2. Building Regression Tests With PeopleSoft Test Framework
Doug Redinger
Group Manager, Software Development
Oracle Corp.
July 20, 2017 (11: :45)

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4. Agenda 1
Set-up / configuration / environment management Create and modify a test Optimize a test / best practices and critical PTF features Execute a test and check results Release 8.56 – news and new features in PTF Q&A 2 3 4 5 6

5. What makes a good automated test?1
Dynamic Repeatable Efficient 2 3

6. PTF sample data 1
MOS page: (includes user guides) FSCM PUM Images 20* and 21+; HCM PUM Image 19+ Demo data only; not associated with incident(s) Selected to demonstrate PTF functionality Changes to the application impact automation; sample PTF tests are not certified to run on any specific update image, including the image that contains them 2 3 4 5

7. Setup / configuration / environment mgmt.
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Preparing for a PTF implementation

8. Setup / preparing for a PTF implementation
Core concepts
PTF replicates the behavior of a single user interacting with PIA
Record and playback tool
Client specifications (generally align with PeopleTools end-user specs)
Does require an install from \SETUP
Windows
.NET (4.6.1 for PTF 8.56)
Record tests on IE
Starting in release 8.55, play back tests on IE, Chrome, and Firefox

9. Setup / preparing for a PTF implementation
Server specifications
Standard instance of Integration Broker, running
Users require IB “listener” URL to log in to the PTF client (tip)
PeopleBooks resources to keep handy:
Integration Broker
Test Framework (Installing and Configuring PTF)
Test Framework sample data user guide
Required Configuration Settings section (tip)

10. Setup / preparing for a PTF implementation
Test environment info
Saved in a special kind of object called an Execution Option
Requires URL, user ID, password of test environment
Enables customizations of various other properties of that environment

11. Create and modify a test
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12. Create a test Use case #1 (tip) Demo:
Verify that the user profile VP1 has the Cash Manager role
If VP1 does not have the Cash Manager role, add it
Demo:
Create (menus and mouse menus on suite tree)
Save / name (menus and Test tool bar)
Record (the red dot in the Test tool bar)
Configure recorder
PTF_DEMO_10_SCROLLS_NONOPT.avi

13. Modify a test Optimize use case #1 to make it dynamic and repeatable
Verify that the user profile VP1 is associated with the employee KU0007
If it is not already, associate user profile VP1 with employee KU0007
Demos
Recording steps into an existing PTF test via the PTF UI/editor
Message recognition
PTF_DEMO_10_SCROLLS_OPT.avi
PTF_DEMO_20_MSGREC.avi

14. Optimize a test Best practices and critical PTF features
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Best practices and critical PTF features

15. Best practices / critical PTF features
Previous demos
Use Browser.Start_Login to separate environment info from test syntax
Use Page.Prompt to navigate directly to the search page
Use scroll handling to find data within scrolls / grids
Use message recognition to handle application messages
Other power features on the recorder toolbar:
Run control recognition (invokes Process.Run step)
Page expand

16. Best practices / critical PTF features
Other best practices
Document tests
Adopt naming conventions
Record first
Clean up tests
Isolate and reduce duplicate code whenever possible / use Libraries (live demo)

17. Best practices / critical PTF features
Libraries (live demo)
When you have to use explicit navigation:
FLUID_BASE_NAVIGATION_LIB
FLUID_LINKS_NAVIGATION_LIB
NAV_LINKS=PeopleTools:Security:User Profiles:UserProfiles

18. Best practices / critical PTF features
Libraries (live demo)
When you have to use explicit navigation:

19. Best practices / critical PTF features
Libraries (live demo)
When you have to use explicit navigation:

20. Best practices / critical PTF features
Test Maintenance Report
Compares changes in an App Designer project with existing PTF tests/steps
Warns if existing steps point to objects changed/removed in the project
Can also consume Usage Monitor data to consider additional object types such as PeopleCodes

21. Best practices / critical PTF features
Reminder: all PTF data resides in the application database!
Query:
Test and Test Case info
Environment info
Log info

22. Release 8.56 – news and new features in PTF
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23. Release 8.56 – news and new features in PTF
Classic Plus
Most Classic Plus changes (sizes, positions, and styles) do not affect object recognition
Existing PTF tests should run on Classic Plus
New features
Drag and Drop
Query-based testing (live demo)
Additional (but still limited) support for charts
DIV object mouse-over background color

24. Release 8.56 – news and new features in PTF
Query-based testing

25. Release 8.56 – news and new features in PTF
Query-based testing

26. Release 8.56 – news and new features in PTF
Query-based testing