Visionary Integration Professionals

HP Business Process Testing

Leveraging HP Business Process Testing to Utilize Multiple Data Sources for Data-Driven Tests

Topics to be Covered
Overview - Business Process Testing Review Existing Database Driven Test Suite Business Case for Upgrading to BPT/QTP Building the New BPT/QTP Solution Add BPT Data-Driving Component Lessons Learned

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Overview Business Process Testing

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Grocery Store Analogy for BPT

Dry Goods

Bakery
Entrance
Produce

CheckOut

Dairy

Meats/Deli

Grocery Store is made up of components: Entrance Check Out Meats/Deli Exit Dry Goods Dairy Bakery Produce Frozen Foods

Frozen Foods
Exit

Some components must be processed in a specific order: Entrance Check Out Exit 4 of 48

Business Process Testing Overview

BPT is an Add-In Module for Quality Center
Reusable BPT Components

Components
Can be Manual, WinRunner, QuickTest Professional Modular (Self Contained) Log in, Input Data, Log out Input and/or Output Parameters Drag-and-drop into BPT Test Cases
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Grocery Store Components

Items & Activities are Specific to Each Component Inputs for Dairy Outputs from Dairy
(What do we want from Dairy) (What did we get from Dairy)

Milk Butter Yogurt Flavor Size

Dairy

Cost Out of Stock?

Inputs

Outputs

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Business Process Testing Overview

BPT Components: Input Parameters
Inputs Outputs

Data Consumed by Component Provided by Quality Center Users Output Parameters from Another Component

Output Parameters
Derived in the Component Script Pass Through (Set Output Parameter = Input Parameter)
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Business Process Testing Overview

Input Parameters

Output Parameters BPT Component

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Grocery Store Template

Meats/Deli Frozen Foods

Dairy

Store Components Assembled in a Template of the Store Layout

Dry Goods

Produce

Bakery

CheckOut

Entrance

Exit

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Determine Shopping Path

Shopping Path 1. Entrance 2. Produce 3. Meats & Deli 4. Frozen Foods 5. Dairy 6. Dry Goods 7. Bakery 8. Check Out 9. Exit
Meats/Deli Frozen Foods Dairy

Dry Goods

Produce

Bakery

CheckOut

Entrance

Exit

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Reuse Components
Different Shopping Path 1. Entrance 2. Produce 3. Dry Goods 4. Frozen Foods 5. Dairy 6. Dry Goods (Again) 7. Check Out 8. Exit
Meats/Deli Frozen Foods Dairy

Dry Goods

Produce

Bakery

CheckOut

Entrance

Exit

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Business Process Testing Overview

Quality Center BPT Tab Login Input Data Test Case Tab 1. Login 2. Input Data 3. Logout 1. Login 2. Retrieve Report 3. Logout

Retrieve Report

Logout

Build BPT Components

Assemble BPT Components into Test Cases

Add Test Cases to Test Sets

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Case Study: Review Existing Database Driven Test Suite

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Previous Version of AUT

HTML Based User Interface 3 Pages 1 End-Point for all Business Scenarios
Existing Application Under Test:
Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Decision Engine

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WinRunner for Previous AUT

350 Tests to Support UAT
Manual Effort = 7 weeks Automation w/ WinRunner = 8 hours Test Data Stored in MS Access Database
Quality Center
WinRunner Automation Framework Application Under Test

Driving Scripts

Access

Test Data & Expected Results for 350 Regression Tests

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Business Case for Upgrading to BPT/QTP

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Business Case - Requirements

Application Redesigned in ASP.NET
HTML Pages Changed to UI Tabs 1 Business Flow Changed to 9 Flows

Keep Existing Regression Tests Quickly Test Flexible Logical Flows Use Automation, but Non-Technical Testers Ensure Ease of Test Suite Maintenance as Application Evolves

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AUT Redesigned
New ASP.NET User Interface 12 Tabs Red Denotes Possible Business Scenario EndPoints New Application Under Test :
Tab 1a Tab 2 Tab 1b Tab 3 Tab 4 Tab 5b Tab 5a

