JPH0734203B2 - Daily test method for business processing system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION [Table of Contents] Outline Industrial field of application Conventional technology (Figs. 5 and 6) Problems to be solved by the invention Means for solving problems (Fig. 1) Action Example (a) Description of an example business processing system (FIGS. 2 and 3)
(B) Description of test method for one embodiment (FIG. 4) (c) Description of other embodiment [Outline] Business processing in which the data processing unit performs business processing including unconsolidated data of the previous day In the system daily test method,
Automatically convert daily test data by breaking down the test data showing the daily state transition of each data for testing into daily records and converting to test data showing the state transition of each data for each day It was created so that the daily test could be executed smoothly.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a daily test method for performing daily testing of a business processing system in which a data processing unit performs business processing of unconsolidated data of the previous day and new data as the current day processing.

There is a business processing system in which data that is in a non-consolidated state is generated in business processing for one day. For example, in the order data processing system, when it is determined that the order is received by an untrusted customer in the order examination process, and the item needs to be investigated or the inventory allocation process suspends the shipment due to lack of inventory, these items are not processed. Conclude,
I am going to use it for business processing on the next day.

In such a system, it is necessary to carry out a cycle test extending over a plurality of days, and it is desired that the operation test can be carried out smoothly.

[Conventional technology]

 FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of such a business processing system.

The data processing unit 1 performs business processing using the input file 22 for the current day and the unconsolidated file 20 up to the previous day, and the data of each of the files 22 and 20 is the file 23 that has been processed on that day.
The unconfirmed files are stored in the unconfirmed file 21 on the day.

For example, in the business processing of order data, the business processing executed by the data processing unit 1 is a series of order data processing such as order examination processing, hold release processing, inventory allocation processing, and the like. , The status change of the day for the unconsolidated order data (OK order, stock receipt, etc.) are input online in the input file 22, and the business processing related to the batch processing is performed.

As shown in FIG. 5 (B), this unfinished day file 21 is treated as the unfinished day file 20 in the next day processing,
Business processing is performed similarly.

In such a system, test data of various conditions are input to test the system operation.

In general, it is more convenient to create test data for various conditions by showing the daily status changes for the input data. Therefore, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 6, each input data is the order data. A person creates daily state transitions on the forms Sa to Sn. For example, in the example of the figure, for the order data of Mr. A's a product, the order is placed on the first day and the order is suspended.
Orders are accepted on the day, shipment is suspended on the third day, and shipment is on the fourth day.

Various test forms Sa to Sn with different state transitions and order data are created as cycle test specifications.

Next, in the system of FIG. 5, since only the data for the current day is input to the current day processing, the order data corresponding to the current day of the created test forms Sa to Sn and the state transition of that day are input, and the daily change is performed. I was doing a test.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In such a conventional technique, since a cycle test specification is used that shows the daily state transition of each data in the form, the operator who performs the test manually searches and develops the state transition for the same day of all the forms. However, the developed content (daily test specifications) was input for each day of the daily test.

Therefore, there is a problem that it takes a lot of time to develop from the cycle test spec to the daily test spec.In addition to the daily test result, whether the cycle test spec works normally immediately There was a problem that it was difficult to make a decision, and it was difficult to make such a decision unless a series of cycle tests were completed.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a daily test method for a business processing system that allows easy input of test data and facilitates confirmation of daily processing.

[Means for solving problems]

 FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the principle of the present invention.

In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 (A), the data processing unit 1 performs daily data conversion processing CP on the daily basis for the test data Sa to Sn (cycle test specifications) indicating the daily state transition for each data. The test data T1 to T4 (daily test specs) showing the state transition of the input data for each day (1st day, 2nd day ...) is decomposed into records of and is automatically converted. The system operation test is executed using the test data for each day.

That is, the present invention provides a data processing unit (1), a previous-day unconsolidated file (20) for storing the previous-day unresultant data of the order data, and a current-day unconsolidated file (21) for storing the same-day unconsolidated data of the order data. And the business processing program of the data processing unit (1) determines the order data of the day and the previous day unresult data of the previous day uncompleted file (20) by the state transition of the input day, In a business processing system that stores unsettled order data in the unsettled file (21) on the same day and performs order data processing of order data according to the state transition on each day, the data status of each order data for testing for each day The step of inputting the test data showing the transition into the data processing unit (1) and the step of the data processing unit (1) breaking down the test data into daily records. And a step in which the data processing unit (1) edits the daily record to convert it into test data showing a state transition of each order data for each day, and the converted test data for each day. , The previous day unresult data of the previous day uncompleted file (20) of the order data of the day and the state transition of the day are input to the data processing unit (1) to execute the business processing program, and It is characterized by executing the test of.

