JPH02217936A - On-line testing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and automatically execute an on-line test in a practical environment by simultaneously executing the test in plural work stations at test starting time, transferring the tested results to a host computer and deciding the tested results by the host computer. CONSTITUTION:At the test starting time, the on-line test is simultaneously started by the plural work stations 10. After starting the test, an on-line program 4 to be tested is connected to respective work stations 10, test scenarios previously transferred from the host computer 1 to the work stations 10 are sequentially transmitted to the host computer 1 and response data from the host computer 1 are registered in the files of the work stations 10. After ending the test, data received from the host computer 1 are transferred from the work stations 10 executing the test to the host computer 1 and collated with forecasting response data previously formed in the host computer 1 and the on-line test is executed to check whether an invalid position is included in the on-line program 4 or not. Thus, the test can easily and automatically be executed in the practical environment.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an online test method for online programs and communication devices on a computer system (prior art). Generally, a large number of operators operate their workstations at the same time, connect to the host computer at the same time, and communicate at the same time. It also allows online programs and communication devices to see multiple workstations connected.

How to create and use a simulation tool on the host computer or relay computer, or create a tool to communicate with the host computer according to step 14 (predetermined moves on the workstation), One method was to conduct the test by starting up one after another at a station.

(ll! Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in the above-mentioned method in which a large number of operators operate a large number of workstations at the same time, the amount of labor required is enormous. Since cheesy-ins cannot be used at the same time and each operation is performed by one person, there are variations in each connection, making it difficult to connect them at the same time.

There was a problem when it was not possible to apply a high load during communication.

In addition, with the method of using the simulation tool on the host computer or #fn machine for relaying, it is not possible to test the entire on-the-in system including a total of 31 & machines for relaying, and The problem of being able to perform tests only in conditions different from the environment was a rare problem.

Furthermore, in a method that uses a communication tool that operates on a work stage switch, two people are activated.

It is difficult to connect multiple work stage links at the same time. In addition, there is a problem that verification of communication data after the test must be performed at each main work stage, which is time-consuming.

The present invention improves these conventional drawbacks, and its purpose is to provide an online test that can easily and automatically test high-load on/line systems and communication equipment in an actual environment. The goal is to provide a method.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides test information transfer means for transferring communication scenario data and test start times for online program tests created in advance on a host computer to a plurality of workstations.

A test start determination means for starting the test when the test start time arrives on the work stage.

After starting the test, connect to the online program being tested and
The test scenario that has been transferred from the host computer to the workstation in advance is sent to the host computer one after another.
A total of 31 hosts responded. A test execution means that registers the data sent from the machine in a file on the work stage polisher, and data received from the host computer after the test? The feature is that the test data is transferred from the multiple workstations where the test was performed to the host computer, and checked against predicted response data that has been created in advance on the host computer to conduct an online test to check whether there are any irregularities in the online program. .

[Effect]

The test information transfer means transfers the communication scenario data and test start time for the online program test created in advance on the host computer to multiple workstations, and the test start determination means transfers the test start time on the workstation. Start the exam when the time is up. What is the means of conducting the test?

After the test starts, the host computer connects to the online program under test and sequentially transmits the test scenario that has been transferred to the workstation, and sends the data sent from the host computer as a response to the workstation. Register in the file above. After the test, the test result transfer determination means transfers the received data from the host computer to the host computer from the multiple workstations where the test was performed, compares it with the predicted response data created in advance on the host computer, and sends the data online. Determine whether there are any illegal parts in the program.

(Example) Next, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to drawing ft.

Referring to FIG. 1, one embodiment includes a host controller 1,
Test fi report management machine $2, test scissors collection mechanism 3, online program 4, test + [transfer means 5, test result judgment means 6, terminal connection means 7 and 1 communication processing device 8 , the clock 9, the workstation communication processing device 11, the high-load online test mechanism 12, the test information registration means 13, the test start determination means 14, and the IIT: test execution means 15. , the test result transfer means 16, the host computer connection disconnection means 17, the information transfer management means 18, the test result registration file 19, the output data collation file 2o, the control information file 21, the test scenario file 22, and the printer. 23 and on the workstation! IJ #ff information file 24 and
Test scenario file 25 on Work 7 subject,
It is composed of a received data storage file 26, an operator input/output device 27, and one communication path 28.

Referring to FIG. 2f, test result editing mechanism 3d.

