Terms and Definitions

Term	Definition
About	Contains the release and copyright information of OMrun.
Batch	System call to execute a OMrun runtime instance, which publishs results to the [OMdashboard] and exports the [List of Differences] to Excel.
Breadcrumb	Shows the icons of the selected and active elements for execution in a "breadcrumb".
Business rule	Represents the relation mapping between source A and B specified in rules with SQL commands.
Business system	Describes the complete system landscape of all environment definitions and valid test elements.
Component	Container to group [Test object] that are of a similar behaviour. Containers are visible on OMdashboard.
Configuration	Contains the data and program adapters as well as the publishing definitions for the scenarios represented on OMdashboard.
Data adapter	Describes the database connect string using a specific data adapters within the OMrun configuration to connect to almost every commercial data container.
Global environment	Contains the environment definitions which are valid for all environments defined within the same [Business System].
License	Contains the license key and the end date till when will run OMrun as a Full-Version or a RunTime-Version or both.
List of differences	Excel result list containing the differences from source A and B created by a [Batch] run.
Local environment	Contains the environment definitions for a specific environment, like "environment name", "server name", "date base name" etc.
OMdashboard	Web management dashboard to present an overview of the last test results aggregated to a wider audience as ample lists and pie chart diagram as well as historised result performance.
Parameter	Variables defined within a [Parameter list] are possible to use within [Queries] or [Business rules].
Parameter list	Container for a list of [Parameters] defined specifically for a [Test object].
Post-condition	To set condition after comparing data and generating results (e.g. cleansing old data, archive last results, etc.).
Pre-condition	To set the condition needed before running a proper data compare (e.g. reset test data record within the database, execute a calculation, etc.).
Program adapter	Describes the program connect string within the OMrun configuration to connect to several standard test tool products, programs or [Batches].
Progress bar	Shows the progress and the current task of a test run executing a [Scenario], [Parameter list] or [Test object] as progress bar.
Query	SQL statement to gather data from a specified source (A or B).
Result export	Export of the [Results] as an Excel sheet.
Result history	Mechanism to reload [Results] from previous test runs.
Results	Statistical reports or [Lists of differences] generated by [Scenario], [Parameter list] or [Test object] execution.
Scenario	Workflow-Engine (step-by-step) scenario execution, executes all [Test object] entries with the specified [Parameter list].
Test data object	Test data object is the essential element of a data compare. It contains the [Queries] for source A and B, the [Business Rules] to represent the relation between the data to compare and the parameter list to feed the [Queries] with different values in [Variables].
Test object	Test object is the parent term that describes [Test data objects] and [Test program objects].
Test program object	Test program object is the essential element of a [Scenario] execution. It enables the system to add [Pre-Condition] or [Post-Condition] for highly automated [Scenario] runs.
Tree	Representation of the whole content of the [Business system] as a tree structure.