My, how time flies. It's been over two years since I last covered automated regression testing for the E-Business Suite. Our strategy for this area continues to evolve, so it's high time for an update.
The E-Business Suite Test Starter Kits consist of sample test scripts from our own E-Business Suite QA group, along with a Starter Guide, Best Practices Guide, and Installation instructions. The test scripts were created against an EBS Vision Demo database displaying American English. You can use these kits as a model for building out your own automated regression tests for your Apps environment.
Back in 2006, you could download our Quality Assurance teams' automated WinRunner QA scripts for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i via a Test Starter Kit. A few things have changed since then:
- Microsoft released IE 8, which is incompatible with WinRunner
- Hewlett-Packard desupported WinRunner in July 2009
- We released Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Test Starter Kits for WinRunner are Still Available
If you're still using WinRunner, you'll be pleased to learn that you can still download:
- WinRunner Test Starter Kit for Release 12.0.4 - Patch 6799654
- WinRunner Test Starter Kit for Release 12.0 - Patch 5845794
- WinRunner Test Starter Kit for Release 11.5.10.2 - Patch 4520701
- WinRunner Test Starter Kit for Release 11.5.10 - Patch 4064542
- WinRunner Test Starter Kit for Release 11.5.9 - Patch 2983563
- WinRunner Test Starter Kit for Release 11.5.8 - Patch 2739616
- WinRunner Test Starter Kit for Release 11.5.7 - Patch 2471695
New Test Starter Kits for QTP are Available
If you've switched over to HP's QuickTest Professional (QTP) testing set of tools, you can now download the following new Test Starter Kits:
- QTP Test Starter Kit for Release 12.1.1 - Patch 8408886
- QTP Test Starter Kit for Release 12.0.4 - Patch 6845309
- QTP Test Starter Kit for Release 12.0 - Patch 5845799
- QTP Test Starter Kit for Release 11.5.10.2 - Patch 4611398
- QTP Test Starter Kit for Release 11.5.10 - Patch 4355248
- QTP Test Starter Kit for Release 11.5.9 - Patch 3313315
Only a subset of the E-Business Suite products with automated WinRunner scripts have QTP equivalents; the READMEs for the respective kits have more details about their contents.
The master list of Test Starter Kits available for Apps is published in:
- Test Starter Kit Information Center (Note 239746.1)
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Comments (6)
hi Steven,
is it a free software or need license for testing?
Best regards,
Kai
Posted by Kai | August 17, 2009 4:55 PM
Posted on August 17, 2009 16:55
Hi, Kai,
The EBS Test Starter Kits are free to all registered Metalink users. The QTP and WinRunner products must be licenced from Hewlett-Packard.
Regards,
Steven
Posted by Steven Chan
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August 18, 2009 10:52 AM
Posted on August 18, 2009 10:52
Any chance of a starter kit for selenium?
Posted by Sean | October 2, 2009 5:51 AM
Posted on October 2, 2009 05:51
Hi, Sean,
I don't think there are any plans for Selenium within the E-Business Suite division right now. Our next major effort will be focussed on upgrading our existing testscripts for the Oracle Applications Testing Suite (OATS). See:
Using the Oracle Applications Testing Suite with EBS: Interim Update #1
http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/2009/08/oats_ebs_interim_update1.html
Regards,
Steven
Posted by Steven Chan
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October 2, 2009 10:14 AM
Posted on October 2, 2009 10:14
Hello there, Steven.
My company started automating test cases a few months ago, but seeing that Oracle EBS Suite QA Team already has automated scripts, currently available on the same tool we use here (QTP), I was wondering if there was some kind of partnership that could be arrange in order for us start using YOUR automated scripts for the CORE functionalities. Then, we would be able to focus the regression validations on our Customizations only.
Would such partnership, or service contract or something like that be possible?
Thanks in advance.
Posted by Andre Mendes | October 22, 2009 12:10 PM
Posted on October 22, 2009 12:10
Hello, Andres,
I can't comment on parnership arrangements or contractual arrangements, I'm afraid. I'm in E-Business Suite Development and have no visibility into partner-related activities.
If you'd like to pursue that, your best bet would be to follow up with someone in the Oracle PartnerNetwork organization. Their website is here:
http://www.oracle.com/partners/index.html
As for the use of our automated test scripts: if your customers have current Support licences for the E-Business Suite, they can download the E-Business Suite Test Starter Kits for their own use from Metalink at no additional charge.
Regards,
Steven
Posted by Steven Chan
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October 22, 2009 1:01 PM
Posted on October 22, 2009 13:01