[Action]

In the present invention, since the input data and the state transition are edited for each day, the same data as the actual operation is generated.

Therefore, the trouble of searching the above-mentioned cycle test specifications Sa to Sn for the daily test specifications is saved, and the test can be smoothly executed.

Also, as shown in FIG. 1 (B), the test data T1 of the first day
The result of the first day is obtained by inputting, and the unfinished file 21 on the current day is used as the unfinished file 20 on the second day, which is used for the test on the second day together with the input of the test data T2 on the second day. The result of the eyes is obtained. Therefore, it is easy to compare the result of the system operation test for each day with the test data, and it is easy to judge whether the daily processing is operating normally.

〔Example〕

(A) Description of Business Processing System of One Embodiment FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a business processing system of one embodiment of the present invention, and shows an order processing system of mail order as an example.

In the figure, the same parts as those shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 5 are shown by the same symbols, and 2 is a file part, which is composed of a magnetic disk, a magnetic tape, etc., and stores each file described later. A reference numeral 3 is a terminal, which calls a desired program, inputs data, and the like, and 2a is an order file, which stores customer data received from the terminal 3 and product data. 2bb is an order pending file for the current day, which stores order data composed of customer data and product data that have been ordered pending (not completed on the day) by the order examination processing BP described later, 2bb Is a clean order file, which stores the order data accepted by the order examination process BP, and 2bc is an order cancel file, which rejects the order due to an order from a malicious customer in the order examination process BP. It is intended to store the order data to be.

2d is an order pending file for the previous day, which stores order data that has been pending until the previous day. 2ea is a re-pending file, which is held again by the hold release processing DP described later (not completed on the day). 2ec is an order cancellation file, which stores order data for rejecting orders because it is determined by the hold release process DP that a malicious customer has received an order or the credit limit has been exceeded. Is an order OK file, and the hold release process D
It stores the ordering data that is accepted by P.

2f is an order backlog file up to the previous day, and stores order data that is unordered until the previous day due to the fact that the designated date of shipment has not arrived yet, the product scheduled to arrive has not arrived, etc. 2ga is a shipping file, which stores the order data determined to be shipped by the order backlog update processing EP described later, 2gb is an order cancellation file, and the customer can cancel the order backlog with the order backlog update processing EP. The stored order data is stored.

2ca is an out-of-stock file, which stores order data that has been out of stock without inventory and schedule due to inventory allocation processing FP described later. 2cb is a same-day shipping instruction file, inventory allocation processing FP stores inventory data for ordering shipments and stores order data. 2cc is an order backlog file until the day, and inventory allocation processing There is no inventory by FP but it is scheduled to arrive and it is left without being sold out. It stores unconcluded order data.

2h is an unreported file up to the previous day, and stores unreported order data up to the previous day without a shipping report from the terminal 3 even if there is a shipping instruction. 2ia is a shipping report file, which will be described later. 2ib is an unreported file until the current day, and order data that has not been shipped (untiled) is stored by the shipping report processing GP. It is something to keep.

22 is the above-mentioned input file, which stores the order data input from each terminal 3 for the current day and the state transition such as order OK, order cancellation, stock availability, out of stock, 24 is a test data file That is, the test data expanded into the daily test specifications by the daily data conversion process CP is stored.

The data processing unit 1 has an order input processing program AP, an order examination processing program BP, a hold release processing program DP, an order backlog updating program EP, an inventory allocation processing program FP, and a shipping report, which are described in detail in FIG. Processing program
The GP and the daily data conversion processing program CP, which is a test tool, are selected and executed.

Here, the unfinished file 20 the day before is the file 2d, the file
2f, file 2h, and the unfinished-day file 21 is file 2ba, file 2ea, file 2cc, and file 2ib.

FIG. 3 is a business process flow chart of one embodiment of the present invention, and shows a flow of a series of order processing from order input to shipment report.

In the mail order, the operator of the reception department inputs the order data while looking at the order form from the terminal 3 and stores the order data in the input file 22 online. Further, the order examination department examines the order data that was placed on hold for the previous day, inputs the status change (OK, cancel, re-hold) on the terminal 3 from the input file 22
Store online at.

