AscentialTest

Test Planning and Management

• Create test plans and suites
• Link tests to plans via drag and drop
• Integrate tests seamlessly with test data
• Manage test components with integrated source control to support large teams
• Execute manual and automated tests
• Manage test results in a centralized database
• Generate reports through a web interface

Test Data Management

• Create data tables visually with types of arbitrary complexity
• Generate data structures in target testing language automatically
• Access data at runtime via a simple query without need to transform data types
• Project and Plan level data provide single point of change
• Data validation reduces entry errors
• Import data from Excel and .csv format

Automated Testing

• Visually declare application objects via drag and drop
• Uniquely identify objects using a rich array of descriptors
• Advanced recognition for custom textual elements
• Graphically organize table rows and columns
• Create logical tables from object attributes
• Reduces ‘noise’ by filtering out unwanted levels in the application hierarchy
• Exposes object attributes for testing and verification
• Selectors provides easy access to fields in tables and grids
• Provides a mechanism to easily port automated tests to different locales/languages
• Provides a conversion path from other commercial testing tools
• Create steps by dragging object/actions from Snapshots
• Automatically generate form-level input and verification steps
• Test data objects automatically generated
• Create tests by dragging and dropping re-usable steps

Manual Testing

• Tests are created by dragging and dropping re-usable steps
• Outputs captured in one step can be linked to input instructions of subsequent steps so that the tester is provided with session specific instructions
• Data lookups can be embedded within instructions so that the tester is provided with current and relevant test data. Significant time is saved searching for records and eliminating input errors due to out-of-date data
• Semi-automated tests can be easily developed by combing automated and manual steps
• Application snapshots can be captured during execution for display in test results or defect reports