On this tab you can create new tests and edit or delete existing ones. This is the centre of the entire panel. After creating a test, users will come back here to monitor error logs of the specific test.
You can set the following test properties on the test tab main form:
After creating the test and sharing it with test participants, you can monitor any problems that may be encountered. Any problems related to the test logic (R) or test templates (javascript) will be recorded here so you can eliminate it later.
Each error log will contain the following information:
Declare test input parameters and return variables here.
Input parameters are used to declare available URL parameters to pass to a test. If no input parameters are declared
then no URL parameters are allowed to be passed. When declared on a nested test (test that is run inside another
test by using concerto.test.run function from Concerto package), they are the only
available variables that can be passed in params named list argument.
Variables declared here will form a return value of concerto.test.run (used to run test
inside another test) function from Concerto package. The return type will be named list formed from variables
declared as output variables. Return variables are also saved for all completed sessions and can be used later by
Concerto remote client or any other external application.
The test logic is written in R code. You can use any R code you wish. Whatever R package you have installed on your
system can be used in Concerto test logic code. Concerto comes with its own R package named
concerto whose functions can also be used here. This section is the most important
part of the whole Concerto panel as this is where you declare how the test should work.
When you start test debugging, your test logic R code will be interpreted line by line and any output produced by R will be inserted below the line of code that produced it.
To simplify the process of writing R code, every function available in your R can be written using the Concerto function wizard. To start the function wizard for a specific function you have to start the auto-completion tool, select the function of your choice and press Ctrl+Enter or use function toolbar at the bottom left corner of your screen.
You can use the following key commands when the test logic R code has focus:
Used for test debugging. At the top it contains current debug session state information and two buttons for starting and stopping the debug session. During an ongoing debug session, test logic code will go into read only mode. After stopping the debug session it will be editable again.
Test session state shows R logic session state. It will show any variable which is currently declared in your test session and it's value.
Used for test debugging. It will show you your test logic output.
It contains all Concerto functions from concerto R package in one place, ready to be
inserted into your test logic code as a function wizard. It also contains all functions you added to your favourite
functions. You can remove any function previously added to favourites from here. You can get full R
documentation of any function listed here by clicking the question mark icon next to the selected function.