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
BMC TrueSight Operations

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

 

BMC HELIX Operations

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

 

 

MOMA-IT

MOMA - send event

Send event to MOMA

MOMA environment Input File Name Input File Format

 

MOMA - send dictionary data

Send data into a MOMA dictionary

MOMA environment Dictionary name Input File Name Input File Format

MOMA – compare slots 

Check the value of an event slot in MOMA

MOMA environment SlotName SlotOperator SlotValue

See below on how to reference test events in the Slot Name

MOMA – close test events

Close all MOMA test events sent from Test Manager

Wait

Wait for a specific duration

Duration

 

BigPanda

BigPanda – send event

Send event(s) to BigPanda

BigPanda environment Input File Name Input File Format

BigPanda – compare slots 

Check the value of an event slot in BigPanda

SlotName SlotOperator SlotValue

See below on how to reference test events in the Slot Name

ServiceNow

Check incident value

Verify incident value in ServiceNow

Event Slot Relation Incident Slot Name Slot Operator Incident Slot Value

Used to check if an incident created from an event has a specific value.

The incident number must be present in the "event slot relation" slot so it can be retrieved.

Generic

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

Wait

Set a delay

Time (in seconds)

Wait until event

Wait (with a time out) on the arrival of an event

Event Index Check frequency Time out

Used to wait until an event has arrived.

 

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