Introduction While there are a lot of ‘right’ ways to use AscentialTest to build tests, we are often asked to provide ‘Best Practices’. This paper provides a summary of the approach and techniques that we use in Zeenyx Support. We hope that it is helpful to your teams as they design manual and automated tests. […]
In addition to the capabilities for testing and validation of the target application GUI, AscentialTest provides facilities for back-end testing: ODBC – execute SQL to capture test data or validate transactions against back-end database REST/SOAP – call web services to trigger system events or verify transactions File interfaces – for CSV, INI, JSON, PDF, Text, […]
Although it has always been possible to integrate AscentialTest with Azure manually, the new AscentialTest Azure pipeline task extension makes that integration much easier to accomplish. The extension configures and runs the AscentialTest command lines to execute tests and generate reports. It also outputs a set of results files to summarize ‘passed’, ‘failed’, ‘blocked’ and […]
The ability to verify the contents of a PDF document may be an important part of a test transaction. In the past, users were required to copy the contents of a PDF onto the clipboard and then create a parsing script to verify its contents. With the release of AscentialTest v8.2, PDF documents can be […]

The AscentialTest Project provides a test framework upon which manual and automated tests are built. Through encapsulation and reuse of project components, AscentialTest reduces the cost, time and level of effort to build and execute tests. This presentation will highlight best practices around project construction and management.

Testing tools don’t exist in a vacuum. The ability to interface smoothly with version control, defect tracking and continuous integration impacts tester productivity.
Productivity is increased when users can access integration with collaboration features from within AscentialTest.