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Table of Contents

Release Notes ....................................................................................... 21What's New in 2.9? .............................................................................................................................. 21

ARD Hub ....................................................................................................................................... 21

Projects ................................................................................................................................ 21

Versions ............................................................................................................................... 21

Subflows ............................................................................................................................... 22

Performance ......................................................................................................................... 22

Active Directory Support ...................................................................................................... 22

More Intelligent Path Names Using Block Names ........................................................................ 22

Path Names Are Re-usable .......................................................................................................... 22

Requirement IDs import from CSV ................................................................................................ 23

Image Naming Convention ............................................................................................................ 23

Rich Text Importer Preferences .................................................................................................... 23

JIRA Kerberos Support ................................................................................................................. 23

End of Life of Features ........................................................................................................................ 23

Resolved Issues .................................................................................................................................. 24

Known Issues ...................................................................................................................................... 26

Release Comparison for CA ARD ....................................................................................................... 26

Acknowledgments and License Agreements ...................................................................................... 27

Licenses ........................................................................................................................................ 32

Rome 0.9 .............................................................................................................................. 32

3cjs 0.4.11 ............................................................................................................................ 32

7-Zip 16.04 ........................................................................................................................... 33

aasm 4.12.0 ......................................................................................................................... 33

Abdera 1.0 ............................................................................................................................ 34

accessibilityjs 1.01 ............................................................................................................... 35

accessors-smart 1.2 ............................................................................................................. 35

Ace Editor 1.2.3 .................................................................................................................... 36

ace-builds 1.3.3 .................................................................................................................... 36

acegi-security 1.0.3 .............................................................................................................. 37

Action Mailer 3.2.16 ............................................................................................................. 37

Action Pack 3.2.17 ............................................................................................................... 37

Actionbarsherlock 4.4.0 ........................................................................................................ 38

actionhero 14.0.2 ................................................................................................................. 38

adal4j 1.0.0 ........................................................................................................................... 38

angular.io 6.0.7 .................................................................................................................... 38

angular-cli v7.0.1 .................................................................................................................. 39

angular-starter 5.2.0 ............................................................................................................. 39

Ant 1.10.1 ............................................................................................................................. 39

Antlr 2.7.7 ............................................................................................................................. 41


antlr4 runtime 4.7.1 .............................................................................................................. 41

archaius-core 0.7.6 .............................................................................................................. 42

Archunit 0.8.3 ....................................................................................................................... 42

ASM 6.0 ............................................................................................................................... 43

AspectJ 1.8.10 ..................................................................................................................... 44

aspectjrt 1.8.13 ..................................................................................................................... 46

aspectjweaver 1.8.13 ........................................................................................................... 46

assertj 3.5.2 .......................................................................................................................... 46

auth0-java 1.5.0 ................................................................................................................... 47

AWS SDK for Java 1.11.297 ................................................................................................ 47

aws-java-sdk-s3 1.11.297 .................................................................................................... 47

azure-core 0.9.3 ................................................................................................................... 48

azure-keyvault 0.9.3 ............................................................................................................. 48

bcprov 1.51 .......................................................................................................................... 48

Botan 1.10 and 1.11 ............................................................................................................. 49

Bouncy Castle 1.56 .............................................................................................................. 50

brave 5.1.0 ........................................................................................................................... 50

byte-buddy 1.7.11 ................................................................................................................ 51

classmate 1.3.4 .................................................................................................................... 51

ClosedXML 0.76 ................................................................................................................... 51

Commons beanutils 1.9.3 .................................................................................................... 52

Commons Collections 3.2.2 ................................................................................................. 52

Commons Digester 1.8.1 ..................................................................................................... 52

Commons httpclient 3.1 ....................................................................................................... 52

Commons Logging 1.2 ......................................................................................................... 52

Commons Validator 1.4.1 ..................................................................................................... 52

commons-codec 1.11 ........................................................................................................... 53

commons-compress 1.16.1 .................................................................................................. 53

commons-configuration 2.2 .................................................................................................. 54

commons-dbcp2 2.2.0 .......................................................................................................... 54

commons-io 2.6 .................................................................................................................... 54

commons-lang3 3.7 .............................................................................................................. 54

commons-pool2 2.5.0 ........................................................................................................... 55

compression-webpack-plugin 1.1.11 .................................................................................... 55

core-js 2.5.7 ......................................................................................................................... 56

CrashRpt 1.5.1.0 .................................................................................................................. 56

cross-env 5.2.0 ..................................................................................................................... 62

CsvHelper 2.11.1.1 .............................................................................................................. 63

