Dynamic Test Case Document Generation for UI Mismatch
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Solution Overview
Problem
The mismatch between the user interface (UI) described in test case documents and the actual UI viewed by users leads to testing issues, as UI elements can change due to updates or user-specific configurations.
Innovation Solution
A digital version of the descriptive document is created dynamically, incorporating stable technical data from a technical data object and screenshot images from a simulated UI with user-specific settings applied, ensuring the document matches the user's current UI view.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a static test case description document is used, then the document structure is simple and easy to maintain, but the document content does not match the actual UI when UI changes occur
Solution Approach 1:
The test case description document is transformed from a static format to a dynamic digital version that automatically updates. The system generates digital test case descriptions by extracting current UI information and configuration settings, ensuring the document content always matches the actual UI state without requiring manual updates when UI changes occur.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy of the test case description that mirrors the actual UI state. By generating screenshots and extracting data from the current UI configuration, the system produces an accurate digital representation that can be displayed to users, ensuring the test case description reflects the current UI rather than being a static template.
2Reliability
If manual updates of test case description are performed, then the document can be kept current, but time is consumed and errors may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-updating by automatically extracting current UI information and generating updated test case descriptions without human intervention. The digital test case description system autonomously reflects UI changes by regenerating content based on current configuration settings, eliminating the need for manual updates and reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the current UI state and configuration settings are continuously monitored and fed back into the test case description generation process. This ensures the document automatically reflects the latest UI changes, configuration settings, and user-specific views without requiring manual review or updates.
3Adaptability or versatility
If user-specific configuration settings are applied, then the UI matches individual user needs, but the test case description does not account for these variations
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by customizing the test case description to match the specific user's configuration settings. Instead of a generic description, the digital test case description generates UI screenshots and content tailored to the individual user's preferences, such as language, layout, and visibility settings, ensuring the description accurately reflects what the user will see.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters by adjusting the test case description content based on user-specific configuration parameters. When users have different settings (language, theme, layout preferences), the system regenerates the digital test case description with updated parameters to match those settings, ensuring the description remains accurate and relevant to each user's specific configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a system and method for dynamically adjusting a descriptive document with instructions for a user interface based on configuration settings and software version and/or release for a particular user and document data stored in a technical data object. The process ensures that the content of the descriptive document matches what a user will see on a screen when viewing the user interface. In one example, the method may include retrieving user interface configuration settings generating a simulated user interface that includes a plurality of user interface elements and formatting the user interface elements based on the user interface configuration settings, composing a window with text from a document and screenshot images of one or more formatted user interface elements from the simulated user interface corresponding to the text, and rendering the window via a display of a computing device.