts were created as VB.NET project. Here comes the details:
Automation Scripts: (Visual Studio 2005)
- Created as VB.NET project.
- Uses RFT APIs GetVariablesManager() and GetInputParameter(variableName) to get parameters from RQM execution variables
RQM: (recently upgraded from CLM 4 to CLM5)
- Test scripts: imported from a shared location containing all automaton scripts and messages
- Test cases: have corresponding test scripts and each test cases has 3 Execution Variables: MSG_PATH, ASSEMBLY_PATH, ENV_URL.
- There was no change made to any test script or case during the upgrade.
RFT: (v 8.3.0.2)
- RFT adapter has default configuration and is connected to RQM
Symptoms:
- Before CLM upgrade, everything worked fine.
- After the upgrade, for some test cases, RFT adapter receives execution command with "-var" option, i.e execution variable is appended in the command. For some other cases, RFT adapter receives execution command with "-varfile" option, i.e. putting all variables in a temp csv file.
- When adapter receives command with -var option, the test script is executed without any issue. When adapter receives command with -varfile option, an exception is thrown and test script cannot be executed. Here is an example:
-var option:
11:05:06 AM Received the execution request: \\10.69.1.128\QA\OLIS\Regression\Testcases\OLTP_Assembly\RQ_AR_0023.ART_0023_AP02_EP10
11:05:07 AM Executing RFT command "C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\FunctionalTester\bin\rational_ftw.exe" -datastore "\\10.69.1.128\QA\OLIS\Regression\Testcases\OLTP_Assembly" -rt.log_format xml -iterationcount -1 -rt.bring_up_logviewer false -execmode rqm -playback RQ_AR_0023.ART_0023_AP02_EP10 -var "RQM_LABRESOURCE_WEBID=764;RQM_TESTSCRIPT_WEBID=5;RQM_CREATEDBY_USER_WEBID=iverson.hu;RQM_TESTCASE_NAME=RQ_AR_0023.ART_0023_AP02_EP10;RQM_PROJECT_NAME=OLIS (Quality Management);RQM_PROJECT_ALIAS=OLIS+%28Quality+Management%29;ASSEMBLY_PATH=\\10.69.1.128\QA\OLIS\Regression\Testcases;RQM_CREATEDBY_USER_NAME=Iverson Hu;RQM_CONFIGURATION_OS=Windows;ENV_URL=http://10.69.8.101/ssha.olis.webservices.ER7/OLIS.asmx;RQM_TESTCASE_EXECUTIONRECORD_NAME=RQ_AR_0023.ART_0023_AP02_EP10_ITE2-64bits;MSG_PATH=\\10.69.1.128\qa\OLIS\Regression\ITE2\TestData\R320;RQM_TESTCASE_EXECUTIONRECORD_WEBID=4843;RQM_TESTSCRIPT_NAME=RQ_AR_0023.ART_0023_AP02_EP10;RQM_CONFIGURATION_NAME=ITE2-64bits;RQM_TESTCASE_WEBID=2;RQM_CONFIGURATION_CPU=x86-64;RQM_LABRESOURCE_NAME=olisqatm1"
11:06:42 AM Execution of script RQ_AR_0023.ART_0023_AP02_EP10 done
-varfile option:
4:13:52 PM Received the execution request: \\10.69.1.128\QA\OLIS\Regression\Testcases\OLTP_Assembly\RQ_AR_0034.ART_0034_AP05_EP08
4:13:52 PM Executing RFT command "C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\FunctionalTester\bin\rational_ftw.exe" -datastore "\\10.69.1.128\QA\OLIS\Regression\Testcases\OLTP_Assembly" -rt.log_format xml -iterationcount -1 -rt.bring_up_logviewer false -execmode rqm -playback RQ_AR_0034.ART_0034_AP05_EP08 -varfile C:\Temp\1\execTmpVars.csv
4:14:29 PM Execution of script RQ_AR_0034.ART_0034_AP05_EP08 done
| FAIL | 14-Nov-2014 12:46:00.231 PM | RQ_AR_0034.ART_0034_AP05_EP08.TestMain(System.Object[]) had an unhandled exception. |
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- Workaround or temp solution:
For the failed script above (0034_AP05_EP08), if the variables are appended in the command (similar to script 0023_AP02_EP10) and executed locally, the script can be executed without any issue.
Hope this clarifies my issues.
Thanks for the help!
BR,
Iverson