DocumentFormat.OpenXml (Open XML SDK 2.5 for Microsoft Office) 2.5 ......................... 63

dom4j 1.6.1 .......................................................................................................................... 63

Easylogging++ 9.94.1 .......................................................................................................... 64

echarts 4.1.0 ........................................................................................................................ 64

ESAPI 2.0.1 .......................................................................................................................... 66

Extended WPF Toolkit 1.7.0 ................................................................................................ 66

FindBugs Annotations 3.0.1 ................................................................................................. 67

flyway 4.2.0 .......................................................................................................................... 71


FreeMarker 2.3.23 ................................................................................................................ 72

geantyref 1.3.4 ..................................................................................................................... 72

gradle 2.2 ............................................................................................................................. 73

graphql-java 8.0 ................................................................................................................... 73

GraphSharp 1.0 .................................................................................................................... 73

Groovy 2.4.1 ......................................................................................................................... 73

gson 2.2.4 ............................................................................................................................ 73

Guava 20.0 ........................................................................................................................... 74

H2 1.4.192 ............................................................................................................................ 74

hamcrest-core 1.3 ................................................................................................................ 74

HdrHistogram 2.1.10 ............................................................................................................ 74

Hibernate 5.0.3.Final ............................................................................................................ 75

Hibernate EntityManager 5.3.0.Final .................................................................................... 75

Hibernate Validator 6.0.10.Final ........................................................................................... 76

hibernate-commons-annotations 4.0.5.Final ........................................................................ 76

hibernate-core 5.2.17 ........................................................................................................... 77

hibernate-jpa-2.1-api 1.0.2.Final .......................................................................................... 77

HikariCP 2.7.9 ...................................................................................................................... 78

HSQLDB 1.8.0.10 ................................................................................................................ 78

httpclient 4.5.5 ...................................................................................................................... 79

httpcore 4.4.9 ....................................................................................................................... 79

http-server 0.11.1 ................................................................................................................. 79

Hystrix 1.5.12 ....................................................................................................................... 79

ie-shim 0.1.0 ......................................................................................................................... 80

ion-java 1.0.2 ........................................................................................................................ 80

jackson 2.9.6 ........................................................................................................................ 80

jackson-core-asl 1.9.2 .......................................................................................................... 81

jandex 2.0.3.Final ................................................................................................................. 81

java dataloader 2.0.2 ............................................................................................................ 81

Java JSON Web Token (JJWT) 0.9.0 .................................................................................. 81

Java Mail 1.5.5 ..................................................................................................................... 82

java-html-sanitizer 20170411.1 ............................................................................................ 87

javassist 3.22.0-GA .............................................................................................................. 88

javax annotation-api 1.3.2 .................................................................................................... 93

javax mail 1.4.7 .................................................................................................................... 94

javax mail-api 1.5.5 .............................................................................................................. 94

javax servlet api 3.1.0 .......................................................................................................... 94

javax.inject 2.5.0-b05 ........................................................................................................... 94

javax.persistence-api 2.2 ..................................................................................................... 95

javax.transaction-api 1.2 ...................................................................................................... 96

jaxb-api 2.2.2 ........................................................................................................................ 96

jaxb-impl 2.2.3-1 ................................................................................................................... 97

JBoss Logging 3.3.2 ............................................................................................................. 97

JBoss Transaction API 1.0.1.Final ....................................................................................... 97

jboss-logging-annotations 1.2.0.Beta1 ................................................................................. 98

jcip-annotations 1.0 .............................................................................................................. 98


Jersey 1.19.1 ........................................................................................................................ 98

Jettison 1.1 ........................................................................................................................... 99

jmespath-java 1.11.297 ........................................................................................................ 99

JNA 4.0.0 ........................................................................................................................... 100

Joda-time 2.8.1 .................................................................................................................. 100

jointjs 2.0.1 ......................................................................................................................... 100

jquery 3.1.0 ........................................................................................................................ 106

JSON 20180130 ................................................................................................................. 106

JSON Path 2.1.0 ................................................................................................................ 107

json-simple 1.1.1 ................................................................................................................ 107

json-smart 2.3 .................................................................................................................... 107

jsr305 3.0.1 ........................................................................................................................ 107

jsr311 1.1.1 ........................................................................................................................ 107

jstl 1.2 ................................................................................................................................. 108

karma-mocha-reporter 2.2.5 .............................................................................................. 109

karma-phantomjs-launcher 1.0.4 ....................................................................................... 109

KDSoap 1.5 ........................................................................................................................ 110

lang-tag 1.4.3 ..................................................................................................................... 111

LatencyUtils 2.0.3 ............................................................................................................... 111

libgit2 0.26.0.0 .................................................................................................................... 111

Log4j 2.10 .......................................................................................................................... 114

Log4j To SLF4J 2.10.0 ....................................................................................................... 114

Logback 1.2.3 ..................................................................................................................... 114

lombok 1.18.0 ..................................................................................................................... 115

mapstruct 1.1.0.Final .......................................................................................................... 115

micrometer-core 1.0.5 ........................................................................................................ 116

mockito 1.9.5 ...................................................................................................................... 116

modelmapper 1.1.0 ............................................................................................................ 118

mssql-jdbc 6.4.0.jre8 .......................................................................................................... 118

MX4J 3.0.1 ......................................................................................................................... 118

netflix-commons-util 0.3.0 .................................................................................................. 122

netflix-statistics 0.1.1 .......................................................................................................... 123

Netty 4.1.23 ........................................................................................................................ 123

ngc-webpack 4.1.2 ............................................................................................................. 129

ngx-bootstrap 3.0.1 ............................................................................................................ 129

ngx-clipboard 11.1.1 ........................................................................................................... 129

ngx-infinite-scroll 6.0.1 ....................................................................................................... 130

ngx-translate/core 10.0.2 ................................................................................................... 130

ngx-translate/http-loader 3.0.1 ........................................................................................... 131

ngx-webstorage-service 3.1.0 ............................................................................................ 131

nimbus-jose-jwt 6.0 ............................................................................................................ 132

not-yet-commons-ssl 0.3.9 ................................................................................................. 132

NPM 6.4.0 .......................................................................................................................... 132

NPOI 2.1.1 ......................................................................................................................... 139

oauth2-oidc-sdk 5.57 .......................................................................................................... 140

Objenesis 2.6 ..................................................................................................................... 140


ojdbc7 12.1.0.2 ................................................................................................................... 140

okhttp 3.7.0 ........................................................................................................................ 141

okio 1.12.0 .......................................................................................................................... 141

OpenSSL 1.1.0e ................................................................................................................. 141

openws 1.5.4 ...................................................................................................................... 143

owasp-java-html-sanitizer 20170411.1 .............................................................................. 143

preload-webpack-plugin 2.3.0 ............................................................................................ 148

Qameta allure-maven 2.8 ................................................................................................... 149

qBreakpad 1 ....................................................................................................................... 149

QJsonWebToken 1 ............................................................................................................ 149

Qt 5.9.1 .............................................................................................................................. 150

QtSingleApplication 2.0 ...................................................................................................... 150

QuaZIP 0.7.1 ...................................................................................................................... 151

QuickGraph 3.2.4 ............................................................................................................... 152

reflect-metadata 0.1.12 ...................................................................................................... 153

REST-assured Java DSL 2.3.0 .......................................................................................... 154

ribbon 2.2.5 ........................................................................................................................ 154

rxjava 1.2.1 ......................................................................................................................... 154

RxJS 6.2.0 .......................................................................................................................... 155

rxnetty 0.4.9 ....................................................................................................................... 155

sass-loader 6.0.6 ................................................................................................................ 155

Servo Core 0.10.0 .............................................................................................................. 155

servo internal 0.10.1 ........................................................................................................... 156

sharpziplib 0.86.0 ............................................................................................................... 156

slf4j 1.7.25 .......................................................................................................................... 157

slf4j-api 1.7.25 .................................................................................................................... 157

slf4j-simple 1.7.7 ................................................................................................................ 158

snakeyaml 1.19 .................................................................................................................. 158

spqr 0.9.7 ........................................................................................................................... 158

SpreadsheetLight 3.4 ......................................................................................................... 159

Spring Context 5.0.5.RELEASE ......................................................................................... 160

spring framework 5.0.7.RELEASE ..................................................................................... 160

Spring Hateoas 0.18.0 ....................................................................................................... 161

spring plugin core 1.2.0.RELEASE .................................................................................... 162

spring security 5.0.6.RELEASE ......................................................................................... 162

Spring Security SAML 1.0.2 ............................................................................................... 162

spring-boot 2.0.3.RELEASE ............................................................................................... 162

spring-cloud-commons 2.0.0.RELEASE ............................................................................ 162

Spring-Cloud-Netflix 2.0.0.RC1 .......................................................................................... 163

spring-cloud-sleuth-core 2.0.0.RELEASE .......................................................................... 163

spring-data-commons 2.0.8 ............................................................................................... 164

spring-data-jpa 1.10.2.RELEASE ....................................................................................... 165

