Managing Project Data
AutomationDesk’s Project Manager provides a way of organizing the sequences, data, and results of test projects in a structured representation. It also enables you to reproduce tests, for example, to perform them repeatedly (“regression testing”). The criteria for structuring tests can include different functions to be tested, different ECUs in a network, different development stages, and different users involved in a project.

Offline Test Execution & Development
AutomationDesk’s libraries can be set to offline mode, so that tests that use these libraries are executable even if required external software or hardware is not available. The test steps then use default behavior so that test execution is not blocked. For example, tests can be executed without a hardware-in-the-loop simulator being connected to AutomationDesk. The default behavior is defined by default return values either by the user or by recording them in an online test execution run.

Automatic Report Generation
AutomationDesk can automatically generate report documentation based on the test results. You can select from a library of report test steps (such as AddText, AddTable, or AddPicture) to specify the report content. Additionally, there are various options for controlling the level of detail and the format of the reports. Reports are usually generated in HTML or PDF format, but almost any kind of output format can be generated by using additional XML style sheets.

Creating Custom Library Entries
You will find the Custom Library node in the Library Browser. This is where you can create your own individual library entries as described above.

Version Control of Projects and Custom Libraries
With the AutomationDesk version control interface, you can integrate version control systems offering the Microsoft Source Code Control (SCC) interface, for example, Microsoft^® Visual SourceSafe, MKS^® Source Integrity, or IBM^® Rational^® ClearCase^®.