Similarly, the inventory management department inputs from the terminal 3 items such as orders that have been canceled after receiving an order, items that are out of stock, items that are ordered to be shipped, and the shipping department inputs a report of items that have been shipped from the terminal 3, Each is stored online in the input file 22.

The input processing described above is performed, for example, in the daytime and the following order data processing is performed at night.

First, the order input processing program AP is activated in time according to the scheduling, searches the input file 22, and stores the order data for the current day in the order file 2a.

Similarly, the order examination processing program BP is started by time activation, the data processing unit 1 retrieves the order data of the order file 2a one by one, refers to the customer database (not shown), and performs the name identification process and the negative check process. If you don't know whether to accept the order, the order hold file 2ba for the current day, the order clean file 2bb for the orders that can be accepted, and the order cancel file for those that reject the order due to an order from a malicious customer at Negativey Beck Sort and store in 2bc.

Next, according to the scheduling, the hold release processing program DP is activated for a period of time, and the hold release processing of the order data that has been placed on hold until the previous day is performed.

For this reason, as described above, the order examination department outputs the order data list of orders pending until the previous day, checks each order data in advance whether it is an order from a malicious customer, whether the credit limit is exceeded, etc. Etc.

Then, for each order data in the order pending file 2d up to the previous day, the terminal 3 re-holds, cancels the order, or receives the order.
Input OK or not and store it in the input file 22.

In the hold release process, the order data of the order hold file 2d and the contents of the input file 22 are referred to, and according to the contents of the input file 22, the re-hold file 2ea, the order cancel file 2eb, and the order OK file 2ec are sorted and stored. .

On the other hand, according to the scheduling, when the order backlog update processing program EP is activated for a time, the order backlog update processing is performed.

That is, an order-accepting clean file that has been accepted in the order inspection
2bb and order-accepted OK file 2ec that can be ordered by releasing the hold
Then, the order data of the order backlog file 2f is gathered up to the previous day that remains due to the fact that the designated shipping date has not arrived yet, the product that is scheduled to be received has not arrived, etc., and refer to the contents of the input file 22, Items that can be shipped are sorted and stored in the shipping file 2ga, and items that are canceled are sorted and stored in the order cancellation file 2gb.

The order data of the shipping file 2ga is subjected to the stock allocation processing by the stock allocation processing program FP which is activated in time according to the scheduling.

Therefore, according to the contents of the input file 22, the shipping file
If the 2ga order data is out of stock or out of stock without any stock, the out-of-stock file 2ca has in-stock, and the shipping order is in the same-day shipping order file 2cb, but there is no stock, but there is an in-stock Items that are not left out of stock will be sorted and stored in the order backlog file 2cc until the day.

When there is a shipping instruction and shipping is performed, a shipping report is input from the terminal 3 to the input file 22. The shipping report processing program GP refers to the input file 22 for the data of the unreported file 2h and the same-day shipping instruction file 2cb until the previous day, and the shipping report from the terminal 3 is unreported to the shipping report file 2ia. Items will be sorted and stored in the unreported file 2ib until the day.

In this way, computer processing from order receipt to shipment is performed by batch processing by scheduling. And the order pending file 2ba for the day,
Unordered file 2cc until the day, unreported file 2 until the day
The ib is left unbonded and left on a magnetic tape or the like for processing the next day.

(B) Description of test method for one embodiment FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of development of test specifications by day according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 (A) is an explanatory view of cycle test specifications, and FIG. 4 (B). Is a flow chart of daily data conversion processing, and FIG. 4C is an explanatory diagram of daily test specifications.

As shown in FIG. 4 (A), for example, in order to perform a 4-day cycle test, each elapsed date (for each order data of customer information (name etc.) and product information (product code etc.) on the forms Sa to Sn ( 1st day), (2nd day), (3rd day), (4th day) state transition, that is, order entry, order examination (OK, hold,
NG), hold release (OK, re-hold, cancel), inventory allocation (out of stock, shipment, hold), and shipping report.

For example, in the example of the figure, the ordering data of Mr. A's product a is entered on the first day, and the order is input, and the order is held for inspection.
In this example, the hold is released on the first day, the order is accepted, the inventory is reserved, the third day is instructed to be shipped, and the fourth day is a shipping report.