Springfox 2.7.0 ................................................................................................................... 165

spring-ldap-core 2.3.2.RELEASE ....................................................................................... 165

spring-plugin-metadata 1.2.0.RELEASE ............................................................................ 165

spring-security 1.0.5.RELEASE ......................................................................................... 166


stax-api 1.0-2 ..................................................................................................................... 167

swagger 2.2.2 ..................................................................................................................... 167

swagger-core 1.5.13 .......................................................................................................... 167

Tomcat 8.5.31 .................................................................................................................... 167

validation-api 2.0.1 ............................................................................................................. 173

Velocity 1.7 ......................................................................................................................... 174

WPFExtensions 1.0 ............................................................................................................ 174

xml-apis 1.4.01 ................................................................................................................... 175

xmlsec 1.5.7 ....................................................................................................................... 175

xmltooling 1.4.4 .................................................................................................................. 175

xz 1.8 .................................................................................................................................. 175

zipkin 2.9.3 ......................................................................................................................... 175

zipkin-reporter 2.7.3 ........................................................................................................... 175

Zlib 1.2.11 .......................................................................................................................... 176

zone.js 0.8.26 ..................................................................................................................... 176

zuul-core 1.3.1 ................................................................................................................... 177

Apache License 2.0 ..................................................................................................................... 177

COMMON DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE (CDDL) Version 1.0 .................... 181

COMMON DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE (CDDL) Version 1.1 .................... 185

Eclipse Public License (EPL) ...................................................................................................... 190

GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE ............................................................................ 194

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE ............................................................................................ 201

Product Accessibility Features .......................................................................................................... 206

Display ........................................................................................................................................ 206

Sound .......................................................................................................................................... 206

Keyboard ..................................................................................................................................... 207

Mouse ......................................................................................................................................... 207

Keyboard Shortcuts ..................................................................................................................... 208

Getting Started .................................................................................... 209Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 209

Architecture and Installation ........................................................................................................ 210

Visual Definition of Requirements ............................................................................................... 210

Path Optimization ........................................................................................................................ 211

Import and Export ........................................................................................................................ 211

Preparing Data for Test Cases (CA TDM Integration) ................................................................ 212

Resources ......................................................................................................................................... 212

Getting Started with CA Agile Requirements Designer Video Series ......................................... 212

CA User Community ................................................................................................................... 212

Support Knowledge Base (KB) Articles ....................................................................................... 213

Learning Paths ............................................................................................................................ 213

Video Demos ............................................................................................................................... 213

Blogs ........................................................................................................................................... 213

Role in the Continuous Delivery Ecosystem ..................................................................................... 213


Continuous Testing Part 1: Requirements and Modeling ............................................................ 214

Continuous Testing Part 2: The Developer's Story ..................................................................... 214

Continuous Testing Part 3: The Release Pipeline ...................................................................... 214

Getting Started With Your 30-Day Trial ............................................................................................. 214

What can I do with CA Agile Requirements Designer? ............................................................... 214

How will I receive my trial activation details? .............................................................................. 214

What are the technical requirements for my CA Agile Requirements Designer trial? ................. 215

What are the trial limitations? ...................................................................................................... 215

Can I use the trial version to find and make test data from CA Test Data Manager? ................. 215

Who should I contact if I have technical issues with the trial? .................................................... 215

Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................. 215

How Do I Create an Error Log for CA Support? .......................................................................... 216

How Do I Send a Masked Flow File to CA Support? .................................................................. 216

Troubleshooting Lifecycle Tool Integrations ................................................................................ 217

Why Don't I See my Work Item in the Tree? ...................................................................... 217

How to Set the Character Encoding for my Jira Configuration Window? ........................... 217

Why are my Test Cases Not Exporting? ............................................................................ 218

Installing .............................................................................................. 220Request a License ............................................................................................................................. 220

Activate the License .......................................................................................................................... 222

Choose a License ....................................................................................................................... 222

Verify Licensing Status ................................................................................................................ 223

Troubleshoot Licensing Issues .................................................................................................... 223

Licensing Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................... 224

Why am I getting a "server not found" error when activating a concurrent license? .......... 224

I am using an older build on a VM machine, why did my license stop working? ............... 224

'Machine Has Changed' ..................................................................................................... 224

'User maximum has been reached' .................................................................................... 224

'Java is not enabled' ........................................................................................................... 225

'License already activated. Error 262' ................................................................................ 225

Connection Could Not be Established Due to Security Settings ........................................ 225

