ASPECT AND SYSTEM LANDSCAPE CAPABILITY-DRIVEN AUTOMATIC TESTING OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

• US 20120159445A1
• Filed: 12/20/2010
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Bloching, Uwe, Rau, Stefan
• Granted Patent: US 8,930,908 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/124
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites

Abstract

In a system and a method, a sub-test catalog is retrieved from a test catalog repository. A test aspect of the sub-test catalog is compared to an aspect of a software application to be tested. A required system capability of the sub-test catalog is compared to the capabilities of a system landscape based on a determination that the sub-test catalog test aspect matches the aspect of the software application to be tested. The system landscape includes at least one system. The sub-test catalog is added to a master test catalog based on a determination that the required system capability of the sub-test catalog matches the system landscape capabilities.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for automatically selecting software application tests, the method comprising:

retrieving a sub-test catalog from a test catalog repository, the sub-test catalog comprising at least one software application that performs a test;

comparing, by at least one processor, a test aspect of the sub-test catalog to an aspect of a software application to be tested;

based on a determination that the sub-test catalog test aspect matches the aspect of the software application to be tested, comparing, by the at least one processor, a required system capability of the sub-test catalog to capabilities of a system landscape, the system landscape comprising at least one system; and

based on a determination that the required system capability of the sub-test catalog matches the system landscape capabilities, adding the sub-test catalog to a master test catalog.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the capabilities of the system landscape; and

identifying the aspect of the software application to be tested.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the determining of the capabilities of the system landscape comprises:

instructing a sniffer software application to inspect the capabilities of the at least one system of the system landscape;

receiving at least one vector representing the capabilities of the at least one system of the system landscape; and

combining the at least one vector to form a system landscape capabilities vector.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the sniffer software application inspects the capabilities of the at least one system by examining configuration information of the at least one system.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the combining of the at least one vector comprises performing a logical OR operation on the at least one vector to form the system landscape capabilities vector.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising determining the test aspect of the sub-test catalog and the required system capability of the sub-test catalog.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising assembling the sub-test catalog and additional selected sub-test catalogs in the master test catalog in an execution order.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the test aspect of the sub-test catalog is embodied in a first vector, wherein the aspect of the application to be tested is embodied in a second vector, and wherein the comparing of the test aspect of the sub-test catalog to the aspect of the software application to be tested comprises:

performing a logical AND operation on the first vector and the second vector; and

verifying a result of the logical AND operation is not zero.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the required system capability of the sub-test catalog is embodied in a first vector, wherein the system landscape capabilities is embodied in a second vector, and wherein the comparing of the required system capability of the sub-test catalog to the system landscape capabilities comprises:

performing a logical AND operation on the first vector and the second vector; and

comparing a result of the logical AND operation with the first vector representing the required system capability of the sub-test catalog.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein components of the software application are distributed across the at least one system of the system landscape.

11. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing a set of instruction that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations, comprising:

retrieving a sub-test catalog from a test catalog repository, the sub-test catalog comprising at least one software application that performs a test;

comparing, by at least one processor, a test aspect of the sub-test catalog to an aspect of a software application to be tested;

based on a determination that the sub-test catalog test aspect matches the aspect of the software application to be tested, comparing, by the at least one processor, a required system capability of the sub-test catalog to capabilities of a system landscape, the system landscape comprising at least one system; and

based on a determination that the required system capability of the sub-test catalog matches the system landscape capabilities, adding the sub-test catalog to a master test catalog.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising:

determining the capabilities of the system landscape; and

identifying the aspect of the software application to be tested.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the determining of the capabilities of the system landscape comprises:

instructing a sniffer software application to inspect the capabilities of the at least one system of the system landscape;

receiving at least one vector representing the capabilities of the at least one system of the system landscape; and

combining the at least one vector to form a system landscape capabilities vector.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the sniffer software application inspects the capabilities of the at least one system by examining configuration information of the at least one system.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the combining of the at least one vector comprises performing a logical OR operation on the at least one vector to form the system landscape capabilities vector.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising determining the test aspect of the sub-test catalog and the required system capability of the sub-test catalog.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising assembling the sub-test catalog and additional selected sub-test catalogs in the master test catalog in an execution order.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the test aspect of the sub-test catalog is embodied in a first vector, wherein the aspect of the application to be tested is embodied in a second vector, and wherein the comparing of the test aspect of the sub-test catalog to the aspect of the software application to be tested comprises:

performing a logical AND operation on the first vector and the second vector; and

verifying a result of the logical AND operation is not zero.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the required system capability of the sub-test catalog is embodied in a first vector, wherein the system landscape capabilities is embodied in a second vector, and wherein the comparing of the required system capability of the sub-test catalog to the system landscape capabilities comprises:

performing a logical AND operation on the first vector and the second vector; and

comparing a result of the logical AND operation with the first vector representing the required system capability of the sub-test catalog.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein components of the software application are distributed across the at least one system of the system landscape.