Tab 6a Tab 6b

Tab 7a Tab 7b

Tab 8a Decision Engine

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Business Case Solution

WinRunner is Not Compatible with ASP.NET. QTP Is! BPT is Modular like New AUT UI Architecture BPT Can Leverage QTP Automation BPT/QTP Can Be Integrated with Existing MS Access Database BPT Components Easy to Assemble into Test Cases BPT Components Simple to Maintain
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Building the New BPT/QTP Solution

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New Solution Walk-Through

1. Create Components in Quality Center BPT Tab
Create Initialization Component Create One Component for Each Tab Create Verification Components

2. Create QTP Automation for New BPT Components 3. Drag and Drop Component(s) into Test Case Templates

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Create BPT Components

Initialization Component:
Created Init Component Added One BPT Component per Tab Verified with 9 Additional BPT Components

Tab 1a Tab 2 Tab 3 Tab 4

Tab 5a

Tab 1b

Tab 5b

Tab 6a Tab 6b

Tab 7a Tab 7b

Tab 8a Decision Engine

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Example New AUT BPT Component

BPT Component

7 Input Parameters

0 Output Parameters

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QTP Code for BPT Component

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Create Test Case

Steps to Create BPT Test Case: 1. Create New Test Case 2. Select Test Type = Business Process 3. Drag & Drop Components to Assemble Test Case 4. Link Parameters Between Components

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Drag & Drop BPT Components

Click on Input Value

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User Input Data

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Repeat For Each BPT Component

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Add BPT Data-Driving Component

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Add BPT Data-Driving Component

Solution: Use Data-Driving Component
Leverage Existing Access Database Leverage New BPT Components
Data-Driver
Application Under Test

350 BPT Test Cases

Tab 1 Tab 2 Tab 3

BPT
BPT

Access

BPT

Decision Engine

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Database Driven BPT Component

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Create Open Data Base Connection (ODBC) Create BPT Component Create QTP Script Add to Template Test Case Connect Data-Driver Output Parameters to Other BPT Component Input Parameters

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Create ODBC connection

Select Administrative Tools from Control Panel Select Data Sources (ODBC)

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Create ODBC Connection

1. 2. Click Add Button Select MS Access Type Data Source Name Select Database Click OK Note - New ODBC Created Click OK to Close Dialog Box

3.
4. 5.

6.

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Create BPT Component

1 Input: Test Name

51 Outputs: One to One Correlation with MS Access Database Columns

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Create QTP Script Get Data

Establish Connection to MS Access Build SQL Query, Element by Element

Query Data from MS Access

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Create QTP Script Link Data

Link Query Response to Output Parameters

Clean Up ODBC Connection Objects

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Update Template with DataDriver

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Select BPT Component to Modify

Click the Input Parameters to Open Dialog Box

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Link Data-Driver Data to BPT Component

Select the Output of previous component Checkbox

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Link Data-Driver Data to BPT Component

Select the Correct Parameter

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Connect Data-Driver to Modular Components

Repeat for All Applicable Parameters

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Data-Driver Complete
Done! Copy and Paste the Template as Many Times as Needed Change Test Name Input Parameter on the Data-Driver Component to Retrieve Different Test Case.

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Lessons Learned

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Two Implementations
Regression Testing
1 Test Case Template 350 Test Cases from MS Access

User Configured Tests

9 Test Case Templates 20 Classic BPT Test Cases More Added With Each Release

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Test Execution Setup Options

One Test Case, Many Iterations
Easy to Manage / Change Single Host Execution Less Detailed Quality Center Reporting

Many Test Cases, One Iteration

Difficult to Manage / Change Multiple Host Execution Granular Quality Center Reporting

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Classic BPT vs. External Database

Test Data Managed in Classic BPT
Each Classic BPT Test Cases must be Updated Individually No Good Way to Reporting on Test Case Data

Test Data Stored in External DB

Finding and Managing Test Data is as Simple as Querying MS Access Reporting On Test Case Data is Also Simple

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Summary
Reviewed Business Process Testing Discussed Existing Database Driven Test Suite Explained Business Case for Upgrading to BPT/QTP Described Building the New BPT/QTP Solution Demonstrated How to Add BPT Data-Driving Component Discussed Lessons Learned
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Questions ?

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