Welcome to the Oracle Flow Builder User's Guide. This guide explains how to use the features and options of Oracle Flow Builder for creating test flows and generating OpenScript scripts for testing Web/Oracle E-Business Suite applications.
Oracle Flow Builder is licensed as a feature in Oracle Functional Testing Suite for Oracle Applications.
This document is intended for Business analysts, QA engineers, and test engineers who will be developing Oracle Flow Builder components and flows for testing a Web site or application. The guide does require an understanding of software or Web/Oracle E-Business Suite application testing concepts. Test engineers using Oracle Flow Builder should be familiar with the concepts of regression testing, load testing, and scalability testing.
The keyword paradigm of Oracle Flow Builder does not require any programming experience to develop scripts for testing. However, the advanced programming features available in Oracle OpenScript scripts do require experience with the Java programming language.
This guide is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, "Introduction" introduces Oracle Flow Builder and provides an overview of the features and user interface.
Chapter 2, "Setting Up Oracle Flow Builder" explains the requirements, installation, and initial setup of the Oracle Flow Builder application.
Chapter 3, "Defining Components" explains how to add and update components in the Component Tree.
Chapter 4, "Defining Components Sets" explains how to add and update components sets in the Component Set Tree.
Chapter 5, "Defining Flows" explains how to add and update components sets in the Component Set Tree.
Chapter 6, "Using Notifications" explains how to use the Notifications options in the Oracle Flow Builder application.
Chapter 7, "Using History" explains how to use the History options in the Oracle Flow Builder application.
Chapter 8, "Using Reports" explains how to use the Report options in the Oracle Flow Builder application.
Chapter 9, "Administering Oracle Flow Builder" explains how to perform administrative tasks within the Oracle Flow Builder application.
Appendix A, "Keyword Reference" lists the keywords and objects used to specify component code in Oracle Flow Builder.
Appendix B, "Function Library Reference" lists the functions in the default function libraries installed with the Oracle Flow Builder application.
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For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Application Testing Suite documentation set:
Oracle Application Testing Suite Release Notes
Oracle Application Testing Suite Installation Guide
Oracle Application Testing Suite Getting Started Guide
Oracle Functional Testing OpenScript User's Guide
Oracle Functional Testing OpenScript Programmer's Reference
Oracle Functional Testing Flow Builder Starter Pack Reference Guide for E-Business Suite Release 12.2
Oracle Load Testing Load Testing User's Guide
Oracle Load Testing Load Testing ServerStats Guide
Oracle Test Manager Test Manager User's Guide
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