About this Course

Who should attend

The target audience for this course is:

  • Business Analysts,
  • Administrators, and
  • Developers


Duration

Students typically complete this material within 16 hours.

You will have access to the videos for 60 days after purchase and may keep the accompanying activity guide for life.


Requirements

This course includes plenty of hands-on activities. To be successful, we recommend keeping a Fluid-capable PeopleSoft development, test, demo, or sandbox handy. If you don't have one, our friends at psadmin.io offer a free course that demonstrates how to build your own PeopleSoft environment that runs on a laptop.

To complete Fluid-based activities, we recommend a minimum PeopleTools release of 8.54.

Course curriculum

  • 1
    Welcome to the Course!
    • Copyright
    • Hints and Definitions
  • 2
    Chapter 1: Introduction and Installation
    • Objectives
    • Read: What is PTF?
    • Read: Applying Online Configuration
    • Read: Installing the PTF Client
    • Read: Testing Strategies
    • Test Your Knowledge
    • Summary
  • 3
    Chapter 2: My First Test
    • Walkthrough 2-1: Connection Details and Execution Options
    • Activity 2-2: Creating More Execution Options
    • Walkthrough 2-3: Creating a Test
    • Walkthrough 2-4: Recording a Test
    • Reviewing the Test
    • Walkthrough 2-5: Test Playback and Cleanup
    • Review the Log
    • Activity 2-6: Appending to Tests
    • Legacy PTF: Using the Messaging Tool
    • Test Cases
    • Creating Efficient Tests and Test Cases
    • Activity 2-7: Manual Test Creation
    • Solution 2-7: Solution to Manual Test Creation Exercise
    • Testing for Mobile
    • Activity 2-8: Chapter Final Activity
    • Summary
  • 4
    Chapter 3: The PTF "Language"
    • Objectives
    • Reserved Words
    • Walkthrough 3-1: The #EXIST# Test
    • Walkthrough 3-2: The #FAIL# Test
    • Walkthrough 3-3: #LIST#
    • Walkthrough 3-4: #PREFIX#
    • Variables
    • Conditional Logic
    • Walkthrough 3-5: Conditional Logic: Unlocking Accounts
    • Message Recognition: Handling Application Messages
    • Activity 3-6: Chapter Final Activity
  • 5
    Chapter 4: Advanced Features
    • Scroll Handling: Working with Scroll Areas and Grids
    • Walkthrough 4-1: Selecting Rows in a Scroll
    • Activity 4-2: Scroll Select Test Case
    • Walkthrough 4-3: Scroll Find
    • Activity 4-4: Scroll Handling
    • Walkthrough 4-5: Executing Queries with PTF
    • Calling Tests
    • Library Tests
    • Walkthrough 4-6: Creating Library Tests
    • Activity 4-7: Using Library Tests
    • Activity 4-8: Using Oracle-delivered Library Tests
    • Activity 4-9: Finding Tiles
    • Walkthrough 4-10: Loops and Data (Using Query Data Loader)
    • Logging Messages and Screen Shots
    • Functions
    • Persistent Variables
    • Shell Tests
    • MsgBox for Manual Steps
    • Using the Debug Features
    • Recursive Libraries
    • Summary
  • 6
    Chapter 5: Administering PTF
    • Folder Organization
    • Log Manager
    • Migrating PTF Tests
  • 7
    Chapter 6: Test Maintenance Reports
    • Identifying Change Impacts
    • Defining Analysis Rules
    • Creating Test Maintenance Reports
    • Interpreting Test Maintenance Reports
    • Running a Test Maintenance Report from the PTF Client Software
    • Walkthrough 6-1: Test Coverage Reports
    • Interpreting Test Coverage Reports
    • Querying the PTF Report Tables
  • 8
    Chapter 7: Best Practices
    • Naming Conventions
    • Creating a Development Process Flow
    • Creating a Standards Document
    • Creating Solid Tests
  • 9
    Chapter 8: Scripting PTF
    • Running Scripts from the Command line
  • 10
    Chapter 9: Final Activity
    • Add a Phone Number
  • 11
    Concluding Words and Next Steps
    • More resources for you
    • Course Survey

Instructor

  • Jim Marion

    Principal Instructor

    Jim Marion

    Jim Marion is an Oracle Ace, prolific and popular blogger, and a highly sought, dynamic public speaker who regularly shares his knowledge at user group conferences and private training events. Feedback is off the charts and we know you will enjoy your time spent with him through this course.