‘No valid license was found' error in Javelin ...................................................................... 226

'No valid license found' when using Agile Designer Automator (ADA) with Agile Designer

license ................................................................................................................................ 226

'Importing CmActLicense Failed. A suitable CmActLicense already exists. Error 266' ...... 226

'A network error has occurred. ' ......................................................................................... 227

'Remote access is not allowed for this license. Error 239' ................................................. 227

'Importing CmActLicense failed. An internal error occurred. Error 260' ............................. 227

'The CmActLicense is invalid. Error 264' ............................................................................ 228

'The specified parameter is invalid. Error 105' ................................................................... 228

CodeMeter privileges error while installing CA Agile Requirements Designer ................... 228

The CmContainer with serial 128-XXXXXXX was not found ............................................. 229

How do I track licensing metrics? ....................................................................................... 229


Set up Concurrent Licenses ........................................................................................................ 229

Set up Concurrent License Server ..................................................................................... 230

Set up the Client ................................................................................................................. 230

Verify Installation Prerequisites ......................................................................................................... 231

Install the ARD Hub ........................................................................................................................... 232

Verify ARD Hub Minimum Hardware Requirements ................................................................... 232

Verify ARD Hub Software Prerequisites ...................................................................................... 233

Install the ARD Hub ..................................................................................................................... 233

1. Install Microservices (Part 1 of 2) ................................................................................... 233

2. Create Administrator Account and Configuration File .................................................... 234

3. Verify the Configuration File ........................................................................................... 235

4. Install Microservices (Part 2 of 2) ................................................................................... 235

Connect to the ARD Hub ............................................................................................................. 235

Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 236

Administrate Users for the ARD Hub .......................................................................................... 237

Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 237

Connect to Active Directory ................................................................................................ 237

ARD Hub in a Secured SSL (HTTPS) Environment .................................................................... 237

Obtain the Server Certificate .............................................................................................. 238

Configure Your Tomcat Server .......................................................................................... 239

(Optional) Restrict Access to ARD Hub Services ............................................................... 239

Install CA Agile Requirements Designer ........................................................................................... 240

Enable Standard Settings and Advanced Features .......................................................................... 240

Standard Settings Tab ................................................................................................................ 241

GUI Settings ....................................................................................................................... 241

Logger Settings .................................................................................................................. 241

Force data resolution settings ............................................................................................ 241

Miscellaneous Settings ...................................................................................................... 242

Advanced Features Tab .............................................................................................................. 242

Block Features ................................................................................................................... 242

Flow Features .................................................................................................................... 242

Importers ............................................................................................................................ 243

Beta Features Tab ...................................................................................................................... 243

Requirements Modeling ...................................................................... 244Visual Flows ...................................................................................................................................... 244

Flow Properties ........................................................................................................................... 245

Blocks .......................................................................................................................................... 246

Navigate the Canvas ................................................................................................................... 246

Access File Operations for Flow Tabs ........................................................................................ 246

Create Visual Flows .......................................................................................................................... 247

Create Flows ............................................................................................................................... 247

Design Flows ............................................................................................................................... 248

Save Flows .................................................................................................................................. 248


Add a Decision Block .................................................................................................................. 249

Add a Process Block ................................................................................................................... 250

Edit Block Properties ................................................................................................................... 251

General .............................................................................................................................. 251

Process Details / Output Details ........................................................................................ 251

Test Data ............................................................................................................................ 252

Automation ......................................................................................................................... 252

Find System Data ............................................................................................................... 252

Make System Data ............................................................................................................. 252

Images ............................................................................................................................... 252

Custom Fields .................................................................................................................... 252

Properties ........................................................................................................................... 252

Details ................................................................................................................................ 254

Tables ................................................................................................................................ 254

Stored Paths ...................................................................................................................... 254

Application Links ................................................................................................................ 254

People & Roles .................................................................................................................. 255

Requirement IDs ................................................................................................................ 255

Users and Roles ................................................................................................................. 255

Copy, Duplicate, or Clone Blocks ................................................................................................ 256

Copy a Block ...................................................................................................................... 256

Duplicate a Block ............................................................................................................... 256

Build Complex Models Using Subflows and Loops ..................................................................... 257

Create Reusable Subflows ................................................................................................. 257

Optimize Subflows ............................................................................................................. 257

Refresh Parent Flow of Subflows ....................................................................................... 259

Repeat Subsections of Flows as Loops ............................................................................. 259

Parameterize Flows and Script Generation ................................................................................ 260

Parameterize Flows and Subflows ..................................................................................... 261

