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Ok Orlando - Automated Testing Framework changes- # Ok Orlando - Automated Testing Framework changes

February 29, 2020 [servicenow](/tags/servicenow/)

  Enable AI Animation# [OK Orlando - A series of features worth note](#ok-orlando-a-series-of-features-worth-note)

In Orlando there’s a bunch of [Automated Test Framework(ATF) updates](https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/orlando-release-notes/page/release-notes/summary/rn-summary-new-features.html).

Lets go over them and see what we think;

## [Copy an automated test suite](#copy-an-automated-test-suite)

In the past copying a test suite kept the past scope.
Lets see how good this works.

If a suite spans multiple scopes, copying scopes doesn’t copy anything out of the current scope.
- Copying a test suite isn’t available unless you’re in the suite’s scope.

## [Custom UI test steps - misleading](#custom-ui-test-steps-misleading)

So in the new section there’s a “Custom UI test steps” but it goes on to say;

Test workspaces using the Form category test steps. The Custom UI category steps don’t support available workspace.

So it’s just a heads up, to test workspaces goto the form category, not custom ui.

## [List and related list steps](#list-and-related-list-steps)

- Validate related list visibility - tested
- Apply filter to list - tested
- Validate record present in list - tested - no way to validate list is empty or test that
- Validate ui actions in lists
- Open a record in list

## [Email](#email)

- Validate outbound email
- Generate inbound reply email

## [Other](#other)

- Generate Random String - only input is how long to make the input…

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