Silk Central

• Property "silk.central.migrate.execution.keywords.visible.to.project" was added to specify which execution server keywords to be migrated.
• Warnings if the project contains float fields.
• Warnings for rounding the float fields migrated to int fields.
• Warnings for the automapping of lists with the same name in Silk and Octane.
• Run comments for automated tests are migrated.
• List items are migrated in the same order as in Silk Central.
• Test Runs with status not Executed will have now the Run by field populated with the default user added in the mapping file.
• Versions migrated based on a project are picked up correctly.
• Fix for error on test versions: Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'AND'.
• Headings of History PDF file.
• Attachment warnings for external issues.

ValueEdge

• Non editable system fields can be mapped and migrated into the target workspace.

Jira

• Phone number and Password properties are configurable from the UI.

ALM\QC

• Performance improvements for Requirements and Test parameters migration.

Change log:

ALM Octane & ValueEdge
- Migration can be executed using the Shift GUI
- Bug fixes (test version migration, inactive users migration)

Jira
- Support connection through proxy for Jira and Xray

Silk Central
- Float fields can be migrated to String fields
- Test steps can be migrated without the Step Property Name (Name, Action Description, Expected Result)
- User identifier can be specified when migrating to an Octane configured with LDAP
- Configuration files contain version of the Silk Central Plugin
- Attachments on automated runs can be extracted to a local storage
- Bug fixes

ALM
- Improved the migration of manual test configurations
- Added the possibility to migrate all tests that were executed within a specified date period
- Fixed a performance issue in the migration of large projects

Change log:

Migration from ALM/QC:

Fixed the issue related to migrating ALM/QC entity links between Defects and Tests, as well as Defects and Runs.

Added property in migration.properties to allow migration to ALM SaaS using customer admin users.

Migration from Jira:

Fixed the issue with automapping of fields even if defined manually in mapping file.

Migration from ValueEdge and ALM Octane:

Changed path in bat file to point to the Shift embedded JRE.

Change log:

Upgraded Java to version 17 and delivered it in Shift for Windows.

Migration from ALM/QC:

1. Support migration of ALM/QC BPT tests to Value Edge MBT tests
2. Shift UI improvements for configuration and mapping editor
3. Add support to re-migrate comments with warning status

Migration from Jira:

Bugfixes

Migration from Silk Central:

1. Migrating entities referenced in project (Products, Users, Environments, etc)
2. Documentation improvements

Migration from ValueEdge and ALM Octane:

Support workspace to workspace migration - only available as command line

Migration from Silk Central:

• Process Executor and Silk Test Workbench Tests migration and execution
• Silk Performer Tests migration
• Documented the transition from Silk Test assets to UFT from the Octane perspective and other documentation improvements

Migration from ALM/QC

• Added UI mapping editor for fields and phases
• Added support to set default value for specific User and String fields
• Added support to migrate the description of ALM/QC release cycles to Octane memo field
• Changed template to reduce the size of the history PDF file
• Added support to migrate test instance UFT parameters to the Octane Test execution parameters

Change log:

Migration from Silk Central:
- UFT tests migration and execution of basic scripts (parameters and data-driven iterations are not included)
- Process Executor tests migration and execution
- Jenkins jobs manual configuration was automated through Jenkins files
- Distributed execution on Jenkins agents

Migration from ALM/QC
- Added mapping editor to the Shift GUI Wizard for Lists and their values
- Migrate ALM/QC manual components for BPT tests to ALM Octane Manual Tests
- Added functionality to the GUI wizard to import certificates for ALM/QC and ALM Octane connection
- Improvements to the migration of Test Design Steps from ALM/QC

Migration from Jira
- Enabled the migration of all the entities (iterations, preconditions and step results) under Test Runs from Xray Cloud
- Added capability to choose how Test Repositories are migrated from Xray in cases where the folder depth exceeds the maximum depth configured in ALM Octane

Change log:

Migration from Jira and Xray
- Migrating entities from Xray Cloud
- Support for automapping of lists and fields from Jira and Xray (server and cloud)
- Migrating attachments on Suite Runs and Apllication Modules instead of Requirement complement for ALM Octane
- Migrating comments on Suite Runs instead of Requirement complement for ALM Octane

Migration from Silk Central
- Migrating Keyword Driven Tests from Silk Central and added a script that allows execution of Automated Tests from ALM Octane through CI, using Test Framework
- Added support for exporting entity mapping for external Issues and Requirements. The mapping can be later used for Micro Focus Connect synchronization
- Performance improvements for attachments and assets migration
- Added strategy to migrate Application Modules up to a specified depth
- Enhanced libraries migration - picking up the ones visible only in the current project

Migration from ALM/QC
- Migrate multiple projects to a single Octane workspace
- Ability to merge ALM/QC test folders and test-set folders into the same Octane Application Module tree
- Migrate ALM/QC test configuration to ALM Octane memo UDF
- Migrate Requirements from QC to Octane User Stories
- Migrate ALM/QC list-fields to Octane tags
- Performance improvements

Shift 4.0 comes rebranded for OpenText, includes support of migration profiles that can be reused, the validation of configuration properties before the migration, migration of JUnit and NUnit test automation assets from Silk Central, support from Jira 9, etc. Please review the full change log below.

Change log:

1. Rebranding
2. Introduced migration profiles
3. Performance improvements and other fixes
4. Validation of the configuration before migration for ALM/QC
5. Migrate releases UDFs from ALM/QC
6. Migrating JUnit and NUnit assets from Silk Central as Automated Tests and added script that allows execution of Automated Tests from ALM Octane through CI, using Test Framework
7. Support for the migration from Jira 9
8. Added option to customize Xray system field names

Please download the specific tool and documentation that you need and feel free to contact us at go.octane@microfocus.com if needed.

ALM Octane SHIFT 3.0 includes support to migrate manual assets from Silk Central version 20.6 and above to ALM Octane. The preview mode displays statistics of the project to be migrated from ALM/QC and Silk Central. Please review the full change log below.

Change log:

1. Added Silk Central to ALM Octane migration.
2. Added the preview mode to display the statistics of the migration from ALM/QC and Silk Central.
3. Added mandatory settings to the Jira UI and other improvements.
4. Migrate one ALM/QC field to several Octane fields.
5. New options for test script generation for the migration from ALM/QC.
6. Reduce the number of Application Modules created for migrated Test Set Folders and Test Folders from ALM/QC, while also reducing the depth of the Application Modules tree.
7. Performance improvements for the migration from ALM/QC.
8. Added a specific troubleshooting section for the migration of ALM/QC project customization on page 50 of the User Guide.

Please download the specific tool and documentation that you need and feel free to contact us at go.octane@microfocus.com if needed.

Change log:

1) Upgraded commons-text and jsoup libraries to fix Apache Commons Text (CVE-2022-42889) and other vulnerabilities

2) Fixed connection through BasicAuth proxy to ALM/QC and Octane

3) Added support for connection through NTLM proxy to Octane

4) Added the possibility to map non-string ALM/QC field to Octane field of types string, long string and memo

All documentation for Shift 2.0 is relevant for 2.0.1 so please find it under version 2.0 below before starting.

ALM Octane SHIFT 2.0 comes with a GUI wizard besides the previously existing command line interface for the migration of ALM/QC projects, including UFT tests, and Jira projects, including Xray test management entities, to ALM Octane.

Change log:

1. Added support to migrate ALM/QC projects
2. Added support to migrate UFT tests from ALM/QC
3. Added support to migrate Jira Cloud projects
4. Added the GUI migration wizard

Please download the specific tool and documentation that you need and feel free to contact us at go.octane@microfocus.com if needed.

This version of ALM Octane SHIFT provides a solution to migrate out-of-the-box Jira entities, including test management entities created by the Xray plugin for Jira, from a Jira Project to an ALM Octane Workspace, with small limitations.

Please download and review the presentation and specific user guides for more details.