Parameterize Script Generation (Batch Mode) .................................................................. 262

Add and Modify Text Labels and Arrows .................................................................................... 264

Text Labels ......................................................................................................................... 264

Arrows ................................................................................................................................ 264

Compare Flow Diagram Revisions .............................................................................................. 264

Model Multiple Dependent Decisions Using Decision Tables ..................................................... 265

Example Scenario: Discount Calculator ............................................................................. 265

Insert a Decision Table ...................................................................................................... 266

Define Outputs ................................................................................................................... 266

Define the Decision Table .................................................................................................. 266

Build the Flow ..................................................................................................................... 267

Generate Test Cases ......................................................................................................... 268

Deduplicate Existing Test Cases ....................................................................................................... 268

Identify Duplicates ....................................................................................................................... 269

Customize Comparison Metrics .................................................................................................. 270

Deduplicate the Flow ................................................................................................................... 270

Automatic Model Building Accelerator ............................................................................................... 271


Requirements .............................................................................................................................. 271

Import Flows from Selenium Builder ........................................................................................... 271

Export Flows to Selenium Builder ............................................................................................... 273

Generate Non-Sequential Scripts Using Dynamic Configuration ...................................................... 274

Automation Builder: Dynamic Configuration ............................................................................... 274

Use Case Examples for Dynamic Configuration ......................................................................... 274

I want to Generate Gherkin Documents ............................................................................. 274

I Want to Generate XML Documents ................................................................................. 274

I want to Validate a UI or API (JSON, Javascript, Java, C#, ...) ........................................ 275

Define Dynamic Configuration Sections ...................................................................................... 276

Remove and Merge Sections ...................................................................................................... 277

Cost, Complexity and Coverage ........................................................................................................ 278

Constraints ........................................................................................................................................ 280

Define Constraints ....................................................................................................................... 280

Verify Constraints ........................................................................................................................ 281

Constraints and Loops ................................................................................................................ 281

Learn Constraints ........................................................................................................................ 282

Pin Blocks or Edges .......................................................................................................................... 283

Filter Blocks by Properties ................................................................................................................. 284

Modeling Best Practices .................................................................................................................... 284

Keep the Flow Readable ............................................................................................................. 285

Quickly Create Blocks ................................................................................................................. 286

Display Block Descriptions Instead of Block Names ................................................................... 287

Use Block Properties ................................................................................................................... 287

Bulk-Edit Block Properties ........................................................................................................... 288

Add Data Notes to Blocks ........................................................................................................... 288

When to Copy, Duplicate, or Clone a Block? .............................................................................. 289

Does my Model Need Advanced Constraints? ........................................................................... 289

Use Subflows for Refactoring ...................................................................................................... 290

Choose Coverage and Path Optimizations ................................................................................. 290

Verify Your Flows ........................................................................................................................ 290

Perform an Impact Analysis ........................................................................................................ 291

How to Model Boolean Logic ............................................................................................................. 291

Model an AND Expression .......................................................................................................... 291

Model an OR Expression ............................................................................................................ 293

Model Complex Expressions ....................................................................................................... 294

File Management ................................................................................ 297Manage Projects, Versions, and Folders .......................................................................................... 297

Edit Shared Flows ............................................................................................................................. 297

Save Flows ........................................................................................................................................ 298

Manage Flows in the ARD Hub ......................................................................................................... 298

Connect to the ARD Hub ............................................................................................................. 299


Create a Folder Structure ............................................................................................................ 299

Version Your Flows ..................................................................................................................... 300

Version Subflows ........................................................................................................................ 301

Migrate a Flow Into the ARD Hub ............................................................................................... 301

Manage Flows in the CA TDM Repository ........................................................................................ 302

Install the TDM Repository .......................................................................................................... 302

Connect to the CA TDM Repo from CA ARD .............................................................................. 302

Manage Flows in Your Local File System ......................................................................................... 302

Test Generation .................................................................................. 304Path Explorer ..................................................................................................................................... 304

Optimize Flows ............................................................................................................................ 304

Sort Paths ................................................................................................................................... 306

Store Paths ................................................................................................................................. 306

Export Paths ................................................................................................................................ 307

Optimization Techniques ................................................................................................................... 307

Full Coverage - All possible Paths .............................................................................................. 308

Full Coverage - All Pairs of Edges .............................................................................................. 309

Maximal Coverage - All Nodes .................................................................................................... 309

Full Coverage - All In/Out Edges ................................................................................................. 309

Maximal Coverage - All Edges .................................................................................................... 310

