- Question.
- How do I conduct operational tests on a running Business Process Definition when I modified it?
- Answer.
- Please duplicate the process model of the same definition, and check the operation with the new Process Model.
Questetra is a “Business Improvement tool” that allow continuous improvement of Business Process (definition). You can immediately correct and improve your Business Process Definition easily to suit such as the change of business rules, even if it is running.
If the change was small as much as adding descriptions on the Input form or single Data Item, it will be good to Release the Business Process Definition soon after editing it. However, you would like to check (test) the operation of the Business Process Definition after drastically improved or changed it.
When you want to change the Business Process Definition in operation, conduct the operational test in the following manner.
Even though it is a little cumbersome way, since it is not possible to actually operate the “Developing version” on the current Version 10.1, we will recommend you to conduct a pre-Operational test when you changed it significantly.
- Edit the Business Process Definition “Process Model A” which is in operation (running), then save.
- Create a new “Process Model B” by Duplicating the “Process Model A”.
▼Version X (Developing)->Copy
or
▼Version X (Developing)->Export Archive, after that, import the archive to another Questetra environment (For testing, etc.). - Edit the “Process Model B”, if necessary.
Please edit it according to the environment where the test is conducted, or the contents of the test. Common changes are the following settings.
– Settings of ‘Operating personnel’
– Addresses of email destination
– URLs when using APIs - Release the “Process Model B”, then conduct the tests.
- In accordance to the result of the tests, repeat 1 – 3 above, if necessary.
- When the behavior is confirmed on “Process Model B”, Release the “Process Model A”.
- Do not Release the “Process Model A” until finally confirm the operation.
- After Release, immediately Business Process can be Started along the new definition.
- You will not be able to cancel Release, to restore to the original.
- Please always comply with the procedure that Editing “Process Model A” then duplicate it to create “Process Model B”.
- Even if you have made an improvement in the “Process Model B”, there is not a way to reflect the edits into the “Process Model A” (manual editing only). In order to prevent the missing of correspondence, it is recommended to operate in the steps of “after editing the A, replicate B”.
- Please delete the newly created “process model B” for the test, as soon as it became no longer necessary.
- At the same time, the actual test data will also be deleted
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