Executing Selected Process Steps

In the Process Editor, you can run a single step or several steps of a process with the Execute Step(s)  feature. This feature helps you debug individual steps without running the entire process.

You can not use this feature on state processes that are used to load, unload, sign in, sign out, and terminate applications. If the step has associated layouts and recordsets, they are ignored. Before running the selected steps, you must have the application opened that you are testing.

The Process Editor offers you two ways to execute selected steps from the Action menu:

Method	Description
Execute Step(s)	Runs execution on the selected steps without the Execution dialog appearing. If you have selected several steps, you can not run execution manually.
Execute Step(s) with Dialog	Runs execution on the selected steps, and the Execution dialog appears. If you have selected several steps, you can manually execute these steps by using the Step button in the Execution dialog menu. In the Execution dialog, you can view and modify variables used in execution, as well as add a variable in the Watch tab. For more information, see Modifying Variables During Execution and Adding Watch Variables.

 After execution has stopped, the Result Viewer does not open, and results are not saved to Certify's Results database. The following information appears in the Process Editor status bar:

• Number of selected steps
• Overall status
• Last selected step status

To execute selected process steps in unmanaged mode:

1. Open the application that you plan to test.
2. In the Certify Navigation pane, click Processes.

The Processes window opens.

3. In the Summary pane, complete one of the following steps:
4. Double-click a process.
5. Right-click on a process and select Edit.

The Process Editor opens.

4. Click the Steps tab.

The Steps tab opens.

5. In the Steps tab, complete one of the following steps:
6. Right-click on a step and select Execute Step.
7. Select a step and select Action > Execute Step from the Process Editor menu.

8. Select a step and press <F6>.

If you want to select multiple steps, press the <Ctrl> key while selecting each step. For a range of consecutive steps, press the <Shift> key when selecting a range.

After the steps run, view the execution status in the Process Editor status bar.

To execute selected process steps in managed mode:

1. Open the application that you plan to test.
2. In the Certify Navigation pane, click Processes.

The Processes window opens.

3. In the Summary pane, complete one of the following steps:
4. Double-click a process.
5. Right-click on a process and select Edit.

The Process Editor opens.

4. Click the Steps tab.

The Steps tab opens.

5. In the Steps tab, complete one of the following steps:
6. Select steps and select Action > Execute Step in Dialog from the Process Editor menu.
7. Select steps and press <Shift> <F6>.

The Execution dialog opens.

6. From the menu, click Step to run each individual step in the process and debug.
7. If needed, modify or add variables in the Watch tab. For more information, see Modifying Variables During Execution and Adding Watch Variables.

When the execution has completed, view the execution status in the Process Editor status bar.

 

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