9. SAP Automation
Jiffy UI automation framework allows user to automate user interface pages for any application. Consider a scenario of automating a SAPsite.
To start with SAP UI automation, the user must create an application in UI learn. UI Learn application is a desktop client that enables users to familiarize the UI objects of an application. Once familiarized, the UI objects are saved in repository (Repository > UI Controls) and can then be used in task design steps.
Familiarizing UI objects
- Double-click on the JiffyUILearn icon on the desktop.
- Login to UI Learn.
- Type the user credentials and click on the Login button.
- Select the Release and the click on the Proceed button.
- Click on the below highlighted icon in the UILearnActions dialog to create an application.
- Select the SAP option from the drop-down to display the Create SAP Application dialog.
- Specify the following details:
- Application Name: Type the desired name of the application.
- Application: The path of the SAP Logon application. This will be auto populated if the SAP Logon application is open.
- Connection: The connection string of the SAP Logon application.
- Click on the OK button.
- If GUI scripting has been enabled properly on the client and the server, the HIT Switch button for familiarization will appear on the bottom-right corner of the UI Learn application.
- Click on the HIT Switch button and learn the UI elements by placing the mouse pointer on the required field.
Note:The selected UI element will be highlighted the in Red colour and the respective control is displayed in the App(s) Under Test section. - After the learning process is completed the controls are displayed under the application that is created and the properties of the control are displayed in the PropertyDetails section.
Note: The user can edit the name of the controls and module by double clicking on the respective fields in the PropertyDetails section.
- After familiarization, stop the application by using the Start and Stop button.
