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Servicetrace Test Automation– boost your Software QA

Competitive companies react to changing market con-ditions by continuously adapting their IT landscape and business applications. In fact, they introduce digital in-novation, install new applications or updates for existing legacy systems at shorter and shorter intervals..

Comprehensive quality checks during development and prior to Go Live are essential for a smooth and flawless transfer into the production environment. Many tests are specifically designed to detect and eliminate malfunctions, performance problems or system incompatibilities well be-fore an IT service is put into operation (see >> Glossary).

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Functional test / feature testchecks functional requirements: "Does the software meet all the specifications required?“

Performance test / Load test / Stress testchecks site-specific software behavior in the event of moderate or massive parallel user access: "How do response times change as the number of simultaneous accesses increases? Do timeouts or crashes occur under massive load?"

Regression testchecks for possible side effects and consequential errors after changes have been made. "Did new errors occur with the new version?"

System integration testchecks for compability with all applications in the production environment: "Does the software integrate seamlessly into the live environment?"

>> Glossary

Software robotsoperate digital applications using the graphical user interface (GUI) just like human users.

Image recognition, mouse clicks, keyboard input: Software robots work like human users

New releases, updates, service packs: Change is daily business.

Early testing reduces later error costs to zero. At the same time, manual tests tie up disproportionately cost-intensive resources. For comprehensive test coverage, all possible user interactions and required functionalities of the soft-ware must be checked as well as the allover compability with the production system. Furthermore, agile methodo-logies with frequent release cycles generate an increasing test volume that developers, departments or internal tes-ting units can no longer handle manually. Human emplo-yees also tend to make mistakes during monotonous, te-dious tasks such as software testing.

With Servicetrace Test Automation, it’s easy to increase test coverage, speed and quality to cut both operational and error costs. Servicetrace Software Robots automati-cally execute any test case for commercial or bespoke, in-house applications, quickly, tirelessly and error-free. Test run results are comprehensively visualized, documented and reported.

The enhanced test accuracy and speed along with the continual and clear feedback of the test results accelera-tes development and delivery of high quality software for the most dynamic businesses.

Automate software tests: Accelerate QA, reduce costs

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Test more, better, faster.

3 Stable. A powerful image search function with integrated error handling routines ensures to-

tally stable test runs. Exceptions are documented via screen-shot – and the robots keep on testing.

4 Secure. Compliance policies commonly apply to test environments as well, so Servicetrace soft-

ware robots run tests in a secure, hidden environment safe from access or interference for maximum data pro-tection.

5 Scalable. Grow your test automation environment quickly and cost-effectively: Several Servicetrace

Software Robots work in parallel on one physical work-station or virtual machine, keeping the need for invest-ment in hardware infrastructure at a low level that‘s un-rivalled.

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Robotic Test Automation: 5 Criteria for Success

Over 15 years of software development and working with various IT and business customers, we have identified the most important elements of successful software robotics projects and integrated them as essential features into our holistic solution for robotic test automation.

Drag & drop: The Workflow Studio allows you to set up your performance monitoring for every digital pro-cess quickly and easily.

1 Universal. Your IT landscape integrates a wide variety of applications, so Servicetrace Software

Robots test all applications, without exception, that can be accessed via a graphical user interface, e.g. SAP, CAD or those developed in-house.

2 Easy. For citizen developers: Configure and ad-just the test runs for Servicetrace Software Ro-

bots quickly and intuitively in the Workflow Studio (see figure below) – without the need to write a single line of code.

No coding, just testing: Using Workflow Studio, even citizen developers from the business units can create new or adjust existing test cases in no time at all. The Workflow Studio toolbox bundles a wide selection of action steps such as image recognition or OCR, mouse clicks or keyboard entries. With simple drag & drop actions and with the help of intelligent wizards, you will create workflows for the software robots quickly and easily.

"The Workflows are set up quickly

and conviniently."

Lukas Weberruß | Head of Tools and Automation | Fujitsu

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Comprehensive analysis: The Test Run Results visualize in detail the outcomes of the test runs.

Test methodicallyUser Stories, Test Cases, Test Plans, Test Repository – manage your test projects in an organized way.

Servicetrace Test Automation – Your benefits

Test transparentlyTest Run Protocols document every test run – detailed and audit-proof.

Test easilyFor citizen developers – even business users can create new or adjust existing test cases in no time at all.

Test everythingCitrix services, web applications, Java applets – Servicetrace Software Robots test every GUI.

Audit-compliant documentation: Every step in every test run is recorded.

Automate, analyze, document.

"This is really the only tool with

which we can carry out complex

tests for all applications."

Katharina Hauch | Head of Test Factory | DEKRA SE

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