Join us for a one-hour webinar with Jeff Amfahr, director of product management, and Paula Rome, senior TestTrack product manager, and see what’s new in the upcoming Seapine ALM 2011 release. Pick the time that works best for you, and register today!

September 14, 2010	14 September, 2010	15 September, 2010
1pm EDT (North America)	1pm WET (Europe)	10am AWST (Australia)

During each of these sessions, Jeff and Paula will be describing and demonstrating the major changes to the suite, including:

• The new Seapine ALM Reporting Platform.
• Improved integration between TestTrack, Surround SCM, and QA Wizard Pro.
• New Surround SCM features, including merging changes to any branch by line, file, changelist or even TestTrack defect, support for moving files and repositories, a graphical history browser, and more.
• New TestTrack features, including ranking items in folders, inline editing, ehanced history and change notifications, and more.
• New QA Wizard Pro features, including recently-released load testing, enhanced TestTrack integration, improved error handling, and more.

During playback, a user agent is sent to the web server during the post command, which allows the web server to identify which browser is being used to view the page. When developing a web application you can also see the user agent and, based on the current user’s agent, design your web application to act differently. QA Wizard Pro 2010.2 includes new statements to help you work with user agents.

The following screen shots show the list of supported user agents. You can also create a Custom user agent to test other browsers. The QA Wizard Pro User Guide includes more information about working with user agents.

• Use test data in load testing scripts
• Better analyze server responses during script execution with checkpoints
• Go beyond simple load testing and validate the user experience under load
• Identify performance bottlenecks and trace them to the virtual user load with reports and graphs

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If you missed the introduction of QA Wizard Pro 2010.2, take a few minutes now to watch the Introducing Load Testing in QA Wizard Pro webinar.

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QA Wizard Pro has a great way to work with view state and other session variables that an application might be creating. In this example, the ASP.Net web application creates a number of session variables that I will need to specify in the load script to ensure the web server sees the load tests as valid commands to the web server.

After recording a basic load script, I add the following statements to the beginning of the script after the ‘SetLoadTestContext’ statement:

WebAddSessionVariable(“__EVENTTARGET”)
WebAddSessionVariable(“__EVENTARGUMENT”)
WebAddSessionVariable(“__VIEWSTATE”)
WebAddSessionVariable(“__EVENTVALIDATION”)

The WebAddSessionVariable statement ensures QA Wizard Pro retrieves the session variable value and persists with this value for the duration of the script. This also ensures the web server receives a valid session value during the load test execution.

Session variables, which are not unique to ASP.Net applications, are common in many other web programming languages. The same basic statement will apply to any session variable values you need to using during a load test on any web application.

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Q&A

1. What databases can be used for external datasheets?

Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL Server, Oracle (as well as Microsoft Excel and text files)

2. When should I use a local datasheet or an external datasheet?

A local datasheet can be viewed as a “work area” where you can determine what fields will be needed in the script.  Use a local datasheet if you want to store test data in QA Wizard Pro. External datasheets enable you to connect to existing pre-defined data.

3. Can I import data from an external datasheet to a local datasheet?

Yes. The process is similar to connecting to an external datasheet.

4. Can I use variables in a dynamic query?

Yes. Following are two ways the OpenRecordset statement can be modified to use variables:

LAST=”Simpsons”
FILE=OpenRecordsetQuery("External Contacts", "Select * from [Sheet1$] where Last= " + LAST + “’”)

or

LAST=”Simpsons”
QUERY="Select * from [Sheet1$] where Last=‘" + LAST + “’”
FILE=OpenRecordsetQuery("External Contacts", QUERY)

5. What if I want the data set to apply for only part of the script?

Use Datasheet Access statements with looping or conditional statements.

6. What about saving data dynamically in a datasheet? Can I edit both external and local datasheets?

You can use the SetRowValue function to write to external datasheets that are connected to databases. You can also write to local datasheets if the cell has already been created, but since a prompt appears to reload or ignore the datasheet the change it is not practical.

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Risa will cover the following topics during this 30-minute training session:

* A brief overview of data-driven testing
* How to set up local and external datasheets
* Three different ways to access datasheets during playback and when to use each method