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AscentialTest is an automated testing tool, manual testing tool and test management tool. It is a productivity tool for software testing. AscentialTest provides a highly visual environment for developing manual and automated tests and managing the testing process. Zeenyx understands that the cost of maintenance erodes the return on investment in test automation and has given it the highest priority in the product’s design. The step-based approach allows testers to create durable tests that are as easy to maintain as they are to create. By eliminating the need to build a costly test framework, AscentialTest reduces the level of effort, increases productivity and lowers the cost of software testing.

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Automated Testing Tool, Manual Testing Tool, Test Management Tool

Overview

AscentialTest is an automated testing tool, manual testing tool and test management tool. AscentialTest includes test planning, test data management, manual and automated test development, test execution, defect tracking and reporting. Built around our patented ‘smart image’ technology, our users build test components by dragging and dropping from a series of application screen images. Our solution produces robust, easy to maintain tests, developed without a requirement for programming experience.

Our approach allows organizations to save time and reduce costs by enabling domain experts to design and create tests that are ready to execute without recording or scripting. Reusable test components are built by point and click, as actions and data forms are automatically generated. The automated tests that are generated using this approach are as easy to maintain as they are to create.

Automated Testing Tool, Manual Testing Tool, Test Management Tool

The Primary Components of AscentialTest®

Automated Testing

Test frameworks are costly to build and maintain. Unlike keyword-driven testing, AscentialTest does not require the development of a test framework. AscentialTest is a productivity tool for software testing. It has been designed to lower the learning curve, reduce test creation time and minimize the level of effort to maintain tests. Instead of investing time in building frameworks, software testers can spend more time testing. AscentialTest provides a highly visual environment where test components are created using drag and drop in an easy 4 step process

Manual Testing

AscentialTest provides a unique way to create and execute manual tests. Manual tests are developed by combining and organizing re-usable steps by drag and drop. At test execution time, the tester is prompted with instructions for each step and provided a way to capture outputs, notes, images and attachments. Results are stored along with automated test results, making it easy to generate comprehensive reports. AscentialTest provides a highly visual environment where test components are created using drag and drop in an easy 4 step process

Application Lifecycle Management

AscentialTest is designed to make it easy to manage test plans, test data, manual and automated tests, test results and metrics. It supports collaborations and integrates easily with version control, defect tracking and continuous delivery solutions.

Test Data Management

AscentialTest provides a spreadsheet-like interface where the user can create data tables that have a direct relationship with application objects. Schema is created automatically as the user drags and drops application objects. Data objects of arbitrary complexity can be created using built-in and user-defined data types to match the data requirements of tests. Data validation reduces input errors. There are no drivers or type conversions required. Test data is available from a simple query in the type expected by tests.

AscentialTest is Built for Agile, DevOps and Continuous Integration

  • Develop

    Collaborate smoothly using rich tool integration features

  • Build

    Integrate seamlessly with build solutions to support on-demand testing

  • Test

    Manage change faster so that tests are ready when you need them

  • Deploy

    Communicate test results and metrics to support continuous delivery

Reduce Cost + Increase Efficiency

AscentialTest® + Productivity

Some of the major features of AscentialTest highlights how the requirement for superlative test maintenance has shaped the product and delivered the following benefits to our customers.

No More Test Frameworks

There are many commercial and open source alternatives for automated testing available. Some of the tools that appear to be the easiest to use upon first inspection turn out to be most difficult to use over time, because the tests that they produce are expensive to maintain.

Reusable Steps

In AscentialTest, users create tests from reusable building blocks called 'steps'. When there is a change to the target application, only the impacted step needs to be modified. All of the tests which implement that step are automatically updated. As a result, test maintenance is kept to a minimum, which means that testers can spend more time testing instead of maintaining their tests.

Beyond Recording

Recorders look great in a demo, but in practice they are fraught with problems. Our step builder provides a much better alternative: users create sophisticated steps using point and click instead of recording or scripting. Actions are generated by interacting with application images called 'snapshots'. Even conditional and iterative actions are generated through drag and drop.

Reusable Tests

Creating data-driven tests in AscentialTest is easy. The test editor automatically creates data tables and binds the table fields to corresponding test actions. Data fields are created in the correct data type, so there is no need for type conversions. Tests are inherently reusable so there are fewer tests to build and maintain.

Application Objects

Tests are built upon an object library that insulates tests from changes in the GUI of the target application. Objects are added to the repository using drag and drop. If an application object changes, its definition is updated in object library. There is no need to modify steps or tests.

Complex Object Support

Dealing with complex objects like tables, trees and grids is where the rubber hits the road in test automation and AscentialTest’s innovative 'selector' action makes the ride a smooth one. The selector provides a single statement to interact with the elements in a complex structure, replacing what might take 10 to 20 lines of code using another testing solution.

Browser Independence

Tests created with one browser run without modification against all supported browsers and browser versions. We do the heavy-lifting so that you don't have to. Zeenyx is committed to keeping up with new browser versions as soon as they are released.

Test Data

AscentialTest automatically generates data tables based on the parameters of data-driven manual or automated tests. Unlike spreadsheets that are typically used to store test data, AscentialTest maintains data in the data type that is expected by the test, thereby eliminating the need for data transformations and simplifying the test creation process.
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