ATF Agent expedites ServiceNow ATF (Automated Test Framework) Test creation of Catalogue Items through real usage patterns. With test sets formed from previously submitted requested item and the values of each variable, it simplifies test maintenance and reduces time & effort to create step-by-step Tests towards execution readiness at ATF engine.
ServiceNow releases two major product versions each year. With this frequency, it means that customers on an N-1 agreement would need to upgrade at least once a year to keep their instance up to date. Platform testing is definitely a crucial part of any system upgrades, and manual testing is time-consuming and costly especially running the regression tests on hundreds of Catalogue Items. For simplicity and efficiency, as well as minimising customer’s effort in repeating test activities in each upgrade, TCloud recommends utilisation of ATF engine to expedite their regular testing.
Initial setup or readiness review for next execution might be time-consuming exercise especially on keeping up-to-date Tests of various Catalogue Items. Therefore, ATF Agent is here to assist the customer to easily create new sets of Test each time they need it and mix & match their test suites based on the grouping of the catalogue items.
In addition, most often the business users are required to perform their User Acceptance Test and some guidance on test steps are needed for reference. With ATF Agent, ATF Test and its Test Steps can be easily exported into MS Word and shared with business users during their UAT.
ATF Agent:
+ Simple 3 steps process to create ATF Tests of selected catalog items
+ ATF Tests generated includes validation of both front-end request submission and back-end fulfillment process
+ Export ATF Test Suite or Tests to MS Word
+ Quick ATF Tests generation for top 10 or 20 popular catalog items
+ Keyword search and multi-item selector
Initial Release of ATF Agent.
The following plugin needs to be activated:
+ Automated Test Framework (com.glide.automated_testing_framework)