Create Application
This page describes on how to create a application in TestWheel
From the Dashboard, users can access the Application module by clicking the Application icon available in the left-hand navigation panel. This page serves as the central workspace for managing all applications configured in TestWheel. Users can create new applications, manage existing configurations, enable testing features, and maintain version-specific testing assets from a single interface. The Applications page also provides quick access to application settings, execution options, and environment configurations required for Functional and API testing workflows.
To register a new application, users must click the Add New Application button, which opens the Create Application screen. In this section, users are required to provide application details such as the application name, description, application type, and environment configuration. Based on the testing requirement, users can select either Web Application or REST API as the application type. Additional capabilities such as API Capture can also be enabled during registration to monitor API requests during execution. After entering all required details, clicking the Register button saves the configuration and adds the application to the system
Once the application is successfully registered, TestWheel automatically redirects users to the Applications page, where the newly created application appears in the Application List table. For Functional type applications, a Healing toggle is displayed under the Healing column. Enabling this option activates the Self-Healing capability, which automatically identifies UI locator mismatches during test execution and updates the affected locators dynamically. This feature helps reduce automation failures caused by UI changes and minimizes the need for manual maintenance of test scripts.
When API Capture is enabled during application registration, the Applications page additionally displays two execution options: the Browser Run icon for executing Web Functional tests and the API Run icon for executing captured API test cases. To execute Web Functional testing, users must first upload the required testing documents in the Documents module. For API testing, users must configure and fetch API request data in the API Test page before execution.
The Version Management feature allows users to maintain separate testing assets for different releases of the same application. Using this functionality, teams can manage version-specific document uploads, configure release-wise test setups, isolate testing environments, and maintain historical version tracking for controlled regression testing. Organizing testing assets based on application versions helps improve release management, execution accuracy, and overall testing efficiency.
For simplifying functional test creation, TestWheel provides the TestWheel Recorder, a browser-based recording utility available as a Chrome extension. Users can install the extension directly from the Chrome Web Store by clicking the Click here Install the TestWheel Recorder in user’s chrome browser from Chrome Web Store link and launch it within the browser while accessing the target web application. Once the recorder is started, a separate recording tab opens where users can manually perform application actions. During recording, the plugin automatically captures user interactions, UI element properties, and browser actions in the background and displays the captured information in a structured format.
After the recording process is completed, users can click the Export to TestWheel button to transfer the recorded test data directly into the corresponding application within TestWheel. The exported actions are automatically converted into reusable functional test assets, making them immediately available for Functional Testing execution and further test management activities.
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