POS Automation - Perform a Sale with carrier bag and without carrier bag

Overview

This tutorial provides step-by-step guidance on automating the validation of a POS sale transaction with and without a carrier bag while changing the POS terminal properties in the same automated test, including switching the POS terminal within the same automation script.

What you will learn

How to use the following steps

1. Login as a user

2. Enter text into a field

3. Press a button

4. Check item display in a selection list

5. Press a button and check another page displays

6. Check text display on the receipt

7. Press a button on a test peripheral

8. Check page display

9. Set a different template for the POS Terminal

Pre-requisites

• Should have a POS Setup and Automation Workspace Setup

• You should have a POS terminal Template with the carrier bag prompt enabled. The property should be fixed and the template should be broadcast to POS before running the test. (For more details you can refer Setting Up POS terminal templates)

Exercises

Add Automation Script File

Right click on the Automated Tests project and create a new package in the test folder, feature.retail.pos.posRetailFunction.sales

note

Make sure your package is registered in the testNG.xml

Right click on the package and create a new cucumber test ItemSale.feature

Add the Steps

• First you have to start from adding the step to sign on as a given user. Refer Login as a user

• After login, you have to inspect the Component Id for the Input Box in the transaction page so that you can enter the productID. (Refer Component Inspection).

• Add the component entries to .properties file ( Refer Component Details to set up Client Property file).

your entry would be like

COMPONENT_INPUT_BOX=InputBox

• You can directly add the ProductID and Product Description to the step or else you can add data entries to data property file and use the variables. Refer Data property File

If defined in the data property file,

your entries would be like

PRODUCT_2=2
PRODUCT_2_DESCRIPTION=HD Complexion Starter Kit

• Using the component Inspection find the Component ID for the Receipt List. (Refer Component Inspection).

• Add the component entries to .properties file ( Refer Component Details to set up Client Property file).

your entry would be like

COMPONENT_RECEIPT=Receipt

• When you press the buttons to continue the sale, you will be navigated to the following pages. Therfore the Window names should be inspected and add the window entries to .properties file ( Refer Window Details to set up Client Property file).

1. "Select Tender" page

2. "Enter Cash Tender Amount" page

3. "Await Drawer Closed" page

4. External "Cash Drawer" window

5. "Transaction Basket" page

6. "Enter User" page

• After that, set the created POS Terminal Template ID (as described under the prerequisite) for the current POS Terminal. (Refer Set a different template for the POS Terminal for more details.)

• After that sign on as a given user. Refer Login as a user

• Then, you can enter the productID. (Refer Component Inspection).

• When you press the buttons to continue the sale, you will be navigated to the following pages. Therfore the Window names should be inspected and add the window entries to .properties file ( Refer Window Details to set up Client Property file).

