QTP and Load Runner – An Introduction

This Article has been contributed by Prarthana Agwania who has been working in Siebel QA for past 1 year.

This Article gives you introduction of two very common tools used to automate Siebel testing.

• Quick Test Professional (QTP)
• Load Runner

Quick Test Professional (QTP):

“Quick Test Professional (QTP) is an automated functional Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing tool created by the HP subsidiary Mercury Interactive that allows the automation of user actions on a web or client based computer application. It is primarily used for functional regression test automation. QTP uses a scripting language built on top of VBScript to specify the test procedure, and to manipulate the objects and controls of the application under test.”

It comes with several Add-ins in order to support the record and playback on specific applications like for example, Siebel Add-ins need to be installed in order to perform the automation of a Siebel application. Similarly SAP add-ins, Java add-ins, PeopleSoft add-ins are required to record the operations done on the application built in these technologies.

Load Runner :
LoadRunner is a performance and load testing product by HP for examining system behavior and performance, while generating actual load. LoadRunner can emulate hundreds or thousands of concurrent users to put the application through the rigors of real-life user loads( for which it uses Virtual User Generator), while collecting information from key infrastructure components (Web servers, database servers etc).

The LoadRunner Scripts are run via Controller, and after the results can then be analyzed in detail (using Analyzer), to explore the reasons for particular behavior. Load runner scripts are prepared with the help of Click Stream documents and WebEx Recording.

Click stream Documents:
Click stream documents are prepared for documenting the flow of a transaction so as to help in the preparation of Load Runner scripts. It consists of the screenshot of the various screens involved to complete the transaction, input data to be given, and indications to start and stop the timer.

WebEx Recording:
WebEx recordings are prepared using WebEx recorder which can be easily downloaded from internet. In this we start the recorder and open the application in the recorder. The recorder records every action we perform. There are no indications to start or stop the timer and intelligence is demanded from the coder itslef.

In next few posts we will discuss some advanced concept related to these tools.

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