This document discusses using application-related XML files to build part of an automation testing framework for testing a mobile API and CRM integration. It presents examples of using FetchXML, a query language used in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, to retrieve company data from a CRM to test in a mobile application. It proposes an approach called "Think and Get" for analyzing CRM views and objects to determine which properties to include in FetchXML queries, and how to parse responses and compare actual and expected results. The document also provides examples of how the testing framework would read XML configuration files to dynamically set test data and validate test results.

1. MobileAPI + CRM – using
application related .xml
files to build part of an
automation framework
TSIMAFEI AVILIN
JANUARY 30, 2016

2. • Tsimafei Avilin
• 9+ years in IT - 3 years in Functional Testing,
6+ years in Automation Testing
• Test automation optimization, Test automation
frameworks, Test Automation strategy
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Management, QTP, TestComplete, WebDriver, API
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3. Problem statement

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General example of passing data

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CRM + Mobile example
CRM Mobile
• FetchXML is a proprietary query language that is used in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2016 Update and Microsoft
Dynamics CRM 2016 (on-premises). It’s based on a schema that describes the capabilities of the language. The FetchXML
language supports similar query capabilities as query expressions. In addition, it’s used as a serialized form of query,
used to save a query as a user-owned saved view in the userquery entity and as an organization-owned saved view in
the savedquery entity. link

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Simple test scenario
TC: Get all companies
• Login
• Verify all companies passed from the server
• Verify all companies have correct data

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Common scenario

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Getting actual and expected data in TAF

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Company object
Company object has many properties, how do you
decide which properties to use to:
- create fetchXML;
- parse response;
- Compare actual and expected data;
- How to store properties?
DB
HTML (response from mobile API)

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What you
gonna do?

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Approach #1 : Kick and Get (KAG)
Role 1 Role 2

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Approach #2 : Cry and Get (CAG)
Role 1 Role 2

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Approach# 3: Think and Get (TAG)
тельняшка?

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Application architecture

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ANALYZE VIEW AND…

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… OBJECT

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Reading xml files
Both MobileAdapter and TAF read xml files
located on the server independently

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Get view and object data
Views xml files Entities xml files

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Using it in your TAF
public static string[]
GetUniqueXRMPropertiesByListView(EntityType ID, string listview)
{
var controls = GetAllControls(listview);
var ignoreprop = GetIgnoreInCRMQueryProperties(ID);
var props = controls.Where(c =>
ignoreprop.Contains(c.Property) != true)
.Select(c => c.Property)
.Distinct()
.ToArray();
return props;
}
[DllImport("advapi32.DLL", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern int LogonUser(string lpszUsername,
string lpszDomain, string lpszPassword, int dwLogonType, int
dwLogonProvider, ref IntPtr phToken);
public void CreateRecentFile(XDocument xDoc, string
fileName)
{
IntPtr admin_token = default(IntPtr);
WindowsIdentity wid_current =
WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
WindowsIdentity wid_admin = null;
WindowsImpersonationContext wic = null;
try
{

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Workflow

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fetchXML files examples
You can check XML file contains information about
• search
• aggregate
• filtering/sorting
• whatever you have in xml to be under test…

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• NOT NEED TO THINK ABOUT
PROPERTIES CHANGES
• SIMPLE PARSING OF XML FILES
• SET OF PROPERTIES IS GENERATED ON
FLY
CONS PROS
PROS AND CONS
• DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THIS
APPROACH
• CROSS DOMAIN ISSUES
• DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD?..
You even can control set of properties in xml file by creating kind of ‘template’ set
And hence improve performance by removing unnecessary properties from dev. xml;

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Thank you for your
attention!
Questions?
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