It is composed of a test result manual section 31, a test result editing section 32, and an 8 test result output section 33.

Referring to FIG. 3, V:, piece information transfer means 5Fi.

It is composed of a control information manual section 51, a test scenario input section 52, a time reading section 53, and a test information transmission section 54.

Referring to FIG. 4, the test result determination means 6 is as follows.

It is composed of a collation data input section 61, a result data reception section 62, a test scissor result determination s63, and a test result registration section 64.

Referring to FIG. 5, the test information registration means 13.

The test information receiving section 131 and 1! lJ# information registration section 132
, a test scenario registration section 133 , and a one-time notification section 134 .

Referring to FIG. 6, the test start determining means 14 is as follows.

It is composed of a control information input section 141, a start time determination section 142, and a 9-time count section 143.

Referring to FIG. 7, the trial run execution means 15 includes a control information input section 151, a host activation request section 152, a test scenario input section 153, a test scenario transmission section 154, a received data registration section 155, and a host start request section 152. - A strike response receiving section 156.

Referring to Figure K8, the test result transfer means 16 is as follows.

It is composed of a received data input section 161 and a received data transmission section 162.

Referring to FIG. 9, the information transfer management means 18.

Command input section 181 and test information registration means starting section 18
2, and a test result transfer means starting section 183.

Referring to FIG. 10, the output data collation file 20 is composed of collation data 201 to 20n.

Referring to the 11th prisoner, the control information file 21 includes the online program name 211 and the lil:trial start time 21.
It is composed of 2.

Referring to FIG. 12, the test scenario file 22a,
It consists of test scenarios 221 to 22n.

Referring to FIG. 13, the control information file 24 on the work stage program includes the online program name 241,
and a test start time 242.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained in detail.

In order to conduct a high-load online test, the operator first starts the test information management mechanism 2 on the host computer as a preparatory work, and sets the data sequence to be sent from the workstation 10 to the online program 4. A test scenario file 22 in which certain test scenarios 221 to 22n are stored is created in advance. At this time, it is possible to create multiple test scenarios 221 to 22n and make them correspond to different test items.
Verification data 201 to 2, which is a sequence of response data that is predicted to be responded to by the online program 4 in response to 2n.
An output data verification file 20 in which 0n is stored is also created.

Furthermore, a control information file 21 is also prepared in which the online program name 211 of the online program to be tested and the test start time 212 are stored.

Next, as a pre-test step, the operator inputs a "test scenario transfer" command from the operator input/output device 27. This work Vi is performed in a plurality of work units 10 in sequence. The command is sent to the command input section 18 of the information transfer management means 18 from the controller input/output device 27.
1, and the test information registration means activation unit 182 is activated. The test information registration means activation section 182 activates the information transfer management means 18 and issues a connection request to the host computer 1 through the host computer connection disconnection means F. The connection request is sent to the workstation communication processing device 111 communication path 28
1 communication processing device 8 to the terminal connection means 7 of the test information management mechanism 2 of the host computer 1;
starts the test information transfer means 5fc and forms a communication bus with the work stage guard 10. In the activated test information transfer element 85, the control information input unit 51 inputs the online program name 211 from the control information file 21.
and the test start time 212 are inputted and passed to the test information transmitting section 54, and then in the 1-time reading section 53.

The current time is read from the clock 9 that is counting the current time in the host computer 1 and passed to the test information transmitting section 54, and the test scenario input section 52 reads one of the test scenarios 221 to 22n from the test scenario file 22. The test scenario is inputted and passed to the test information transmitter 54, and the test information transmitter 54 transmits this information to the work stage system IO. At this time, the test scenario to be transferred is different for each work stage, so that as many test items as possible can be executed at a time. The test information transmitted from the test information transmitter 54 is registered in the high-load online test mechanism 12 of the work stage machine 10 via the communication processing unit 11 of the communication processing bag [8, communication path 28.7 - Means 13 IC passed. In the test information registration means 13, the test information receiving section 131
If the information is the online program name 211 and test start time 212, it is passed to the control information registration unit 132 and registered in the control information file 24 of the work stage W/ in the control information registration 5132. If it is the current time, it is passed to the 1st time notification unit 134.
Fi test, the test start determination means 14 is activated to notify the current time, the test start determination means 14 sets the current time of the work stage thin 10 to that value, and thereafter the 1 time count section 142 counts the current time. . If the information is a test scenario, it is passed to the test scenario registration unit 133.

