Introduction
A Parallel execution is a way of executing multiple instances for every test case of an offline suite simultaneously 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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Pre-Requisites
- Windows PowerShell script execution policy must be set to RemoteSigned.
To do so, launch PowerShell as an administrator and execute the following command: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned. - Create a Qualitia Offline Suite and the Offline Package. For instructions on how to create an offline package, refer to Offline Package.
You can execute Parallel Executions on Selenium Grid, but Selenium Grid cannot be used to manage the parallel executions.
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 configure the locations for test artifacts: Offline Package, associated offline suite, and the reports folder.
- master-configs.csv: To configure the Configames and their associated execution settings.
- test-configs.csv: To map every test case with the defined Confignames.
Configuring the Locations for the Associated Test Artifacts
To configure the location for the associated test artifacts:
- Open the arguments.ps1 in a notepad editor.
Enter the required information as shown in the following table.
| 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 created during test case executions. |
Enclose locations in quotation marks (" ").
Configuring the Confignames
A Confignames is a pre-defined set of configured settings for different instances used to execute test cases. 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.
If you do not specify any setting, then Qualitia uses the values defined in the associated execution profile.
You can configure the parameters one of the following ways:
- Adding all the parameters in the arguments cell
- Adding all the parameters separately in different columns
Note: If you do not specify any value to a specific parameter for a configname, then test cases are executed as per the associated execution profile.
To configure the Confignames:
- Open the master-configs.csv file.
This file contains all the master list of configurations. A configuration contains confignames and arguments under this configuration. - Do one of the following:
Adding All the Parameters in the arguments Cell
Under the arguments column, you can add all the values of parameters in the key=value format and separate parameters with a single space.
The following screenshot is an example of adding arguments.
Adding all the Parameters Separately in Different Columns
You need to define columns for each parameter for every configname . For every confignames, add values for each paarameter.
The following screenshot shows an example on how to add parameters for each setting.
Mapping the Configured Confignames for Test Cases
For every test case, you need to map with the different confignames for having executions on different browsers, environments, and settings.
To map the configured Confignames with Test Cases:
- Open the test-configs.csv file in any CSV supported file such as MS-Excel.
- Enter the A1 cell as TestCase_Name.
- Under the TestCase_Name column, enter every test case name in different cells as specified in Offline Suite folder.
- Starting from B1, enter all the config names in each cell of the top row as defined in master-configs.csv.
- Under the TestCase_Name column, for every test case, enter Y against each Confignnames that you want to execute. Else, enter as N, if you do not want execution for a Configname.
The following screenshot shows an example of how to map confignames with test cases.
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
After the test case execution completes, 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.
You need to manually update a test case execution result in Real Time Reporting Portal. For more information, refer to Uploading a Test case or Test Suite Execution.