Regression Suite Automation Tool 2.0
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| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|
| Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | 
Dec 31, 2020 |
Business value
The Regression Suite Automation Tool (RSAT) enables functional power users to record business tasks using the Finance and Operations task recorder and convert them into a suite of automated tests without the need to write source code. It significantly reduces the time and cost of user acceptance testing when taking a Microsoft update, or before applying custom code and configurations to your Finance and Operations apps.
RSAT 2.0 includes new, highly requested features that improve the user experience and enable new capabilities and test patterns.
Feature details
Here are some of the new features that RSAT 2.0 supports. This list will be updated throughout the release wave.
Support for new validation actions: Validate the state of a control (October 2020)
RSAT 2.0 supports new validation capabilities that have been introduced by Task recorder (version 10.0.13). Your test case can include steps to validate the state of a control (read-only versus editable, enabled versus disabled).
Improved and simplified experience using the Excel parameters file (October 2020)
To edit test case parameters, the previous version of RSAT had several tabs in Excel (one tab per form) with no clear context. This has been replaced with a single tab in Excel named TestCaseSteps, which describes the entire test case and its parameters.
Input and validation parameters are placed directly next to their corresponding test case step, enabling test authors with more context and a simpler experience. When you modify parameters, it is clear what steps of the test case you are affecting. You can enter values or formulas in context.
Changing validation values is now also simpler and clearer. Color coding differentiates input parameters from validation steps.
Pass variables between Finance and Operations apps and POS (October 2020)
In this version, RSAT users can pass test variables between Finance and Operations apps and Cloud POS for Dynamics 365 Commerce.
Prevent accidental upload to Azure DevOps (October 2020)
To prevent accidental upload to Azure DevOps (therefore overriding project-wide recordings and automation files), you can turn the upload feature off on the Optional tab of the Settings dialog box. This is especially useful when RSAT is deployed on a client machine for execution purposes only, and you want to prevent users from making permanent changes to the test cases.
Modernized user interface (January 2021)
A new user interface gives RSAT a modern look, improves usability, and simplifies navigation.