Overview

Enterprise Designer has a few sample models available for all users to learn more about the tool. To access them, click “Sample Plans” in the left navigation menu.

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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.

Plan Details

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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

1. Copy the plans to enable editing.
2. Explore!
3. Pay attention to what makes sets of Enterprise Designer test sets different. Enterprise 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.
4. Read the notes.

These four points are explained in more detail below:

Copy each sample model to enable editing

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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.

Explore

Visit the major screens in different Sample Models:

• Parameters
• Rules
• Scenarios
• Scripts
• Analysis
  
  

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