Siebel Test Automation (STA) is a powerful, yet simple framework designed for testing Siebel CRM applications. It helps in overcoming the challenges of the time-consuming, error-prone nature of the manual testing process, providing a more efficient and reliable test coverage.
- STA is FREE (no additional license cost)
- You can run it on-premises or with cloud deployment
- Super easy to use, anyone can record test scripts
- Run lights-out testing!
STA is built directly into Siebel CRM
Siebel Open UI Test Automation is a core feature of Siebel CRM. It is free without additional license cost. Oracle takes care of the maintenance of framework and the third-party automation tools included. It is therefore a very cost-effective testing solution for Siebel CRM applications.
As an approximation, using Siebel Test Automation can save 70% cost, as compared to customers building their own automation framework with a similar set of tools and maintaining it.
STA is purpose-built for Open UI
If you have used Siebel Open UI for customization, then the test automation can cover it easily. Test scripts can be developed by first recording functional flows performed interactively across application UI, and then steps can be inserted for parameterizing, verifications, REST API, CLI, custom code, and so on. Since most customers use Open UI for Siebel, they are in a great place to start using STA, even if the UI has been configured extensively.
STA is easy to use, improving development productivity
It is a no-code solution, you don’t need deep programming knowledge to get started with test automation. The recording feature gets you started quickly on automating, with your functional experts recording various business flows. Test Automation also allows the testers to execute the same test case with multiple sets of data leading to improved reuse and test coverage, providing a thorough evaluation of the application’s functionality.
If you do need to manage complex logic via a custom code, then that can be added and called from within your Siebel Test Scripts. You can also leverage REST API calls within test flows when needed. Siebel Test Scripts are not susceptible to layout or accessibility changes, leading to very low on maintenance.
Because its so easy to use – we recommend including Test Scripts as part of a “definition of done” in your agile, scrum development processes. This way when change is made by developers, a test script becomes part of the development process.
STA reduces TCO, increases ROI
Implementing an automated testing process has a huge impact on the key performance metrics such as overall release cycle time, test execution time, defect identification rate, and test coverage percentage that can help in taking corrective actions and making informed decisions for future enhancements and improvements.
With STA, the time to automate new features and changes is very short, as Test Scripts can be developed easily along with development and stabilization. You can automate within the release cycles and keep growing the regression test suites. Subsets can be leveraged in upstream development as part of continuous integration pipeline (CI/CD).
Siebel Test Automation provides simple mechanisms to run your tests in lights-out manner, as efficiently as you need. You can even automate running the lights-out runs!
Using Siebel Test Automation, you can uptake monthly updates regularly and be agile in your development cycles.
Customers are using Siebel Test Automation
Many customers have used Siebel Test Automation to run regression tests regularly, and some also as part of their CI/CD pipelines. Several weeks of manual efforts per cycle are reduced to few days or hours of automated test coverage, results of which are easily reviewable and actionable. This has helped them reduce their release cycles, overcoming major hurdles for agility, thus realizing business value sooner than later.
Siebel Test Automation enables you to uptake Monthly updates regularly and be agile in your development cycles.
“We eat our own dog food!” at Oracle, our Siebel CRM Monthly Release Updates are only released after running more than 13,000 automated Test Scripts every month using Siebel Test Automation.
Conclusion
The Siebel Test Automation framework is a powerful and simple to use tool that can help minimize costs, maximize ROI and address customer challenges as follows:
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Challenges
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Siebel Test Automation
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| Upgrading from pre – IP2017 |
Available with IP2017 and beyond |
| System Integration Testing is complex – end to end flows, go across other enterprise applications |
Provides abilities to interlace with actions outside of Siebel, via CLI, REST API, Custom Extension |
| Too expensive to build new test automation |
Cheaper by 50 – 70% than building your test automation from scratch. STA is available free of cost with Siebel. Hence, does not involve additional license costs and is easier to develop/maintain your test scripts |
| Transitioning from manual testing to automation is time consuming |
Test scripts can be easily recorded while performing manual testing |
| Lights-out automation is difficult to achieve |
Simple yet robust lights out runs, scalable for large number of test scripts |
| Managing the testing cycle (from planning till end of cycle) involves significant efforts, expertise |
Built-in Test Management features |
The key to this lies in understanding its capabilities and applying it effectively in your development and release processes. If not already, get started with a proof of concept for Siebel Test Automation and please get in touch with us today if you need assistance.
Take a Test Drive
We have put together a simple set of step by step instructions to follow to help you set up Test Automation in one of your UAT environments so you can take it for a test drive!. Please refer to the Siebel Test Automation Trial Setup document and if you still need any assistance please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Refer to Oracle Siebel CRM Documentation for comprehensive and latest documentation.