Thousands of such cycle specification test data are created with various state transitions and order data.

Next, each test data created is input screen (4th
Input is made as shown in FIG. 4B from the same as FIG.

The data processing unit 1 temporarily stores the test data input from the terminal 3 in the input file 22.

The data processing unit 1 decomposes the daily state transition of each order data in the input file 22 into daily records.

For example, in the example of FIG. 4 (A), for the state transition of the order data of Mr. A's a product, 1st day Mr. A, a product, order input, examination pending, 2nd day Mr. A, a product, Hold release, stock hold, 3rd day Mr. A, a product, shipping instruction, 4th day Mr. A, a product, shipping report, and so on.

Next, the data processing unit 1 edits all the cycle specification test data decomposed into daily records into the state transition of the order data for each day, and the test data on the first day and the test data on the second day. Data, 3rd day test data,
It is converted to the test data on the 4th day and stored in the test data file 24.

For example, the test data on the second day is test data showing the state transition of each order data on the second day, as shown in FIG. 4 (C).

The data processing unit 1 outputs the thus obtained daily test data to a printer (not shown) as daily test specifications as shown in FIG. 4 (C).

Then, as shown in FIG. 1 (B), first, the test data of the first day is input from the terminal 3, and the data processing unit 1 is caused to execute the processing of FIG. Terminal 3
Display or output to a printer.

When this is finished, the unbound file 21 of the first day is set as the previous day file 20 of the second day, the test data of the second day is input from the terminal 3, and the processing of FIG. 3 is executed to the data processing unit 1. And obtain the results on the second day in the same manner.

Thereafter, in the same manner, the test data on the third day and the fourth day are input, the process is executed, and the results on the third and fourth days are output.

In this way, the cycle test is executed.

In this example, the daily test specifications created in FIG. 4 (B) are output, and it is easily checked whether or not the processing is normally performed for each day in correspondence with the result output of the processing on that day. It is possible to check the execution status of the daily test before the completion of the 4-day cycle test.

Further, in this example, since the daily test specifications are printed out and input from the terminal 3 as in the actual system operation, the system operation test including the input can be realized.

(C) Description of Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiments, the order processing data processing system in mail order is shown as an example of the business processing system.
The present invention can be applied to other well-known business processing systems such as other order data processing systems and order processing systems, and the cycle test is performed for four days, but the invention is not limited to this, and it may be a plurality of days.

Also, the converted daily test data is output and input from the terminal 3, but the current day's test data is moved from the test file 24 to the input file 22 and is input by the terminal 3 without input. The test may be performed.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, the present invention can be variously modified according to the gist of the present invention, and these modifications are not excluded from the present invention.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the present invention has the following effects.

In the system that performs daily processing, since the test data for each day is input, the cycle test can be executed smoothly.

Cycle test specs of daily status transitions for each data are automatically converted into daily test specs of status transitions of each data for each day, so it is easy to create and input test data, and thousands of tests It is possible to save the trouble of manually searching for data, and to easily execute a cycle test.

Since it is possible to easily determine the result of the daily test by comparing it with the daily test spec, it is possible to confirm the daily processing and effectively execute the cycle test.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flow chart of business processing of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an embodiment date of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of another test spec development, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a business processing system, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique. In the figure, 1 ... data processing unit, 2 ... file section, 3 ... terminal, 20 ... unfinished file on the previous day, 21 ... unfinished file on the day.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A data processing unit (1) and a previous-day unconsolidated file (20) for storing unsuccessful data on the previous day of order data.
And the same-day unconsolidated file (21) that stores the same-day unconsolidated data of the order data, and the business processing program of the data processing unit (1) stores the same-day unconsolidated file (20) of the same day order data. Judgment is made based on the state transition of the input on the previous day unsuccessful data, and the unsettled order data is stored in the same day unsettled file (21), and the order processing of the order data is performed by the state transition on each day. In the business processing system for performing the following, a step of inputting test data indicating a daily data state transition of each order data to the data processing unit (1) for testing, the data processing unit (1) performing the test Decomposing the data into daily records, and the data processing unit (1) edits the daily records to show the status transition of each order data for each day. Converting the test data for each day into the order data of the day, the unsuccessful data of the previous day of the previous day uncompleted file (20) and the state transition of the day, the data processing unit ( A daily test method for a business processing system, characterized by inputting to 1) to execute the business processing program and executing a daily test.