Simulation Account

What is it?

After developing an application, it is not always possible to carry out application tests with real user accounts or acquire user accounts of all user roles for the test.

Simulation Account Management can duplicate existing user accounts into dummy accounts. App developer or app tester can then perform application tests with the dummy accounts, to simulate running the app as if by real users and their respective user roles and permissions.

How and When to use it?

In Developing and Testing environments, app testers can utilize simulation accounts in application tests on both web and mobile platforms.

Below is a demonstration of how to access simulation accounts on each platform.

Web Application

In the web application, mouse over at the top right corner and click Add Simulation

Account.

Login with a simulation account set up in Simulation Account List e.g. Peter Yeung.

You can go to the section ‘How to Configure?’ below for more information on how to prepare the simulation account list.

Once logged in, the app will switch to simulation mode, and the user being simulated will be indicated at the top right corner of the screen.

Mouse over the simulation icon to expand the account list to add more simulation accounts (up to a maximum of 8 accounts)..

..or switch between different simulation accounts to test as different users/user roles.

To turn off simulation mode, click on the handle button from ‘On’ to ‘Off’, and the “Simulating:” indicator will disappear.

To remove a simulation account, press the ‘Cross’ button after the account name.

Switched off simulation mode will resume operation in the app with the user account logged in DragOnce.

Mobile App

Tap the radio button in front of an account name to activate that account. At most *eight* simulation accounts can be added into the app.

Click the ‘Add Account’ icon and log in with a simulation account.

Logged-in simulation account(s) will be available for selection. The name of the simulating user will be displayed on the top banner for reference.

Tap the radio button in front of an account name to activate that account. At most *eight* simulation accounts can be added into the app.

Uncheck all accounts will switch off simulation mode, and resume operation in the app with the user account logged in DragOnce.

Click on the account name and hold it will pop up a Remove option. Tap Remove to remove that account from the list.

How to Configure?

To set up simulation accounts, the system must first have a user account(s) for duplication.

You can find more information on how to prepare the user account by clicking the link below:

Create/Edit Single User Account

After logging in, at the top left of the Launch Board menu bar, mouse over App Management and click Developing to enter Developing Environment.

More Information about three Kinds of Environment

Click on the ‘Simulation Accounts’ icon to open the Simulation Account List.

In the Simulation Account List, click the Link button to open the Picker window.

The picker window lists out user accounts in the system for setting up simulation accounts.

Select the user account and click Apply at the bottom right.

In the system message for confirmation to add the user as a simulation account, click "confirm 確定".

The selected user account will be added to the Simulation Account List.

Mouse over a user account and click the Settings button to edit the account profile (we use ‘Peter Yeung’ account as an example below).

Click the ‘Submit’ button to confirm the changes.

FAQ

Must the testing email be the same as the email in the Simulation Account field?

Answer: While the content of system emails always address to the user the simulation account is simulating, the emails will be sent to the email address in Testing Email field only.

A common practice is to enter the email account of app teaser into the Testing Email fields of all simulation accounts utilized in the test, to let the tester receive emails for all user/ roles and verify.

Must the password for the simulation account be the same as the login password of the source account?

Answer: Simulation account is an account on its  own, in which its  settings and actions are completely isolated from its source account.

It is actually recommended that a simulation account should not use the same login password and its source account for security reasons.

If I do not enter a Testing Email, will the email address in the Simulation Account field receive system emails instead?

Answer: Should the Testing Email field of a simulation account be left empty, no email will be generated by any actions performed by that simulation account.

How to remove a simulation account?

Summary

After going through this tutorial, you should have picked up the knowledge and skills in the basic concept of simulation accounts on: 

• How to create and manage simulation accounts in Simulation Account List

• How to utilize simulation account in web application tests

• How to utilize simulation account in mobile application tests

Upon completion of all tasks, you have created

• • • Simulation accounts for Employee user Peter Yeung and Manager user Sylvia Ma

Now you are ready to proceed to the other tutorials to build your first app in DragOnce!