Sahi Pro is a user-friendly test automation tool that allows testers to easily convert manual tests to automated ones, execute them rapidly, and generate detailed reports. Scenarios are core components that define business flows in a readable manner, enabling both manual and automated testers to create tests without needing programming skills. The tool offers efficient execution capabilities across multiple machines and provides smart identification mechanisms to reduce test flakiness.

1. What to Expect from Sahi Pro
Simple Reliable Test Automation
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Q: What is Sahi Pro?
• Sahi Pro is a test automation tool
• It enables testers to
– Convert manual tests to automation tests
– Rapidly and reliably execute batches of such tests
– Provide detailed reports of playback results
• Sahi Pro is easy to use and can be used by
non programmers too
• Sahi Pro needs minimal maintenance

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Q: How do the tests look?
This is a scenario file. It defines business flows.

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Scenarios
• Scenarios define business flows
• They are easily readable and can be used as
manual tests too.
• They do not depend on the actual user interface
• Any good tester (manual or automation) can
write them, even if they do not have
programming knowledge.
– This is the bulk of Sahi automation and requires
understanding of your business domain and
organizing your tests.

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Q: How does the Scenario work?
• Each step in the Scenario calls a Javascript function
or Java method
• These functions define the actual steps to be
performed on the UI

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Functions in Sahi Scripts
• Such Javascript functions are defined in Sahi scripts
• Sahi scripts use Sahi APIs to interact with
– Web Browsers
– Desktop applications
– Java applications
– Flex Applications
– Mobile Applications
• Sample Sahi APIs:
– Action APIs: _click, _setValue etc.
– Accessor APIs: _textbox, _button etc.

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Q: How do we write these functions?
• You can record your interactions using the Sahi
Recorder
• This can be converted into functions using the
“Create Function” wizard in the Sahi Pro Editor

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Q: Record? Hmm…
• If you have religious reasons to not use recorders,
you can write the script manually too.
– Record and playback is frowned upon because of inability
to work with dynamic data, identifiers which are sub-
optimal etc.
– Good recorders and object spies can make object
detection and interaction scripting easy.
– Use Sahi’s recorder to your advantage. You can always fall
back to manual scripting if needed.

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Q: How do I run Scenarios?
• Scenarios can be executed from
– Sahi Pro UI
– Command line
– ANT
– Continuous Integration systems like Jenkins
• Normally hundreds or thousands of Scenario
files are grouped in a Suite file and executed
as a batch.

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Suites
– Suites are a group of scenarios/scripts.
– Scenarios/scripts can be organized via tags. Selective
tags can be run
– Data can be passed to Scenarios/scripts. Same
scenario can be run with multiple sets of input data.

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Suite Execution
• Sahi Pro can distribute scenarios/scripts
across machines for faster results
– Say across 6 machines and finish off in 1/6th time
• Sahi Pro can run browser scenarios/scripts in
parallel on a single machine
– 6 machines each running 5 instances of browsers
can run 30 scripts simultaneously!

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Q: What about Reports?
• Reports are automatically generated, without
writing any code
• Reports show
 historical data of all suites and scripts run
Can be drilled down to suite report
Drill down further to script/scenario report
Drill down to function call
Drill down to step executed, along with screen shot if
there is an error
Drill down to exact line of code in Script.

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Q: Aren’t UI tests flaky?
• Not with Sahi. UI tests break for 2 reasons
– Brittle identification mechanisms
– Waits or synchronization issues
• Sahi uses smart identification mechanisms which are not
easily affected by UI change
– No XPaths
• Sahi automatically waits for the right amount of time
between steps
– No wait statements required
• Sahi tests have very few false positives or false negatives.
When a script fails, you can say with confidence that the
application has changed.

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Q: No XPaths, No waits?
_navigateTo("http://mail.google.com");
_setValue(_emailbox("identifier"), "madeupname");
_click(_span("Next"));
_setValue(_password("password"), "secret");
_click(_span("Next"));
_click(_div("COMPOSE"));
_setValue(_textarea("to"), "abc@example.com");
_setValue(_textbox("subjectbox"), "Hi there!");
_click(_image("Minimise"));
_click(_link("/Google Account: /"));
_click(_link("Sign out"));
_click(_span(0, _near(_image("photo.jpg"))));
_click(_submit("Remove an account"));
_click(_div(0, _near(paragraph("Madeup Name"))));
_click(_div("Yes, remove"));
_assertVisible(_emailbox("identifier"));
Here is a sample script, automating Gmail. Try it!

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Summary
• Sahi scripts are easy to create and maintain
• The tester concentrates on business
functionality. Sahi does all the tooling parts.
• Sahi scripts execute fast and reliably, helping
agile teams get rapid feedback
• Very little time is wasted in the automation
process.

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license
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