How Opkey streamlined testing process for Standard Solar, Haemonetics Corporation and Northwell Health
If you are reading this, then you must be aware of Oracle patching. It is released quarterly by Oracle across various modules. Organizations using Oracle software should incorporate the new patches to fix the bugs and avail new features.
However, to remove any disruption, they should perform Oracle patching testing. Automation testing has become an essential part of software development for organizations across all sizes. In this blog, we will showcase how Opkey streamlined the testing process for three different companies.
Standard Solar: Oracle cloud quarterly update test automation
Customer overview
Standard Solar has been at the forefront of solar energy innovation since 2004. They successfully delivered, funded, acquired, and operated over 200 commercial and community solar storage projects. They focus on development, technical expertise, funding, and long-term asset ownership.
What challenges were they facing
Standard Solar faced significant challenges in managing its Oracle Cloud quarterly patch (Oracle patching) updates. They needed a robust testing platform to reduce the turnaround time and manual efforts of their IT staff. Additionally, they sought a certified and comprehensive testing process to avoid application issues and process failures in their Oracle Cloud ERP production environment. The company also aimed to provide automated testing across all their packaged applications and integrations.
What solutions & benefits Opkey offered
Opkey’s Test Discovery feature proved instrumental in identifying gaps in Standard Solar’s test coverage by comparing their testing to actual business processes. Leveraging 350 pre-built Oracle Cloud tests across Finance, SCM, and Project Management modules, Standard Solar immediately increased test coverage.
With each quarterly Oracle patching update, Opkey provided a detailed impact analysis report. This highlights every configuration and custom field impacted by the latest patch. Opkey’s self-healing technology fixed any broken scripts, ensuring a seamless transition.
Standard Solar also benefited from automatic test data generation, which eased future quarterly patch updates. It maintained security roles through permission-based access to defined user groups.
What were the results
As a result of implementing Opkey, Standard Solar reduced their testing cycle time from 14 days to just 4 days, while significantly optimizing their test coverage. Business employees were actively involved in the testing process, empowering them and reducing reliance on IT staff. Furthermore, Standard Solar reduced the time spent on test maintenance by an impressive 54%.
Haemonetics Corporation: 80% reduction in testing efforts
Customer overview
Haemonetics Corporation is a leading provider of blood and plasma supplies and services. They have been a pioneer in the global medical field since the 1970s. With offices in 16 countries and a workforce of 3,300 employees, Haemonetics is dedicated to advancing medical technology and services.
What challenges were they facing
Before adopting Opkey, Haemonetics faced challenges with manual testing, which was draining their IT team’s resources. The company realized the need for an automated solution to handle the frequent releases and updates forced by Oracle on its ERP stack. With 12 EPM and 4 quarterly ERP updates, managing testing manually across 25 different locations within the Oracle ecosystem was not scalable.
Why they choose Opkey
Haemonetics chose Opkey over other test automation platforms for several reasons. Opkey stood out for its thousands of pre-built tests and accelerators, which instilled confidence in Haemonetics that it could quickly scale its onboarding process. Additionally, Opkey’s ability to mine legacy tests and configurations helped generate test data that seamlessly worked across various Oracle instances.
Opkey’s features that helped them
Opkey’s features that appealed to Haemonetics included:
- Automatic impact analysis: Provided after each Oracle update and upgrade, allowing quick identification of any impacted areas of the testing program.
- Ease of use: Opkey’s platform was user-friendly, enabling Haemonetics to bring in their own Oracle experts and not solely rely on technical QA resources.
- Pre-built tests library: Opkey offered a comprehensive library of pre-built tests, facilitating quick onboarding.
- Self-healing capabilities: Opkey’s self-healing capabilities ensured that broken test scripts could be fixed automatically.
What were the results
Implementing Opkey resulted in significant improvements in Haemonetics:
Opkey was on board successfully in just 3 weeks and increased test coverage by 80%. Thanks to Opkey support, they were able to certify and finish locations on their 25 locations. Oracle quarterly and EPM patch updates, it was completed in one week and 3 days respectively. For each update, their IT teams reduce testing efforts by 80%.
Northwell Health: Test automation for custom applications
Customer overview
Northwell Health, the largest health system in New York with over 81,000 employees, provides healthcare services for more than two million patients annually. The non-profit organization faced challenges in implementing automated testing for approximately 75 different applications, many of which were highly customized and running on complicated legacy systems such as Internet Explorer.
What challenges were they facing
The biggest challenge for Northwell was maintaining test automation across multiple applications. They needed a solution that could handle testing for their legacy applications and test integrations seamlessly. Additionally, documenting and maintaining test cases for numerous apps was time-consuming, especially for non-technical business users.
Solutions offered by Opkey
Opkey’s seamless end-to-end testing capabilities proved to be the solution Northwell needed. The platform’s drag-and-drop and record/playback test builder made it easy for non-technical users to create their reusable test scripts. Automatic test documentation and in-app communication capabilities improved communication and reduced manual work for testers.
What was the output
Implementing Opkey resulted in significant improvements for Northwell:
Opkey automated testing for all of Northwell’s custom applications. Their 70% of manual testing teams are now Opkey-certified and are creating test cases with Opkey. They can now also integrate seamlessly for their business continuity.
The bottom line!
These three case studies position Opkey as a reliable and efficient solution for testing, including Oracle patching testing. It comes with various features, such as automatic impact analysis, self-healing capabilities, and ease of use. It can be very useful for organizations irrespective of their sizes.
