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.
Testing procedures
- Process all transfers in the SampleTransfers directory
- Process all transfers in the TestTransfers directory
- Process transfers containing submission documentation
- Process a transfer composed of multiple source directories
- Process multiple transfers at once
- 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 (1.0 and beyond)
- Normalize: preservation and access; preservation only; access only; service files for access; no normalization
- Upload DIP with and without intermediate parent level
- Upload DIP to CONTENTdm
- 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
- Add and delete source directories in administration tab
Virtual machine testing
- All sample transfers and test transfers can be processed
- Thunar has processing folders in left panel
- Archivematica and AtoM can be launched from desktop
- AtoM contains sample data
- Check that all metadata added in AM is indexed and present in AtoM