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These release notes provide information about the new features added to Qualitia Automation Studio. They also provide details about the enhancements done, bugs fixed, and known issues in this release.
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Qualitia Automation Studio 8.3.1 Release Notes
Enhancements
Selecting an object in the object repository allows you to view the details of the object and also its child objects on the main page.
Updated the Writelog action for handling the pass message.
Updated the VerifyExistence action to display the appropriate message in the Info Log details.
Bug Fixes
Fixed the issues related to editing child objects. Now you can select a child object directly and edit or remove it, without having to first select the parent object.
Fixed the issues to allow you to edit or remove an object that is selected using the Find option.
Fixed the issue where after editing any object name, it is reflected in the left pane immediately. Now you are no longer required to switch to other tabs and return to the Objects tab to see the updated object name.
Fixed the issue where the new properties added to an object were not displayed.
Fixed the issue with Qualitia executable process, which would remain active in the background even after closing the QAS client.
Fixed the issues in the Wait actions to enable working in the Explicit wait mode.
Fixed the issues related to saving test cases when objects are identified using the Google Chrome Object Spy.
Known Issues
Once a user is assigned a specific role in the Qualitia project, then there is no option to modify the role of the user from the product. The workaround for this issue is to delete the user from the project and add again with the required role.
Known Issues in Qualitia Automation Web Recorder
Recording the SendKeySequence action inserts a wrong parameter value. To work around this issue, after recording this action, type the correct parameter value manually.
Recording the Enter key as a SendKeySequence Action is not supported.
To work around this issue, add a blank step manually in the test case, select the SendKeySequence Action, and type Enter as its parameter value.
Known Issue in MOS or Mobile Automation Recorder
Sometimes switching from one tab to another tab in the web-view context for a mobile application on an iOS (simulator and real device) may fail. To work around this issue, switch to the native-context, activate the tab of the mobile application that you want to open, and then switch to the web-view context to select the tab that you want.
Qualitia Automation Studio 8.0.4 Release Notes
New Features
Introduced the Keep Dry Run Reports option, which does not overwrites the reports of the previous dry runs. For more details, refer to Dry Run a Test Case.
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Enhancements
Enhancements
The QAS server upgrade process now handles the Unit Test stubs for the projects integrated with TFS/Azure DevOps. You are no longer required to re-publish the test cases after upgrading the TFS/Azure DevOps integrated projects.
Significant performance improvements have been made in the following areas:
Test case management
Object management
Project management
Local data cache management
SaveAs Project feature
The location of TFS/Azure DevOps Remote Agent working folder has been moved to the localappdata folder to avoid conflicts.
Cosmetic user interface changes done to improve the user experience.
Enhancements in the object identification for web elements using Smart locator with text strategy in the following scenarios:
Creating objects manually in QAS
Adding objects using the the Qualitia Automation Web Recorder
Learning objects using Chrome object spy and IE object spy
Enhancements in the SmartLocator algorithm.
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Qualitia Automation Studio now allows you to save test cases with empty test data (cells containing only spaces).
Fixed the issue related to the data type while passing variables to the Vbscript engine for the test case executions on the Desktop applications.
Fixed the issue with test case exit flags in a test suite. When you save a test suite, the existing test case exit flags do not reset to Continue (Green flag) anymore.
Fixed the issues related to the test data of the projects that are migrated from QFD. Now the correct test data is shown for those actions whose parameter sequence has changed.
Minor fixes related to object identification are done.
Known Issues
Once a user is assigned a specific role in the Qualitia project, then there is no option to modify the role of the user from the product. The workaround for this issue is to delete the user from the project and add again with the required role.
The following error message appears when you open a test case of a project that is migrated from QAS v7.x:
Object Reference not set to the instance of the Object.
To work around this issue, after you complete the project migration, delete the DBCache folder, which is located at the following location:
%localappdata%\Qualitia\WD\Client\Settings\<Project Folder>\DBcacheThe QAS client crashes if it remains idle for more than 12 hours on a virtual machine.
