Oracle Application Testing Suite (legacy) Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 8 out of 10

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8 out of 10

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9 Reviews

Recommended tool for Oracle Upgrades and Performance Monitoring

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 29, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

[Oracle Application Testing Suite] is used for large scale Oracle databases supporting the main functions of the organization. It is used in multiple capacities, both as an upgrade testing and validation tool and as an ongoing performance analysis tool for daily monitoring of baseline response times. Independent departments also use the tool when building and testing department specific data warehouses.

Pros

Load testing with useful graphical interface tools to watch real time performance
Flexible configuration for monitoring utilities
Historical tracking for baseline performance before and after upgrades

Cons

Security rights can be complicated if multiple types of users are required at enterprise level
Depending on the size and upgrade requirements, additional custom scripting may be needed
For daily monitoring a custom database may need to be built for reporting needs

Likelihood to Recommend

The Oracle Application [Testing Suite] is used heavily in our organization for independent regions to perform Oracle upgrades. Baseline performance can be monitored before the upgrade and compared to a production query load, we are able to easily monitor server performance and make an accurate prediction of upgrade performance. DBA's are able to use the testing suite for ongoing validation of database performance during peak times.

Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Oracle Application Suite - Passes with flying colors

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

February 20, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Oracle Application Testing Suite to test our web applications across our whole organization. The IT department mainly uses the testing suite to load test our web applications and ensure our web applications are scaled properly and make sure their performance is as expected. The Oracle Application Testing Suite has automated our testing and saved many hours of manual testing time, allowing faster deployments of our web apps.

Pros

Cuts our firms test script creation time by 50%, cutting weeks from a project
Testing schedule
Reduces the amount of manual testing
Required for web app deployment
Allows you to focus on actual testing instead of spending extra time developing test scripts

Cons

Learning Oracles testing language "OpenScript" is a challenge, and for less technical people could be a problem
Sometimes the applications automatic updates cause more problems than they solve
The cost of the suite is higher than some competing applications

Likelihood to Recommend

Oracle Application Testing Suite is really strong at scalability, performance and load testing of web applications. I found that one of its biggest weaknesses is reporting. I found that SAP reporting tools were much better for our needs. It isn't that the suite doesn't include reporting tools, they just didn't meet our particular needs.

Verified User

Former Employee in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Application Testing Powerhouse

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

February 17, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

At my previous organization working for a financial services firm, we had lots of applications being used by financial clients of different sizes. We experienced certain phases of high volume consumption like payroll processing times. To ensure the integrity of our software applications under these high workloads, we decided to use Oracle Application Testing Suite.

Pros

It was easy to configure selenium test scripts for executing automated tests for our client front end applications.
Load and stress testing our payroll processing engine that experienced the highest traffic volumes became a breeze.

Cons

We had to contract with our vendor and had a prolonged implementation phase due to the technical complexity involved in working with Oracle Application Testing Suite.
The software has a higher price tag in comparison to some of the other competitors, hence making it more appropriate for organizations that are already consuming Oracle services.

Likelihood to Recommend

Oracle Application Testing suite is great for running automated test suites. In our specific scenario, we found it very useful doing stress analysis of our applications and potentially exposing any bottlenecks in our system's architecture.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

OATS is good for you

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 23, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

At my previous position at Florida State University, we had lots of applications that were heavily used by students, faculty and staff. There were certain periods of time when these applications experienced extremely high usage e.g. during the course enrollment, grades notifications and financial aid disbursement. We wanted to check the integrity of our systems during these high workloads and hence we used Oracle Application Testing suite for that purpose.

Pros

Automating integration testing based on easily configured scripts.
We found it very efficient for load testing our front facing student portal that experienced the highest traffic volumes.

Cons

The application is ideal for places that have already contracted with Oracle, however, OATS is much more expensive than other software available on the market.
The setup and configuration for OATS requires a lot of technical expertise and in depth knowledge.

Likelihood to Recommend

We used Oracle Application Testing Suite in the software development environment for execution of automated testing suites. We found it very useful for load testing our applications from end to end and discovering potential bottlenecks in our implementations.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Pros and Cons of OATS

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 23, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

OATS is being used on a daily basis to manage our master test library, run quarterly Load tests, and execute functional automation for regression testing. We have also had a lot of success managing large scale projects testing cycles using OTM.

