The year 2022 is now coming to a close and, with that, we come with our final installment of Feature Friday for 2022, as well. Over the last year, we have talked about numerous features and qualities of Qyrus that highlight just exactly how we improve testing. And, if you’ve been paying attention, you’ll realize that Qyrus is chock-full of useful tools and capabilities that improve all aspects of testing, ranging from the test-building phase to the test executions and, in the end, the reporting and analytics. And, along the way, we’ve made several small and large quality-of-life updates that aim to improve the smaller but still important aspects of day-to-day testing. So, today, we will take a stroll through memory lane and recap and highlight some features that augment different aspects of testing.
Features That Have Impacted Test Building
The aim of Qyrus is to enable testers to build tests in a more efficient manner. By reducing the amount of time it takes to build tests, the testing process as a whole has reduced its lifecycle significantly. There are many ways that we can help achieve this goal, but to highlight a few:
Mobile and Web Test Recorder
When it comes to building test scripts for mobile applications, Qyrus has a mobile recorder that enables users to build tests by recording user actions performed on a mobile device. It’s super simple and intuitive to use and is enabled by the click of a button. More advanced actions, like performing verifications, can also be recorded during this process. More information about our mobile recorder can be found here in this edition of Feature Friday.
And very much like our mobile recorder, Qyrus also has a web recorder. It does all the same great things that the mobile recorder does, allowing users to have test scripts built around recording their actions on a web page. The Feature Friday for web recorders can be found here and provides more information.
Inspect Mode
Qyrus also enables users to inspect elements on a mobile application. This means that more precise test building can be done. Instead of recording user actions, enabling the inspect mode gives users the ability to get locators of specific elements, as well as the ability to verify the existence of elements on a page. To learn more about inspect mode, you can find its Feature Friday here.
Reusing Test Scripts
Building, rebuilding, and rebuilding again is no way to go about creating your suite of test scripts. Qyrus enables users to reuse test scripts in multiple ways. This empowers testers to spend less time recreating some script that already exists out there. This can also help empower collaboration and teamwork. Click here to learn more about how reusing test scripts can help speed up testing.
Features That Have Impacted Test Execution
Once test building is out of the way, the continuous execution of test scripts is the next thing on the list. Comparing traditional Selenium testing to Qyrus is like comparing night and day when it comes to test executions. Qyrus already has all that one might need, and we’re here to highlight a few below:
Parallel Testing
Qyrus enables users to execute two tests at the exact same time. This already doubles our efficiency when it comes to test execution, but Qyrus can go even beyond that. Parallel testing in Qyrus gives users the ability to execute as many tests at the same time as their concurrency allows. This means that, if one has the resources, one can execute 5, 10, 20, or even 50 tests all at the same time. This means that Qyrus can scale to the needs of the client. Read more here about parallel testing.
Test Data Management
Test data management in Qyrus brings another testing tool into the fold. No longer do testers have to manage or create their own test data—or perhaps use a third-party tool for that—but instead it can all be done right on the Qyrus platform. Create test data manually, have Qyrus synthetically generate data for you, or grab data from an API call or database query. Click here to learn how test data management can augment testing today.
Parameterization
Utilize data-driven testing on Qyrus through the use of our parameterization feature. By selecting to parameterize specific steps in a script, a tester is able to take one script and have it cover multiple scenarios. As a simple example, imagine having a login script that can be parameterized to test not just one login, but the login of dozens or even hundreds of other accounts into the system. Through the use of test data management, parameterization becomes an even more versatile tool. Learn more about parameterization here.
Features That Have Impacted Reporting and Analytics
The most important thing, arguably, is how the reporting is generated by a testing system. Whether that be manually collecting screenshots of reports, keeping some spreadsheet to track testing progress, or using some other test management tool, reporting can oftentimes be fragmented and not adequate. On Qyrus, we automatically generate sharable reports that come with step-by-step analytics with screenshots and video evidence. However, that just scratches the surface as to what capabilities Qyrus has when it comes to reporting and analytics. Let’s take a look at a few features that augment this area:
Comparing API Reports
Although simple, this tool can be extremely useful in certain situations. Comparing API reports is a feature that Qyrus implemented to make life a bit easier for users who must constantly go back and forth between API reports. Although a small task, it can become rather tedious through repetition. This is a great example of how Qyrus takes into account user feedback and ways that we can help improve our platform to become even more all-encompassing when it comes to testing. Learn more here about comparing API reports and hear more from our team.
