Excel Macros: Automation for FREE! Sindhuja Kumar & Senior Software Engineer Capgemini

Abstract An offer no Project Manager can neglect when accuracy, repeatability and speed can be delivered for almost... FREE!   The testing industry is struggling to find innovative ways to optimize testing efforts and reduce costs. One of the best ways is usage of tools and accelerators. This typically involves investments in terms of infrastructure, licenses and expensive resources. A simple answer to most ever increasing automation need is Excel macros if one doesn’t want the maintenance hassle and costs involved  Excel macros can be used to interact with applications, extract data from heterogeneous sources, generate reports which can be followed globally across testing landscape This white paper looks at applying Excel macros for automating critical, complex, repeatable process across the software testing life cycle and also attempts to explain why Testing industry needs Excel macro to attain accuracy, repeatability and speed at presumably no cost!

An Excel Macro is simply Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code saved inside a document. Macros are incredibly powerful and can do pretty much anything beyond ones imaginations Typical Test Delivery Approach

Excel Macro Automation Excel Macros benefits over Manual Process Feature Manual Process Excel Macro Automation Reliability Less reliable Most reliable Time More time consuming Time saver Investment Utmost required A lesser amount required Frequency One time or based on the plan Repeatable Productivity Depends on complexities Increases productivity and Helps to do more work Reusability One time effort and provides reusability where monotonous task is involved Accuracy & Quality Depends on experience Excel macro ensures that every action is accomplished identically - ensures high quality, reliable results “Excel macro provides the space to be intuitive and allows focus on more rigorous assessments”

References http://www.excel-easy.com/ http://www.seleniumguide.com/p/selenium-vs-qtp.html http://www.guru99.com/alm-qtp-selenium-difference.html http://www.excel-vba.com/excel-vba-solutions-beginners.htm http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-automate-firefox-or-chrome-with-vba-and-selenium/

Author Biography Sindhuja Kumar works as Senior Software Engineer at Capgemini Technologies India ltd., She has worked on various excel based tools and created knowledge management assets for Core Banking Applications. She constantly looks into ways of enhancing Test Execution productivity with simple and easy to maintain solutions.

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