Test long-running tasks?

craig buchanan

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Feb 12, 2018, 9:02:59 AM2/12/18

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I'm in the process of creating a PowerShell library to interact with SAP's REST SDKs that control interaction with its various components. The goal is to be able to automate report (Crystal or webi) deployment and migration between environments (development -> UAT -> production).

In addition, to using Pester to test the library, I'd like to use Pester to test the workflow automation that the library will support (similar idea: Test Business Rules with Pester ).

The workflow tests might include:

report uses the correct database connection
database connection is functional
lists-of-value are populated
report contains the expected parameters
report returns the correct data
promotion task completed without error

One of the challenges is the some of the tests might take some time to complete (e.g. 'the report returns the correct data') and I don't want those tests to block the completion of other tests. Is there a recommended way to test a task that might take 5-10 minutes to complete?

Dave Wyatt

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Feb 12, 2018, 9:09:06 AM2/12/18

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There aren't any timeouts in to Pester. No reason you can't test a long-running task.

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Wojciech Sciesinski

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Feb 12, 2018, 3:27:39 PM2/12/18

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Hi Craig!

You can be interested to follow the issue Support `-Timeout` for test cases #983.

Wojciech Sciesinski

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