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Dynamics 365 Test Automation Tool Checklist

Check how Executive Automats helps to provide different values expected from a decent test automation solution.

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Created for MS Dynamics 365 testing

Supports MS Dynamics 365 FO & CRM

Product is following D365 updates (new button and controls)

Supports other Dynamics 365 family products

Supports, CPOS, Retail, Talents, Business Central and others.

Certified by Microsoft as the official D365 FO Add-in

Available at AppSource and Azure Marketplace

Integration testing capabilitites

Anything that is opened in webbrowser may be tested.

Supports desktop and legacy apps integration testing

Integration through Power Automate connector (UiFlow)

Main Features

100% codeless Recorder

Allows some scripts modifications already during recording

100% codeless Script
(Test case) editor

100% zero-coding experience.

100% codeless Player

Allows to play script in foreground and background.

Reporting module included in the tool

Including dashboards and detailed reports

Scheduler to plan test runs in groups

Allows to easily orchestate number of test plans

Project management to manage large projects

Must have for large projects and nice to have for small

Internal security model to manage testing team access

Manage your team and grant necessary access rights.

Delivery & Installation

May be installed or provided as a hosted service (SaaS or TAaaS)

MS Partners may provide Test Automation as a Service

Installation is standardized (when installation needed)

Installation takes ~2 hours.

Effectiveness – easiness in use & time to adopt

May be used by business people to record real processes

Designed for this purpose.

Does not require technical skills to create and maintaint test script

All functions and features are 100% code-less

Effectiveness – test case reusability

Allows to modify scripts easily

Anything created may be fully modified, fast and anytime.

Allows to joins scripts into scenarios with variables

Scripts may be easily jointed by variables as puzzles.

Allows to copy steps and scripts between scripts and scenarios

Anything created may be easily reused with a few clicks

Allows to easily change virtual user or test environment

Supports user login steps and swift chenge of tested environment

Effectiveness – usability benachmark

Average time needed to create automated test case (test script)

From 2 to 10 minutes (deepends on complexity)

Average time to create test scenario (from test cases)

From 2 to 15 minutes (depends on the scenario complexity)

Average time needed to modify existing test script or scenario

Average of 15% of script or scenario creation time

Manual to automated test coverage accesibility

Up to 80% of manual test cases
may be usualy automated

Incorporation into Microsoft Dynamics ecosystem

Microsoft Azure DevOps integration

Native. Including Pipelines, Bugs creation and Test Plans

Allows to adopt with flexible Testing framework

Framework designed for use in D365 upgrades projects.

Allows to start already in AX2012

Another distribution of EA works with AX2012 and AX2009

Other values

Business process documentation creation

Any recording may be recreated into business process documentation

Support for performance testing

Scripts may be ran in 100’s of parralel sessions to provoke system stress

Others & licensing

Provided with functional support

Trainings, full user manual, tutorial videos and live support lines

Provided with technical support

Supported with Jira Service Desk.

SLA service agreement

Optional. Up to 2 hours reaction times in 24/7 plan.

Use Cases

SEE HOW