Automation Testing process in QTP
- Creating Tests
- Running Tests
- Analyzing results
Process in Creating Tests
- Record a session/test case on the application or site
- Insert checkpoints into the tests.
- Parametrize the tests
- Creating output values
Process in Running Tests
- Run test to check the application or site
- Run test to debug the test (Step into, Step over and Step Out)
Process in Analyzing reports
- View the results in test results window
- Report defects detected during the test run
Add-in's supported
Initial license manager pop-up - QTP Add-in manager
Activex, Delphi, Java, .NET web forms, .Net windows form, Windows Presentation founder, Oracle, People soft, PowerBuilder, SAP web, SAP GUI, Siebel, Standard windows, Stingray, Terminal Emulators (TE), Visual Basic, VisualAge smalltalk, Web, Web services
QTP 2 types of licenses
- Seat License or Node Locked License
- Concurrent License or Float License
QTP Menu Components
| Menu Item | Description |
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| Test pane | Keyword View tab - Test in Icon based GUI format. Expert View tab - Test in VB script format. |
| Active Screen | View >active screen (for launching and closing) Configuring Active Screen: view>options>active screen tab>increase /Decrease capture level, apply and okay. |
| Data Table | View > Data Table (for launching and closing) |
| Data driven Testing Testing the same task(S) or same operation with multiple sets of test data. It can be used in two ways. 1. Enter test data directly into Data Table and use. 2. Importing data from external files (Flat files, excel sheets, etc) and Data bases (MS access, Sql Server, oracle, etc.) |
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| It has two types of sheets.
1). Global Sheet- for entire Test /used for all actions in the Test. |
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| Data table available in 2 ways:
1). Design time data table. (Attached with every test) |
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| Debug Viewer | We use Step into, Step over and Step out commands for debugging. View >debug viewer (for launching and closing) |
| Missing Resources | It can be used for showing missing resources that attached to current test such as (Recovery Scenarios, Library files etc). View menu >missing resources (for launching and closing) |
| Information | This pane shows syntax errors automatically during saving the test. View > information |
| QTP Commands | QTP Commands are available in 3 ways.
1). Menu options |
| QTP Tool Window Menus | File Menu Edit Menu View Menu Insert Menu Automation Menu Resources Menu Debug Menu Tools Menu Window Menu Help Menu |
| File Menu | Through file menu user can create, save tests, open existing tests, export tests in zip format. |
| Edit Menu | It provides editing options and renaming, deleting and splitting actions. |
| View menu | Through this menu we can launch and close, active screen, Data Table, Debug viewer, information, missing resources etc. |
| Insert Menu | Through this menu user can inserting check points, output values, synchronizing points. |
| Automation Menu | This menu provides Record, Run options and Run setting options |
| Resources Menu | This menu provides object repository and recovery scenarios options. |
| Debug Menu | This menu provides debug commands for step by step execution. We can insert/remove/break points. |
| Tools Menu | This menu provides Tools settings option, view options and object identification configuration. |
| Window Menu | This menu provides QTP tool window style settings. |
| Help Menu | This menu provides QTP help as well as VB Script help. |
| Product Enhancements in QTP 11 | QTP 11 now includes the following enhancements:
* New Object Spy Functionality |
QTP 9.0 PDF Files
QTP 11.0 PDF Files