Run tests unattended and in parallel with E2G

The Elastic Execution Grid (E2G) lets you run tests unattended and in parallel, across multiple agents. This topic gives you an overview of your options and the detailed setup steps for each.

Choose your agent type

How you set up E2G for unattended execution depends on the agent type you use:

  • A Cloud agent runs on infrastructure that Tricentis hosts and maintains, so it's always available without any session setup. Use cloud agents when your tests only target public web applications or APIs.

  • A Team agent needs an active Windows desktop session to run tests unattended. To set this up, Run unattended tests with team agents.

Distribute tests across agents

E2G runs your playlist in parallel by default, distributing test cases across all available agents. If you need to run some or all test cases in a specific order instead, Change the test sequence..

To control which agent runs which test case, Define which agents run your tests.. For example, to run a playlist only on cloud agents, select the characteristic Agent-type=Cloud-agent in the playlist's Agent characteristics tab.

Trigger and schedule runs

Trigger a test run to run your playlist on demand, or Schedule test runs to have it repeat automatically. To trigger runs from a CI/CD pipeline instead, Integrate CI/CD tools.

Run tests on-premises

If you want to keep your test portfolio on-premises, trigger parallel runs from there through the Elastic Execution Grid integration.

What's next

Now that you understand your options, here's what you can do next: