This document provides an overview of automation testing using QuickTest Professional (QTP). It discusses topics like record and playback, object identification using properties and ordinal identifiers, recording modes, and smart identification. The recording process involves opening a test application, recording user actions, and playing back the recording to analyze results. Object properties like mandatory, assistive, and location help uniquely identify objects. Ordinal identifiers like index and creation time are used if objects have identical descriptions. Smart identification is used by QTP as a fallback method when object descriptions fail during run-time. The document concludes with instructions for a hands-on exercise involving creating QTP test scripts.

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Automation (QTP) Testing
Course
DAY - 3

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Topics
Record & Play back
i. Recording Process
ii. Playback
iii. Analyze the test result
iv. QTP Test folder structure
Object Identification
i. Environment
ii. Object Classes
iii. Properties
a. Mandatory
b. Assistive
c. Ordinal Identifier
d. Enable Smart Identification
Recording modes
a) Standard recording
i. Normal or Default
ii. Low level Recording
iii. Analog

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Record and Play Back
1. Recording Process
2. Playback
3. Check Point
4. Analyze Test Result
5. QTP Test Folder Structure
Demonstration with Details: Record and Playback
Open Browser and Login in to Para bank Website.

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Object Identification
1. Environment:
2. Object Classes
3. Object Properties: Mandatory, Assistive
4. Ordinal Identifier
5. Smart Identification

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Environment

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Object Classes and Properties

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Ordinal Identifier
Ordinal Identifier: Creation Time, Index and Location
1. This property is present for all the objects and its primary
objective is to identify the Object Correctly, if objects with
same description appears.
2. If two object with same description is present in the page,
QTP assigns Ordinal identifier to each object based on the
appearance in the HTML document.
3. It is then used to identify the Objects at run time.
4. Its not very stable and Ordinal Identifiers can fail to identify
correct object if number of “same description object” changes
every time.
5. Index, Creation Time and Location are types of Ordinal
Identifier and all starts from 0.

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CreationTime & Index
•For Browser object, there is additional Ordinal Identifier i.e.
CreationTime; Browser which is Opened first will have Creation
Time as 0, and Subsequent Browser will have creation Time as 1
and so forth.
•Same holds true for Index
Note: Live Example.:
http://www.itprofessionalacademy.in/demo_site/multiple_text_box/index.html

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Ordinal Identifier: Location
Identifying an Object Using the Location Property
While learning an object, QuickTest can assign a value to the test
object's Location property to uniquely identify the object. The
value is based on the order in which the object appears within
the window, frame, or dialog box, in relation to other objects
with identical properties. The first occurrence of the object is 0.
Values are assigned in columns from top to bottom, and left to
right.

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Smart Identification
1. When QuickTest uses the learned description to identify an
object, it searches for an object that matches all of the property
values in the description. In most cases, this description is the
simplest way to identify the object, and, unless the main
properties of the object change, this method will work.
2. If QuickTest is unable to find any object that matches the
learned object description, or if it finds more than one object
that fits the description, then QuickTest ignores the learned
description, and uses the Smart Identification mechanism to try
to identify the object.
3. While the Smart Identification mechanism is more complex, it is
more flexible. Therefore, if configured logically, a Smart
Identification definition can probably help QuickTest identify an
object, if it is present, even when the learned description fails.

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Smart Identification: Summary
1. Smart Identification is an QTP mechanism for Object
Identification.
2. Its an effort by QTP to Identify the object when all the description
on Test Object fails to map Run-Time Object. i.e. It is invoked if
QTP fails to find the Object correctly at run-time.
3. Example: Assume Browser has title property as “xyz” and
RunTime Browser Object property is “abc”.
Now, if Smart identification is enabled, QTP will still identify the
Object and move further. However, it will mention in the report
as a warning that it has found the object using Smart
Identification, which might not be correct.
4. It is not recommended to use as we want our test to rather fail if
some object is not found, then to get wrong results later.
5. It will only get invoked if its enabled. Two ways to enable or
disable it.

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Smart Identification: Settings

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Smart Identification: Each Object

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Smart Identification: Configuration

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Smart Identification: Configuration
The Smart Identification mechanism uses two types of
properties:
Base Filter Properties. The most fundamental properties
of a particular test object class; those whose values cannot
be changed without changing the essence of the original
object. For example, if a Web link's tag was changed from
<A> to any other value, you could no longer call it the same
object.
Optional Filter Properties. Other properties that can
help identify objects of a particular class. These properties
are unlikely to change on a regular basis, but can be
ignored if they are no longer applicable.

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Smart Identification: Internal Function
Understanding the Smart Identification Process
1. If QuickTest activates the Smart Identification mechanism during a run
session (because it was unable to identify an object based on its learned
description), it follows the following process to identify the object:
2. QuickTest "forgets" the learned test object description and creates a new
object candidate list containing the objects (within the object's parent
object) that match all of the properties defined in the Base Filter Properties
list.
3. QuickTest filters out any object in the object candidate list that does not
match the first property listed in the Optional Filter Properties list. The
remaining objects become the new object candidate list.
4. QuickTest evaluates the new object candidate list:
5. If the new object candidate list still has more than one object, QuickTest
uses the new (smaller) object candidate list to repeat step 2 for the next
optional filter property in the list.
6. If the new object candidate list is empty, QuickTest ignores this optional
filter property, returns to the previous object candidate list, and repeats
step 2 for the next optional filter property in the list.
7. If the object candidate list contains exactly one object, then QuickTest
concludes that it has identified the object and performs the statement
containing the object.

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Smart Identification: Internal Function
5. QuickTest continues the process described in steps 2 and 3 until it either
identifies one object, or runs out of optional filter properties to use.
6. If, after completing the Smart Identification elimination process,
QuickTest still cannot identify the object, then QuickTest uses the learned
description plus the ordinal identifier to identify the object.
7. If the combined learned description and ordinal identifier are not
sufficient to identify the object, then QuickTest stops the run session and
displays a Run Error message.

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Recording Modes: Normal
Choosing the Recording Mode:
1. Normal
2. Analog
3. Low level
Normal recording mode records the objects in your
application and the operations performed on them. This
mode is the default and takes full advantage of the
QuickTest test object model, recognizing the objects in
your application regardless of their location on the screen.
When working with specific types of objects or operations,
however, you may want to choose from the following,
alternative recording modes:

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Recording Modes: Analog
Analog Recording. Enables you to record the exact
mouse and keyboard operations you perform in relation to
either the screen or the application window. In this
recording mode, QuickTest records and tracks every
movement of the mouse as you drag the mouse around a
screen or window.
This mode is useful for recording operations that cannot
be recorded at the level of an object, for example,
recording a signature produced by dragging the mouse.
Note: You cannot edit Analog Recording steps from
within QuickTest.

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Recording Modes: Low-Level
Low Level Recording. Enables you to record on any
object in your application, whether or not QuickTest
recognizes the specific object or the specific operation.
This mode records at the object level and records all run-
time objects as Window or WinObject test objects. Use
low-level recording for recording in an environment or on
an object not recognized by QuickTest. You can also use
low-level recording if the exact coordinates of the object
are important for your test

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Hands On After Class
1. Open URL: http://www.parabank.parasoft.com
2. Record a Script to Create New User using Register
Link.
3. Check the OR and analyze its properties.
4. Play Back and Analyze the Results.
5. Create Another Script.
6. Add all the Objects manually in the Local OR.
7. Set Properties required.
8. Disable Smart Identifications.
9. Write Script and Run it.
10. Set Index in the Practice Form. URL:
http://www.itprofessionalacademy.in/demo_site/multi
ple_text_box/index.html

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