Using HPQC BPT Flows

[Reshmi]

Hi all,
I have a few queries regarding ‘Flows’ in QC.
1. Benefits & drawbacks of Flows
2. How good is the robustness of the automation code generated
3. How good is the execution performance of a BPT with flows for automation
4. Benefits & drawbacks of ‘Learn Flow’ in comparison with SAP TAO’s PFA
5. Has Flows been used extensively & successfully in any automation project by you?
6. Limitations of Flows
7. Benefits & drawbacks of usage of BC parameters (hard coded/runtime) in comparison to external files (excel) for passing test data


Any help is greatly appreciated.

Best Regards
Reshmi

[SailajaKavi]

hi Rashmi,

i worked on Data driven framework and hybrid as well as HPQC BPT ,
I feel very restricted with BPT framework, it is not at all suitable if you have lot of input data ,and if you are thinking of passing them through BC parameters, then your will be facing a tough time, u can not start interpretting.

Robostness is teh same as your coding skills with any framework , BPTT does not add any advantage to your script.
We have turned off the costomizied reports as it was taking lot of time to execute the scripts,
so we were depending on QC report only.
we can not get back teh data used for previous build as teh data is pasted new for every run , we have to go in to the results and see what data was used (not a very easy step)
the only advantage with BPT ,i find is a thorough version control over my scripts.