Question { 7075 }

What kind of inputs do we need from the end user to start
proper testing?

Answer

Test data is required from end-user to start proper valid records to enter into the database. Test data will be the exact record which end-user will enter when they use this application.

Question { Covelix, 4471 }

Is apllication is window base or Linux base it create any
diff. from QA point of View.?

Answer

It doesn;t make any kind of difference what the OS is but
make sure that some feature of the application which works
in window might not work in linux . This is a common isssue
which I have been facing when testing the application on
windows as well as linux .

Question { 8543 }

Can any one explain the difference between test scenario and
test case.

Answer

Test scenario just gives an outlook of particular action to be performed where as test cases described in details how that action need to be performed. For example

Test Scenario:-Bank account transaction
Test case name for above test scenario are
1. Transfer of account with minimum balance
2. Transfer of account with maximum balance
3. Transfer of account with any balance
4. Transfer of account with exceed limit transfer
5. Transfer of account in terms of decimals.
6. Transfer of account to invalid account number
7. Transfer of account to valid account number.


So for one scenario there can be n no. of test cases and each test cases will described how to perform such action like per supppose for 1. test case of transfer of account with minimum balance
step 1: Login to Bank url
step 2: Enter valid username
step 3: Enter valid password
step 4: Enter transfer screen
step 5. Enter valid account number to transfer
step 6. Enter the min amount to transfer in text field
step 7. Enter details of account number to whom we are transfering
step 8: click transfer
step 9 : confirm by clicking ok
Step 10: logout of the Bank url successfully

SO for each test cases there might be such small steps to be performed .
This is test cases and if we write all test cases in above steps for each and every test cases then we can say that we have done one scenario.

Obviously test scenario is like parent and test cases are like childrens of that parents.

Hope this will answer your question

Question { 13423 }

Can any one tell me the format/columns for writing test
scenarios in excel sheet?

Answer

Might gone wrong in reading the question properly The
question is related to Test Scenario columns( template) not
Test case template.

Scenario template changes from company to company but
normally these are the minimum things which it should have

1. Test Scenario Identifier
2. Requirement Traceability Matrix
3. Test Scenario Summary
4. Test Scenarios
5. References


1. Test Scenario Identifier is an unique identifier to
recognize the Scenario.

2. Requirement Traceability Matrix:- Provide a reference to
the location of the matrix that specifies the traceability
of requirements for that scenario. Mapping requirement to
that scenario.

3.Test Scenario Summary:- Provides a summary description to
that summary

4. Test Scenario:- In-detail how this scenario should be
giving complete understand wht is this scenario is of.

5. The reference document which talks abt the scenario.



Now keeping this as list, testers creates n no. of test
cases for each and every scenario and the test case template
would be as defined in the above answer.

Question { 8777 }

what are the type of recording modes available in LR? on
what basis we will select each?

Answer

They are two types of Recording mode available in LR
1. HTML mode
2. URL mode

In HTML mode we have option like
1.web_submit_form
2. web_submit_data
Here it is always better we select web_submit_data.

In URL mode select create concurrent groups for resources
after there source HTML page.

Question { 10615 }

parameterization methods and correlation concepts

Answer

Parameterization and Correlation are two major concepts in
modifying scripts in VuGen.

Parameterization:- It is used to run an application with
different values. Parameterization is generally done to
test with multiple set of data or records.

In this we need to select two things
1. Select next row
2. Update value on

Select Next row: It can be sequential, random and Unique

Update value on : It can be Each Occurance, Each Iteration,
Once.

COrrelation:- It takes the server dynamic values and keep
it as an array and use it as parameterization. Correlation
is used when we are facing problem like we are getting some
dynmically generating values from the server.

Two ways to do it
Manaul Correlation
Automatic Correlation

In both the Correlation the syntax woule be

web_reg_save_param("{paramname}","LB=","RB=","Ord=All","Search=Body",LAST);


Still you need to understand how this need to be done ok.

Question { CTS, 6767 }

in real time what are the functions used?and whats its
usage?

Answer

To name a few these are the few User defined LR function
which we use in day to day scripting part

1. lr_output_message
2. lr_eval_string
3. lr_transaction
4. web_reg_save_param
5. web_reg_fin
6. lr_error_message
7. lr_log_message
8. lr_save_string
9. lr_save_int
10.lr_rendezvous
11.lr_set_debug_message.

We still have lot of other LR function which we can use but
these should be know for sure if you want to be good in your
scripting part.

Question { 8069 }

Specific Performance Monitoring counters for,
1. Web Servers (IIS, Apache etc)
2. Application Servers (Weblogic etc)
3. Database Servers
a. Oracle Database
b. Sybase
c. SQL Server
d. DB2

Answer

Go to Controller and then to Run tab where on left side
check for Online Graphs. Here in Online graph you can see
what all monitoring graph we have for each and every server
and apart from these we need to go to Monitoring Server
machine dialog box where we can add some of the graph and
also by going to counter we can select graphs.

Question { TCS, 23799 }

What is user defined functions in Load Runner ? Give some
Examples ?

Answer

User defined functions are very important in VUGEN scripting
part. After recording an application we need to make our
scripting application matching with realtime application so
for this we need to do some enhancements to the existing
script and this enhancement can be done using User Defined
Functions. SOme of the User defined functions are

1. lr_error_message
2. Lr_output_message
3. lr_eval_string
4. lr_save_string
5. lr_save_int
6. lr_continue_on_error
7. web_reg_find
8. atoi function
9. itoa function
10. web_reg_save_param
11. lr_abort
12. lr_exit
13. lr_set_debug_message

we have lot of other function too see the user guide if we
need more user defined functions.

Question { Satyam, 23374 }

what is monitoring in load runner ?

Answer

The Performance Degradation can be detected by using
Monitors and Monitors are online graph where we can detect
the degradation of an response time or bottlenecks.
These monitors are of different type like WebSphere
monitors, Application Monitors, Database Monitors and
Network Monitors.
There are some Monitors which comes with license version
like DB2,Network delays, J2EE and .Net Diagnostics. For
these we need to have some third party tool like SiteScope,
BAC..
To check monitors we need to add counter to that and there
are some main counter like
Process--For Process we need to select counters like
%process time counter and % privelages time counter
Memory -- For Memory leaks we need to select counters like
available bytes counter, Pages/sec counter,
Private bytes , Non pool pages bytes.

These are some of them and we have a lot in counter .

Question { Tech Mahindra, 8198 }

how to perform load testing of a website using any free
automation testing tool?

Answer

We have lot of other OpenSource tool where we can use and
test the performance of an application.

1. Web Load
2. Open STA
3. JMeter
4. Stress Driver