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Automated Test Framework product enhancements and updates in the Orlando release.
The Automated Test Framework (ATF) enables
you to create and run automated tests to confirm that your instance works after
making a change. For example, after an upgrade, during application development,
or when deploying instance configurations with update sets. Review failed test
results to identify the changes that caused the failure and the changes that you
should review.
Orlando upgrade
information
Copy and customize quick start tests
provided by the Now Platform® to validate that your instance
works after you make any configuration changes. For example, if you apply an
upgrade or develop an application.
The tests can only produce a pass result when you run
them with the default demo data that's provided with the application or feature plugin. To
apply a quick start test to your instance-specific data, copy the quick start test and add
your custom data. See Available quick start tests by
application or feature.
New in the Orlando
release
- Copy an automated test
suite
- Reduce time in creating tests by copying
an entire test suite. Rename and modify the test suite after copying. The
Copy Test Suite button on the Test Suite form copies
all the nested tests and child test suites within the test suite.
- Custom UI test steps
- Test workspaces using the Form category test steps. The
Custom UI category steps don't support available
workspace.
- List and Related
List
- Validate the functionality and
visibility of records and UI actions in lists and related lists.
- Validate Related List
Visibility
- Validate the visibility of the
selected related lists on a form.
- Apply Filter to List
- Apply a filter to a list to find the
required record.
- Validate Record Present in
List
- Validate the presence of a record in
a list. A valid form must be open and the list containing the record must be
visible to proceed.
- Open a Record in
List
- Open a specific record in a
list.
- Validate List UI Action
Visibility
- Validate that a UI action is
visible in a list. If you're impersonating a user, the visibility of a UI action
can change depending on the user being impersonated.
- Click a List UI
Action
- Select a list UI action in a list on
a form.
- Email category
- Use Automated Test Framework (ATF) to test email
notifications, outbound email flows, and inbound email responses.
- Validate Outbound
Email
- Verify that a certain outbound email exists by searching for
it in the Email [sys_email] table.
- Validate Outbound Email
Generated by Flow
- Verify that a certain outbound email exists by searching for
it in the Email [sys_email] table. Use this step to test that a flow is triggered as expected.
- Validate Outbound Email
Generated by Notification
- Verify that a certain outbound email exists by searching for
it in the Email [sys_email] table. Use this step to test that an email notification is triggered as expected.
- Generate Inbound
Email
- Create an email record that looks like an email that's sent to your instance. Use
the email record to test an inbound email flow or an inbound email action.
- Generate Inbound Reply
Email
- Create a reply email record to test how the system handles a user response to an
email notification.
- Generate Random
String
- Generate a string of random alphanumeric characters that you can use as test data
for another step.
Changed in this release
- Form category
- Some test steps under the Form category now let you select an
available workspace.
- Create a Custom UI
test
- Warning messages show up if a test doesn't yield any components after selecting
Retrieve Components. Ensure that the client test runner tabs
used in the retrieval process are running in the foreground.
- Page Inspector
- The Custom UI category test steps can now interact with UI
formatters. The UI formatters have been whitelisted to enable access by the
Custom UI test steps.
- Forms in Service Portal
Category
- For the Open a Form (SP), Click UI Action (SP), Submit a Form (SP) test step in Automated Test Framework (ATF) forms, you can now specify the number of
seconds allowed before the step fails.
Activation information
Automated Test Framework
is a
Now Platform feature that is active by default.
Note: By default, the system property that is used to run
automated tests is disabled to prevent you from accidentally running these tests on a
production system. To avoid data corruption or an outage, run tests only on development,
test, and other non-production instances. See
Enable or disable executing
Automated Test Framework tests.
To use the quick start tests for an application,
activate the plugin that is associated with the application. See Available quick start tests by
application or feature for plugin requirements.
Browser requirements
Automated Test Framework only supports
running tests from desktop browsers. You can't run tests or test suites from tablets, mobile
browsers, or the mobile UI. Some desktop browsers require additional configuration. See
Browser recommendations for Automated
Test Framework.
Automated Test Framework offers limited
support for test design on tablets. You can't add new custom UI test steps from tablets
because tablets can't retrieve any components. Review existing custom UI test steps that
were added from a desktop browser.
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