Automation Testing Framework

for a Leading Retail Software

Solution Providera t t e n t i o n. a l w a y s.

C A S E S T U D Y

The Challenges

The client offers intuitive and intelligent software solutions to retailers that help

them in solving their inventory complexities and enables better understanding of

their customers. The nature of their industry demands a wide window of

environments to test their products.

The client’s existing automation framework wasn’t able to customize, support

and run their test codes in different test environments without having to rewrite

the hard-coded lines in their program every single time. This process was not just

inefficient but was also dangerous to do on an everyday basis.

The client offers retail inventory solutions through intuitive methodologies

integrating retail sciences and predictive analytics. Their products are designed to

streamline supply chain complexities and help retailers in understanding their

customers better.

The Customer

The existing/new SHELL scripts had to be integrated with selenium test scripts

to support running in multiple environments.

In order to accommodate the growing demands of their product, the existing

framework needed re-factoring.

Technical Challenges

The Solution

Aspire modified their automation testing framework with improved reliability and

quicker turnaround time by creating automation scripts for 400 new test cases that

can be run against multiple test environments. The processes adopted at the client’s

end was revamped by inducing orderliness in the way testing is conducted, defects

are tracked and documented.

Highlights

Technology

Snapshot

BDD with cucumber

Tools: Selenium with Cucumber

Platform : Linux, Windows

Languages: Java & Perl Scripting

The existing automation framework was difficult to be implemented as a solution

for such a complex product and the lack of proper documentation of the use cases

added up to the difficulty in establishing an organized business communication to

perform testing effectively.

Since the nature of the client’s product was very diverse, the business logic that is

to be applied in the test cases was complex and they varied according to the

environment. The testing process in place previously caused process overheads and

threats as they demanded constant changes in the source code.

Business Challenges

Apart from developing 400 test cases to suit the products’ needs, Aspire also

developed and delivered the execution status report for weekly and monthly

reporting that improved the overall process efficiency.

With the extensive testing modules, Aspire was able to identify critical bugs

that occurred during development. These defects helped the clients in refining

their original product.

Aspire thoroughly documented their framework-customization procedures for a

proper understanding of the process in the long run.

Jenkins jobs were setup for running shell scripts and other automation tests.

DB verification steps were added in the automation procedure to validate the

business logic.

Data tables were used efficiently to support testing in multiple environments.

ABOUT ASPIRE

Aspire Systems is a global technology service firm serving as a trusted technology partner for its customers. The company

works with some of the world’s most innovative enterprises and independent software vendors, helping them leverage

technology and outsourcing in Aspire’s specific areas of expertise. Aspire System’s services include Product Engineering,

Enterprise Solutions, Independent Testing Services, Oracle Application Services and IT infrastructure & Application Support

Services. The company currently has over 1,600 employees and over 100 customers globally. The company has a growing

presence in the US, UK, Middle East, Europe and Singapore. For the sixth time in a row, Aspire has been selected as one of

India’s “Best Companies to Work For” by the the Great Place to Work® Institute, in partnership with The Economic Times.

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The ResultBy automating 400 test cases that can run in two parallel environments, the

total execution time has been reduced by nearly 60%.

Reduced the process time by setting up Jenkins jobs, updating test data &

source code and adding use cases in feature files.

With Aspire’s implementation of 400 test scripts, the customer can now run all of

them against multiple environments for every patch release without having to touch

the source code. Their efforts in re-factoring existing framework and re-organizing

defect detection, tracking and documentation has induced tremendous efficiency in

the client’s overall testing operations.

Situation

Comparison

The customization of the existing framework, removal of hardcoded values and

introduction of YML test data has enabled running test scripts against multiple

environments without creating duplicate tests for each environment, a practice

that was adopted before this solution was implemented.

Specific scenario tags were created as opposed to individually correcting the hard-

coded values in the test data every single time.

Future ImpactThis model can be scaled for addition of new environments by just creating YML

files and adding data to it. The existing test case will take up this YML data to run

in the new setup.