Setting Up ProvarDX
This document will explain how get started with ProvarDX.
Install Salesforce CLI
Following the Salesforce CLI Setup Guide , install the version of Salesforce CLI that suits your needs.
SalesforceDX Project
Working with a Salesforce DX project is different due to its specific structure and a configuration file that identifies the directory as a Salesforce DX project. To learn more about creating these projects, check out the Salesforce documentation.
To set up a SalesforceDX project to practice with, follow the Trailhead Project Quick Start: Visual Studio Code for Salesforce Development.
Install Provar DX
Open the Windows Command Prompt or PowerShell. Type or copy/paste the following into the terminal :
sf plugins install @provartesting/provardx-cli
When prompted, enter “y” for yes to continue.
Confirm installation by entering sf plugins --core
Provar Project
A Provar project and its related tests are necessary to run tests on your SalesforceDX Project.
Read more about Creating and Importing Projects.
Generate config file for ProvarDx
Note: ProvarDX can be completely configured through the CLI. Below are directions to configure from the Provar Automation user interface.
Select any test cases you want to run with ProvarDX. You can select multiple files or folders by holding the CTRL (Windows) or CMD (Mac) button while selecting.
Right click to open the context menu and select Export as ProvarDx.
Notice the selected test cases are listed in the Test Cases box.
It is recommended to select As File to create the file inside Provar Automation as it prepopulates the required environment settings and parameters and is ready to run.
You should see a file created in the navigator under provardx.
Whenever you want to execute these tests, you have two options:
From the Terminal:
sf provar automation test run
From VSCode command palette:
With the ProvarDX extension installed, select the ProvarDX: Run Testcases option.
You will be prompted for your property file, but you can accept the default of provardx-properties.json.
- 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
- API Testing
- Behavior-Driven Development
- Consolidating Multiple Test Execution Reports
- Creating and Importing Projects
- 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
- Mapping and Executing the Lightning Article Editor in Provar
- Managing Test Steps
- Namespace Org Testing
- NitroX
- Provar Automation
- 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 Plans
- 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
- Masking Provar Credentials on CI
- Salesforce Testing
- Best Practices
- Salesforce Connection Best Practices
- Improve Your Metadata Performance
- 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
- 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