Profiling

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Creating an offline model

2. Recording the scenarios using FollowMe feature

3. Generating Test Cases

Profiling is creating an offline model of an application under test (AUT), which involves mimicking a UI model of an AUT using nodes, features and UI elements

1. Creating an offline model

1. Login to algoshack.net > algoQA.
2. In the Create project window, enter the appropriate name and select appropriate Automation type from the Application Type drop-down list.
3. Click Create to view the main canvas screen.
4. Alternatively, you can either browse for the scraped file in the CSV format or drag-and-drop it to view the automatic placement of nodes. Click the "Browse files or drag them here" button or the cloud icon to upload the scraped file.
5. In the left pane, select More Menu on the appropriate Node configuration folder  and select Upload to upload the downloaded .csv file.
6. Click Submit.
7. In the Project Explorer page, drag and drop the node to the main canvas.
8. Expand each node to view the Palette pop-up window in the right pane. In the Node Name text box, enter the same name as the page name. Similarly, add the appropriate node names for the remaining nodes and use the connectors to connect the nodes.
   Ensure to provide unique node name, if you don't provide a unique name, then the following error messages are displayed:
   
   Note that when you are configuring the node, make sure to enter a unique feature name to avoid duplicates. This is necessary when configuring a nested feature or entering a feature name for different nodes or the same node within a scenario. Otherwise, you will see the following error message displayed in the screenshot:
   
9. Upon successful node configuration, you can see all the UI elements within the feature. By default, one feature will be configured.
10. In the required feature, update the five attributes of UI element, such as control name, control value, navigation, business rules, test data or control value and locator. Similarly, repeat the step to update the attributes for all other UI elements.
11. On the Main canvas, click Save.

2. Recording the scenarios using FollowMe feature

Follow Me feature is used to record and save the workflow or scenario or use case. Scenario will be saved in the same sequence it has been recorded. 

Note: Recording for the FollowMe feature is done in offline model. It doesn’t interact with the live application.

User actions -Adding two numbers

1. Open calculator application
2. Select two numbers and click + button to add two numbers
3. Verify the addition of two numbers

To record a scenario, perform the following: 

1. On the Main Canvas, click Follow Me feature o to view Record Scenarios pop-up window. 
   
2. Enter the scenario name, outline and click Create to create a sequence. Create Profile Sequences pop-up window appears. All the available nodes are listed in the window.
   
   
3. Select the required feature (Cal Menu ) under Node (calculator) to view all the added UI element details as shown:
   
   
4. Similarly, select all the required features and the associated UI elements to create a sequence. Click Ok. Scenario flow has been recorded. Click Submit.
   
   
5. In the Recorded Scenarios window, click Submit to save the recorded scenario. Once the scenario is successfully saved, you will see a 'Scenario created successfully' message.
   Note that you can select multiple UI elements repeatedly in a single workflow.
   
   
6. When entering a value in the custom value and Message fields, adhere to the following: 
   • Custom value and message fields cannot be just blank spaces. If you wish to include spaces, you can use the keyword _empty_. For more information, see Keywords used in algoQA. If you enter the only spaces in any of the fields, then following error message is displayed:
     
   • You can include spaces at the beginning, end, or between words.

3. Generating Test Cases

To generate test cases, perform the following: 

1. On the Main canvas, click Generate Test case.
2. Click OK.
   
3. The generated test cases are stored in the Test Cases folder. This folder includes a spreadsheet which contains GWT steps in XLSX or XLS format and Feature File in TXT format.
   Note that .xls file supports storage up to 7000 rows (GWT lines) of data. You can modify and save the lines, download the file without any issues.