Testing

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Functional testing starts with a list of steps which must be completed to verify that specific modules and/or features are working in Archivematica. These lists can be used for manual testing, for creating automated functional tests, or for updating automating functional tests when/if the application/interface changes.

• Tests: Transfer
• Tests: Ingest
• Scalability testing

Testing procedures

• Process all transfers in the SampleTransfers directory
• Process all transfers in the TestTransfers directory
• Test all workflows:
  • Create/do not create transfer backup
  • Quarantine/do not quarantine
  • Remove from quarantine/leave in quarantine
  • SIP creation: manual, single SIP, single SIP and continue processing
  • Normalize: preservation and access; preservation only; access only; no normalization
  • Upload DIP with and without intermediate parent level
• Delete files from transfer
• Delete files from SIP
• Add and delete rights metadata
• Add and delete descriptive metadata
• Remove transfers and SIPs from the dashboard

Virtual machine testing

• All sample transfers and test transfers can be processed
• Thunar has processing folders in left panel
• Archivematica and Qubit can be launched from desktop
• Qubit contains sample data