The test scenario registration unit 133 registers it in the test scenario file 25 of the work stage thin.

When the information received by the test information receiving section 1311C is completed, communication with the host computer 1 is cut off through the Honuto nasal instrument connection and disconnection means 17t.

The process up to this point after the operator inputs the command "Transfer 6 Test Scenarios" from the operator input/output device 27 is to transfer all work stage machines 1 to which the operator inputs the command.
0, and those work stage tumors will be tested online at the same time.

Next, in the test start determination means 14 of the high-load online test mechanism 12 of the plurality of workstations 10 activated by the above operation, each time counting section 1
43, the time of transition to the current time setting is counted, and at the same time.

The control information input unit 141 inputs the test start time 241 transferred and registered from the host computer 1 from the control information file 24 of the work stage thin, and continuously
1 time count unit 14 by start time determination unit 142iC
The current time counted in 3 is the test start time 2.
Check if it has reached 41. If the current time has not reached the test start time 241, nothing is done, but if the current time has reached the test start time 241, VcFi and the test execution means 15 are activated to start the test. This means that the online test will be started on multiple work stages 10 at the same time.

In the activated test execution means 15, first.

The control information input unit 151 inputs the online program name 242 transferred and registered from the host computer l from the control information file 24 of the work stage thin, and passes it to the host startup request unit 152.

The online program 4 of the host computer 1 is sent to the host computer 1 through the host startup request unit 152#i host computer connection disconnection unit 17.
and performs connection processing. Once the connection is complete.

The test scenario input section 153 reads out the test scenario from the work stage computer's test scenario file 25 and passes it to the test scenario transmission section 154, which transmits it to the online program 4 of the host computer 1. When you take the online program 4tli test scenario on host computer 1, it is
After processing the response according to
send to The response is from the work status 1f communication processing device 11.
is passed to the test execution means 15 of the high-load online test mechanism 12, and in the test execution means 15, the host response reception section receives this, passes it to the reception data registration section 155, and the reception data registration section 155 receives it. Register in the data storage file 26. When the response is received, the next test scenario is input to the test scenario file 25 on the work stage computer and sent to the online program 4 of the host computer 10, and when the response is returned from the online program 4 of the host computer 1, It is also registered in the received data storage file 26. This series of processing is repeated until there are no more test scenarios.

When there are no more test scenarios, the test scenario transmitter 154
The host computer 1 is disconnected from the online program 4 through the host computer connection disconnection means 17, and
Finish the online exam.

Next, when the tests on all the work stage machines 10 are completed, as a test post-processing, the operator inputs the command "1 test result transfer" from the machine operator input/output device 27.This work is carried out sequentially. The command is passed from the operator input/output device 27 to the information transfer management means 18, and the test result transfer means activation section 183 is activated.The test result transfer means activation section 183 activates the test result transfer means 16 and issues a connection request to the host computer 1 through the host computer connection disconnection means 17.The connection request is sent to the work stage communication processing device 11, the communication path 281 and the communication processing device 8.
is passed to the terminal connection means 7 of the test information management mechanism 2 of the host computer 1, and the terminal connection means 7 establishes communication and starts the test result determination means 6. In the test result transfer means 16 of the high-load online test mechanism 12 of the activated work stage machine 10, the received data input section 161 reads the response data from the received data storage file 26 and passes it to the received data transmitting section 162, and transmits the received data. The section 162 transmits the data to the host computer 1, and this data is sent to the test result determination means 6 of the test information management mechanism 2 of the host computer 1.
passed to.

In the test result transfer means 6, the result data receiving section 62
receives the response data of the online program 4, and the verification data input unit 61 outputs the output r in which the predicted value of the response data of the online program 4 is stored.
-Data verification file 20, verification data 201 to 70n
Of these, 9 verification data corresponding to the test scenario of the workstation 10 is input, and the test result determination unit 63 verifies the response data and verification data to determine whether or not there is any fraud in the online program 4. The test results are registered in the test result registration file 19 by the test result registration section 64. Once all response data has been transferred from work stage computer 10 to host computer 1.

The received data transmitter 162 of the test result transfer means 16 communicates through the host computer connection disconnection means 17! disconnect the base.

