International Business Machines Corporation

Lian Xue Hu

Qi Cheng Li

Hao Chen

Tara Lynn Astigarraga

Ya Bin Dang

Saurabh Sinha

Lijun Mei

Xue Han

Federico Eduardo Carpi

Juan Ariel Brusco Cannata

Soumitra Sarkar

Li Jun Mei

A computer implemented method for testing rules by a computing device including selecting a current version of a rule and prior version of the rule, comparing the prior version of the rule and the current version of the rule to each other to identify a type of change made in the current version of the rule with respect to the prior version of the rule, and testing the prior version of a rule and the current version of the rule using a common data set, the testing being based on the identified type of change. The test result is provided to a user.

System and method for differential testing of evolving rules

A system for automating a process using robotic process automation code includes a memory device for storing program code, and at least one processor device operatively coupled to the memory device. The at least one processor device is configured to execute program code stored on the memory device to process, based on a contextual dictionary, a process description document associated with a process to be automated by a robotic process automation system, automatically generate robotic process automation code based on the processing, and execute the robotic process automation code for automating the process.

Automating a process using robotic process automation code

Systems and techniques that facilitate automated generation of relevant and adequate test datasets based on guarded commands are provided. In various embodiments, a query generation component can generate a query language query based on a first guarded command. In various aspects, an execution component can execute the query language query on a data table to return one or more datasets for testing the first guarded command. In various embodiments, the query generation component can comprise an initialization component that can initialize conditions of a WHERE clause of the query language query based on the first guarded command. In various instances, the query generation component can further comprise a transformation component that can transform the conditions of the WHERE clause of the query language query based on a sequence of guarded commands on which the first guarded command depends. In various cases, the query generation component can further comprise a translation component that can convert the transformed conditions of the WHERE clause of the query language query into query language syntax.

Generation of test datasets for guarded commands

A method, computer program product, and system for upgrading an IT system are provided. The method comprises: determining a plurality of existing components of the IT system; determining at least one user component based on a user requirement; building a structural topology of the IT system in accordance with the plurality of existing components and the at least one user component, the structural topology comprising the plurality of existing components, at least one connection among the plurality of existing components, and the at least one user component with its conditional connection, the conditional connection comprising the dependency of the at least one user component; and providing at least one upgrade recommendation for the IT system in accordance with the structural topology.

Upgrade of IT systems

Methods, computer program products, and systems for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) upgrade of an application are provided. A first mapping indicating relationships between UI elements in a first version of the application and UI elements in a second version of the application and a second mapping indicating relationships between one or more UI elements in a first version of an RPA code corresponding to the first version of the application and UI elements in the first version of the application are respectively obtained. A third mapping indicating relationships between the one or more UI elements in the second version of the application and one or more UI elements in a second version of the RPA code corresponding to the second version of the application is determined and based on which the second version of the RPA code corresponding to the second version of the application is generated.

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