API Monitoring
Keeping up with the health of APIs, especially when there are a lot of them, can be quite a challenge. Ensuring that response times are in an acceptable range, that the API doesn’t go down every now and then, and that the responses are correct are all things that can take up a lot of time Qyrus has a useful tool that can do all of that for you and provide you with notifications about the health of your API. Read here about how API monitoring helps testers today.
Performance Profiling
Last but certainly not least is performance profiling. Qyrus is able to get performance profiling metrics for your mobile applications during test executions. This gives better insight for the tester into how an application might perform on different mobile devices or while performing different tasks. A slow or clunky application is not a good one, and Qyrus can help ensure the opposite of that for your applications. Click here to read more.
I hope that that stroll through memory lane helped jog your memory about a few of our testing capabilities and features. We’ve just scratched the surface here when it comes to that, however, and we still have so many more features to talk about in future editions! Qyrus is an ever-evolving platform that hopes to meet the needs of every tester across every type of testing. We’re like a one-stop shop when it comes to testing. Next year, we’ll touch on new features like Qyrus Bot, new updates to analytics and insights, as well as new updates to web, mobile, API testing, and so much more! New features are always just around the corner with Qyrus.
Thank you for joining us for our final edition of Feature Friday for 2022, and we hope you will join us for more next year! Happy holidays to everyone on behalf of the Qyrus team!
Topic: Unlocking Business Value with ROI Driven API Testing
Date: 15th December 2022
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Description: As per State of Quality Testing 2021, 61% of the organizations say APIs continue to be the leading type of testing they perform. In spite this significant chunk of API Testing, 43% of the developers say testing is their biggest pain point. So here we are, with another webinar, this time in collaboration with TechWell, a leader in software conferences covering Agile, DevOps, Test/QA, Requirements, and more.
Speaker Bio: Ameet Deshpande is an Engineering generalist and a builder at heart with a focus on Quality Engineering, Product Engineering, Product Management, cross-functional team building and Agile. He has been involved in many strategic initiatives at Qyrus and its clients and especially in Financial Services with primary experience in Quality Engineering, Cloud, SaaS, and AI. He was also involved in large scale transformation programs as part of a consulting & architecture groups within one of the top 10 Banks in the world.
Speaker Bio: Rahul Thakur leads enterprise sales at Qyrus and is a technologist at heart. Rahul has a background in consulting, technology, and private equity. He has been involved in several large scale strategic and technology transformation initiatives across multiple industries.
Did you know that 68% of developers expect to rely more on APIs this year, than they did last year? In an age when more organizations than ever depend on APIs to drive revenue, are seeking to capitalize on the API economy, and are adopting micro services, it’s critical to modernize API testing with automation.
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Qyrus simplifies Salesforce testing. Its testing coverage cuts across multiple complex testing scenarios, is easy to implement, and its codeless test automation enables you to navigate some of the more complex Salesforce testing challenges.
Qyrus’ no-code testing for Salesforce ensures testers, developers and business users can use the various point-and-click features to build their own tests for different use cases. Users do not have to worry about repetitious manual tests and more importantly changes can be incorporated without worrying whether any changes made will impact third-party app integration.
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Did you know that 68% of developers expect to rely more on APIs this year, than they did last year? In an age when more organizations than ever depend on APIs to drive revenue, are seeking to capitalize on the API economy, and are adopting micro services, it’s critical to modernize API testing with automation.
Download Re-imagining API Testing: The Path to the Future.
Discover how to overcome the barriers associated with API testing and create dependable, high-performing, and secure APIs, quickly and cost-effectively. Get the speed, security, cost efficiency, quality, and test coverage your business needs to accelerate software delivery—and ramp up digital transformation and enhance customer experience.
