Recording the scenarios using FollowMe feature for a Desktop Application

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Overview

2. Recording a Scenario

 1. Overview

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

2. Recording a Scenario

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.