UFT recognises an Object Repository as a collection of Test Objects and information for working on it. By default, when a user records a test, the objects and their properties are recorded. UFT will not be able to playback scripts until it UNDERSTANDS objects and their properties.

• Object Identification in UFT can be described in the FOLLOWING points:
• For object identification, UFT employs "human-like" technology.
• UFT tries to learn the properties of a GUI object on which an operation is performed during Record.
• Micro Focus UFT compares the recorded object attributes to the real object properties available on-screen during run-time and uniquely identifies an object regardless of its location on the screen.
• TEST Object is the name of the stored object and its characteristics.
• The actual object available on the APPLICATION under test during Run-Time is referred to as the Run-Time Object. This is the "Test Object MODEL" from Quick Tests.
• The Object Repository STORES information about the Test Objects.
• Add-ins assist in informing Quick Test ahead of time about the nature of the object to be recorded, reducing the time spent learning its properties.