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Overview
The Xray Test Case Designer has a few sample models available for all users to learn more about the tool. To access them, click “Sample Models” in the left navigation menu.
They are provided to help you understand different aspects of designing better tests. Sample plans with small numbers of Parameters tend to be highly simplified instructional examples. Plans with higher numbers of Parameters tend to involve more complex Systems Under Test.
Since the sample plans themselves are not editable, you can make a copy of the plan to explore and edit. Experimenting by making changes to the plans is a good way to learn.
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Model Details
Some of the samples contain useful explanations of features and interesting aspects about the specific Sample Model you’ve opened, such as the screenshot shown above. The “Test your understanding” section may help you learn important test design principles and develop better insight to test design strategies.
Learning from Sample Models
- Copy the models to enable editing.
- Explore!
- Pay attention to what makes sets of Xray Test Case Designer test sets different. Xray Test Case Designer tests are especially powerful and efficient, but unless you know what to look for, you might not appreciate how much better they are than “normal” tests.
- Read the notes.
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Copy each sample model to enable editing
Sample Models are “view only” by default but copying a Sample Model will allow you to edit and interact with the plan. You’ll learn more, and faster, that way.
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Pay attention to what makes sets of Xray Test Case Designer tests different Xray Test Case Designer will not only help you create tests much faster, but it will also help you create much better tests than test scenarios you would be able to select by hand. They will be more varied, less repetitive, and leave significantly fewer gaps in coverage. Xray Test Case Designer Difference #1: Generating optimized test sets with Xray Test Case Designer takes only seconds When you click "Scenarios," , count how many seconds it takes you to generate a new set of tests once you have identified an appropriate set of model elements. Faster test scenario selection is the most obvious benefit that Xray Test Case Designer delivers to testers. Having said that, most experienced users value other benefits more. For example, the benefit of much more thorough testing coverage that comes from optimized test sets. Xray Test Case Designer Difference # 2: Xray Test Case Designer tests always automatically minimize wasteful repetition; Xray Test Case Designer tests are as varied as possible For example, the 10 test scenarios from the "A) Airplane Ticket Reservation" sample plan are very different from most manual sets of test scenarios. Typically, manual selection would either have far more scenarios that test similar paths through the system (e.g., Coach Class with 1 Adult flying from the United States multiple times) or simply contain far more unspecified values (often due to testers selecting the same value in test after test). Xray Test Case Designer Difference #3: Manually selected test sets tend to leave many accidental gaps in coverage; Xray Test Case Designer tests do not leave any You can easily examine testing coverage achieved by your Xray Test Case Designer generated tests in your plans. Simply go to the “Analysis” screen and click on the “Coverage Matrix” option to see the coverage achieved by your optimized tests. Unlike manually selected sets of test scenarios, Xray Test Case Designer generated tests will not accidentally leave gaps in coverage. Read the notes that are included in the Sample Plans to gain additional insights. Finally, be sure to check the “Notes” for some useful comments and links about the Sample Plans. This icon is present next to the Plan Name at the top.
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