We are thrilled to introduce Tricentis Tosca 2024.1, packed with new capabilities and cloud feature enhancements.
Faster, Easier Upgrades
- Streamlined Upgrade Process: The new upgrade process completes in minutes instead of hours or days. Tosca Server now automatically detects service configurations, captures relevant data, and applies updates without extensive manual intervention.
- Tosca Copilot Integration: Our AI assistant, Tosca Copilot, is now part of the Tosca Commander installer, simplifying installation and enabling users to activate a trial directly within the product.
Expanded Automation Capabilities
Tosca continues to expand its automation capabilities to support more applications and technologies crucial to business processes:
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Security and Authentication:
- Tosca now integrates with CyberArk, a leading key vault solution used in industries like healthcare, energy, retail, and government.
- Includes multi-factor authentication (MFA) and single sign-on (SSO) capabilities with a new OTP command for capturing necessary authentication steps in automated tests.
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QR Codes, Barcodes, and Broken Links:
- Users can now automate the verification and buffering of QR and Barcodes.
- Identify broken links within PDF and Webpage modules, ensuring comprehensive testing and accurate results.
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Buffer Array:
- This feature allows users to capture multiple table cells simultaneously, speeding up test creation and reducing the need for manual effort or complex logic.
Performance and Usability Enhancements
Improvements have been made to enhance performance and usability in Tosca:
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Enhanced A11Y Report:
- Developed to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), including the latest WCAG 2.2, to support accessibility testing.
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Updated TBox API Documentation:
- Provides guidance on customizing various aspects of Tosca’s automation capabilities.
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Excel Engine Improvements:
- Offers faster performance, better scalability for comparing multiple files, and enables test creation without specifying range definitions or knowing worksheet names.
Streamlining API Tests
- Improved Multipart Experience:
- Easier configuration of complex multipart messages and support for mixed media attachments, addressing direct customer feedback.
Leading Automation Support for SAP and Salesforce
Continued support and enhancements for mission-critical applications include:
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SAP:
- Supports every SAP UI5/Fiori release, all NWBC releases/patches, the SAP SuccessFactors Spring 2024 release, and all SAP GUI versions.
- Includes enhancements for SAP Solution Manager, such as partial execution capability for Test Packages and performance improvements for large repositories.
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Salesforce:
- Enhanced Salesforce automation capabilities include rapid navigation to pages, recognition of custom domains, support for Consumer Goods Cloud apps, improved search in lookup controls, and new settings to bypass API Keys and cookies for API access.
Enhanced Mobile User Experience
- Mobile Web and Tosca Mobile Improvements:
- Enhanced support for detecting Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA), improved performance and UI, and added support for the Ionic framework.
Advancing Tosca’s Cloud Capabilities
The 2024.1 release advances Tosca's cloud strategy with key new features:
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Cloud Transition of Test Cases:
- Users can now transition test cases to the cloud with a simple right-click, leveraging enhanced features such as playlists with run orders, scheduling options, and more.
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New "Viewer" Role:
- Provides read-only access to Tosca data for stakeholders, allowing visibility while restricting data interaction.
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API Playground:
- A simplified visual builder for adding verifications to API tests without advanced coding, along with real-time feedback for issue resolution.
Future Developments
Our roadmap for 2024 includes advanced authoring and editing capabilities, bulk transition features, API simulations, Cloud Agents, and more exciting developments.
Want to learn more about the key innovations we have delivered with Tosca 2024.1? Join us for our August 29 webinar to learn how to Elevate your test automation strategy with Tosca 2024.1. Or, try Tosca for free!