Our recent article about our internal use of automated regression testing tools within E-Business Suite Development prompted many questions about the Oracle Application Testing Suite. I’m pleased to announce that the Oracle Application Testing Suite 9.0 is supported for use with the E-Business Suite.
The Oracle Automated Testing Suite (OATS) is built on the foundation of the e-TEST suite of products acquired from Empirix in 2008. The testing suite is comprised of:
Oracle Load Testing for scalability, performance, and load testing
Oracle Functional Testing for automated functional and regression testing
Oracle Test Manager for test process management, test execution, and defect tracking
Oracle E-Business Suite Accelerators Now Available This latest version includes new Oracle E-Business Suite Accelerators, which offer support for automated functional testing and load testing for both Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 11i and 12. You can now create test scripts that automate both E-Business Suite Web and Oracle Forms-based screens. Using the new OpenScript graphical scripting interface, your end-users can record automated test scripts by stepping through their Oracle E-Business Suite business transactions in their browsers. You can use the same interface to run scripts, parameterize script inputs, add custom test cases to validate content and extend scripts programmatically in Java. You can also use the same interface to create automated load test scripts for Oracle Load Testing to simulate thousands of concurrent virtual users. When Will New Test Starter Kits be Available? As I mentioned in a previous article, our E-Business Suite Quality Assurance teams have been working with the Oracle Application Testing Suite for some time now. We’re excited about using this new set of tools, and the OATS team is even building out some new enhancements specifically for our internal Apps testing requirements. Our EBS QA teams haven’t provided any firm schedules on when our existing E-Business Suite WinRunner and QTP automated test scripts will be fully converted to OATS. The number of existing test scripts that need to be converted is very large, with separate sets of scripts that span at least three Oracle Apps releases: 11.5.10.2, 12.0.4, and 12.1. It wouldn’t be surprising if the conversion process takes some time. I would expect that a set of new Test Starter Kits containing the OATS scripts will be released in the future, but I don’t have any details about which E-Business Suite products will be covered. You’re welcome to monitor or subscribe to this blog for updates, which I’ll post as soon as soon as they’re available. Have You Tried OATS with EBS Yet? Our Oracle Application Testing Suite team is eager to hear about your experiences with their latest release in E-Business Suite environments. You’re welcome to post your comments here, or drop me a line privately. I’ll be sure to pass on your feedback and questions on to the OATS team for you. Related Articles
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Steven Chan
Senior Principal Product Manager, OCI Multicloud
Steven leads OCI Multicloud Landing Zones. He is a product manager and solution architect with diverse experience as an Enterprise Architect, Database/Integration Architect and CRM Programme Lead across financial, healthcare and sport industries. He was a Global Cloud Solution Architect in Microsoft before joining Oracle, focusing on digital innovation.