Minimal Coverage - Probabilistic ................................................................................................. 310

Store Paths ........................................................................................................................................ 311

Store Paths ................................................................................................................................. 311

Use Templates to Name Multiple Stored Paths ................................................................. 312

View Paths by Type .................................................................................................................... 313

Customize Path Types ................................................................................................................ 313

View Cost and Complexity Summary of Stored Paths ................................................................ 314

Find and Remove Duplicate Stored Paths .................................................................................. 314

View Details of Stored Paths ....................................................................................................... 315

Rename Stored Paths ................................................................................................................. 315

Analyze the Impact of a Change ................................................................................................. 315

Filter Paths ........................................................................................................................................ 316

Populate Custom Path Collections .................................................................................................... 318

Example ...................................................................................................................................... 319

Populate Path Collections ........................................................................................................... 319

Risk Based Test Case Generation .................................................................................................... 320

Define Path Probability ................................................................................................................ 320

Define the Output Probability ............................................................................................. 321

Calculate Probabilities From Spreadsheet ......................................................................... 321

Optimize Paths ............................................................................................................................ 321

Analyze Stored Paths .................................................................................................................. 322

Log Test Case Results ...................................................................................................................... 322


Managing Test Data ............................................................................ 324Test Data Example Scenario ............................................................................................................. 324

Filter Visible Test Data ...................................................................................................................... 325

Associate Test Data with Blocks ....................................................................................................... 325

Data Painter ...................................................................................................................................... 325

Edit Expressions in the Data Painter ........................................................................................... 326

Make and Find Data .......................................................................................................................... 326

Set Up Make Data ....................................................................................................................... 327

Set Up Find Data ......................................................................................................................... 327

Execute Find and Make .............................................................................................................. 328

Make Data .......................................................................................................................... 328

Find Data ............................................................................................................................ 328

Use CA TDM Actions in CA ARD ...................................................................................................... 329

Integrations ......................................................................................... 331Supported integrations ...................................................................................................................... 331

Model Imports ............................................................................................................................. 331

Model Exports ............................................................................................................................. 331

Two-Way REST connectors ........................................................................................................ 332

File-based Test Case and Model Imports ................................................................................... 332

File-Based Test Case Exports .................................................................................................... 332

Coverage Report Exports ............................................................................................................ 332

Configuration importers ............................................................................................................... 332

Automation Exports - Tool-based ................................................................................................ 332

Automation Exports - Script File-based ....................................................................................... 333

Packaged App tools .................................................................................................................... 333

Test Data Management ............................................................................................................... 333

Other Integrations ....................................................................................................................... 333

CA Service Virtualization ............................................................................................................. 334

Atlassian JIRA ............................................................................................................................. 334

JUnit ............................................................................................................................................ 334

HPE ALM - Roundtrip .................................................................................................................. 334

HPE ALM - Link to data ............................................................................................................... 334

HPE BPT ..................................................................................................................................... 334

Configure Dynamic Data Resolution For Export ............................................................................... 334

Import and Export Visual Flows ......................................................................................................... 336

Export Flows to External Formats ............................................................................................... 336

Import External Formats to CA Agile Requirements Designer .................................................... 336

Video: Import from Excel .................................................................................................... 337

Export to Word .................................................................................................................................. 337

Define Requirement IDs For A Flow ........................................................................................... 338

Apply Requirement IDs to Blocks ................................................................................................ 338


Export the Flow to MS Word ....................................................................................................... 338

Export to Word Using Templates ...................................................................................................... 339

Create a Word Template ............................................................................................................. 339

Export a Flow to Word Using a Template ................................................................................... 341

Export to Excel Using Templates ...................................................................................................... 341

Example ...................................................................................................................................... 341

Create the Template ................................................................................................................... 341

Generate the Spreadsheet .......................................................................................................... 342

Template Keyword Reference ..................................................................................................... 343

Project Attributes ................................................................................................................ 343

Diagram Attributes ............................................................................................................. 343

Stored Path Attributes ........................................................................................................ 345

General Attributes .............................................................................................................. 345

Stored Path Attributes ........................................................................................................ 345

Virtualized Path Attributes .................................................................................................. 346

Requirement IDs Attributes ................................................................................................ 348

Export to CA Service Virtualization ................................................................................................... 348

Import Rich Text ................................................................................................................................ 350

Example ...................................................................................................................................... 351

Import From Excel or CSV ................................................................................................................ 352

Import Requirements ................................................................................................................... 352

Import and Export XML or JSON ....................................................................................................... 354

Example Video: Create Request/Response Pairs ...................................................................... 354