The holiday season is upon us! A time known specifically for giving. From presents under the tree to secret Santa in the office, the holiday season welcomes and promotes the transfer of gifts. But often as the pace of the season increases, getting presents becomes a secondary thought and often a nightmare. The stores are full of foot traffic, the Chicago snow layers our roads, and in these intense times, we’ve all been a culprit to reusing presents. A cologne of perfume you received and rewrapped, a shirt that happens to be the same size as your best friend, or some toy or trinket that you can wrap and ship out. And though frowned upon, the concept itself makes sense and a similar concept can be applied to automated testing. Reusing – whether it be presents or test scripts – saves time and energy and increases efficiency all while returning the required results whether that’s a happy friend with a good gift, or end-to-end automation. This week’s Feature Friday is brought to you by Brett and Suraj who will discuss why it’s important for test scripts to be reusable, what Qyrus means when we say reusability, alongside the cascading benefits of a fully integrated environment focused on reusability.
Tell us more about the breadth of Qyrus’ script reusability and its use cases.
Brett:
To simplify, our testing offerings include Web, Mobile, API, and Business Process testing. What makes the platform unique is the fact that Qyrus is fully integrated. This allows users to take previously created scripts and utilize them across the platform. For example, when a Web suite is built for functional testing, those exact scripts can be imported and executed for performance testing. Similarly, if scripts are built in API functional testing, they can be imported and executed for performance alongside end-to-end API flows.
Suraj:
Exactly, and even more so the reusability of these scripts is not confined to their individual solutions. One of Qyrus’ most unique offerings is Business Process testing which allows users to take Web, Mobile, and API scripts, import and stitch them together, and validate functionality alongside data transfer across applications, operating systems, and devices allowing users to truly test end-to-end.
What overall impact do reusable test scripts have on the testing process?
Suraj:
The immediate impact can be seen on test building time. When you consider the already streamlined test building process with little to no code and a form like functionality, the addition of reusable scripts acts as gas for the engine. Being able to create functional scripts with ease, and further minimize the time and resource requirements in testing those same scripts for performance, and end-to-end.
Brett:
Exactly. Not only mitigating time, but also centralizing all testing with a repository like structure allow users the flexibility to build out unique flows maximizing coverage while minimizing time and resource requirements. With easily accessible quick imports, and the ability to edit in individual modules you can import a test, quickly edit a few requirements and test for performance or stitch that script together for process. The idea is to provide the maximum possible value with minimal time and resource commitment.
How might test script reusability help testers, developers, and business technologists? What value can this feature bring?
Brett:
Testers and developers love this feature as it saves them both time and energy across testing requirements. Functional and performance testing are basic requirements before releasing features or applications. What would often require writing pages of code and extreme overhead is now streamlined to a form like functionality. And instead of redeveloping scripts for performance and end-to-end process testing developers can simply reuse the functional efforts for performance, efficiently covering all required aspects of testing.
Suraj:
Furthermore, business analysts can take a large step into the testing process. We often see business analysts taking already created scripts, importing and stitching together to mock their common user processes. This allows business analysts a scope into the quality assurance process synergizing their knowledge of user journey with the ability to quickly create end-to-end tests to ensure the application functions for required user actions.
Does the same or similar functionality exist without Qyrus, and how do competitors address similar problems?
Suraj:
Reusability is often a term coined within automation testing. And though some may offer cloning scripts and import-export options, there are no other solutions that provide the fully integrated capabilities that Qyrus offers. The unique ability to build once and validate your application for functionality, performance, and end-to-end business process testing is a unique and powerful, Qyrus specific feature.
Brett:
Consider the ability to build scripts once in their independent modules, then taking those scripts and stitching them all together, while transferring and validating data. With a choice of APIs, devices, browsers, and operating systems at your fingertips, building and executing become a matter of clicks while coverage becomes a matter of choice. Qyrus is a single, streamlined, test building process where scripts can be developed and reused. Promoting best practices, naturally enforcing certain levels of organization, and centralizing all testing and test data, reusability is the foundation to testing more efficiently, while maximizing test case coverage.
How do you see this feature impacting day-to-day operations across organizations?