Pros

Test management
Defect management
Visibility to project stakeholders of real time testing status

Cons

Capability to work with ADF
Capability to work with Hyperion

Likelihood to Recommend

OATS is well suited for eBusiness to manage a master test library and track execution of day to day enhancement tickets, as well as tracking large project test management.

Verified User

Director in Corporate (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

It is a very useful software to improve the test results.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

August 15, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is used by the QA department of the organization and by each of the developers including me, its best feature is the integrated test solution. allows you to define and manage the test process of your application, validate the functionality of the application and ensure that your applications run under load that helps us a lot.

Pros

In the test suite, I loved creating a ServerStats monitor.
It allows to use the available metrics and the generic metrics, and the load test can be run without problems and compare my absolute values.
It has the ability to clone measurement profiles this feature saves a lot of time and money in the test environment. I used it for my Oracle and SQL databases, web servers and APIs.

Cons

Its interface is not as easy to use as it could be.
The price is a little high, it is made for large companies.
It requires a lot of knowledge and training to be able to use it well. This makes the learning curve very large.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is suitable for testing web applications, very adaptable, has an excellent user interface. One of its best features is the integrated test solution. of the best Oracle applications is a wonderful tool to test solutions. It reflects the physical bank and facilitates integration and business. Good learning user interface and easily modifiable.

Carla Borges

Consultor Tecnico - Java Developer in Engineering at Consultec-TI (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Complete package for testing web applications

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

April 30, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have a huge set of business applications which need functional as well as load testing before releasing them to our internal business users. In our agile development process, it is crucial to do regression testing before releasing the software.

Pros

Testing as a service, load testing, and Oracle apps testing
Test process management, including test requirements management, test management, test execution and defect tracking.

Cons

Cost of the tool is higher than some others on the market
Better out of the box options for parallel regression testing sets
Tooling and lack of integrated suite to have everything in one place.

Likelihood to Recommend

Oracle Load Testing Suite for Oracle Applications - scalability, performance and load testing of Oracle packaged applications.Provides out of the box testing flows for E-Business Suite.

Allows our non-technical QA team member to build tests.

Arush Soel

Associate Software Developer in Information Technology at OATI (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Oracle Testing Suite - How sweet it is!

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

March 15, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The DBA team deploys this in advance of major upgrades of the database as well as E-Business Suite. It is not used across the entire organization as the DBA team is centralized at our headquarters. We use it to find any anomalies in new software we wish to deploy.

Pros

Load testing. We are able to simulate the load that production environments have within the testing environment. Without this capability, we would not be able to predict how the software will behave in production as we can never have sufficient users to test in this manner.
Functional and Regression testing is made much easier also. OAT has the ability to automate the key strokes of users so that we can perform more in-depth testing which we would never have the time or money to perform.
We are able to obtain testing scripts via this tool that we can review and enhance future deployments.

Cons

It takes a great deal of time to capture the data that we require for the tool to work. We do this via OEM.
The product requires patching like any other piece of Oracle software and so we have some maintenance overhead.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is extremely well suited for database upgrade testing as well as major upgrades of the E-business suite applications. It is less suited for performing this for minor patching efforts.

Joseph Imbimbo

Oracle Applications DBA in Information Technology at PPG Industries (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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Oracle Application Testing Suites has had a positive impact on our Delivery cycle

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 11, 2016

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Oracle Application Testing Suite is currently being used by our E-Business Suite Development group. That may expand to other Oracle Application teams in the future.

Pros

Provides out of the box testing flows for E-Business Suite.
Allows our non-technical QA team member to build tests.
Performs automated regression testing of critical functionalities within the application.
Can accommodate customizations or extensions by altering the base flows.

Cons

Cost of tool is higher than some others on the market.
Better out of the box options for parallel regression testing sets.

Likelihood to Recommend

Oracle Application Testing Suite can greatly reduce the required user involvement during an implementation or upgrade. It can also help deliver a better final product with less bugs. It is also useful in routine development and enhancement work and allows our dev team to put out features faster and with fewer issues.

Ryan Payne

Oracle Solution Architect in Information Technology at Avista (1001-5000 employees)

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1 year of experience

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