Import XML .................................................................................................................................. 354

Export XML ................................................................................................................................. 355

Import Automation Scripts (Ranorex, Eggplant) ................................................................................ 355

Integrate With CA Application Test ................................................................................................... 355

Export Test Data from CA Agile Requirements Designer to CA Application Test ....................... 356

Supported Operations ................................................................................................................. 357

Variable Injection ................................................................................................................ 357

Automation Script Injection ................................................................................................ 357

Adding Information from CA Application Test .................................................................... 357

Integrate With TurnKey ..................................................................................................................... 358

Import from TurnKey into CA ARD .............................................................................................. 358

Generate Test Data ..................................................................................................................... 359

Export From CA ARD to TurnKey ............................................................................................... 359

Integrate With CA Release Automation ............................................................................................. 360

Integration With Lifecycle Tools ........................................................................................................ 360

Connect to a Lifecycle Tool ......................................................................................................... 360

Configure Lifecycle Tool Projects ................................................................................................ 361

Import From a Lifecycle Tool to CA Agile Requirements Designer ............................................. 361

Export From CA Agile Requirements Designer to a Lifecycle Tool ............................................. 362

Define Optional Export Options .......................................................................................... 363

Define Default Export Options ............................................................................................ 363


Configure Lifecycle Tool Integration ............................................................................................ 364

Configure Entities ............................................................................................................... 365

(Optional) Configure Sub Entities ....................................................................................... 366

(Optional) Create Custom Fields ........................................................................................ 366

(Optional) Copy Configuration Mappings ........................................................................... 367

Integrate With CA Agile Central .................................................................................................. 367

Connect to CA Agile Central .............................................................................................. 367

Configure CA Agile Central Attributes ................................................................................ 368

Import (User Stories / Defects / Portfolio Items) from CA Agile Central ............................. 368

Import Test Cases from CA Agile Central .......................................................................... 368

Export Stored Path to CA Agile Central as Test Cases ..................................................... 368

Export Blocks to CA Agile Central as (User Stories / Portfolio Items / Defects / Tasks) .... 369

Export Flow to CA Agile Central as (User Stories / Portfolio Items / Defects) ................... 369

Integrate With HPE ALM (REST) ................................................................................................ 369

Connect to HPE ALM ......................................................................................................... 370

Configure HPE ALM Integration ......................................................................................... 370

Import Test Cases from HPE ALM ..................................................................................... 370

Export Stored Path to HPE ALM as Test Cases ................................................................ 370

Configure Default Behavior for HPE ALM Connections ..................................................... 370

Interact with the ALM Server .............................................................................................. 371

Requirements Traceability ................................................................................................. 371

Integrate With HPE ALM (GT HPE ALM Service) ....................................................................... 371

Prerequisites ...................................................................................................................... 372

Deduplicate Imported Tests ............................................................................................... 372

Import from Quality Center into Agile Designer .................................................................. 372

Export from Agile Designer to HPE Quality Center ............................................................ 373

Integrate With JIRA ..................................................................................................................... 373

Connect to JIRA ................................................................................................................. 373

Configure JIRA Connector ................................................................................................. 373

Run JIRA Queries .............................................................................................................. 374

Import Work Items from JIRA ............................................................................................. 374

Export Stored Path to JIRA as Work Items ........................................................................ 374

Export Blocks to JIRA as Work Items ................................................................................ 375

Export Flow to JIRA as a Work Items ................................................................................ 375

Synchronize CA Agile Requirements Designer and JIRA .................................................. 375

Integrate With Microsoft Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Online ............................. 376

Connect to TFS .................................................................................................................. 376

Configure TFS Attributes .................................................................................................... 376

Import Work Items from TFS .............................................................................................. 377

Export Stored Path to TFS as Work Item ........................................................................... 377

Export Blocks to TFS as Work Item ................................................................................... 377

Export Flow to TFS as Work Item ...................................................................................... 378

Test Automation .................................................................................. 379Automation Workflow ........................................................................................................................ 379


Automation Scripts Examples ........................................................................................................... 380

Analyze Existing Test Scripts ...................................................................................................... 381

Build your automation configuration ............................................................................................ 382

Define Your Automation Configuration .............................................................................................. 382

Define Automation Layers ........................................................................................................... 383

Define Your Automation .............................................................................................................. 384

Example Scenario: Define Automation with Statements ............................................................. 386

Example Scenario: Define Automation with Expressions ........................................................... 387

Construct Scripts from a Model ......................................................................................................... 388

Automation Variable Considerations ....................