Getting Started with Certify Applications

Certify applications are a representation of a program or group of programs that you want to test. Application definitions consist of the following:

Name
Description
Version
Associated interfaces
Share Status

Applications can have one or more versions, and they can be shared across projects. You can associate applications with one or more interfaces. Before you create a project, you must have set up at least one application.

When adding an application, it is important that you provide a unique and identifiable title for the application because the title appears in all displays, lists, and reports.

Application Versions

Once an application is created, you will need to specify a version for that application. A version is a specific build of an application that contains a complete set of objects. Certify supports multiple versions of each application in a single project. Each version contains standard processes for the following:

Loading
Logging in and out
Initial and main window for the version

To execute the certification process against different application versions, you will need to maintain separate versions. For example, if you want to implement changes to the prior version, you should keep the existing and new versions separate.

When creating a version, you will need to specify the following:

Version ID (e.g., V1.0)
Description
Type of interface to be used for the version

The interface tells Certify what file types to read when importing a map for this application. Later, when you want to update an existing version, you can load the existing version, change the version ID, and save a copy of all the components from the existing version to the new version.

When creating a new version, you can enable application version sharing so that groups can reuse the same application version across multiple projects. Select the Shared option to enable sharing.