Qualitia Automation Studio 8.0.3 Release Notes
Dropped
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Features
Qualitia has dropped MOS and Qualitia Automation Mobile Recorder support for iOS version 10.4 and earlier due to Appium
The MOS and Mobile Recorder has dropped support for iOS v10.3 and earlier as the Appium version that is packaged in MOS and Mobile Recorder (MOS Agent) has dropped the support for these iOS versions.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
Removed check-in of DBCache and environment variables in Git to avoid conflicts when using Git as the version control system.
Improved the Object Selection performance in the Test Case Editor screen.
Fixed the synchronization issues between Qualitia Design Studio and Qualitia Automation Studio.
Fixed the issue related to publishing custom actions during Azure DevOps integration.
Fixed the issue where custom action execution in Azure DevOps integration was skipped intermittently.
Known Issues
Once a user is assigned a specific role in the Qualitia project, then there is no option to modify the role of the user from the product. The workaround for this issue is to delete the user from the project and add again with the required role.
Known Issues in Settings
QAS client does not prompt any error message if the Java path is blank in the General Settings screen.
Known Issues in MOS and Qualitia Automation Mobile Recorder
Hovering over a web element may fail to highlight the web element if the page contains multiple iframes. In this case, MOS/MR displays the "Failed to execute method" error message.
To work around this issue, Qualitia recommends to record the web element using the Qualitia Automation Web Recorder for the specific step.
Known Issues in QDS Integrated Project
If you create a task using steps of a test case in QAS, then QDS does not display the updated test case and the created task.
Changing the order of tasks in QDS for the test case which has a Test Data in QAS corrupts the test data in QAS. Also, you cannot edit or save the test case in QDS.
To work around the issue, perform the following steps:Export the test data of the affected test case. This allows you to use the test data partially again.
Detach all the tasks and remove all the TC steps from the Test Case in QAS.
Import the same tasks in the required order and add the TC steps again at the appropriate places. However, you need to add the test data again using the data from the exported excel sheet appropriately.
QDS does not display the mobile objects having UIAutomator locator type. Hence, while using MOS or Qualitia Automation Mobile Recorder, in the locator type precedence settings, set UIAutomator to lowest. Also, replace the locator types for the objects having the UIAutomator locator type with another locator type.
Qualitia Automation Studio 8.0.2 Release Notes
New Feature
Introduction of Rest.Patch.Execute.API action.
This PATCH API action updates the partial resources, which can be used as an alternative to the PUT API action. Typically, PATCH API actions are light-weight and consume less bandwidth when compared to the PUT API actions. For more information, refer to Rest.Patch.ExecuteAPI.
Enhancements
Multiple enhancements are done to the user interface to improve usability.
Improved the error message that is displayed when you create a project that already exists in the target database server.
Improved the error message to highlight the set of characters allowed in a project name while creating a project.
Enhanced the info logs for wait actions. Info logs now display the actual values used in wait action executions.
Added support to integrate Azure DevOps Git repository as a version control tool in addition to Bitbucket and GitHub.
When a user edits a task, other users can now view the following information:
The user who edited the task
The date and time when the task was edited
Earlier, only the following message was displayed:
"Some tasks in the test case have been modified".
Added support for specifying a relative path to the AttachFile action.
Added support to update the expired password in the ALM integration settings.
Added support to update the expired password in the Azure DevOps integration settings.
Added support to install Qualitia Automation Studio for multiple user profiles on a Virtual Machine even when other users are actively using Qualitia Automation Studio.
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Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue related to the latest setup files for Qualitia Web server setup not getting updated to the latest version during the Server upgrade process.
Fixed the issue where the IF conditional statements that were migrated from QFD did not work.
Known Issues
Once a user is assigned a specific role in the Qualitia project, then there is no option to modify the role of the user from the product. The workaround for this issue is to delete the user from the project and add again with the required role.
