Can Test Studio AI assist with the creation of Web Test automation scripts?

[Dan]

Hi,

 We are in the process of evaluating whether Test Studio AI can do anything to reduce Web Test script creation times or provide better coverage.

I’ve looked at the Progress pages about AI offerings.  I found a page that referred to self-healing scripts, but wonder whether if there’s something more that can be implemented or if I’m simply missing something.

 

Our project converted a paper form consisting of numerous pages to electronic form so that business logic, data validation, and reporting could be implemented.

Users provide dynamic data in the form of names, dates, and narrative text to provide supplemental information to responses of “Other”.

All other user input is restricted to selecting pre-defined responses to questions through the use of checkboxes, radio buttons and dropdowns.

Users move from page to page, providing the required responses on each page and, upon completion, submitting the data for QA review.

 

Our automation scripts perform two primary functions:

• Creating Cases
• There are 3 different case types
• Populate database with sufficient diversity to test our various Reports

• Data Validation
• Business Logic
• Error strings
• Control states

 Some elements concatenate proper names and ages from user-provided input.

Data driven testing is not used anywhere in our scripts, and I’m not sure that would help us as our scripts create cases that reflect specific Proper Names.

Mixing first/last names, birth dates, and familial relationships would produce cases that would not pass logic validation.

 

Our automation works as needed, but I'm thinking toward preparing for future releases.

The way I have created new scripts is to take a working script, copy and rename it, and then modify it to perform the desired functionality.  This process works, but can be very time consuming, and I’d love to be able to reduce the time spent creating new scripts.

Thanks much,
Dan

[Ivaylo]

Hello Dan,

Thank you for your detailed evaluation of Progress Telerik Test Studio. To assist with your assessment, I am providing a summary of our current product standing regarding AI.

Test Studio does not currently include AI-powered features, and there are no AI-related functionalities planned for the product roadmap in the near future.

The "self-healing" capabilities mentioned in our documentation refer to Intelligent Hybrid Element Detection. This is a proprietary, logic-based feature rather than an AI model. It utilizes a combination of multiple DOM-based locators and image backups to maintain test stability when element attributes change.

While AI is not utilized, Test Studio is designed to reduce script creation time through modularity and reusability:

• Test as Step: Instead of copying and modifying scripts, you can create modular tests for specific form pages and call them as steps within other tests. This creates a "single source of truth" for shared logic.

• Element Repository: Elements are stored centrally; any UI update only needs to be corrected once in the repository to update all associated tests.

• C# Scripting: For complex business logic or dynamic name concatenation, you can use Coded Steps to handle multiple scenarios within a single test.

For further technical details on these features, please refer to our documentation:

Thank you for considering Test Studio.

Regards,
Ivaylo
Progress Telerik