Brett:
Reusability is a daily impact feature. Upon every update, every release, and even within daily testing requirements, the ability to take functional tests and use them for performance and end-to-end testing increases coverage and ensures functionality.
Suraj:
Performance testing and even more so end-to-end process testing are often overlooked throughout Quality Assurance and release cycles. With so much overhead due to functional testing requirements and lack of automation, testing teams don’t have the resources required to fully test their applications before release. Enabling performance testing and process testing using already created functional scripts places maximizing coverage behind a few clicks promoting the highest level of application quality.
Though repurposing presents during the holiday season may be frowned upon, reusing scripts is the foundation for efficient automation. With faster test building times, maximizing coverage, and centralizing all requirements Qyrus enables teams to become more efficient, with higher collaboration, leading to a streamlined Quality Assurance lifecycle and higher quality applications. Happy holidays and, as always, join us in next week’s feature Friday where we will continue our deep dive into Qyrus test automation features discussing enhancements in testing, best practices, and how Qyrus can enable testing teams to produce the highest quality applications while saving time, resources, and money in the process.
Salesforce helps organizations build strong customer relationships by ensuring that their marketing and sales activities are perfectly aligned with the needs and expectations of their customers. The effective use of this CRM can help organizations find more prospects, close sales pipelines faster, acquire new customers, improve retention rates, and grow their business.
Every Salesforce deployment evolves to meet the requirements of an organization through a series of configurations and customizations. As a result, an organization will extend the capabilities of this tool or customize it to suit its specific needs. This CRM can also be integrated with other apps, databases, and APIs for organizations to benefit from a single source of truth for multiple processes.
Comprehensive Salesforce testing ensures these changes work per the given mandate and that any vulnerability is corrected before going live.
A Complex Beast Salesforce is a complex application that can integrate with existing business applications that might be complex in themselves. This means two separate processes are streamlined for data enrichment and collaborative decision-making, e.g., Salesforce can use data from your SAP system. This is just a small example of what can be achieved with integration.
But, there is a problem. Such integration can change the underlying code and UI, create functional issues, and more. Testing helps proactively identify and correct such problems; not doing so would put the whole ecosystem at risk of errors and bugs.
One of the reasons why big businesses love Salesforce is its ability to create custom apps by leveraging the ever-growing ecosystem of pre-built components. The idea is to make the most of Salesforce functionalities and mold them in line with users’ needs. However, these apps must function smoothly within the existing Salesforce framework and not conflict with the environment.
You cannot trust lady luck to ensure this happens.
Even if you currently don’t have Salesforce customization requirements, the organization’s growth will demand that you create apps that address specific needs more aligned with the business workflow. When that happens, you want the Salesforce modifications to work seamlessly and deliver the value expected of them.
Improve Salesforce ROI from Testing Think of an organization that needs to continuously make changes in its Salesforce environment with integrations and customizations. In this case, there is a need to build apps faster and deploy them quickly. Therefore, the testing needs to happen throughout the build process, addressing broken code quickly, effectively, and accurately. This accelerates deployment timelines and can directly impact productivity and efficiency, thus improving overall Salesforce performance and ROI.
Organizations adopting a focused testing approach for Salesforce are moving in the right direction, but many fall into the legacy trap wherein they depend on manual testing practices. This can result in errors and the need to invest a lot of time and effort in code maintenance.
The way forward is Salesforce codeless test automation that takes coding out of the equation while creating test scripts. It automates various repetitive testing tasks, irons out testing complexities, and improves testing coverage.
Optimizing Value with the Right Tool Qyrus is a test automation platform that brings a simple, smart, and scalable way to test Salesforce deployments, thus speeding up testing and improving the efficiency of the testing process. Its codeless taxonomy-driven interface ensures that different Salesforce stakeholders without coding knowledge also test features, functionality, and the overall quality of the customizations before deployment.
Salesforce testing is the key to smoother, more efficient, and error-free project deployment. It ensures that the Salesforce environment with all its integrations and customizations works perfectly.
Qyrus offers comprehensive tools for test management and test data management with real-time integrated test reports, analytics, and meaningful insights. It helps you test the Salesforce process end-to-end and optimize the user experience. When this happens, the value your organization will derive from Salesforce will increase exponentially.
