Defining and running tests

1.       You define Test sets by adding a new “test set” from the Test Manager main window :

 

2.       Once your test set is created, switch to the “Edit” display mode in the main window :

 

3.       In the “Edit” window you can :

a.       Add a new empty test to the set by pressing the “Add an empty test to set” button

b.       For each test in  the test

                                                               i.      Edit the name/description by double-clicking on the test “Name/Description” cell

                                                             ii.      Edit the actions by double -clicking on the test “action(s)” cell

                                                           iii.      Edit the checks by double-clicking on the test“check” cell

c.       Reorder your tests by dragging and dropping tests above/below each other.

4.       Each “action” or “check” includes :

a.       A name and a description

b.       A function – see table below.

 

Function	Description	Arguments	Comments
TSOM – send event(s) or data	Send event(s) or data to a TSOM cell	Cell Name Type Input File Name Input File Format	Multiple events/data can be provided, input format must be BAROC
TSOM – get record	Get a global record value from a TSOM cell	Cell Name Record Name
TSOM – set record slot	Set a global record value from a TSOM cell	Cell Name Record Name Slot Name Slot Value
TSOM – compare slots	Check the value of an event slot in a TSOM cell.	Cell Name Slot Name Operator Slot Value	See below on how to reference test events in the Slot Name
TSOM – drop test data	Delete all test data sent from Test Manager	Cell Name
TSOM – close test events	Close all TSOM test events sent from Test Manager	Cell Name
BHOM – send event	Send event(s) to BHOM	HELIX environment Input File Name Input File Format	Multiple events/data can be provided, input format can either be BAROC or JSON
BHOM – compare slots	Check the value of an event slot in a TSOM cell.	HELIX environment Slot Name Operator Slot Value	See below on how to reference test events in the Slot Name
BHOM – close test events	Close all BHOM test events sent from Test Manager	HELIX environment
Wait	Wait for a specific duration	Duration
Run Command	Run an arbitrary command	Command Line
Ask user validation	Manual user confirmation of a specific item		E.G. : Check if email has been received

 

For slot value comparison operations, the “Slot Name” argument may have a prefix to identify for which event from the test set the comparison should be done.

To do this, we can distinguish:

-          The index of the test in the test set : “X”

-          The index of the action in the test : “Y”

-          The index of the event in the action : “Z”

 

For example, if in the following test set we have the following test :

 

-          The Test Index is X=6.

-          The action index of the first action “Send 2 MINOR events” is Y=1

-          The action index of the second action “send a OK event” is Y=2

-          The event index of the first event of the first action is Z=1.

 

So, to reference a slot of a specific event, the following notations are supported :

Within the same test:

SlotName	First event in first action in current test  (note : this is equivalent to EVENT1.SlotName)
EVENTY.SlotName	First event from action Y in current test
EVENTY.Z.SlotName	Event Z from action Y in current test

 

If you need to reference an event from another test in the test set:

EVENT.X.Slotname	First event from first action for test index X
EVENT.X.Y.Slotname	First event from action Y for test index X
EVENT.X.Y.Z.Slotname	Event Z from action Y for test index X