OpenText Silk Test's most valuable features include ease of GUI mapping, distributed test run support, object-oriented approach, multi-language support, OCR recognition, seamless IE integration, and Visual Studio compatibility. Users appreciate its ease in script modification, reporting, capturing functional testing, cross-browser capabilities, and handling application states. The recording feature allows fast learning for business users. With robust reporting, SAP functional testing support, and test cycle management, users find it user-friendly and efficient for accelerated and continuous testing.
- "The OCR recognition is great, way over Sikulix or Robot Framework."
- "It drastically reduced our manual regression efforts that is difficult to achieve in Agile model."
- "Using this DLL functionality we were able to automate our product."
OpenText Silk Test requires improvements in GUI simplicity for non-developers and better integration with IntelliJ IDEA and Git. Enhancements are needed for browser testing, especially with Firefox and Chrome. The system could benefit from compatibility with newer technologies and better performance monitoring. Pricing and initial setup complexity pose challenges. Improving community support and expanding documentation would be advantageous, alongside better automation for iOS applications and object library integration. Users express difficulty in using some commands and desire more intuitive scheduling and API integrations.
- "Implementing a better integration with Git. It was extremely painful to implement the link from Silk Central to Git."
- "Need to improve online documentation, community and forums to share issues encountered and solutions."
- "At that time, we never had good technical support in Bangalore."