Qyrus has many capabilities that help augment and enable testers to test faster, more efficiently, and in a smarter fashion. We also have a lot of features that are more or less “quality of life” improvements when it comes to testing. We have talked in the past about how we have web and mobile recorders and we have also discussed our reporting capabilities. Today, we’re here to discuss a bit about our live preview capability with Qyrus team members Adhiraj and Tim!
Tell us a little bit more about the live execution preview.
Adhi:
Our live preview capability allows users of the platform to view a test execution in real-time, giving the user the ability to see exactly what is going on during their execution. Giving users this ability enables easier test debugging visually. If a step is constantly failing in the test, we obviously have our reports to give us insight, but it is also helpful to see what’s going on live.
Tim:
And there is more to the live preview feature than just what meets the eye. Not only do you see the execution, but you also get step-by-step analysis and pass/fail indicators for each step executed. That way, the user is not left guessing as to what step is being executed at that time.
What is the overall impact live preview has on the testing process?
Adhi:
Overall, it really gives users control during the test execution phase. There are buttons in the preview that enable the user to pause the test, resume it, stop it in its entirety, and the ability to reconnect to the execution.
Tim:
Although a simple feature, the live preview offers some great quality-of-life improvements overall. A lot of the time, a user might just push “execute” on the test and then walk away, waiting for the test to be done. Now, they can watch it live and get a better understanding of what the test is doing and the various actions it is performing.
How might this feature help testers, developers, and business technologists? What value can this feature bring?
Tim:
Testers would be able to view the executions in real time and visually verify that each step is executing as it should. Sometimes, it is tedious to have to search through a report to figure out what exactly went wrong at a specific step or set of steps. This is amplified with the more steps we have and increasing complexity.
Adhi:
Developers could also use live preview during dry run executions – or basically in their unit testing. And the great thing about live preview is that more business-oriented personnel, like business technologists, can gain a better understanding as to what is going on in the test. They also would be able to passively sit and watch executions run that testers might have triggered or scheduled.
Does the same or similar functionality exist without Qyrus, and how do competitors address similar problems?
Adhi:
Most competitors don’t even have a live preview during execution capability. Instead, they just rely on the post-execution reporting and the data, info, and analytics gathered and presented to the user there. The ability to do this is pretty unique to Qyrus and is something that users enjoy having the ability of.
Tim:
And in a traditional automated testing scenario, one might have to first connect to the grid to view the node or VM that their execution is running on. This, however, is something that might take some time, and by then a test execution might be well on its way and the first few or even a few dozen steps might have already been executed. Running executions locally also can provide the same result, but at scale, it is not preferable.
Adhi:
And, live previews are available on both the Web and Mobile testing services that we offer as part of the base offering. This means no extra package or feature needs to be purchased, and it already comes with the platform ready to use out of the box.
As we have heard, the live preview capability is something that users on Qyrus find to be extremely helpful and valuable. The extra control that it puts into the users’ hands helps with their day-to-day testing and executions. Qyrus is all about providing a better testing experience to its users, and that is provided through the many features and capabilities that help enable faster more efficient testing. Thanks for joining us this week, and we hope you join us again for another round of Feature Friday!
It seems like just the other week, we were saying, “Spring’s just around the corner!” Now, it seems like we’re practically stumbling into summer, most without even realizing it. Everyone begins to start wearing shorter and shorter sleeves, and crowds flock to the beaches in frenzies. Today, similar to the sleeves everyone is wearing, we’d like to discuss a feature that helps make test building “shorter and shorter.” Today, Jorell and Steve join us from our Chicago team to discuss a popular feature used amongst many of our clients – parameterization.
Jorell, Steve, tell us more about the parameterization offered by Qyrus, its use cases, and its impact on testing and QA processes.
Steve:
To talk about parameterization, we first have to introduce data-driven testing. Data-driven testing is a testing method in which test data is read from a data file, usually in a table or spreadsheet format. In Qyrus, using parameterization allows testers to have a single test script cover a wide range of test cases that can be read from a CSV file.