Actions
The WindowsAuthenticationLogin action does not work on Safari.
The PressKeys action does not execute on the inactive screen of the VM for the following keys and key combinations.
NUMLOCK
CAPSLOCK
SCROLLLOCK
PRTSC
Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Ctrl+N
Alt+F4
Ctrl+Shift+T
Ctrl+W
Ctrl+F4
Ctrl+F5
Alt+Home
Ctrl+
Ctrl-
Ctrl+Shift+Del
Ctrl+J
Ctrl+P
Ctrl+O
Ctrl+U
Defect Management Systems
The defect management system integration settings are not preserved during migration to 8.0.x. After completing the migration, you must manually re-configure the defect management system integration settings.
You cannot directly change the settings in the Defect tab of Project Settings if you want to replace the mapping of a Qualitia Project to another Jira/TFS project.
To replace the mapping for a Qualitia project with another Jira/TFS project, perform the following steps:Do one of the following:
Go to Admin > Project, under the Configuration column, click Configure next to a project.
Go to Settings > Project Settings.
Click the Defects tab.
Select the Target Defect Management System to None.
Click Ok.
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Qualitia now supports the Windows Authentication Login Action in Firefox browser and Selenium Grid Executions (Chrome and Firefox)
Bug Fixes
Fixed the minor issues in UI, suite executions, and configuration settings.
Fixed an issue related to Offline Suite executions.
An offline suite execution fails if it contained an encrypted password that is defined in the associated Environment Variables.
Known Issues
Once a user is assigned a specific role in the Qualitia project, then there is no option to modify the role of the user from the product. The workaround for this issue is to delete the user from the project and add again with the required role.
The Web Dashboards display the execution results as per the time zone of the QAS server. However, the Realtime Reporting portal displays the execution results as per the local time zone of your computer.
Hence, for the suite executions that occur in a time zone different than QAS server’s time zone, the date and time for the execution results displayed on Real Time Reporting Portal and Web Dashboard might be different.
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Apply settings for custom actions and version control at a project level. This means that you can create different settings for different projects.
Create multiple execution profiles and select a particular execution profile during suite execution. An execution profile is a pre-defined set of configuration settings, which can be used to execute test suites. You can add multiple execution profiles with the different combinations of configuration settings. Use the new user interface for editing profile settings and desired capabilities.
Maintain multiple execution profiles for an offline package and edit the profiles using a simple user interface.
Developing Custom Actions has become more object-oriented as you can access Qualitia Public APIs.
Known Issues
The following are the known issues in Qualitia Automation Studio 8.0.0.
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If you have not specified an operating system version in the associated execution profile for suite executions on SauceLabs and BrowserStack, the Real Time Reporting Portal does not display the operating system version for these suite executions.
If you change the defect management system for a Qualitia project, then the suite execution summary reports that are already open in the browsers show the old defect management system details to log a defect manually.
In such situations, you can log in to the Real Time Portal or access the Test Suite Execution Summary report from the Suite of Suites screen to log a defect manually using the new Defect Management System.For the desktop applications suite executions, the execution time for the first test case iteration does not include the UFT launch time. Hence, for these suite executions, the execution start time shown in the Real Time Reporting Portal and Web Dashboard differ.
If you are using Firefox to access the Real Time Reporting portal, the white borders in the table grids for the reports are not displayed. This is caused due to a known issue in Firefox.
For a test case step, you can edit the text under Name/Condition column in the test case editor screen and save the test case. However, after executing the associated test suite, the Suite Execution report screen displays the original test under the Hierarchy column
The design of Real time Reporting Portal is not mobile responsive. Therefore, you can expect some UI distortions when viewing the portal through the mobile device having a resolution lower than 1100px.
Custom Actions for Desktop Projects
You cannot add or remove parameters from a custom action for a mapped function on Custom Action window. To work around this issue, launch the associated VBS file from Qualitia client, add or remove parameters for the mapped function, and remap the function to the custom action from Custom Action window.