OpenText UFT Developer Initial Setup

Eitan Gold - PeerSpot reviewer
SQA Manager at Elmo Motion Control Ltd.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the initial setup and subsequent deployment and testing an eight.

The initial setup and deployment are easy.

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Shyam_Prasad - PeerSpot reviewer
AVP - Testing & QA at Laminaar Aviation

The initial setup is easy. 

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Kevin Copple - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Quality Assurance Project Manager at iLAB LLC.

The initial setup of Micro Focus UFT Developer is simple. We were able to have someone who had no experience whatsoever install the package with no issues.

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Systems Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

The setup is not complex at all. It's one of the easiest applications that I support. You get the binaries, double click as an administrator, and it deploys. The challenge is once it's installed on your machine, then you need to understand that you need to connect to ALM. You need to connect to the cloud server where your scripts are installed. You could use it as a stand-alone, however, for the most part, on an enterprise organization it's best to have a library of test cases that is on the application. In this case, with ALM, you can check out the ticket, check out the test case, execute it, and re-put it into the system for someone else to use.

the deployment is very fast. it only takes about ten minutes to install.

One of the challenges in large organizations is that on a user's laptop or machines, they may or may not have administrative access. You can install anything that you'd upload from the internet. Some organizations prevent that, so some users may need admin rights. If a user installs it without administration access, the application, UFT in this case, does not install all the components necessary for it to work properly.

The maintenance is all in the server, in the ALM server, the client. The maintenance you require for VCO is not very much, however, if VCO relies on a database of some sort, that you connect VCO to a server to get diagrams and they upload, that server requires maintenance, patches, an operating system, and re-indexing of the large components. That said, in terms of UFT, it's a fairly standalone application that requires almost no maintenance.

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SP
Framework Architect and Test Automation Specialist at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

UFT setup is absolutely straightforward. Out of the box, they provide a DVD, and then you extract an executable file, and this performs the full installation process. All you need then is a valid license to use the software.

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it_user468147 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Quality Assurance Supervisor at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees

It's actually fairly straightforward. For us, it's a simple download, pointed at our concurrent license server and we are good to go. I would characterize it as easy. Like I said, it's simple as long as you already have the ID you want to integrate with.

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DS
Team Leader at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was quite easy.

It's one installation file, then everything was just connected to the server. 

There is no complexity in the installation.

There are some tools in the market that are cloud-based and are much easier to use because you only have to log in and use it.

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JW
Director Testing & Quality Assurance at WBF international vice President

Within a week, two of my global customers were able to leverage their automation through this solution. The adaptability of how this slotted in was just amazing, which was incredibly efficient. Our customers demand these results quickly, and this solution was able to deliver extremely well.

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AS
Programator at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is straightforward. The deployment took about two hours.

The only issue we had is that the ACL needed to be configured with the firewall.

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it_user671379 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

The first time we installed was a long, long time ago. It's complicated to upgrade.

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PP
Leading SAP Testing Program at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It is deployed directly on my desktop. 

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OM
Research & Development Engineer at a insurance company with 201-500 employees

Our installation was straightforward. We install the instances ourselves.

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it_user485034 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software QA Lead at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

I'd say to set it up it's pretty easy. Defining a standardized way that everyone could use it is a little bit harder. It's a very complex tool, there's a lot of ways to use it so I don't know if it's a limitation of the tool per say as just a common industry problem. I wouldn't say that there's anything that made it hard to get to the customers and to start utilizing it.

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Robinson Caiado Guimarães - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Leader at Better Now

The tool's setup is deep and it took me almost two to three months to complete. You need to have great knowledge of software transformation. I would rate the installation a ten out of ten. 

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NA
Director, Information Technology Infrastructure at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The initial setup was very straightforward.

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it_user313965 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant with 10,001+ employees

The setup was well-prepared, but quite complex. When related to our environment, there have been setup problems. These problems could be resolved by an intimate technical customer service.

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it_user482850 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise DevOps Leader, Program Manager at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The complexity was pretty much okay, it's acceptable, so that was good. Once you implement the infrastructure within the organization, the complexity is pretty much similar to any other automation tool.

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it_user484959 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Service Transition and Quality Management at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

I have an entire team, so I'm a director and I have an entire tools team that does that. I did get involved in the planning and the strategy of how we're going to do it. My team said that first installation is relatively easy. When we go to upgrade and migrate, that's where there's pain.

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HO
Manager PMO Specialists at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is complex because of the integrations. A lot of knowledge is required to do the scripting, we did not have it, and it is difficult to find. Our deployment took about two months.

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it_user470490 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technologies Consultant at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

I won't say initial setup was complex, but it was not clear how to setup because there was an issue with the licensing. The same licensing was not working with UFT that used to work before, but we got in touch with HP customer support, they got back to us and since then it has been very smooth sailing.

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it_user253329 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Automation Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Fairly straightforward because it integrates well with ALM. One issue is that if you're using compass, which has its own Java versions etc., it can conflict with LeanFT.

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it_user128247 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Setup was pretty straightforward. Obviously, we kind of had a bit of discussion internally, because we didn't take a traditional migration from the earlier product. We really started from scratch. That is still somewhat an issue for some of the deliveries, that they don’t want to use the agile method. But we have highly recommended this because they are two different worlds and that it would be better to plan it carefully and not just carry on all the crap from history.

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it_user671328 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Automation Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Since I used to use a lot of other automation tools, it was very straightforward. It is quite simple if you know Selenium or if you know IBM Rational Functional Tester.

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PE
Senior Test Automation Specialist at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

For me the setup is simple but I think that when you have to do it for the first time, you have a lot of choices which you can make. Then it would be complex, but I think that with the knowledge that I have it is easy. I can do the installation of such a tool in 30 minutes. It can also be set up in collaboration with other tools, but then you have to set some environment settings before you can do that. If you do not know that, then you will need to search for that information before you have the answer. That's some knowledge that you have to be aware of.

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KP
IT Architect and Test Tool Designer at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

You don't need a lot of in-depth experience to handle the setup. It's enough if you read some documentation. There are plenty of tutorials to help you if you need it.

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PW
Senior Test Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The initial setup was reasonably straightforward. I have no issues there. I don't remember exactly because it was a long time ago, but the setup was not excessively long. It was just like any basic software installation.

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it_user253326 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Automation Architect at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's very straightforward-- you just import a library like you would any other tool and go.

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it_user313797 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Project Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Setup simply installs the product as an add-in to Visual Studio or Eclipse. No other setup is necessary. It cannot be easier.

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VS
Software Tester at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is of medium complexity. The deployment took a little longer than we had expected. We had planned for one day and it took a few hours longer than that.

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it_user469167 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

Since it was a slightly different way of doing things, it was a little complex. It was just the idea of ... this is something new that we have to understand. It wasn't like we're building on a product that already existed, it was right out of the box. It's fairly new, so it was a little more complex that way but R&D made it very easy.

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CK
Senior Software Engineer at Xylem

The initial setup was straightforward. It was easy.

The configuration that I have on the machine is the latest one. I haven't faced any issues. 

It didn't take long to deploy.

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