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POS Automation - Validate Product Search After Sign Out

Overview​

This tutorial provides step-by-step guidance on automating the process of validating that the user's name is no longer displayed in the Header Panel after signing out and performing a product search.

What you will learn​

How to use the following steps

  1. Login as a user

  2. Verify text value on a panel

  3. Press a Button

  4. Check page display

  5. Press an Icon Button

  6. Verify text value is not displayed in a panel

Pre-requisites​

Should have a POS Setup and Automation Workspace Setup

Exercises​

Add Automation Script File

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

note

Make sure your package is registered in the testNG.xml

Right click on the package and create a new cucumber test PosSignOutValidation.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 logging in, inspect the component ID of the panel on the transaction page to validate whether the specified text is present or not in the panel. ( Refer Component Inspector to identify the component ID)

Text is Displayed in the panel

  • When you press the "SignOff" button, you will be navigated to the "Enter User" page. Therfore the Window name should be inspected and add the window entry to .properties file ( Refer Window Details to set up Client Property file).

Enter User

When updated the client property file,

your entries would be like

WINDOW_ENTER_USER=Point-of-Sale Application:Point-of-Sale Application:Enter User  Pos/SignOn/SignOn  EnterUserState  NextGen1024x768/Pos/SignOn/EnterUser
  • After that you have to inspect the Component Id for the Products icon in the Enter User page. (Refer Component Inspection).

Product Component

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

your entry would be like

COMPONENT_PRODUCT_SEARCH=SignOnMenuButton2

  • When you press the Products button, you will be navigated to the "Rich Product Search Result" page. Therfore the Window name should be inspected and add the window entry to .properties file ( Refer Window Details to set up Client Property file).

  • After that you have to inspect the component Id for the Header Panel. (Refer Component Inspection).

Text is Not Displayed in the panel

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

  • When updated the client property file,

your entry would be like

COMPONENT_HEADER_PANEL=HeaderDetail.ReferenceHeader.HeaderDetailsPanel

WINDOW_RICH_PRODUCT_SEARCH_RESULT=Point-of-Sale Application:  NextGen/Pos/Product/RichProductSearch/RichProductSearch  MainResultFullScreen  NextGen1024x768/Pos/Product/RichProductSearch/RichProductSearchFullScreenResults
  • You can directly add the user's name 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

SALES_ASSISTANT_NAME=Michael Browne
  • Finally, Your feature file would be like ,
Scenario: Verify Product Search on Sign Out and validate that previously logged user details are still displayed
    Given user signs on as "Sales Assistant"
    And "${Sales Assistant Name}" is displayed in "Header Panel" panel
    When user presses "SignOff" button
    Then "Enter User" page is shown
    And user presses "Product Search" icon button
    And "Rich Product Search Result" page is shown
    And "${Sales Assistant Name}" is not displayed in "Header Panel" panel
    And user presses "Back Button" icon button
    And "Enter User" page is shown
  • Your client properties file entries would be like,
COMPONENT_USER_NAME_TEXT=INPUT_TEXT_1
COMPONENT_PASSWORD_TEXT=INPUT_TEXT_2

COMPONENT_HEADER_PANEL=HeaderDetail.ReferenceHeader.HeaderDetailsPanel
COMPONENT_PRODUCT_SEARCH=SignOnMenuButton2
COMPONENT_BACK_BUTTON=BackButton

WINDOW_ENTER_USER=Point-of-Sale Application:Point-of-Sale Application:Enter User  Pos/SignOn/SignOn  EnterUserState  NextGen1024x768/Pos/SignOn/EnterUser
WINDOW_RICH_PRODUCT_SEARCH_RESULT=Point-of-Sale Application:  NextGen/Pos/Product/RichProductSearch/RichProductSearch  MainResultFullScreen  NextGen1024x768/Pos/Product/RichProductSearch/RichProductSearchFullScreenResults
  • Your data properties file entries would be like,
SALES_ASSISTANT_USERNAME=1010
SALES_ASSISTANT_PASSWORD=1010

SALES_ASSISTANT_NAME=Michael Browne