Error: "RPC server is unavailable" or "Access is denied" during remote execution

Error: "RPC server is unavailable" or "Access is denied" during remote execution The user receives the following error message when executing a automated script remotely: The RPC server is unavailable  Access is denied Note: Executing the script locally works correctly Solution Quality Center (QC) and ALM use DCOM, a Microsoft technology,  for remote execution between the QC client and the remote testing machine. Error: "Access is denied"  - This generally indicates a DCOM permission problem...

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Steps to Upgrade from QC10.XX to QC/ALM 11.XX

Steps to Upgrade from QC10.XX  to QC/ALM 11.XX 1.    Deactivate the project in Global QC 10. 2.    Copy the projects’ repositories from the QC10 server to the ALM Server. Each project has the location of the repository at the project properties in the Site Administration web site. 3.    The DB team will start Copying the project schemas from the old DB instance to the new DB instance....

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Import XLSX Sheet to UFT/QTP Datatable

Import XLSX Sheet to UFT/QTP Datatable Most of the people are facing problem with one of the major limitation of QTP/UFT. That is importing data from XLSX extension files. QTP/UFT does not support directly Import option below QTP/UFT 12 versions But using Excel Object Model we can overcome this problem.UFT 12 and above version can support this XLSX extension files. The below function will import the data from XLSX file to QTP/UFT specified...

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How to change the order of Test Plan fields in Quality Center?

Using workflow to change the order of Test Plan fields Custom workflow is required to change the order of the fields in the Test Plan module. The order is changed using the ViewOrder property. The ViewOrder must be modified in both the Test_New and Test_MoveTo subroutines. Fields are displayed Left to Right, Top to Bottom. See the example below. Sub Test_New ‘Remember to also include in the Test_MoveTo subroutine ... Test_Fields("TS_NAME").ViewOrder=10   'Test Name fieldTest_Fields("TS_TEST_ID").ViewOrder=20   'Test ID fieldTest_Fields("TS_USER_03").ViewOrder=30...

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Error when adding a User Defined Field, v11.52

Error when adding a User Defined Field, v11.52 When trying to add a custom user defined field in a project that was created originally in Quality Center 9.2 or earlier, a memory protected or corrupted error may occur. Workaround: Run the following query on the project's schema: For SQL Server: UPDATE td.SYSTEM_FIELDSET SF_ROOT_ID=NULLWHERE SF_ROOT_ID = 0 ANDSF_COLUMN_NAME <> 'CF_FATHER_ID' ANDSF_COLUMN_NAME <> 'CY_FOLDER_ID' For Oracle: UPDATE .SYSTEM_FIELDSET SF_ROOT_ID=NULLWHERE SF_ROOT_ID = 0 ANDSF_COLUMN_NAME <>...

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