TestBench^™ for iSeries

Designed for the iSeries and You

iSeries 'intelligence' designed in
For users, testers and developers
Higher quality software — less time and resource

TestBench is for IT professionals who recognize the critical importance of thoroughly tested iSeries systems — but lack the automated assistance. Designed from the beginning to test AS/400 (iSeries) systems; TestBench understands the iSeries environment to more readily manipulate, manage, protect and analyze programs and files under test.

Customers save up to 90% of the time it takes to test, while at the same time, significantly increasing test coverage. TestBench is the most powerful and sophisticated iSeries testing capability available — for users with limited IT knowledge to the most technically demanding developers and QA professionals.

Automated and Integrated for Powerful Testing

Screens, reports, database, data areas all thoroughly tested upon command
Batch, interactive and service programs
Family of record, playback and verify modules cover any type of user interface — all fully integrated with TestBench

With TestBench your entire system is checked and verified: database, screens, reports, rules, job log parameters, data areas, program calls, design and much more. Automated facilities for test data creation and maintenance, plus environment protection and management, ensure control and efficient resource utilization. Referential integrity of test data is assured through intelligent tree structure processing. And the flexibility to select the precise definition of data requirement means complete and thorough testing of every part of your iSeries system — interactive, batch and service programs. TestBench capabilities include:

Automatic test case planning and impact analysis.
Automated test data creation and extraction.
File relationship and join hierarchy detection and recording.
Data sampling and archiving capabilities.
Simple data extraction from remote iSeries.
Data protection to automatically reset the database after each test.
Scrambling option for confidential or sensitive data.
Test environment definition, for a consistent test starting point.
'Intelligent' data rules to define data behavior and expected test outcomes.
Alternative file definitions supported.
Integration with TurnOver and other change management solutions for complete development cycle testing.
Program call interception, allowing user-defined value replacement.
Parameter and data queue tracking.
Job log analysis to capture and report all error states.
File compare of actual against expected results — with discrepancies highlighted.
Scripts stored on the iSeries, for easy access and re-running.
Full verification of screens for any iSeries-based application.

TestBench uniquely integrates Database, Screen and Report testing functions — plus advanced Test Database Creation and Automated Test Reporting — within a single iSeries tool.

Easy-to-use Graphical Interface

TestBench powerfully tests green-screen applications with its graphical interface, TestDRIVE. TestDRIVE's easy-to-use PC interface makes recording and playing back test scripts simple and quick.

5250, GUI and Web browser Testing

Complete iSeries applications testing development coverage
Record, playback and verification from any interface
Secure and immediate iSeries script storage
Easy-to-use interface for script recording — no complex scripting language to learn!
TestGUI^™ — for thorough testing of GUI front ends, including JWalk
TestWEB^™ — for integrated testing of browser front ends and iSeries back-office systems

TestBench's record, playback and verify capabilities are fully integrated to bring the power of the main testing engine to any environment — pure green-screen, 5250 emulation, GUI, and iSeries-based Web-enabled applications. iSeries script storage ensures security along with immediate availability for automatic, repeated use — including superscript chaining to modularize an entire business process. Complete and thorough testing of your entire system — front-end and back-office.

Integrated, Audit-Ready Reporting

Summary, detail, on-line and printed
Automated, professional presentation
Securely stored on the iSeries

Manually compiled reports are consigned to the past. Automated reporting guarantees efficient reporting and certification of tests for any management, control or audit purpose — internal and external — professionally and consistently presented.