Section 5: Using the ACATS

There are eight major steps involved in using the ACATS test suite; two of them are sometimes not required. The steps are: installing the software, tailoring the software, processing the support files, establishing command scripts, processing the ACATS tests, grading the test results, addressing problems (if necessary), and reprocessing problem tests (if necessary). The first six of these tasks must be completed successfully to accomplish a test run. The first four normally need be completed only once for each ACATS release. Each step is explained in the following sections. The flow from one to the next is illustrated in the following figures.