Using the Siebel Test Client Configuration for Testing

Siebel Anywhere provides a special configuration called Siebel Test Client to serve as your test user. By default, the Siebel Test Client configuration is representative of the other subscriber configurations initially provided, but it can be modified to reflect your active configuration.

To test an upgrade kit

1. Create a user and assign this user with the Siebel Test Client configuration in one of the following ways:

   • Assign the user to the configuration, as described in Assigning Employees to a Configuration.

   • Install a client and set ComponentName to Siebel Test Client in the active CFG file.

2. Define, activate and apply the upgrade kit as an optional upgrade kit and distribute to the appropriate configuration.

3. Verify that the Siebel Test Client configuration contains the components being upgraded with the upgrade kit.

4. Notify the selected users assigned to the Siebel Test Client configuration to log in. Instruct them to use the procedures described in Retrieving and Installing Upgrade Kits to retrieve and install the upgrade kit.

5. After test users install the upgrade kit, have them test it by running the application that was upgraded.

Have all test users report any unexpected behavior in the application. Give special attention to areas of the application that changed due to the upgrade.

If the test is unsuccessful, then see Troubleshooting for Siebel Anywhere for possible solutions.

Note: If you want to change your optional upgrade kit to be required after testing, then see Converting an Optional Upgrade Kit to a Required Upgrade Kit.