1. Validata Message Testing (MSG)
Reduce payments’ cost with effective message testing for SWIFT, ATM, SEPA and generic interfaces 1

2. Agenda 1 2 3 4 5 6 Business Challenges Validata Advanced Testing Suite
Validata Testing Approach 4
Validata Testing Methodology 5
Validata Message Testing Overview 6
Benefits

3. Business Challenges
Unobjectionably we are walking into a new era of financial messaging globalization, financial messages grow in number and complexity in order to meet this scope, automation is even more obligatory to achieve greater efficiency and protect the institution against failed transactions. (Failed payments cost Europe’s banks €21 billion a year)
Costs of payments have always been an important issue of discussion of the boards of banks and financial organizations. The increased competition, new products entering the market, high customer expectations as well as the harmonization of the European payment market (SEPA) have increased the already enormous payment costs.
At the same time application environments are becoming more complex, the introduction of SOA is becoming more common place and the use of best-of-breed solutions, testing of the integration points between applications is becoming a key phase of any testing engagement. On the other hand, SWIFT operates a worldwide financial messaging network which exchanges messages between banks and other financial institutions.
It is beyond question, that the banks are interested in lowering the payments’ costs and minimize the extensive use of Information technology. The systems and solutions adopted by a bank or financial organization should be running 24 /7 and STP. Testing costs seem to be underestimated despite the fact that all these changes and new developments have pointed it out as a critical issue.

4. Validata Advanced Testing Suite (ATS)
Validata Advanced Testing Suite (ATS) provides a full end-to-end automated testing capability that adapts easily to changes in the application under test, ensuring higher quality and reduced costs and effort.
Validata ATS is a truly integrated and business process management solution.
Validata ATS is the first model – driven test automation tool for Functional, Technical and Continuous Regression Testing.
Validata focuses on the analytics (the context and the content) thus providing root cause analysis linking requirements and testing. Full reporting is on-demand from the Executive Dashboard Module.
20% increase in project success
50% faster time to Market
80% reduction in current spend on testing
80% reduction in current time to test
38% increase in assets re-use
30% increase in productivity
Project Success

5. Validata ATS Critical Differencies
Efficient Testing
Effective Testing
Reduced Testing time - Less time to develop, Shortened application life cycle and Faster time to market
Reduced QA Cost - Upfront cost of automated testing is easily recovered over the lifetime of the product. The cost of performing automated testing is much lower, many times faster and with fewer errors
Greater Coverage -The productivity gains delivered by automated testing enable more and complete testing. Greater coverage reduces the risk of malfunctioning or non-compliant software
Improved testing productivity - Test suites can be run earlier and more often
Improve Process
Better Use of resources
Consistent test procedures - Ensuring process repeatability, resource independence, eliminates manual errors
Replicating Testing - Across different platforms is easier using automation
Results Reporting - Automated testing produces convenient reporting and analysis with standardized measures allowing more accurate interpretations
Using Testing Effectively -Testing is a repetitive activity. Automation of testing processes allows machines to complete the tedious, repetitive work while resources are diverted to perform other tasks
Test team members can focus on quality

6. Validata Testing Methodology
Testing Techniques:
Model Driven
Data Driven
Key Word Driven

7. Product Overview: Test Types
Functional Testing
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
System Integration Testing (SIT)
Interfaces Testing
Message Testing (MSG)
Technical Testing
Unit Testing
Performance Testing
Continuous Regression Testing
Validata ATS has the ability to perform Parallel Testing on multiple environments using the unique test engine adapter
Validata MSG provides an innovative automated testing framework with best practices and proven methodologies for testing of SWIFT, ATM, SOA and generic interfaces.
Validata MSG has been developed to reduce the effort and simplify the integration testing phase of your projects. End-to-end scenarios can be developed and tested in many levels, from ensuring file formatting, data content and behavior of sending/receiving application. Validata MSG will allow for scenarios to test transactions initiated in one system are entered correctly, that messages for onward delivery are formatted correctly and accurate, that the receiving system processes the information correctly, that messages are returned if necessary etc. Effectively testing the application’s ability to process messages correctly and not just checking that messages are transferred - taking integration testing to the next level.
Message Testing (MSG)

8. SWIFT Message Testing
Validata SWIFT message testing shorten the software parameterization, testing and maintenance lifecycle for modules that incorporate standards such as: MT103, MT942, MT518.
Validata MSG for SWIFT enables Developers and Business Analysts to schedule, test and validate their existing SWIFT messages to verify compliance with SWIFT MT and MX standards.
Validata MSG has the ability to communicate with SWIFT boxes (e.g. Alliance) as also with core banking system (e.g. T24) in order to:
Validata Message Testing
Bank / FI
Beneficiary Bank/FI
Ordering Customer
Settlement Mechanism
Beneficiary
Intermediaries
Collect information for each message (monitor)
Collect information for financial transactions
Online update messages
Trigger actions at back-end(delete/resubmit/repair msg)
Online reconcile messages

9. SOA Message Testing
Because of the inherent complexity and broad impact of a SOA implementation, a centralized approach to testing is the ideal organizational structure for overseeing alignment of your business and IT requirements.
SOA message testing is complicated as it requires the testing of interfaces and services that might bring together diverse systems and platforms, in addition to performance and security related issues. Extensive testing of web services is essential to securing the enterprise from potential business risks and scalability problems.
Validata adopts a comprehensive tool-based message-driven test approach for SOA testing. This facilitates testing application to application communication across multiple layers of technology stacks.

