NetSuite Advanced Testing

Building upon the foundational principles of NetSuite ERP testing, this advanced course delves into sophisticated strategies for ensuring robust system quality. You'll master advanced test planning techniques, including strategic tool utilization, code freeze management, and optimized resource allocation. Explore complex multi-environment testing methodologies across sandbox, release preview, and production instances. A significant focus is placed on advanced debugging skills, equipping you with the expertise for in-depth error analysis and efficient resolution of complex issues within scripts, workflows, reports, searches, integrations, user roles, and system configurations. You'll also gain insights into leveraging software tools for test case automation, execution, and comprehensive reporting. This course is designed for experienced NetSuite professionals seeking to elevate their testing capabilities and effectively tackle intricate system challenges.

Day 1 - This course begins with Advanced Planning: Comprehensive Test Strategy Development, delving into sophisticated test planning techniques, including the strategic use of software tools, effective management of code freeze periods, and optimized resource allocation. It then moves to Instance Deployment and Testing: Multi-Environment Testing Strategies, exploring testing methodologies across various NetSuite instances such as sandbox, release preview, and development accounts to ensure thorough validation. Finally, Advanced Debugging: Advanced Error Analysis and Resolution focuses on advanced debugging methodologies, emphasizing root cause analysis for unexpected errors and resource-related issues, along with strategies to minimize resolution time.

  • This module delves into advanced test planning techniques, including the strategic utilization of software tools, effective management of code freeze periods, and optimized resource allocation.

  • This module explores testing methodologies across multiple NetSuite instances, including sandbox, release preview, and development accounts, to ensure comprehensive validation.

  • This module focuses on advanced debugging methodologies, emphasizing root cause analysis for unexpected errors and resource-related issues, and strategies for minimizing resolution time.

  • Using the material covered, we will review an example of a multi-step test plan that requires testing in different environments and with different roles. 

    We will review an example of a test plan that requires prerequisite steps, step validation and is tested across a sandbox and production environment.

Day 2 - This day begins with Advanced Debugging: Scripts/Workflows, focusing on advanced troubleshooting methodologies for scripts and workflows, empowering participants to effectively diagnose and resolve complex errors and issues. It then moves to Advanced Debugging: Reports / Searches / SuiteAnalytics, providing a comprehensive exploration of debugging reports, saved searches, and SuiteAnalytics, covering error identification, performance optimization, and data accuracy validation. Finally, Advanced Debugging: Integrations covers practical techniques for debugging and resolving integration errors, ensuring robust system connectivity.

  • Advanced Troubleshooting and Error Resolution. This module covers advanced troubleshooting methodologies for scripts and workflows, enabling participants to effectively diagnose and resolve complex errors and issues.

  • Comprehensive Reporting and Analytics Diagnostics. This module provides a comprehensive exploration of debugging reports, saved searches, and SuiteAnalytics, covering error identification, performance optimization, and data accuracy validation.

  • Integration Error Resolution and System Connectivity. This module covers practical techniques for debugging and resolving integration errors, ensuring robust system connectivity.

  • Using the material covered, we will create an example custom record and saved search to report on test cases.

Day 3 - This day begins with Advanced Debugging: Users/Roles/Preferences, focusing on advanced techniques for troubleshooting access, role, and preference issues, ensuring accurate user permissions and system configuration. It then moves to Advanced Debugging: System Config/Global Prefs, covering advanced debugging methodologies for identifying and resolving errors in system configurations and global preferences that impact system-wide behaviour. Finally, Support: NetSuite Support/External App Based: Collaborative Integration Troubleshooting covers advanced debugging methodologies for identifying and resolving errors in integrations involving both NetSuite and external applications, often requiring coordination with NetSuite Support and external vendor teams.

  • Access and Configuration Troubleshooting. This module focuses on advanced techniques for troubleshooting access, role, and preference issues, ensuring accurate user permissions and system configuration.

  • Advanced System Configuration Debugging. This module covers advanced debugging methodologies for identifying and resolving errors in system configurations and global preferences, impacting system-wide behavior.

  • This module covers advanced debugging methodologies for identifying and resolving errors in integrations involving NetSuite and external applications, requiring coordination with NS Support and external vendor teams.

  • Using material covered, we will debug several scenarios in real time to cover various examples of debugging methods covered in the course. 

Day 4 - This day begins with Debugging Results: Context, emphasizing the importance of accurate contextual categorization of debugging results and interruptions for effective issue resolution. It then moves to Software Example: Prerequisites / Edit, which will cover building complex test case scenarios using automation software and tools, specifically focusing on their test case prerequisite and editing features. Finally, Software Examples: Transform will cover building complex test case scenarios using automation software, highlighting their test case transformation features.

  • Accurate Contextual Categorization for Issue Resolution. This module focuses on the importance of accurately categorizing debugging results and interruptions based on their context.

  • This module will cover building complex test case scenarios utilizing examples of automation software and tools, including capabilities using their test case prerequisite and editing features.

  • This module will cover building complex test case scenarios utilizing examples of automation software, including their test case transformation features.

  • Using the material covered, we will review available software and tools for automation assistance when testing using examples of test cases.

Day 5 - This day begins with Software Examples: Validation Criteria, focusing on building complex test case scenarios using the Validation Criteria features of automation software for thorough test case validation. It then moves to Software Examples: Reporting, which will cover reviewing the results of test case execution using the reporting features of various automation software. Finally, Software Examples: Test Cycle Management will cover managing test cycles effectively using the features of automation software designed for this purpose.

  • This module will cover building complex test case scenarios utilizing examples of automation software and their Validation Criteria features for test case validation.

  • This module will cover reviewing the results of test case execution using examples of automation software and their reporting features.

  • This module will cover managing test cycles using examples of automation software and its features.

  • Using the material covered, we will explore using software to aid in the execution and review of the test plan. We will also use software to execute several scenarios in real time.

Course FAQ

  • The cost is $2,500 per participant.

  • We require a minimum of 10 participants.

  • Our instructor led training is 100% live. Either in person or online; whichever works best for you.

  • Upon successful completion of the course, each participant will receive a SwifTEST – NetSuite Advanced Testing Certificate.