diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/core/RMRestWrapper.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/core/RMRestWrapper.java
index 7a529e0633..acc44a6114 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/core/RMRestWrapper.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/core/RMRestWrapper.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.alfresco.rest.model.RestHtmlResponse;
 import org.alfresco.rest.model.RestSiteModel;
 import org.alfresco.rest.model.RestSiteModelsCollection;
 import org.alfresco.rest.requests.coreAPI.RestCoreAPI;
+import org.alfresco.rest.requests.search.SearchAPI;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.GSCoreAPI;
 import org.alfresco.utility.model.StatusModel;
 import org.alfresco.utility.model.UserModel;
@@ -145,6 +146,12 @@ public class RMRestWrapper
         return restWrapper.withCoreAPI();
     }
 
+    /** Get the Alfresco Search API. */
+    public SearchAPI withSearchAPI()
+    {
+        return restWrapper.withSearchAPI();
+    }
+
     /**
      * You can handle the request sent to server by calling this method.
      * If for example you want to sent multipart form data you can use: <pre>
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/core/RestAPIFactory.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/core/RestAPIFactory.java
index 710413fa33..10b71423d9 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/core/RestAPIFactory.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/core/RestAPIFactory.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import javax.annotation.Resource;
 
 import org.alfresco.rest.requests.Node;
 import org.alfresco.rest.requests.coreAPI.RestCoreAPI;
+import org.alfresco.rest.requests.search.SearchAPI;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.GSCoreAPI;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.api.FilePlanAPI;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.api.FilesAPI;
@@ -84,6 +85,12 @@ public class RestAPIFactory
         getRmRestWrapper().authenticateUser(userModel != null ? userModel : getDataUser().getAdminUser());
         return getRmRestWrapper().withCoreAPI();
     }
+    
+    private SearchAPI getSearchAPI(UserModel userModel)
+    {
+        getRmRestWrapper().authenticateUser(userModel != null ? userModel : getDataUser().getAdminUser());
+        return getRmRestWrapper().withSearchAPI();
+    }   
 
     public Node getNodeAPI(RepoTestModel model) throws Exception
     {
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
index 38d4b2959d..3d05133a04 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
@@ -33,11 +33,14 @@ import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.base.TestData.RECORD_CATEGORY_TITLE
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplancomponents.FilePlanComponentAlias.FILE_PLAN_ALIAS;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplancomponents.FilePlanComponentAlias.UNFILED_RECORDS_CONTAINER_ALIAS;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplancomponents.FilePlanComponentAspects.ASPECTS_COMPLETED_RECORD;
+import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplancomponents.FilePlanComponentType.CONTENT_TYPE;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplancomponents.FilePlanComponentType.RECORD_CATEGORY_TYPE;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplancomponents.FilePlanComponentType.RECORD_FOLDER_TYPE;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplancomponents.FilePlanComponentType.RECORD_TYPE;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplancomponents.FilePlanComponentType.UNFILED_CONTAINER_TYPE;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplancomponents.FilePlanComponentType.UNFILED_RECORD_FOLDER_TYPE;
+import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.user.UserPermissions.PERMISSION_FILING;
+import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.user.UserRoles.ROLE_RM_USER;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.utils.FilePlanComponentsUtil.createRecordCategoryChildModel;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.utils.FilePlanComponentsUtil.createRecordCategoryModel;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.utils.FilePlanComponentsUtil.createTempFile;
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.alfresco.dataprep.ContentService;
 import org.alfresco.rest.RestTest;
 import org.alfresco.rest.core.RestAPIFactory;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplan.FilePlan;
@@ -65,8 +69,12 @@ import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.unfiledcontainer.UnfiledContainer;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.unfiledcontainer.UnfiledContainerChild;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.api.RMSiteAPI;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.api.RecordCategoryAPI;
+import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.api.RecordFolderAPI;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.api.RecordsAPI;
+import org.alfresco.rest.v0.RMRolesAndActionsAPI;
 import org.alfresco.utility.data.DataUser;
+import org.alfresco.utility.model.FolderModel;
+import org.alfresco.utility.model.SiteModel;
 import org.alfresco.utility.model.UserModel;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
@@ -92,6 +100,14 @@ public class BaseRMRestTest extends RestTest
     @Getter (value = PROTECTED)
     private DataUser dataUser;
 
+    @Autowired
+    @Getter(value = PROTECTED)
+    private ContentService contentService;
+
+    @Autowired
+    @Getter(value = PROTECTED)
+    private RMRolesAndActionsAPI rmRolesAndActionsAPI;
+    
     /**
      * Asserts the given status code
      *
@@ -468,4 +484,67 @@ public class BaseRMRestTest extends RestTest
     {
         return getFilePlanAsUser(getAdminUser(), componentId);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Recursively delete a folder
+     *
+     * @param siteModel
+     * @param folder
+     */
+    public void deleteFolder(SiteModel siteModel, FolderModel folder)
+    {
+        contentService.deleteTree(getAdminUser().getUsername(), getAdminUser().getPassword(), siteModel.getId(),
+                    folder.getName());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an electronic record
+     *
+     * @param parentId the id of the parent
+     * @param name the name of the record
+     * @return the created record
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public Record createElectronicRecord(String parentId, String name) throws Exception
+    {
+        RecordFolderAPI recordFolderAPI = restAPIFactory.getRecordFolderAPI();
+        Record recordModel = Record.builder().name(name).nodeType(CONTENT_TYPE).build();
+        return recordFolderAPI.createRecord(recordModel, parentId);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Delete a record folder
+     *
+     * @param recordFolderId the id of the record folder to delete
+     */
+    public void deleteRecordFolder(String recordFolderId)
+    {
+        RecordFolderAPI recordFolderAPI = restAPIFactory.getRecordFolderAPI();
+        recordFolderAPI.deleteRecordFolder(recordFolderId);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Delete a record category
+     *
+     * @param recordCategoryId the id of the record category to delete
+     */
+    public void deleteRecordCategory(String recordCategoryId)
+    {
+        RecordCategoryAPI recordCategoryAPI = restAPIFactory.getRecordCategoryAPI();
+        recordCategoryAPI.deleteRecordCategory(recordCategoryId);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Assign filling permission on a record category and give the user RM_USER role
+     *
+     * @param user the user to assign the permission to
+     * @param categoryId the id of the category to assign permissions for
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public void assignFillingPermissionsOnCategory(UserModel user, String categoryId) throws Exception
+    {
+        getRestAPIFactory().getRMUserAPI().addUserPermission(categoryId, user, PERMISSION_FILING);
+        rmRolesAndActionsAPI.assignUserToRole(dataUser.getAdminUser().getUsername(),
+                    dataUser.getAdminUser().getPassword(), user.getUsername(), ROLE_RM_USER);
+    }
 }