Introduction
A Parallel execution is a way of executing multiple instances for every test case of an offline suite on different browsers, environments, and settings.
Qualitia provides a set of execution scripts to perform parallel execution of test cases using Windows PowerShell.
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Prerequisites
- Windows PowerShell script execution policy must be set to RemoteSigned.
To do so, launch PowerShell as an administrator and execute following command: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned. - Create a Qualitia Offline Suite and the Offline Package. For more instructions, refer to Offline Package.
You can Parallel Execution Utility on Selenium Grid, but Selenium Grid cannot be used to manage the parallel execution.
Configuring the Execution Script for Parallel Execution
In every machine where Qualitia client is installed, it contains the execution script at the following location:
%LocalAppData%\QualitiaWDClient\app-x.x.x\Scripts
This execution script has three different files:
- arguments.ps1: To define the locations for the offline package, associated offline suite, and the reports folder.
- master-configs.csv: To define various instances and their associated execution settings.
- test-configs.csv: To map every test case with defined instance.
To configure the execution script for parallel execution:
- Step 1: Open the arguments.ps1 in a notepad editor.
Perform the following actions:
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| $offline | Enter the absolute path for the Qualitia Offline Package. |
| $suitepath | Enter the location for the offline suite folder. |
| $logpath | Enter the location for the folder where you want to save test case execution reports and logs. |
| $temppath | Enter the location for the folder where you want to save the temporary files during test case executions. |
Enclose locations in quotation marks (" ").
- Step 2: Open the master-configs.csv file
This file contains all the master list of configurations. A configuration contains configuration name and arguments under this configuration.
Confignames are different instances of executions to override specific arguments as defined in the associated execution profile.
For example, if you want a test case to execute on Internet Explorer 11, Firefox 76.x, Chrome 81.x, then you can define confignames such as IE_11, Firefox_76, and Chrome_81.
Note: If you do not specify any value to an argument, then test cases are executed as per the associated execution profile.
Arguments can be processed in following two different ways:
Both the ways are explained below.
Do one of the following:
Adding All Arguments in a Single Cell
A single configuration can have multiple arguments and you can create as many configurations as required. All the required parameters should be added in a key=value pair in the arguments column. The key=value pair should be separated by single space.
For example:
- Adding Keys in the Top Row and Values next to Configname
You can add different columns for each parameter separately. Keys must be added at the top row and values for these keys should be specified next to the configname.
For example:
- Step 3: Open the test-configs.csv file in any CSV supported file such as MS-Excel.
This file specifies the configurations to execute each test case.
You can combine the test cases (from the Suite folder) and the configurations (from the master-configs.csv) to execute test cases accordingly.
- You must list all the config names from the master-configs.csv in the top column.
- Enter the test case name and specify which configuration you want to execute the test case with. You can run single test case using multiple configurations. Qualitia considers test cases saved in the Suite path mentioned in the Parallel Execution#arguments.ps1 file only.
Parallel Execution of Test cases using Windows PowerShell
Perform the following steps to perform parallel execution of test cases using Windows PowerShell.
Ensure that you have configured the execution scripts to execute test cases using Windows PowerShell.
To execute test cases using Windows PowerShell:
- Launch Windows PowerShell.
- Enter cd and the location of the execution scripts folder. For example, enter as cd C:\Qualitia\Scripts.
- Run the following command to start parallel execution for the test cases of the offline suite:
.\exec-parallel.ps1
Suite Execution Summary Report
Once the execution is completed, Qualitia generates a high-level summary report for the test cases executed in the specified environments. The suite execution summary report displays the test case names and the number of total passed and failed test cases. You need to click the execution status (Pass/Fail) to view the step-by-step report of test case execution.
