CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE

摘要

Methods for automatically testing a business intelligence artifact include authoring a business intelligence artifact selected from the group consisting of a report specification, an analysis cube, and a metadata model; creating an assertion to verify the proper functioning of the business intelligence artifact; and testing, with an automated agent interfaced with the business intelligence system, the business intelligence artifact to verify its proper functioning by determining whether the conditions of the assertion are satisfied upon execution of the business intelligence artifact in the business intelligence system.

主权项

1. In a general purpose computer, a method for automatically testing a business intelligence artifact in a business intelligence system, comprising:
authoring a business intelligence artifact in the business intelligence system, wherein the business intelligence artifact produces output when the business intelligence artifact is executed in the business intelligence system, and wherein the business intelligence artifact is selected from the group consisting of: a report specification, an analysis cube, and a metadata model; creating at least one assertion to determine whether the business intelligence artifact is functioning properly; testing, with an automated agent interfaced with the business intelligence system, the business intelligence artifact to verify its proper functioning by determining whether the conditions of the at least one assertion are satisfied; and reporting if the conditions of the at least one assertion are not satisfied.