Opening Silk Performer Projects from Silk Central

Note: If Silk Central is using StarTeam for source-control integration, you need to install StarTeam Microsoft SCC Integration on your computer.

Click File > Open Project from Silk Central . The dialog that displays shows the default settings for connections to Silk Central.These default connection settings can be specified in the System Settings on the Silk Central page.
If you are connecting for the first time, or if you do not want to use the default settings, specify the settings as follows.
In the URL field, specify the URL of the host on which Silk Central's front-end server is running. Make sure to specify the full URL including the port and the Silk Central instance.
Click Use credentials and type valid credentials for Silk Central in the fields Username and Password.
Alternatively, click Use token and type or paste the web-service token into the field. To obtain the web-service token, login to Silk Central and open the User Settings. Here you can also regenerate and delete the token.
Note: A web-service token is similar to a password and should be protected as such. The token-based authentication offers increased security and convenience, because your Silk Central credentials will not be distributed outside Silk Central and the authentication will not break due to password update policies.

Note: To use token-based authentication, both Silk Performer 19.5 (or newer) and Silk Central 19.5 (or newer) are required.
Click Test Connection to verify the URL and the credentials or the token.
Optional: Click Set as Default to define the specified connection settings as the default settings for future connections.
Optional: Click Internet Options to define Internet connection properties, such as proxy settings, security settings, and browser connection settings.
If you perform this step, click OK on the Internet Properties dialog box to save the settings.
On the Open Project from Silk Central dialog box, click Next to view a list of the Silk Central projects to which the active user has read access. This list is the same list that is available in Silk Central's Projects's unit.
Select the Silk Central project to open and click Next. Alternatively, you can double-click the project to open.
In the Project menu tree, open test containers and test folders as necessary and select the Silk Performer test definition to open in Silk Performer. If the Silk Performer test definition is located on a UNC path, click Finish. Otherwise, click Next to open the Target Directory Selection dialog box and specify the location to which the project is copied. If you are using source-control integration like Visual SourceSafe for Silk Central, you are presented with a logon screen for your source-control client. Type valid user connection settings and click OK to continue.

Silk Performer projects can also be opened directly from Silk Central by clicking Open Project on the Silk Central Properties page in the Test Plan unit. For more information, refer to Silk Central Help.

For information regarding the configuration of source-control integration with Silk Central, refer to Silk Central Help.