Working with BPT Packaged Apps Kit
Available for BPT Packaged Apps Kit Users
BPT Packaged Apps Kit adds additional functionality to ALM and Business Process Testing that enables you to test packaged applications. This functionality includes features such as learning flows and business process tests, and also change detection.
Prerequisites
To work with BPT Packaged Apps Kit:
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Make sure Unified Functional Testing is installed on the client machine along with its SAP add-in and ALM plug-in.
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BPT Packaged Apps Kit is enabled in ALM Customization.
For details about enabling BPT Packaged Apps Kit, see the HPE Application Lifecycle Management Administrator Guide
Note: When using BPT Packaged Apps Kit, it is best to work with only once instance of ALM open. Do not open multiple instances of ALM in multiple browsers or tabs.
Benefits
BPT Packaged Apps Kit includes the following benefits:
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BPT Packaged Apps Kit can automatically learn the actions you perform on your applications, and then generate a flow or business process test containing components based on the screens and transactions within your applications. You can reuse learned components instead of creating new components.
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BPT Packaged Apps Kit enables you to run tests and flows on applications in Change Detection mode. This enables you to determine how the applications have changed since the test or flow was built.
For details about the supported BPT Packaged Apps Kitapps, see BPT Packaged Apps Kit App-specific Information Overview.
For details about enabling BPT Packaged Apps Kit, see the HPE Application Lifecycle Management Administrator Guide
Roadmap
The roadmap with BPT Packaged Apps Kit includes the following additional phases:
Note: The actual workflow in an organization may differ for different projects, or at different stages of the application development life cycle. All stages in this workflow can be performed by a subject matter expert, without the involvement of an Automation Expert.
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Phase |
Description |
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| Create Flows and Business Process Tests |
You create flows and business process tests in the Test Plan module. For task details, see How to Create Business Process Tests and Flows. |
| Learn Components |
BPT Packaged Apps Kit enables you to learn the steps that comprise a transaction as you navigate your packaged app. BPT Packaged Apps Kit creates automated business components corresponding to screens and transactions in your app, and creates automated component steps based on the operations you perform. These components are then added to the flow or business process test. During the Learn process, you can insert checkpoints and output values. For task details, see How to Learn Flows and Business Process Tests. |
| Build Tests from Learned Flows |
In addition to business process tests that you learned, you can also build a business process test from the flows that were created in the Learn process. In addition, you can include other flows and business components with both manual and automated steps. For task details, see How to Create Business Process Tests and Flows. |
| Define Run Conditions |
You can use run conditions to determine whether to run a component or flow, skip to the next component and continue, or end the run. This determination is based on a parameter's value and the run condition's definition. For task details, see How to Set Run Conditions. |
| Run Tests in Regular Mode |
You run a business process test containing learned components and flows as you would a regular business process test. For task details, see How to Run Business Process Tests and Flows Manually. |
| Run Tests in Change Detection Mode |
If your test includes flows learned automatically, or your test itself was learned automatically, you can run the test in Change Detection mode. BPT Packaged Apps Kit checks whether elements in your packaged app changed since the flow or test was learned. This enables you to later update your flows and tests to reflect these changes. For task details, see How to Run Tests in Change Detection Mode. |
| Resolve Changes |
When a test or flow that ran in Change Detection mode is complete, you can view a report detailing the status of each test, flow, business component, and component step in your test, including whether objects used in your steps have changed in your app. If changes were detected during the test run, you can view the changes in UFT and ALM. You are offered a variety of options for resolving them, such as removing an obsolete step from a component, or reporting a defect. After you resolve the changes and update your flows and tests, you can run additional testing cycles to further test your app. For task details, see How to View and Resolve Detected Changes. |
