What is a Scenario

A Scenario in ACCELQ represents the use case you are testing on the application-under-test (AUT). Example Scenarios could be

• Verify Login to QBank
• Verify funds transfer on QBank
• Round-trip booking validation on QTravel site
• Convert Lead to Opportunity etc.

A Scenario comprises a series of “Steps”. Examples of steps in "Verify Login to QBank" Scenario may be:

• Login to QBank
• Verify home page
• Logout from QBank

Here is how a Scenario looks like in ACCELQ, which has 4 steps starting with invoking the application in a browser to logging out.

Step is an Action

Each Step in a Scenario is an Action, defined in ACCELQ. Action is a reusable component that includes statements to perform necessary logic.

For example, Login to QBank is an Action that includes logic/statements to enter username and password and click on the Login button.

An Action is defined in a Context, called Origin Context. This is the Page/Screen in which this Action can execute. For example, Login to QBank Action may be defined in a Context called "QBank Login Page".

Once the Action is executed, the application may transition to a different page. This is defined as the Destination Context of this Action. For the Login to QBank Action, here are the origin and destination Contexts.

• QBank Login Page is the Origin Context
• Account Summary Page is the Destination Context

Here is how a simple Action may look like: