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      • Creating a Report
      • Creating a new report template
      • The Report Wizard
      • Basic Report Elements
      • Element tree structure
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      • Sum Function
      • Script Development
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      • Remove empty elements
      • Table of Contents
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  • 💿Installation for on premise
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  • 🪄AI Copilot
    • Transform your testing and project management with aqua's AI Copilot
    • Enable and manage AI Copilot options
    • Create documents with ease with AI Copilot
    • AI Copilot: generate a comprehensive description for the test cases in just one click
    • AI Copilot - create test cases out of requirements or based on context in seconds
      • Create test cases from the navigation page
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      • Create a test case from a test case page
    • Generate test data with AI Copilot
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    • Create multiple user stories or BDDs with AI Copilot
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    • AI Copilot chat
  • 🔗Integrations
    • Jira sync: synchronize items between aqua and Jira projects
      • Before you begin: key steps for synchronization
      • Sync configurator set up
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      • Log in to the Sync Configurator
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      • Fields mapping
        • Supported default Jira fields
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        • Allow mapping of only selected values and ignore other field values for the sync
        • Automatic creation and mapping of field values
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      • Installation of the plugin
        • aqua4Jira Plugin - Now Compatible with Jira Data Center!
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      • Configuration in aqua
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    • Confluence integration
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    • Testlink: importer tool for migrating test cases to aqua
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      • SAML Configuration
        • Installation
        • Sample
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      • Gitlab CI/CD: TypeScript/Cypress
      • Gitlab CI/CD: TypeScript/Playwright
      • Gitlab CI/CD: TypeScript/Cypress/Cucumber
  • 🚀Product updates for on premise customers
    • Product updates
      • 25.47.0 - On Premise
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      • 25.31.0 - On Premise
      • 25.18.0 - On premise
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      • 22.132.0 - On Premise
      • 22.123.0 - On Premise
    • Release Notes
      • 25.47.0 - On Premise
      • 25.36.0 - On Premise
      • 25.31.0 and 25.33.0 - On Premise
      • 25.26.0 - On Premise
      • 25.18.0 - On Premise
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      • 24.135.0 - On Premise
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      • 23.140.0 - On Premise
      • 23.126.0 - On Premise
      • 23.102.0 - On Premise
      • 23.70.0 - On Premise
      • 23.22.0 - On Premise
      • 22.132.0 - On Premise
      • 22.123.0 - On Premise
  • 🚀Product updates for public and private clouds customers
    • Product updates
      • 25.47.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.36.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.33.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.18.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.10.0 - public and private cloud
      • 24.135 - public and private clouds
      • 24.130 - public and private clouds
      • 24.126.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.108.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.101.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.93.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.88.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.83.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.71.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.63.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.50.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.33.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.8.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.140 - public and private clouds
      • 23.126.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.107.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.92.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.70.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.46.0 - public and private clouds 1/3
      • 23.46.0 - public and private clouds 2/3
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      • 23.22.0 - public and private clouds
      • 22.132.0 - public and private clouds
    • Release notes
      • 25.47.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.36.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.33.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.31.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.24.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.18.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.10.0 - public and private cloud
      • 24.135.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.130 - public and private clouds
      • 24.126.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.114.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.108.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.101.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.93.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.88.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.83.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.71.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.63.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.50.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.33.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.8.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.140.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.126.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.107.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.92.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.70.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.46.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.22.0 - public and private clouds
      • 22.132.0 - public and private clouds
      • 22.123.0 - public and private clouds
    • 📢AQUA NEWS
      • 🔒 Rate Limits for Public Cloud Users
      • Preview of aqua's public API
      • aqua is now ISO 27001 certified and DORA Compliant
      • Upcoming changes to aqua API
      • AI Copilot launching for All public clouds users on January 27th!
  • 📹Capture
    • What is Capture?
    • Chrome extension installation
    • Capturing in Incognito mode
    • Using Capture with Edge
    • Capturing with video
      • Option to enable mic when capturing a screen and adding voice notes
      • Option to pause/resume while capturing the video
        • Masking sensitive information while capturing
    • Capturing with screenshot
    • Running a test execution
    • Last minute session replay
    • Masked inputs while creating captures
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  • Creating an Automation Agent
  • Retrieving an agent code
  • Configuring an agent

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Creation & Configuration

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With aqua, you can run automated tests. The procedure for running an automated test is the same as for a manual test. You simply click on the Run button in a given test case. The following dialogue is supplemented by a section for selecting an agent. The Agent is responsible for running the test.

Red indicates that the agent is unavailable.

Green indicates an execution agent waiting for a task.

The following chapters describe how to configure the agents using the web client for:

  • PowerShell

  • Unixshell

  • Jenkins

Creating an Automation Agent

To run an automated test case, an aqua agent must be configured. Each agent has a unique access code. The code is generated in aqua and assigned to the agent. The agents can then be installed on any computer as long as there is a connection to the aqua server. Once installed and configured, the agents simply communicate between aqua and the respective automation tool, starting test executions and returning results to aqua.

Retrieving an agent code

To retrieve an Access Key, select your project in the Project Browser and click on the hamburger menu on in the top left corner of the aqua header, or simply right-click on the project name. In the Project Configuration area, select Automation Agents.

Then in the agents tab, select 'Configuration' and then 'Add agent'. Next, give a unique name to your agent.

An Access Key is automatically generated and is required to successfully configure an Agent. Copy the passcode to the clipboard or write it down for later use. The passcode is used as an identifier to properly differentiate between multiple Agents.

Never configure two Agents with the same passcode.

Configuring an agent

The Access Code is required to configure the Agents. It must be included in the config file of the appropriate agent.

To download the agent package, please navigate to download section, available under the side menu and then select 'aqua Downloads'.

Or undet the integrations page click on the 'Installation files' option.

Another required piece of information is the aquaServiceUrl, which can also be found on the download page.

Once you download the agent package, the config file is located in the same folder as the agent exe file, for example aquaAgentPowerShell.exe.config for PowerShell or aquaAgentRanorexGui.exe.config for Ranorex.

The generated access code must be entered in this file. Other configurations can also be made in this file, depending on the agent type. In addition to the agentCode, the aquaServiceUrl needs to be provided as well. The correct aqua server name or server IP address must be entered there.

The relevant sections are shown in the following snippet, using the PowerShell agent as an example:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="agentCode" value="84f0voteb5xtym56p4lc" />
    <add key="aquaServiceUrl" value="https://aquaServerName/aquaAPI/aquaagentwebservice.asmx" />
    <...
  </appSettings>
  ...
...
</configuration>

Once you have correctly configured the Agent, you can start the Agent from the .exe file. The window that opens will show the connection status and other log messages.

In the Automation Agents section in aqua:

If there is no connection, check whether the agent was started, whether error messages are displayed in the agent, and whether there is any connection to the aqua server. To run an automated test case with this agent, the agent must be started and configured correctly.

To set up additional automation tools such as Ranorex, JMeter or SoapUI, or even database queries, you will need to use the aqua dekstop client. Please refer to the automation chapter for the Desktop Client: for further information.

green dot will be displayed for this agent if the connection is successful (the view may need to be refreshed once)

If an initial connection cannot be made, the dot will be grey.

If a connection has been made at least once, but is now lost, an orange dot will appear.

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Running automated test case with the agent
Adding an automation agent
Coping Access Key of the automated agent
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