All work stages! When the transfer of the response data to the host computer 1 at I 710 is completed, the operator starts the test result editing mechanism 3 of the host computer 1. In the test result editing mechanism 3, the test result input unit 31 selects a plurality of work stage machines 10 from the test result registration file 19.
The test results are inputted, edited by the test result editing section 32, and the edited results are outputted to the glitterer 23 by the test result output section 33, so that online test results for all work stage machines 10 can be easily obtained.

In this way, in this embodiment, online testing can be performed extremely simultaneously on a plurality of work stages.

That is, in the actual environment of the online system, connections and data input from a large number of work stages can be performed at the same time and with high density, making it possible to implement a high-load online test in the actual environment of the online system.

In addition, because high-load online testing is almost completely automated, there is little need for human intervention, even though a large number of work stages are used.

Furthermore, even though tools on the workstage machine are used, advance preparation is done by downloading from a total of nine host machines, so even if the number of workstage machines increases, there is no need to worry about changing the test scenario. can be easily handled,
Since test results are sent to the host computer for inspection, it is easy to verify the test results even though tools on the workstage computer are used, and the results can be easily viewed together.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, tests are performed simultaneously on multiple workstations when the test start time arrives, the test results are transferred to the host computer, and the test results are judged by the host computer. These processes are as follows. It can be done automatically, so
It is possible to easily test a high-load online system communication device in an actual environment.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the high-load online testing device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the test result editing mechanism 3 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is the configuration diagram shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the test result determining means 6 shown in FIG. 1. 5 is a block diagram of the test information registration means 13 shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the test start determination means 14 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the test information registration means 13 shown in FIG. A block diagram of the test execution means 15, FIG. 8 shows the test result transfer means 16 shown in FIG.
9 is a block diagram of the information transfer management means 1 shown in FIG.
Fig. 10 shows the contents of the output data comparison file 20 shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 11 shows the contents of the control information file 21 shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 12 shows the contents of the control information file 21 shown in Fig. 1. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the contents of the test scenario file 22 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the contents of the control information file 24 on the workstation shown in FIG. In the figure, 1... host computer, 2... test information management mechanism, 3... test result editing mechanism, 4... online program, 5... test information transfer means, 6...
Test result determination means, 7... Terminal connection means, 8... Communication processing device, 9... Black, 10... Work stage seal/. 11...Worksty Siran communication processing device, 12...
・High load online test mechanism, 13... Test information registration means, 14... Test start determination means, 15... Test execution means, 16... Test result transfer means, 17... Host computer connection disconnection Means, 18... Information transfer management means. 19...Test result registration file, 20...Output data verification file, 21...Control information file, 22.
...Test scenario file, 23...Printer, 24
...Control information file on Works Chiron, 25
...Test scenario file on Works Chiron. 26... Reception f-data storage file, 27... Oilator input/output device, zs... Communication path, 31... Test result input section, 32... Test result editing section, 33... Test Result output section, 5N... Control information input section, 52... Test scenario input section, 53... Time reading section, 54.
...Test information transmission section, 61... Verification data input section, 6
2... Result data receiving section, 63... Test result determining section, 64... Test result registration section, 131... Test ms receiving section, 132... Control information registration section, 133... Test Scenario registration section, 134... Time notification section, 141...
- Control information input unit, 142...Start time determination unit, 14
3... Time count section, 151... Control information input section, 152... Host activation request section, 153... Test scenario input section. 154... Test scenario transmission unit, 155... Received data registration unit, 156... Host response reception unit, 161.
...Reception data input section, 162...Reception data transmission section. 181... Command input section, 182... Test information registration means starting section, 183... Test result transfer means starting section. 201-20n...Verification data, 211...Online program name, 212...Test start time, 221
~22n...Test scenario, 241 Online program name, 242...Test start time.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A test information transfer means for transferring the communication scenario data and test start time for online program tests created in advance on the host computer to multiple workstations, and a test information transfer means for transferring the test start time on the workstations. After the test starts, it connects to the online program under test, sequentially transmits the test scenario that has been transferred from the host computer to the workstation in advance, and sends the test scenario from the host computer as a response. A test execution means registers the transmitted data in a file on the workstation, and after the test, the data received from the host computer is transferred from the multiple workstations where the test was performed to the host computer, and is stored in advance on the host computer. An online test method characterized by comprising a test result transfer judgment means that compares the predicted response data that has been created.