1. "Carrrier Bag Prompt" page

2. "Select Tender" page

3. "Enter Cash Tender Amount" page

4. "Await Drawer Closed" page

5. External "Cash Drawer" window

6. "Transaction Basket" page

7. "Enter User" page

• Finally, Your feature file would be like ,

  Scenario: Perform a Sale with carrier bag and without carrier bag
    Given user signs on as "Sales Assistant"
    And user enters "${Product 2}" into "Input Box" field
    And user presses "ENT" button
    And "${Product 2 Description}" is displayed in "Receipt" list
    When user presses "TOTAL" button and "Select Tender" page shown
    And user presses "Cash" button and "Enter Cash Tender Amount" page shown
    And user presses "OK" button and "Await Drawer Closed" page shown
    And receipt display with following details
      | address   | ${Street 1},${Street 2},${Town},${County},${Postcode}  |
      | telephone | Tel: ${Store Phone 1}                                  |
      | item      | ${Product 2 Description},${Product 2 Price}            |
    When user presses "Close" button on external "Cash Drawer" window
    Then "Transaction Basket" page is shown
    When user presses "SignOff" button
    Then "Enter User" page is shown
    When template "AUT_RETAIL_FIXED_POS_TEMPLATE" is set for the current POS terminal
    Given user signs on as "Sales Assistant"
    And user enters "${Product 2}" into "Input Box" field
    And user presses "ENT" button
    And "${Product 2 Description}" is displayed in "Receipt" list
    When user presses "TOTAL" button
    Then "Carrrier Bag Prompt" page is shown
    And user enters "1" into "Carrier Bag Input Box" field
    Given user presses "Carrier Bag Continue Button" icon button
    Then "Select Tender" page is shown
    And user presses "Cash" button and "Enter Cash Tender Amount" page shown
    And user presses "OK" button and "Await Drawer Closed" page shown
    And receipt display with following details
      | address   | ${Street 1},${Street 2},${Town},${County},${Postcode}  |
      | telephone | Tel: ${Store Phone 1}                                  |
      | item      | ${Product 2 Description},${Product 2 Price}            |
      | item      | ${Product Carrier Bag 1 Description}                   |
      | item      | ${Product Carrier Bag 1 Price}                         |
    When user presses "Close" button on external "Cash Drawer" window
    Then "Transaction Basket" page is shown
    When user presses "SignOff" button
    Then "Enter User" page is shown

• Your client properties file entries would be like,

COMPONENT_INPUT_BOX=InputBox
COMPONENT_RECEIPT=Receipt

WINDOW_SELECT_TENDER=Point-of-Sale Application:Point-of-Sale Application:Select Tender  Pos/Tender/DoTender  SelectTender  NextGen1024x768/Pos/Tender/SelectTender
WINDOW_ENTER_CASH_TENDER_AMOUNT=Point-of-Sale Application:Point-of-Sale Application:Enter Tender Amount  Pos/Tender/GetTenderAmountMain  EnterTenderAmountWithSuggestions  Pos/Tender/EnterCashTenderAmount
WINDOW_AWAIT_DRAWER_CLOSED=Point-of-Sale Application:Point-of-Sale Application:Wait Drawer Closed  Pos/Transaction/AwaitDrawerClosed  AwaitDrawerClosed  Pos/Transaction/AwaitDrawerClosed
WINDOW_CASH_DRAWER=Cashdrawer
WINDOW_TRANSACTION_BASKET=Point-of-Sale Application:Point-of-Sale Application:Sale  Pos/Sale/Sale  SignedOnState  NextGen1024x768/Pos/Sale/Sale
WINDOW_ENTER_USER=Point-of-Sale Application:Point-of-Sale Application:Enter User Pos/SignOn/SignOn EnterUserState NextGen1024x768/Pos/SignOn/EnterUser

WINDOW_CARRRIER_BAG_PROMPT=\  Pos/CarrierBag/SellCarrierBag  CarrierBagPrompt  NextGen1024x768/Pos/CarrierBag/PopUpModalCarrierBag
COMPONENT_CARRIER_BAG_INPUT_BOX=BORDER_PANEL.Panel.INPUT_TEXT_BAGS_NUMBER
COMPONENT_CARRIER_BAG_CONTINUE_BUTTON=BORDER_PANEL.BUTTON_PANEL.EnterButton

• Your data properties file entries would be like,

PRODUCT_2=2
PRODUCT_2_DESCRIPTION=HD Complexion Starter Kit

STREET_1=Enactor House
STREET_2=1 Bluecoats
TOWN=Hertford
COUNTY=Hertfordshire
POSTCODE=SG14 1PB
STORE_PHONE_1=01992 500881

PRODUCT_CARRIER_BAG_1=CB1
PRODUCT_CARRIER_BAG_1_DESCRIPTION=Carrier Bag 1
PRODUCT_CARRIER_BAG_1_PRICE= 2.00

SALES_ASSISTANT_USERNAME=1010
SALES_ASSISTANT_PASSWORD=1010