Task Recorder in Testing Dynamics AX 2009
Generally speaking, ensuring that an ERP application works after it is deployed at a customer site is a very challenging endeavor. The base application, which is both broad and deep, has a multitude of modules, features and hardware configurations. ISVs extend or modify the base application to provide functionality for specific market needs and verticals. As a final point, implementation partners or customers do point customizations to address specific customer needs. This combination of base application, one to more ISV add-ons and point customizations that operate in a unique hardware and software configuration, is what businesses depend on for mission critical financial data and company operations.
There hasn’t been an easy way to provide QAs with means of testing. A limited amount of guidance or number of tools have been available. Although there are some announcements as this need has been recognized by the Visual Studio Team System group - in particular, that test case management and support for the manual tester will be available in ‘Rosario’ release of the product - right now there is a tool available directly in the product for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 - the Task Recorder.
Task Recorder is a tool that can log and create documentation and workflows of user activities in the application. The tool can output this transcript of activity in several Microsoft Office system formats. Task Recorder can be used as a powerful tool to help manual testing. Since it records screenshots and user actions into Word, a QA person that creates a test script could easily enhance the document with expected results and other notes to fully document the script.
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