I am new to SilkTest and I don't have any scripting background. What I need to do is to record some test cases and then play them to check my system. After getting used to it, I plan to learn scripting and dive into it, but first things first.
What I need is to pass random generated (or randomly read from a text file or pre-defined) parameters into the recordins so that every time I run the tests, different parameters are used. For example, there is a component in which I write some letters and the component filters the results based on the text. Then, I select one of the results. Now, instead of recording the same letters everytime, how can I use random given parameters?
Thanks
What you are looking for is called Active Data in Silk Test.
It allows enhancing your visual tests with external data, for example from an Excel file.
ActiveData testing enables you to leverage existing data in external files as input for powerful, comprehensive application testing solutions. ActiveData testing enables you to perform multiple transactions against test applications using a different set of data for each transaction without writing complicated code or compromising existing data.
You can find an introduction to Active Data in the online documentation or in the tutorial video.
I have a question, what version of Silk Test are you using, also, what client are you using (Silk Test Workbench, Silk4Net or Silk4J). Each of these clients has the ability to receive parameters from an external source whether it is from a command line or from an external data file.
You indicate that you want random data, do you really mean random data or external data? If it is random data that you want you probably need to use a random number/string generator for the client that you are working with (.Net code for Workbench and Silk4Net and Java code for Silk4J).
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I need to extract some data from my client's SAP ECC (the SUIM -> Users by Complex Selection Criteria -program RSUSR002)
Normally I give them a table of values that I they have to fill some field to extract what I need.
They have to make 63 different extractions (with different values of objects, for example - but inside the same transaction - you can see in the print) from their SAP, to later send to me all extracted files.
Do you know if there is an automated way to extract that, so they don't have to make 63 extractions?
My biggest problem is that every time they make mistakes. It's a lot of things to fill..
Can I create a variant and send it to them? Is it possible to export my variant so they can import it without the need to fill 63x different data?
Thank you.
When this is a task which takes considerable effort by multiple people each year, then it is something which might be worth automatizing.
First you need to find out where that transaction gets its data from. If you spend some time analyzing and debugging the program behind the transaction, you will surely find which SELECT's on which database table(s) provide that data. If you are lucky, there might even be a function module for it.
Then you just need to write an own ABAP program which performs the same selections.
Now about the interesting part: How to get that data to you. There are several approaches here. The best one depends on your requirements and your technical infrastructure. Some possibilities are:
Let users run the program in foreground, use the method cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_download to save the data to a file on the user's PC and ask them to send it to you via email
Run the program in background and save the file on the application server. Then ask your sysadmins how to get that file from their application server to you. The simplest way would be to just map a network fileserver so they all write to the same place, but there might be some organizational hurdles in the way which prevent that. (Our security people would call me crazy if I proposed to allow access to SMB shares from outside of our network, but your mileage may vary)
Have the program send the data to you directly via email. You can send emails from an SAP system using the function module SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1. This of course requires that the system was configured to be able to send emails (which you can do with transaction code SCOT). Again, security considerations apply. When it's PII or other confidential data, then you should not send it in an unencrypted email.
Use an RFC call to send the data to your own SAP system which aggregates the data
Use a webservice call to send the data to your own non-SAP system which aggregates the data
You can create a recording in transaction SM35.
There you fill a tcode (SUIM), start recording, make some input in transaction SUIM and then press 'Execute'. Then you can go back to recording (F3 multiple times) and the system will generate some table with commands (structure is BDCDATA). You can delete unnecessary part (i.e. BACK button click) and save it to use as a 'macro'. Then you can replay this recording and it will do exactly what you did.
Also it's possible to export/import the recording to text file, so you can explore it's structure, write some VBA script to create such recording from your parameters and sent it to users. But keep in mind that blanks are meaningful.
It's a standard tools so there's no any coding in the system.
You can save the selection as a variant.
Fill in the selection criteria and press Save.
It can be reused.
You can also transport Variants if the they have a special name
I am simulating a Simulink model(using script) and currently using a toworkspace block to first save the output data to workspace and then using these data for further processing in my script.
My simulink model has two outputs velocity and acceleration.
But in my script I want to simulate the model and meanwhile use the model outputs to be saved or further used without using the toworkspace block.
I tried:
set_param('mdl_name','SaveState','on','StateSaveName','State',...
'SaveOutput','on','OutputSaveName','velocity');
data=Simulink.SimulationOutput;
I expected the data to have velocity values but it returns empty value.
I need some suggestions regarding whether there is another way to use an API and access a particular simulation output after simulating it via script or a suggestion to improve the above script.
Several causes can lead to this behavior. I suggest you to run "sldemo_varsize_basic" in MATLAB command window. This will start a built-in application example of the "ToWorkspace" block. Compare the parameters of the "ToWorkspace" blocks in this model and your model + the "Data Import/Export" pane in the "Configuration Parameters".
I was also using the "ToWorkspace"-based approach, but I changed to storing the results by "Signal Logging" ( in my application I found it more convenient to handle the results + there are no additional blocks required each time I want to log a new signal).
