Introduction to Test Scheduling
These instructions describe how to set up test scheduling in Provar. By following these steps, you will learn how to set up tests to run on a schedule and deliver a report of the results to your stakeholders. You will also learn how Provar can work with Version Control to help your team work more collaboratively and efficiently.
A standard DevOps flow with Provar looks like this:
Contents
This guide is divided into the following sections:
- Prerequisites (see below)
- Setting Apache ANT Environment Variables
- Generating a Build File
- Version Control and DevOps
- Setting up Continuous Integration
To run Provar tests without first installing Provar (e.g., on Linux), follow the guide to Generating a Build File, then refer to Running Provar on Linux.
Prerequisites
To complete your test scheduling setup, you will need the following:
Permission to download Apache ANT and Java JDK from their websites
System permissions to install Apache ANT and Java JDK on your machine
System permissions to add and update environment variables on your machine
Provar installed on your machine with a valid license
Access to the Test Case files that you want to schedule
Access to the Command Line (Windows) or Terminal (Mac) on your machine
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DevOps
CI/CD
- Provar Automation
- System Requirements
- Browser and Driver Recommendations
- Installing Provar Automation
- Updating Provar Automation
- Licensing Provar
- Granting Org Permissions to Provar Automation
- Optimizing Org and Connection Metadata Processing in Provar
- Using Provar Automation
- Understanding Provar’s Use of AI Service for Test Automation
- Provar Automation
- Creating a New Test Project
- Import Test Project from a File
- Import Test Project from a Remote Repository
- Import Test Project from Local Repository
- Commit a Local Test Project to Source Control
- API Testing
- Behavior-Driven Development
- Consolidating Multiple Test Execution Reports
- Creating Test Cases
- Custom Table Mapping
- Functions
- Debugging Tests
- Defining a Namespace Prefix on a Connection
- Defining Proxy Settings
- Environment Management
- Exporting Test Cases into a PDF
- Exporting Test Projects
- Japanese Language Support
- Override Auto-Retry for Test Step
- Customize Browser Driver Location
- Mapping and Executing the Lightning Article Editor in Provar
- Managing Test Steps
- Namespace Org Testing
- NitroX
- Provar Test Builder
- ProvarDX
- Refresh and Recompile
- Reintroduction of CLI License Check
- Reload Org Cache
- Reporting
- Running Tests
- Searching Provar with Find Usages
- Secrets Management and Encryption
- Setup and Teardown Test Cases
- Tags and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Test Cycles
- Test Data Generation
- Test Plans
- Testing Browser – Chrome Headless
- Testing Browser Options
- Tooltip Testing
- Using the Test Palette
- Using Custom APIs
- Callable Tests
- Data-Driven Testing
- Page Objects
- Block Locator Strategies
- Introduction to XPaths
- Creating an XPath
- JavaScript Locator Support
- Label Locator Strategies
- Maintaining Page Objects
- Mapping Non-Salesforce fields
- Page Object Operations
- ProvarX™
- Refresh and Reselect Field Locators in Test Builder
- Using Java Method Annotations for Custom Objects
- Applications Testing
- Provar Manager
- How to Use Provar Manager
- Provar Manager Setup
- Provar Manager Integrations
- Release Management
- Test Management
- Test Operations
- Provar Manager and Provar Automation
- Setting Up a Connection to Provar Manager
- Object Mapping Between Automation and Manager
- How to Upload Test Plans, Test Plan Folders, Test Plan Instances, and Test Cases
- Provar Manager Filters
- Uploading Callable Test Cases in Provar Manager
- Uploading Test Steps in Provar Manager
- How to Know if a File in Automation is Linked in Test Manager
- Test Execution Reporting
- Metadata Coverage with Manager
- Provar Grid
- DevOps
- Introduction to Provar DevOps
- Introduction to Test Scheduling
- Apache Ant
- Configuration for Sending Emails via the Automation Command Line Interface
- Continuous Integration
- AutoRABIT Salesforce DevOps in Provar Test
- Azure DevOps
- Running a Provar CI Task in Azure DevOps Pipelines
- Configuring the Automation secrets password in Microsoft Azure Pipelines
- Parallel Execution in Microsoft Azure Pipelines using Multiple build.xml Files
- Parallel Execution in Microsoft Azure Pipelines using Targets
- Parallel execution in Microsoft Azure Pipelines using Test Plans
- Bitbucket Pipelines
- CircleCI
- Copado
- Docker
- Flosum
- Gearset
- GitHub Actions
- Integrating GitHub Actions CI to Run Automation CI Task
- Remote Trigger in GitHub Actions
- Parameterization using Environment Variables in GitHub Actions
- Parallel Execution in GitHub Actions using Multiple build.xml Files
- Parallel Execution in GitHub Actions using Targets
- Parallel Execution in GitHub Actions using Test Plan
- Parallel Execution in GitHub Actions using Job Matrix
- GitLab Continuous Integration
- Travis CI
- Jenkins
- Execution Environment Security Configuration
- Provar Jenkins Plugin
- Parallel Execution
- Running Provar on Linux
- Reporting
- Salesforce DX
- Git
- Version Control
- Salesforce Testing
- Recommended Practices
- Salesforce Connection Best Practices
- Improve Your Metadata Performance
- Java 21 Upgrade
- Testing Best Practices
- Automation Planning
- Supported Testing Phases
- Provar Naming Standards
- Test Case Design
- Create records via API
- Avoid using static values
- Abort Unused Test Sessions/Runs
- Avoid Metadata performance issues
- Increase auto-retry waits for steps using a global variable
- Create different page objects for different pages
- The Best Ways to Change Callable Test Case Locations
- Working with the .testProject file and .secrets file
- Best practices for the .provarCaches folder
- Best practices for .pageObject files
- Troubleshooting
- How to Use Keytool Command for Importing Certificates
- Installing Provar After Upgrading to macOS Catalina
- Browsers
- Configurations and Permissions
- Connections
- DevOps
- Error Messages
- Provar Manager 3.0 Install Error Resolution
- Provar Manager Test Case Upload Resolution
- Administrator has Blocked Access to Client
- JavascriptException: Javascript Error
- macOS Big Sur Upgrade
- Resolving Failed to Create ChromeDriver Error
- Resolving Jenkins License Missing Error
- Resolving Metadata Timeout Errors
- Test Execution Fails – Firefox Not Installed
- Selenium 4 Upgrade
- Licensing, Installation and Firewalls
- Memory
- Test Builder and Test Cases
- Release Notes
- Provar AI Assistant Popup Test