Testcase Authoring– Mainframes

Author a teststep to automate a Mainframes Application

Introduction

This guide provides a detailed description of authoring a Test Case in Avo Assure to automate a mainframes application.

Note: For the ‘Mainframe’ application type, all automation is performed solely in the Test Case authoring phase. The scraping process is not required to automate a mainframe application in Avo Assure.

Create Test Case

The user has to click the Design button, and the Design screen will be displayed.
The user has to click the Design Test Steps button, and the Design Test Steps window will be displayed.
The user has to click the "+" Add Test Step icon, and the new test step will be added.
Note: The test step consists of the following:
- Element Name: This column will display all the objects present on the corresponding screen.
- Operations: A list of every action that may be taken on the object selected in the element name column is provided in the operations column.
- Input: The input column is a placeholder for the user to enter relevant data about the action being performed.
- Output: The output column is a placeholder for the user to retrieve relevant output after executing the test step.
The user has to select the Test Step and click the Edit Test Step icon to start the test step authoring. Note: On selecting, the test step color will be changed.
The user has to click the Element Name drop-down and select the object on which action needs to be performed.
The user has to click the Operations drop-down and select the corresponding keyword. Note: For the complete list of keywords, refer to the Keywords section.
If required, the user has to enter the corresponding Input and Output values and press Enter on the keyboard.
To add more test steps, the user has to repeat the process from Step 3 to Step 7.
Once all the required test steps are added, the user has to click the Save button to save the designed test steps.

Debug Test Case

The user has to click the "Mainframe" button to initiate the debugging process for the testcase. Note: The user has to use the Add Dependent Test Cases option if other Test Cases have to be debugged before the current Test Case.

After completing the debug, the system will display a toast message as Debug completed successfully.

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Introduction

This guide provides a detailed description of authoring a Test Case in Avo Assure to automate a mainframes application.

Create Test Case

The user has to click the Design button, and the Design screen will be displayed.

The user has to click the Design Test Steps button, and the Design Test Steps window will be displayed.

The user has to click the "+" Add Test Step icon, and the new test step will be added.

Note: The test step consists of the following:

Element Name: This column will display all the objects present on the corresponding screen.
Operations: A list of every action that may be taken on the object selected in the element name column is provided in the operations column.
Input: The input column is a placeholder for the user to enter relevant data about the action being performed.
Output: The output column is a placeholder for the user to retrieve relevant output after executing the test step.

The user has to select the Test Step and click the Edit Test Step icon to start the test step authoring. Note: On selecting, the test step color will be changed.

The user has to click the Element Name drop-down and select the object on which action needs to be performed.

The user has to click the Operations drop-down and select the corresponding keyword. Note: For the complete list of keywords, refer to the Keywords section.

If required, the user has to enter the corresponding Input and Output values and press Enter on the keyboard.

To add more test steps, the user has to repeat the process from Step 3 to Step 7.

Once all the required test steps are added, the user has to click the Save button to save the designed test steps.

Debug Test Case

The user has to click the "Mainframe" button to initiate the debugging process for the testcase. Note: The user has to use the Add Dependent Test Cases option if other Test Cases have to be debugged before the current Test Case.

After completing the debug, the system will display a toast message as Debug completed successfully.