You can manage applications and environments on the application page: Configuration > Applications.
This article explains how to…
The applications page
Only users with an editor or owner role can modify environments and applications.
Creating your first application and environment
If there are no applications and environments configured for your workspace, go to Configuration > Applications and click on the Configure application button to create your first application and environment.
On the new application page, define the following values:
- Application name
- Application description - optional
- Application URL or mobile build file
- Environment
- If the web application requires authentication with username and password to access the page, check the option "Automatically log in when encountering a login page."
- Enter a username and password for logging into this application. When you create the application, this username and password become mabl credentials.
Click Save to create your first application and environment.
Creating an application
Go to Configuration > Application. Click on the + New application button to load the new application page.
On the new application page, define the following values:
- Application name
- Application description - optional
- Application URL or mobile build file
- Environment - associate with an existing environment or add a new environment
- If the web application requires authentication with username and password to access the page, check the option "Automatically log in when encountering a login page."
- Enter a username and password for logging into this application. When you create the application, this username and password become mabl credentials.
Click Save to create the application.
Editing an application
To edit an application's name, go to Configuration > Applications. Click on the application's name to open the edit application page.
To edit an application's URL or mobile build file, take the following steps:
- Go to Configuration > Applications
- Hover your mouse over the area in the table where the application and environment meet.
- Click on the plus or pencil icon that appears.
- In the modal, edit or add a new a URL or mobile build file.
Editing files and URLs for an application
Creating an environment
Go to Configuration > Applications. Click on the + New environment button to load the new environment page.
At a minimum, give the environment a name. You may also define the following optional settings:
- Environment description
- Environment variables
- Link agent
- Page interaction speed
Click Save to create the environment.
Editing an environment
To edit an environment's name or settings, go to Configuration > Applications and take the following steps:
- Hover your mouse over the environment name. A pencil icon will appear next to the environment name.
- Click on the pencil icon to open the edit environment page.
Update environment settings as needed and save.