Release Notes V5.0.18

Enhancements

• Test Design Improvements
  • Enhanced Test Design by adding a Studio View that allows users to view and generate scenarios, test cases, and test scripts from a single screen, along with features such as Prompting, Configuration, Auto Test Cases, Scenario Filtering, Sorting, and Merging. Also added support for resizing the Scenario Name column in List View by dragging. To know more refer Test Design.
  • Added Scenario Sorting: Added the Sort by option to the Scenarios List in both Studio and List views. Users can sort scenarios by Newest to Oldest, Oldest to Newest, Alphabetical Order (A–Z), Alphabetical Order (Z–A), or Default Order. To know more refer Sorting Scenarios.
  • Enhanced Test Design by adding the ability to delete multiple scenarios at once. Users can select multiple scenarios and delete them from Studio View or List View, with a confirmation prompt before deletion. Individual scenarios can also be deleted using the Delete icon next to the respective scenario. To know more refer Deleting Multiple Scenarios.
• Desktop Automation Improvements
  • Enhanced algoQA by adding the Close action as a default action for Desktop Automation using the Python TestComplete framework. The action is applicable to the Window control type. To know more refer default actions.
  • Enhanced Desktop Automation by upgrading the TestComplete algoScraper to version 1.4. To know more refer TestComplete algoScraper.
  • Enhanced Desktop Automation by adding support for generating HTML reports for the Python TestComplete framework using algoReport after script execution.
• Auto Healing Improvements
  • Enhanced Auto-Healing by adding support for absolute XPath in Auto-Healing, which was not supported previously. To know more refer Auto Healing.
  • Added Auto-Healing support for TypeScript Playwright and JavaScript Selenium frameworks in web automation. To know more refer Auto Healing.
• Online Script Execution Improvements
  • Enhanced script execution in algoQA for the Java Selenium framework by adding a compilation step to the execution pipeline. The script is executed only if the compilation is successful. To know more refer Online Script Execution.
• Object Repository Improvements
  • By default, the Object Repository now contains only the controls used in the test cases of the selected project. To include all controls, enable the Full Object Repository checkbox under Data Generation Settings and click Update. To know more refer Object Repository.
• Merge Multiple Steps Improvements
  • Added an optimization option for newly recorded scenarios that use controls from previously merged steps. Users can optimize matching steps into a single merged step or skip to retain the original steps. To know more refer merge multiple steps.
• Smart Notifications Improvements
  • Added notifications when a step is merged, alerting users about available optimized scenarios and allowing them to optimize similar steps across other scenarios. To know more refer smart notifications.
• Prompting Improvements
  • Enhanced Prompting by reducing scenario generation time and added a Redirect button after scenario generation, allowing users to review and modify the generated scenario before generating the test case. To know more refer Prompting.
• Execution Improvements
  • Enhanced Batch Execution: In Mobile App Automation, each test case in Batch Execution now runs in a fresh application session. To know more refer Batch execution.
• Smart Report Analysis Improvements
  • Enhanced Smart Report Analysis by adding support for the Python Selenium framework, enabling Smart Report Analysis for Python Selenium test executions. To know more refer Smart Report Analysis.
• Report Improvements
  • Enhanced the HTML report for Web Automation using the Python Selenium framework by adding Iterated Test Case Summary, Test Case Summary, and Scenario Summary sections with execution status, iteration counts, and duration details. To know more refer Reports.
  • Enhanced HTML Reports by updating HTML reports for Desktop Automation using the Python TestComplete framework. For default Verify actions without parameters, Log Message is now replaced with Log Checkpoint for actions such as Verify Disabled, Verify Enabled, Verify Text, Verify Image, Verify Not Displayed, Verify Checked, Verify Unchecked, and Verify Displayed.
• Backup and Restore Improvements
  • Expanded backup coverage to include scenario status, comments, dataset selection, checked/unchecked scenarios, favorite scenarios, scenario steps, favorite custom actions, custom action creation date and author, edited step data, scenario input data, access settings, and Settings page data. To know more refer Backup and Restore.