AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF TEST SCRIPTS

• US 20140281721A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Navalur, Asif Iqbal
• Granted Patent: US 9,152,542 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/33
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3684 for test design, e.g. generating new test cases

Abstract

Systems and methods for automatically generating test scripts are described. The systems and methods may access information from a template that includes at least one entry associated with a test case to be applied to a system under testing, apply a translation scheme to the accessed information, and generate a test script in a language that is associated with the translation scheme and that is based on the information accessed from the template. The systems and methods may then utilize the test script to test the functionality of a system under testing, among other things.

Claims

1. A computerized method, comprising:

accessing, using at least one processor, information from a template that includes at least one entry associated with a test case to be applied to a system under testing;

applying a translation scheme to the accessed information; and

generating a test script in a language that is associated with the translation scheme and that is based on the information accessed from the template.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the template includes control name information, type information, operation information, value information, and property information for each entry associated with test case of the template.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing a document that includes a written test case;

deriving control name information, type information, operation information, value information, or property information from the written test case; and

automatically inserting the derived information into an entry of the template that is associated with the written test case.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information contained in the template is received from a user associated with the system under testing.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the template is a spreadsheet that associates rows to test cases;

and wherein a macro of the spreadsheet generates the test script.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein applying a translation scheme to the accessed information includes applying a scripting language to the accessed information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying a different translation scheme to the accessed information; and

generating a test script in a language that is associated with the different translation scheme and that is based on the information accessed from the template.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein generating a test script includes generating a test script that includes a code snippet for each entry of the template that is associated with a test case to be applied to the system under testing.

9. A system, comprising:

a template module implemented by at least one processor that is configured to access information from a template that includes at least one entry associated with a test case to be applied to a system under testing;

a translation module that is configured to apply a translation scheme to the accessed information; and

a test script module that is configured to generate a test script in a language that is associated with the translation scheme and that is based on the information accessed from the template.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the template module is configured to access control name information, type information, operation information, value information, and property information for each entry associated with test case of the template.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the template module is further configured to:

access a document that includes a written test case;

derive control name information, type information, operation information, value information, or property information from the written test case; and

automatically insert the derived information into an entry of the template that is associated with the written test case.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the template module is configured to receive the information contained in the template from a user associated with the system under testing.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the template module is configured to access the information from a spreadsheet that associates rows to test cases;

and

wherein the test script module includes a macro of the spreadsheet that generates the test script.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the translation module is configured to apply a scripting language to the accessed information.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the translation module is configured to apply a different translation scheme to the accessed information;

and

wherein the test script module is configured to generate a test script in a language that is associated with the different translation scheme and that is based on the information accessed from the template.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the test script module is configured to generate a test script that includes a code snippet for each entry of the template that is associated with a test case to be applied to the system under testing.

17. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, when executed by a computing system, which cause the computing system to perform operations, comprising:

accessing information from a template that includes at least one entry associated with a test case to be applied to a system under testing;

applying a translation scheme to the accessed information;

generating a test script in a language that is associated with the translation scheme and that is based on the information accessed from the template.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the template includes control name information, type information, operation information, value information, and property information for each entry associated with test case of the template.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein generating a test script in a language that is associated with the translation scheme and that is based on the information accessed from the template includes generating a functional test script.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein generating a test script in a language that is associated with the translation scheme and that is based on the information accessed from the template includes generating a regression test script.