Integrated Test Environment is a workbench perspective that enables you to conveniently test an entire business process interface. As described in Interfaces, an interface centers around a collaboration object, so a test performed in Integrated Test Environment centers around a collaboration object as well.
To perform a test in Integrated Test Environment, you must do a number of tasks such as register InterChange Server as a test server, create a test unit, deploy the components in the interface to the server, start the server, emulate the connectors in the interface, and exchange business objects between the connectors. The following characteristics describe the use of Integrated Test Environment:
Most of the sections in this chapter describe tasks you must perform as part of the greater task of performing a test, or describe particular elements of the Integrated Test Environment interface.
The section Performing a test using Integrated Test Environment describes the workflow you will typically follow to perform a single test of a single interface. It is a list of references to the sections in this chapter that document the specific sub-tasks and interface elements, and it provides a task-oriented structure for using Integrated Test Environment, whereas the other sections are more interface-oriented. In situations where you might perform a task in one of several ways it references the way that is most effective and efficient in most situations. To use this chapter as best as possible, it is recommended that you follow the workflow described in Performing a test using Integrated Test Environment, but substitute particular sub-tasks from other sections where the recommended approach is not appropriate for your environment or situation.