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Quickstart

1. Open workspace and sign in​

  1. Open a workspace folder in VS Code.
  2. Open the TestBench view from the side bar.
  3. Create or select a connection and sign in. To create a new connection, use the connection form in the TestBench view, enter server, port, username, and password, then sign in.

2. Set active context from Projects View​

  1. In Projects View, navigate to a project.
  2. Right-click the target test object version (TOV) you want to work with and choose Set as Active TOV.

The extension stores this TOV context in .testbench/ls.config.json.

3. Open the context you want to work with​

Open either the test object version you selected as active context, or a cycle that belongs to this test object version.

The context you open determines the available actions:

  • If you open a TOV context, test generation is available.
  • If you open a cycle context, test generation and execution results upload are available.

Workspace behavior​

  • When a workspace is open, the full feature set is available.
  • When no workspace is open, the extension is in read-only mode. Test generation, execution results upload, resource creation, and keyword synchronization actions that modify local files or TestBench content are unavailable.

Read-only mode when no workspace is open

Next steps​

  1. Create or open local .resource files in Create or open resource files.
  2. Synchronize keyword definitions in Keyword synchronization.
  3. Generate Robot Framework suites in Generate Robot Framework test suites.
  4. Execute suites and upload results in Execute and upload results.