1. Achieve Next level of Automation with Robotic Test Automation
Hemant Khanolkar
Head Testing Practice
Datamatics Global Services Ltd.

2. Abstract The purpose of this white paper is to :
Understand and enable the importance of using real time data for testing
Using RTA as next level of test automation
Bring out some of the best practices of testing at Datamatics
Key things that are addressed in this document:
What are the shortfalls with existing test automation solutions
What is the importance of shift left in test automation?
What is Robotic Test Automation?
What is the level of automation that can be achieved?
How can RTA further enable DevOps?

3. Problem Statement
Automated testing uses static test data passed through an external excel sheet
Defects are leaked into the production environment as live application is using real time data from real world and not the static data
This scenario has never been tested before going live
Team is spending enormous time on creating the test bed, test data
No single tool to support various types of applications like Web, Desktop, SAP, Siebel, Oracle etc.
Managing execution from multiple tools is a challenge
Difficulty in setting up quality gates for different environments

4. Solution – Robotic Test Automation
Need of the time is to introduce dynamic data retrieval techniques for ensure live data is available to automated test execution
Robotic Automation testing is one such means that will enable Business Analyst to use real time data into testing from
Data is captured from multiple data sources without user intervention
Single click execution for data capture and test execution
User Friendly Web IU

5. What it Robotic Test Automation?
Datamatics proprietary
Robotic Automation Solution to
achieve critical goal
of delivering quality products
faster to market
Test execution module uses the scripts that are created in various automation tools like Selenium, QTP, RFT
Creating Test plans by using Keywords in the sequence of execution that they are comfortable in
Hybrid framework allows business users to execute the test automation suites with bare minimum automation tool knowledge
Data captured is passed to test execution suite.
Advanced data capturing mechanism helps capture data from various application types, data sources and OCR format document
It enhances the regression test automation suites by replacing static data with live data
RTA is an automation testing framework enabling real time test data within test automation

6. Technical Architecture
Advanced Data Accessibility Module (ADAM)
Automated Test Execution Module (ATEM)
IBM Rational Functional Tester
HP UFT
Micro Focus Silk Test
Selenium
Test Automation Tools

7. Hybrid framework Keywords Data Driven
Keywords are reusable factor of the test execution suites
Large Test case in broken into keywords
Automation tester will create test cases and keywords using the web UI
Keywords
Every keyword contains the application for data extractor that is linked to ADAM
Data file allocated is automatically called during the execution
Data Driven

8. Test Plan Flexible Test Planning
Test plans created on logical sequence of test cases
User Friendly UI for Test plan creation
Business users need to drag and drop the keywords from the plan view
Complexity of automated test scripts are hidden from the end users

9. Execution Distributed Execution and Scheduling
Captures real time data and pass it at run time to test plans during execution
Distributed test execution
Each environment in bound to an URL / exe
Testers and developers are in sync with what URL is been tested
Multi browser / Compatibility testing
Test execution schedule for nightly unattended builds

10. Single click Deployment
IBM Urbancode Deploy
Octopus Deploy
Electric Cloud Flow
Build Deployment Tools
Quality gates
Quality gates are introduced before each deployment
Integrates with build automation tools like UC, Octopus, Electric Cloud
Tool take deployment decision based on test result
Triggers deployment build depending on the environment type and test execution result
Threshold values can be set in RTA to configure automated build deployment process

11. Dashboards and reports
Standard hygiene factors of any automation tool or framework.
Role base dashboards to populate the right information to right stakeholders.
Gives a current view of test execution at run time
Detail Report
Shows step by step execution result along with assertion value and snap shot
The report is used by various organizations to compliance to audits

12. How we do it at Datamatics?
Focus is to accelerate software testing and deliver quality products in DevOps environment by achieving right level of automation.
Use real time data for test execution
Integrate multiple automation under single platform
RTA framework helps in getting started with automation much faster
Reuse existing investments in scripts and move to next level of automation
Datamatics team has been able to achieve automation within the same sprint
Early defect identification mechanism is embossed into the process by using tools for Test management and Unit test
Accelerate Integration testing by virtualizing web services and middle tier in different environment
Regression test automation framework accelerates the automation and get started much earlier.
Development team is provided a plugin to facilitate impacted method detection and impacted scenario automated tests
Product quality is controlled by implementing regression test automation, performance testing and QA gates deployed in build management.
Avoid wrong builds from getting deployed in respective environment.
Proprietary
Intelligent
Robotic Automation
Testing
Solution

13. Conclusion
Testing with real time data id next thing in testing applications
Our Robotic test automation framework has helped us achieve testing using real time data
Quality gates are created with RTA for various environments
Integrated with build automation tools
Automate test plan and link the traceability between requirements, test case, test execution and defects.
Enable overnight unattended test execution and save time and money.
Avoid defective code from getting deployed

14. Author Biography Hemant Khanolkar Head- Testing Practice.
Datamatics Global Solutions Ltd.
Hemant is heading the Testing Practice at DGSL. He has over 15 years of IT experience out of which 13 years are into software testing. He has diversified experience into testing which includes Test Management,  Performance testing, Test Automation, Implementing solutions for DevOps testing, Service Virtualization, Mobile testing and building Testing COE’s.
Prior to Datamatics he has worked with companies like Cigniti Technologies, IBM and Omnitech where he has handled multiple roles of Testing Presales, Practice Head, Solution Architect, Performance Tester. He has completed his Masters in Computer Management and Post-graduation Diploma in Business Administration. He is a certified testing professional with certifications in CSTE, ISTQB, CSI, and tools certifications in IBM Rational Functional Tester, IBM Performance Tester, Rational Quality manager, IBM Requirements Management with Use cases and NCFM.

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