HP ALM Updates
Integrating External Tests
ALM enhances
your testing capabilities by enabling you to synch externally executed test
results with ALM. Automation tests executed by Jenkins or other testing
frameworks will be integrated into ALM along with the latest test runs, giving
quality teams comprehensive quality coverage. When working with Jenkins, this
integration enhances the Continuous Testing process.
ALM provides
two methods for synchronizing your results with ALM:
Synchronizing results from Jenkins
After configuring
Jenkins to synch results with ALM, each time you run a job from Jenkins, the
external results are synchronized automatically with ALM.
Synchronizing results by external testing
tools
When working
with an external testing tool, you synchronize an external result file to ALM
by manually importing the file to ALM.
Client Side Deployment:
The ALM
Client is deployed once for each ALM version. When client download begins, the
ALM Platform loader compares the ALM version on the server with the ALM version
on the client machine, and only deploys the client if the versions are not the
same. As a result, you can now install ALM in advance. For example, you can:
1.Install
the new version of ALM or the new patch on your staging server.
2.From your
client machine, link to the staging server. The new ALM Client is now deployed
on your client machine.
You can then
continue to access the production server, working with the old ALM Client. When
the production server is upgraded to the new version of ALM, each client
machine automatically works with the new ALM Client.
Also, you no
longer need to specify additional servers in the MSI Generator to have a single
MSI available for multiple ALM servers.
Data Hiding
Certain
critical fields in ALM cannot be hidden. These fields are marked with a plus
sign in Project Customization.
Add Images to Memo Fields:
You can add
images to ALM records. You can attach an image, a snapshot of your application,
or items from the Clipboard. You can add images to any memo field of an entity
that support attachments, such as the Description and Comments sections of a
defect.
Locking Out Users:
The ALM site
administrator can lock out a user who invalidly attempts to log in. When a user
is locked out, the user's status is set to Inactive. You can then activate the
user, or set a time period to automatically activate the user and end the
lockout.
Global Search:
A powerful
global search engine enabling you to search across all or a specific ALM
module. It includes the following modules: Defects, Requirements, Tests, Test
Sets, and Analysis. For more details on how to install and enable Global
Search, see https://hpln.hp.com/contentoffering/alm-global-search.
System Requirements Updates
•Operating
system service packs and updates are supported, provided they are compatible
with the vendor’s general availability release.
•Database
server’ service packs and updates are supported, provided they are compatible
with the vendor’s general availability release.
ALM Web Client Updates:
Changes in Feature Availability:
Web Client
is targeted for release as part of our next major release cycle. If you are
using the 12.00, 12.01, 12.20, or 12.21 Web Client you will need to remain on
those versions in order to keep working with the Web Client, as it is not
available for version 12.50.
Business
Process Testing Updates
Extended View for Test Script Tab:
•You can
view information in the Test Script tab's grid view using the new extended
view. This enables you to see a more comprehensive view of test components
without clicking additional links. The additional information you can see
include:
•Snapshot
thumbnails, instead of an icon.
•Separate
columns for input and output parameters, which include parameter names and if
only one iteration, the value for the parameter.
•Links
between input and output parameters, without having to open the I/O Parameters
dialog box.
Additionally,
when working in extended view, you can adjust row heights for your convenience.
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