Tool to generate test cases for configuration app based on use case variation?

Question

I am making changes to a configuration tool for a web application. The tool allows internal users to configure messages and custom experiences for external users of the webapp.

I have been given a task to provide cases that would show 100% test coverage, and then help the test team target reasonable test coverage for the changes. I'm trying to find a tool that will let me put configuration variations in a table or spreadsheet, and then generate the different use case variations that result from these configurations.

Does such a tool exist?

Answer 1

I'd suggest using a modelling tool to perform Model-based testing; we use one called Direct-to-test (DTT) at our workplace. Basically, you can set up a path through the application and specify what should vary based on what configuration files, proving therefore that you've covered every configuration file option (usually a cluster of nodes at the beginning of the model) and every path through the application, and let the tool generate the test cases from that. It's not a spreadsheet, but it can be easier to show people outside your department a graphic than a spreadsheet anyway.