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Tutorial 10 - Stage a Quick Test

In this tutorial, you use the quick staging option (quick test) to learn how to stage tests and read subsequent reports. You run the quick test on the multi-tier-combo example that accompanies DevTest. Running a quick test is the simplest way to stage a test.

Tutorial Tasks

In this tutorial, you:

• Use the multi-tier-combo test case.
• Use the quick test feature.
• Select and format reports.

Prerequisites

• You have completed Tutorials 5 through 9.
• DevTest Workstation is open.
• You have access to the demo server.

Step 1 - Open the Test Case

Open a test case from the examples project.

Follow these steps:

1. Select File, Open, Test Case, File System from the main menu.
2. Navigate to the LISA_HOME\examples\Tests folder.
3. Select multi-tier-combo and click Open.

   The multi-tier-combo test case opens in the model editor.

Step 2 - Review the Test Case

Review the various types of test steps in this test case. For example:

• Add User is a Web Service Execution (Legacy) step.
• Get User is an Enterprise JavaBean Execution step.
• Verify User Added is a SQL Database Execution (JDBC) step.
• Deposit Money is a JMS Messaging (JNDI) step.

  

  You used many of these steps in tutorials 6 through 9. In this tutorial, you use all the test steps to build a more realistic test case involving several layers of the application.

Step 2 - Part A - Run a Quick Test

Follow these steps:

1. From the menu bar, click Stage a Quick Test on the test case toolbar.

   To stage a quick test, the example test case can be open in the model editor. Or, you can right-click on the test in the Project panel and can enter the parameters to stage a quick test from there.

   

2. In the Stage a Quick Test dialog, complete the following required information:
   • Run Name: Enter a unique name (Tutorial10QuickTest).
   • Number of Instances: Enter a number of users to run the test concurrently (4).
   • Stage Instances To: Select the name of the coordinator server or stage it locally.
   • To restart the test, select If test ends, restart it.

   

3. Click OK.

   The Test Run window opens, but the test has not started yet.

4. To start the test running, click from the main toolbar.

   The test begins, and the graph immediately plots results.

   

   You can roll over the graph lines to view descriptions.

   

5. To select which events to display, select the Events tab.

   

Step 2 - Part B - View Generated Reports

DevTest provides a report viewer to view reports.

Follow these steps:

1. Click View, Reporting Console from the main menu, or click Reports on the toolbar.

   The Report Viewer opens.

   

2. To see only recent activity, click the Recent button.

   The graph in the previous graphic shows that all of the tests in this test case passed.

You can right-click the graph for different menus. For more information about reports, see the Reports section in Using CA Application Test.

Tutorial 10 - Review

In this tutorial, you tested the multi-tier-combo example using a quick test. You learned how to:

• Review a test case containing several types of test steps.
• Configure and run a test in the quick test feature.
• Examine a report that is generated from the test run.