Service Virtualization

In the DevTest r8.2 we introduced a sandbox for you to play in.

So what does this mean to you?  With the DevTest solutions we are following a agile methodology to create great functionality and we want to get the increments to you as fast as possible.  When a new feature is made up of multiple stories to build out "all of the functionality" we basically take story 1 to done done, then go to the next.  For example, with the Virtual Services Environment we got the basic visualization of the server there and in our second story we want to make actions that work on multiple services at the same time work.  That means we released story 1 and will add on it with story 2 and we put first story or deliverable in our sandbox for you to play with and provide feedback.  Below is a list of what is there and I have put a handy link into the documentation on how to use the feature. 

As we move from .dot release to the next we will either put in more functionality or remove from The Sandbox because all of the stories are done.

What’s in “The Sandbox”

• Advanced Shelf Adds the capability to search and shelve relevant transaction frames by category. You can shelve the same category of frames from selected transactions, or do so from transactions based on a search result. (Shelve Transactions - DevTest Solutions - 8.2 - CA Wiki)
• Common API’s Adds ability to view the consumer/producer relationship for Common APIs. (https://wiki.ca.com/display/DTS82/View+Producer+and+Consumer+Relationship)
• Data Driven VSI Adds the capability to generate a VSI Signature from a CSV or XLSX file.
• Find & Replace Enables the new (work in progress) Find and Replace feature in the VSI Editor. (https://wiki.ca.com/display/DTS82/Find+and+Replace)
• Import/Export Recording Adds the capability to import and export recorded transactions. You can export multiple recordings into a zip file to be shared or imported. A zip file that contains transactions from various sources can be imported into CAI. (https://wiki.ca.com/display/DTS82/How+to+Document+a+Transaction+for+a+Manual+Test#HowtoDocumentaTransactionforaManualTes…)
• Usage Counts Annotate the transaction diagram to show occurrence of calls, as well as how many times a particular part of the path is folded. (https://wiki.ca.com/display/DTS82/View+Usage+Counts+for+Identical+and+Partial+Transaction+Paths)
• Virtual Service Environment Provides the ability to view and manage services existing within the Virtual Service Environment. (https://wiki.ca.com/display/DTS82/View+Virtual+Service+Environments+in+DevTest+Portal)