Tosca (software)

TOSCA Testsuite
Original author(s) TRICENTIS Technology & Consulting
Developer(s) TRICENTIS Technology & Consulting
Stable release 7.3.2 / October 20, 2011; 4 months ago (2011-10-20)
Written in C#, Java, VB6
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Available in English, German
Type Test automation
License Proprietary commercial software
Website www.tricentis.com

TOSCA Testsuite is a software tool for the automated execution of functional and regression software testing. In addition to test automation functions, TOSCA includes integrated test management, a graphical user interface (GUI), a command line interface (CLI) and an application programming interface (API). TOSCA Testsuite is developed by the Austrian software company TRICENTIS Technology & Consulting GmbH based in Vienna. In 2011, TOSCA was included in Gartner Inc.’s "Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites" report as a “visionary”.[1]

Contents

Architecture

TOSCA is a test management, design, execution and data generation toolset for functional and regression tests.[2] TOSCA Testsuite consists of the following:

Functionality

Business dynamic steering: the concept behind TOSCA Commander is a model-driven approach to make "the entire test, and not just the input data, dynamic".[4] Test cases are built by dragging and dropping modules and entering validation values and actions.[2] The dynamization of the test is supposed to enable a business-based description of manual and automated test cases so test cases can be designed, specified, automated and maintained by non-technical users (SMEs).[5]

The main features of Tosca Testsuite include the generation of dynamic, synthetic test data, highly automated business dynamic steering of test case generation and the unified handling and executing of manual and automated as well as GUI and non-GUI tests.[6]

In addition, test cases can be weighted according to their importance in the smooth running of the business process. In this way, TOSCA provides detailed reporting, which shows the impact of existing technical weak points on the fulfillment of requirements. Fecher, for example, uses the test tool in new developments and application and database migration projects.[7]

The following two limitations have been identified in comparison with other test automation solutions:

Extensions

In addition to the basic software, there are the following extensions:

Supported technologies

The automation of software tests is supported for the following technologies:

System environment

TOSCA Testsuite supports the following operating systems:

The following databases are supported for multi-user operation:

User, industry and best practice solutions

As of November 2008, 140 customers were using Tosca, 70 per cent of them in Germany. This includes the German Stock Exchange, where TOSCA is in continuous test operation. In Austria, the program is in use in numerous banks, insurance, telecommunication and industrial companies such as OMV or EVN (Energieversorgung Niederösterreich or Lower Austrian Energy Supply).[12] TOSCA is one of the test tools covered in the Business Process Management 2 course of the IT & Business Informatics program of Campus02.[13] There are the following industry and best practice solutions:

References in books and periodicals

References

  1. ^ "Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites". Gartner.com. 2011-01-31. http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/microfocus/vol4/article1/article1.html. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
  2. ^ a b c http://www.professionaltester.com/magazine/backissue/5/ProfessionalTesterNovember2010-Bishop.pdf
  3. ^ Harry M. Sneed, Manfred Baumgartner, Richard Seidl, Der Systemtest: Von den Anforderungen zum Qualitätsnachweis, (München: Carl Hanser Verlag München, 2009), 226
  4. ^ a b http://www.iceteagroup.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ixGsyqQuv0g%3D&tabid=272
  5. ^ a b Harry M. Sneed, Manfred Baumgartner, Richard Seidl, Der Systemtest: Von den Anforderungen zum Qualitätsnachweis, (München: Carl Hanser Verlag München, 2009), 225
  6. ^ a b "it&t business - it&technology". www.itmedia.at. 2004-09-08. http://www.it-media.at/article.php?articleid=2973&backbuttonurl=%2Fittbusiness-section.php%3Fsectionid%3D46. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
  7. ^ Idea TV GmbH. "CeBIT 2008: fecher präsentiert erweiterte Version der TOSCA Testsuite". Innovations-report.de. http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/cebit_2008/bericht-104677.html. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
  8. ^ "QA tools". Xqual.com. http://www.xqual.com/qa/tools.html. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
  9. ^ "Dynamische Steuerung für hochkomplexe Anwendungen". Computerwelt.at. http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=115726&n=2. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
  10. ^ http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/icc?rid=/webcontent/uuid/00fb8758-b9c4-2d10-c189-af655c06b054
  11. ^ "Windows 7 Compatibility for TOSCA TestSuite version 7.0: Tricentis Technology & Consulting. Drivers, Updates, Downloads". Microsoft.com. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/Windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type=Software&p=TOSCA%20TestSuite&v=Tricentis%20Technology%20%26%20Consulting&uid=7&pf=5&pi=8&c=Development%20Tools&sc=all&os=64-bit. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
  12. ^ Kommentar posten. "Softwarehit aus Österreich: Tosca testet automatisch - Netzpolitik - derStandard.at › Web". Derstandard.at. http://derstandard.at/1226067135107. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
  13. ^ "Business Process Management 2 (ITMAS 3. Sem) - ITM Knowledge Base" (in (German)). Itmkb.campus02.at. http://itmkb.campus02.at/index.php/Business_Process_Management_2_%28ITMAS_3._Sem%29#GP_Knowledgebase. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
  14. ^ ' + dateString + '. "Wiener Tricentis profitiert von der Steuer-CD". Wirtschaftsblatt.at. http://www.wirtschaftsblatt.at/home/schwerpunkt/itnews/TechNews/426206/index.do. Retrieved 2011-10-04.