A complete list of ways to "Save Runtime Data from Simulation" is listed on the linked Mathworks website.
I'm trying to run a number of applications with known failure rates through Sonar, with hopes of deciding which metrics are most valuable in determining whether a particular application will fail. Ultimately I'll be making some sort of algorithm that will look at the outputs of whatever metrics I'm using and generate a score from 1 - 100. I've got about 21 applications put through Sonar, and the results have been stored in a MySQL database. I originally planned to use PowerPivot to find relationships in the data, but it seems like the formatting of the tables doesn't lend itself well to that. Other questions on stackoverflow have told me that Sonar's tables are unformatted, and I should instead use the Web Service API to get the information. I'm unfamiliar with API and was unsuccessful in trying to do what I wanted by looking at Sonar's documentation for API.
From an answer to another question:
http://nemo.sonarsource.org/api/timemachine?resource=org.apache.cxf:cxf&format=csv&metrics=ncloc,violations_density,comment_lines_density,public_documented_api_density,duplicated_lines_density,blocker_violations,critical_violations,major_violations,minor_violations
This looks very similar to what I'd like to have, except I'm only looking at each application once (I'm analyzing a sample of all the live applications on a grid), which means Timemachine isn't really what I'm looking for. Would it be possible to generate a similar table, except instead of the stats for a particular application per date, it showed the statistics for an application and all of its classes, etc?
If you're not familiar with the WS API, you can also create your own Sonar plugin to achieve whatever you want: it is written in Java and it will execute on every analysis you run. This way, in the code ot this custom plugin, you can do whatever you want: flush the metrics you need in an output file, push them into a third party system, ... etc.
Just take a look on how to write a plugin (most probably you will create a Decorator). You have concrete examples also to get started faster.
I need a simple tool to visualize the status of a series of processes (ETL processes, but that shouldn't matter). This process monitor need to be customizable with color coding for different status codes. The plan is to place the monitor on a big screen in the office making any faults instantly visible to everyone.
Today I can check the status of these processes by running an sql statement against the underlying tables in our oracle database. The output of these queries are the abovementioned status codes for each process. I'm imagining using these sql statements, run periodically (say, every minute or so), as an input to this monitor.
I've considered writing a simple web interface for doing this, but I'm thinking something like this should exist out there already. Anyone have any suggestions?
If just displaying on one workstation another option is SQL Developer Custom Reports. You would still have to fire up SQL Developer and start the report, but the custom reports have a setting so they can be refreshed at a specified interval (5-120 seconds). Depending on the 'richness' of the output you want you can either:
Create a simple Table report (style = Table)
Paste in one of the queries you already use as a starting point.
Create a PL/SQL Block that outputs HTML via DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE statements (Style = plsql-dbms_output)
Get creative as you like with formatting, colors, etc using HTML tags in the output. I have used this to create bar graphs to show progress of v$Long_Operations. A full description and screen shots are available here Creating a User Defined HTML Report
in SQL Developer.
If you just want to get some output moving you can forego SQL Developer, schedule a process to use your PL/SQL block to write HTML output to a file, and use a browser to display your generated output on your big screen. Alternately make the file available via a web server so others in your office can bring it up. Periodically regnerate the file and make sure to add a refresh meta tag to the page so browsers will periodically reload.
Oracle Application Express is probably the best tool for this.
I would say roll your own dashboard. Depends on your skillset, but I'd do a basic web app in Java (spring or some mvc framework, I'm not a web developer but I know enough to create a basic functional dashboard). Since you already know the SQL needed, it shouldn't be difficult to put together and you can modify as needed in future. Just keep it simple I would say (don't need a middleware or single sign-on or fancy views/charts).
Context:
I am load testing a prototype enterprise web app that performs quick searches on a large dataset. It's backed by a database and uses JQuery datables backed by a servlet to narrow the results upon each keystroke.
I want to find out how it will behave under load and measure response time, stability and usability under various loads and come up with a SLA. The load in this case would be a number of users logging in, typing various search string, simultaneously.
Tools:
I am using Apache Jmeter to do this.
Question:
To truly make my load tests random and eliminate the effect of caching at database level (or anywhere else), I want my HTTP requests for each search to be random. I want to do something like this: send a character, wait, send another character, send backspace, send one more character, send two backspaces, etc.
What is the most elegant/efficient way of doing something like that using JMeter?
Right now I am looking into using CSV dataset and read random characters from a large file, but I'm wondering if there is a better way.
You can achieve the random search strings by using functions.
Specifically, look at RANDOM and CHAR.
basically, you'd have something like ${__CHAR(${__RANDOM(0,82)})} to generate a single character.
I'd also recommend having a CSV file with the top 100 most popular search terms to test against.
I don't know your use case, but it seems unlikely that people are going to be typing in random characters. If I am correct, simulating random keystrokes could be just as misleading as using a very small set of search keywords.
Instead, you should locate or develop a set of keywords that people are likely to use - possibly be scanning the content they will be searching? Then use that to populate what users will enter when they are searching.