Jorell:
That’s right, when you want to use parameterization, there will be an option on each step that you can enable. A CSV file will become available for download. To keep it simple, we can open it using Excel or Google Sheets and fill in the data that way. Each row in the sheet will represent a test case, and each column that appears will represent a step being parameterized.
Data-driven testing is nothing new to the industry, but the way that Qyrus implements and takes advantage of it is extremely unique. There’s no doubt that there’s power in the ability to use parameterization to increase test coverage. It’s sure to cause some disruption in a tester’s daily work.
How do you see using parameterization impacting day-to-day operations across organizations?
Jorell:
Parameterization makes testing easier through the use of data-driven testing methodologies. In this fashion, a user just has to write one script and parameterize it instead of writing multiple scripts.
Steve:
This promotes reusability, a specific pain point that testers face. In a day-to-day setting, we will see less test building overall. In a Qyrus report, you can see that your test was parameterized. Qyrus will show the number of test cases you have run, the number passed and failed. Each scenario has a separate report generated, all stitched together into one video, along with screenshots for each step.
Reusability is a key factor in a good automation testing solution. Having to rewrite and manage dozens, if not hundreds – of the same test script is tedious. Testers specifically find the reusability factor of Qyrus to be useful. We asked Jorell and Steve to expand more on how other types of users might use this feature.
How might parameterization help testers, developers, and business technologists? What value can they bring?
Steve:
Well, for testers, this will be just like any other data-driven testing method. The key difference is in how tests are built on Qyrus, for the most part. Building tests on Qyrus is easy since everything is done in a codeless manner, and making it parameterized is just as easy. But in general, this allows testers to spend more time focusing on test case coverage and less on building.
Jorell:
A developer might have use for this in building and reusing unit tests to cover more than just their base functionality. Parameterization can be extremely useful in that manner. And in terms of a business technologist, for certain test cases and scenarios, they, too, can even build and use parameterization. More specifically, they might find use in the reporting capabilities, wherein one report can hold upwards of hundreds of parameterized test reports.
Alright, we’ve certainly established the fact that parameterization is an extremely useful tool, and for more than just a tester. Focusing more on the testing process, we wanted to expand more on what type of impact this feature is making in our users’ testing processes.
What is parameterization’s overall impact on the testing process, such as test building, execution, and reporting?
Jorell:
Generally, we like to split testing into these three different facets: building, execution, and reporting. I would honestly say that parameterization has an impact on all three areas. On the topic of building, we’ve mentioned earlier that parameterization allows testers to use one test script to test across many scenarios. And in general, I would say that, too, applies to execution.
Steve:
However the reporting capabilities cannot be underestimated. One thing that I believe we should also mention is how these parameterized tests can all be tied to your CI pipelines, another feature we have covered in the past here. Combining these two features together can lead to a robust testing solution for any client.
Jorell:
Yes, that really is the key. Although on these “Feature Fridays,” we only cover one singular feature, it’s the combination of these features that really brings out the power in Qyrus.
The power that Qyrus holds is not in just any singular feature or component, but rather in the culmination and combination of these things. Like building blocks, Qyrus is made of many different pieces and parts. So, what might the competition offer?
Does the same or similar functionality exist without Qyrus, and how do competitors address similar problems?
Steve:
To my personal knowledge, I do know that competitors have something similar, or at least a form of data-driven testing, in their platforms, but Qyrus makes test building collaborative so all users can see the data.
Jorell:
Another key difference between Qyrus and competitors being the ease of use, simple UI, and the time it takes to set up these parameterized tests. From what I’ve seen, some other tools require you to create the table or data file inside their platform. This is not the case with Qyrus.
Steve:
That’s right. And before Qyrus, data-driven testing was still around. However, the method of how you make data driven tests and provide the data has changed with Qyrus. And on top of that, this would require a high degree of knowledge and lots of time from a skilled tester or developer that knows the application as well as how to write code for these scenarios. That problem is mitigated, and now everyone can test faster!
