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Background
The
Oracle CRM On Demand
system is a Web 2.0 type application that is seeing
wide distribution and use.
The Oracle CRM application is accessed 100% via a browser.
In terms of performing functional/regression and/or load testing of the application
we note the following characteristics:
Worked Example Plan and Explanation
The goal of the worked example is to illustrate how a successful eValid recording
made from life using a simple AJAX recording protocol
can be incrementally upgraded into a structural test,
and then into a geometric test.
Test Plan
The test plan for the example illustrative use of the Oracle CRM On Demand
site is as follows, described in terms of the action that the user is to
take on each successive page.
[Click on the picture to see the screen that corresponds to each step.]
AJAX Recording Protocol
The recording protocol used to create script "A" was the following:
You can see this protocol reflected in the scripts below, where the last part of each step shows a SyncOnText command that assures synchronization before going on to the next step.
Script Characteristics
In addition to the ususal characteristics of an eValid test playback
such as strict preservation of the user perspective
and the accuracy of internal timing data,
there are two very important other aspects of this example:
Script Sequence
Here is the script that matches the above test plan and which follows the specified
Adjustment of Step 5 To Structural Test Sequence
Here is the manual modification of the "from life" recording
that converts Step 5 into a pure-structural type test.
The absolute click is replaced by first finding the location of the
element, starting from the top of the page and moving downwards,
and then following the link that is found there.
The pivot here is a DOM element with id equal to tab4.
Adjustment of Step 8 Geometric Test Sequence
Here is the manual modification of the "from life" recording
that converts Step 8 into a pure-geometric type test.
The absolute click is replaced by first finding the location of the
phrase "Task Details" on the page,
beginning at the top of the page and moving downwards,
moving the sourceIndex +5 positions (down the page),
and then following the link at that location.
Adjustment of Step 9 Geometric Test Sequence
Here is the manual modification of the "from life" recording
that converts Step 9 into a pure-geometric type test.
The absolute click is replaced by first finding the location of the
phrase "Cancel" on the page,
beginning from the bottom of the page and searching upwards,
and then following the link at that location.
Result of Script Execution
Here is the
Playback Summary for the fully modified script as described above,
run with a delay multiplier of 0.
