I have been wanting to blog more about the PTF, and this seemed like a good place to start. Here’s just a first simple test just to show the basics of creating a test.
Category: PeopleTools Test Framework
Configuring Integration Broker for PTF
Before you can start using the PeopleSoft Testing Framework, you have to get Integration Broker setup. The last post walked you through installing the PTF client. This one shows how I configured Integration Broker so that I could login with the client.
Much of this information is from PeopleSoft Test Framework Installation Guide. PeopleBooks is also another good resource if you are looking for more help.
PTF Startup Error
This is a nice introduction to PTF as I have started playing with it. Fortunately, the fix turned out pretty simple, so I thought it would make a nice simple blog post.
Here’s the error message:
If you have trouble viewing the image, it reads:
Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.
Could not find a part of the path ‘C:\Documents and Settings\psadmin\Application Data\PeopleSoft\PeopleSoft Test Framework\localoptions.xml’.
When I looked for the directory, the folder does not exist:
The simple fix: Create the path manually:
Now, it starts (and, it creates the localoptions.xml):
Installing PTF — PeopleTools Test Framework
This is a Step-By-Step series on the PeopleTools Testing Framework. This is probably the easiest part: installing the Test Framework client tool. Please stay tuned for more.