That’s it for today! We hope you enjoyed this week’s Feature Friday and learned quite a bit about our ability to parameterize tests on the Qyrus platform. The impact and usability of this feature cannot be understated. But, more importantly, it’s Friday! Summer is quickly approaching, and with it better weather. Enjoy the weekend and, hopefully, the amazing weather!
Salesforce is a great tool and easy to use. But scratch the surface a little, and you will find that it is a very complex system. The fact that Salesforce is customizable means no instance of Salesforce is equal, resulting in challenging testing environments. Hence, a legacy approach toward Salesforce testing is time-consuming, can result in errors, and will prove very costly in the long run.
Test automation is a more flexible, accurate, and scalable approach to testing the various facets of the Salesforce ecosystem. It enables users to automate repetitive testing tasks and increase their test coverage, thus accelerating the testing process. It is an excellent route for any organization where Salesforce is the key facilitator of customer relationships, sales, and marketing.
But an important question should be answered before you choose a testing tool, “Why?”
If your testers want more test coverage, achieve accelerated detection of functional and UI defects, and reduce the time taken for Salesforce testing, then automation is the way forward. Automation also makes sense if you follow a CI process or want to speed up deployment timelines.
There is also the possibility of an organization having a lean testing team whose productivity needs to be increased without increasing the team size. In this case, bolstering the testing effort with a good automation tool pays rich dividends. Once a decision has been taken to go the automation way for Salesforce testing, you must look for the right tool. But not all testing tools are built equal.
You can only leverage the benefits of automation testing for Salesforce if you choose the right tool. Here are some of the qualities you should look for:
Serving Different Stakeholders Choose a tool whose aim is to ensure that it can serve the needs of different stakeholders. For example, a software tester can leverage the tool to ensure the CRM, its customizations, and integrations work without a hitch. The tool should also enable the developer to easily conduct all necessary tests including, regression, functional and more. And lastly, the business stakeholders should also be able to use the tool to ensure that the product quality from all angles is top-notch.
Codeless Testing Automated testing is good, but codeless automation testing for Salesforce is even better. Your testers will not spend time building automated test scripts, which frees up valuable time that can be spent on other testing aspects, e.g., exploratory testing. The codeless testing approach also allows Salesforce stakeholders with extensive knowledge of the CRM, but little or no coding experience, to be a part of the testing process early in the development life cycle.
This can speed up the development cycle, resulting in better and more meaningful QA.
Advanced AI-enabled Technology Choose a tool that uses advanced AI-enabled technology and can make testing smoother and more result oriented. When it comes to Salesforce testing, or any other testing for that matter, test flakiness or brittleness is a big problem. Testers spend a lot of time refactoring/modifying, and maintaining scripts. In case testers encounter a script break or an alteration (e.g., a change in any locator value), the tool should be able to reference the base functionality and provide testers with numerous locator types and values that can be used to return to base functionality.
Scalability Look for scalability in the tool, as it needs to keep up with your increasing business demands. The tool should offer testing for web, mobile, API, and business processes and should be integrated with a comprehensive test infrastructure.
There is a chance that your company would be using different point products for testing, and a move to test automation should ensure that a single platform can deliver the functionalities of multiple tools. More importantly, you should be able to scale the testing capacity up or down as per your needs. The focus should be on improving test coverage with lower TCO.
Smooth Alignment with Existing Tech Stack A tool should easily fit your existing IT ecosystem, rather than the ecosystem trying to fit the tool. It should connect smoothly with your defect management, continuous integration, and collaboration tools. The idea here is to ensure that your company shifts to a development paradigm backed by a continuous Salesforce testing methodology that is easy to implement and optimize.
The Ideal Choice Qyrus is a codeless-automated testing tool for Salesforce that helps organizations deliver high-quality Salesforce applications and ensure the Salesforce ecosystem functions seamlessly, irrespective of the configurations and customizations. It offers codeless, self-healing, and predictive test automation to reduce repetitive dependencies across the Salesforce testing lifecycle, minimizes human error, and cuts operating and testing costs.
The right test automation platform helps maximize the potential of Salesforce. Qyrus drives the implementation of a robust testing strategy across web, mobile, and API to optimize Salesforce ROI, underpinned by reliability and seamless functionality.