10. ATM Message Testing
The ATM remains the most frequent touch point between a bank and its customers. An ATM alone will require several hundred tests just to confirm operation of its basic functionality. ATMs use standard message formatting protocols such as: ISO Banks should consider all of the messaging streams using, all different combinations of card types and authorization systems, as well as interaction between all the applications and the operating system resident on a modern ATM.
In order to validate the ATM messages and ensure that the host system processes them correctly several testing is required.
Ensure continuous ATM message testing through Validata MSG :
Create messages for advanced ATM functions (such as multiple currencies, non-currencies, non-envelope deposits)
Perform testing with messages that contain specific field data
Rapidly replay existing QA and regression test scripts
Run all transactions with all of your test cards (e.g.. hot cards, chip cards, not-on-us cards)

11. Validata MSG Features
Validata MSG Adapter stands between the SWIFT / SOA / ATM interfaces and the Banking applications providing:
Bidirectional communication
Parsing of Incoming messages
Parsing of Outgoing messages
Verifying the mapping of the fields between the Banking application and the SWIFT / SOA / ATM messages incoming and outgoing
Integration with end-to-end business scenarios
Verifying the Delivery statuses of the generated messages
Embedded Messaging Format and Mapping rules’ Library

12. Validata MSG: Inward Process
SWIFT Example
S.W.I.F.T.
0.Inward message
Swift box
(alliance)
2.Standard SWIFT box-backend communication
T24
1.Validata retrieve inward message (box)
3.Validata retrieve produced transaction (e.g.. FT -backend)
Validata
Swift msg store
Validate
T24 SW module
Monitor
Repair
Import Export
Reconciliation
Retrieve produced transaction (e.g.. FT from backend)
Store messages (into validata)
Online message monitor
Validate T24 message format / mapping (swift addresses, etc)

13. Validata MSG: Outward Process
SWIFT Example
S.W.I.F.T.
4. Outward message
Swift box
(alliance)
2.Standard swift box-backend communication
T24
1.Validata retrieve outward message & source transaction (from backend)
3.Validata MSG ensures that it is in the box
Retrieve related transaction (e.g. FT from backend)
Update message disposition (fix – to backend)
Resend messages (to box)
Store messages (into Validata MSG)
Online message monitor
Validate T24 message format / mapping (swift addresses, etc)
Validata
Swift msg store
Validate
T24 SW module
Monitor
Repair
Import Export
Reconciliation

14. Validata MSG: Inward Process
SOA Example
SOA
Online banking
IVRS
SMS
0.Inward message
2.Standard SOA box-backend communication
T24
SOA box
3.Validata retrieve produced transaction (e.g. FT -backend)
1.Validata retrieve inward message (box)
Validata
SOA msg store
validate
T24 SOA module
Monitor
Repair
Import Export
Reconciliation
Retrieve produced transactions (e.g. FT from backend)
Store messages (into validata)
Online message monitor
Validate T24 message format / mapping

15. Validata MSG: Outward Process
SOA Example
SOA
Risk
management
system
Anti Money Laundering System
Wire Transfer System
Forex Trading System
4. Outward message
2.Standard SOA box-backend communication
T24
SOA box
1.Validata retrieve outward message & source transaction (from backend)
3.Validata MSG ensures that it is in the box
Retrieve related transactions (e.g. FT from backend)
Update message disposition (fix – to backend)
Resend messages (to box)
Store messages (into Validata MSG)
Online message monitor
Validate T24 message format / mapping
Validata
SOA msg store
Validate
T24 SOA module
Monitor
Repair
Import Export
Reconciliation

16. Validata ATM: Inward Process
ATM Example
ATM
0.Inward message
2.Standard ATM communication
T24
ATM box
3.Validata retrieves produced transaction
1.Validata retrieve inward message (box)
Validata
ATM msg store
validate
T24 ATM module
Monitor
Repair
Import Export
Reconciliation
Retrieve produced transactions
Store messages (into validata)
Online message monitor
Validate T24 message format / mapping

17. Validata MSG: Reconciliation Process
Import messages
Swift / SOA / ATM Box
Expected results into back-end
Mapping
Rules – validation
Validata
Expected results
Retrieve actual results
Back End
Reconciliation Reports

18. Validata MSG: Message Testing Process
Import financial transaction that generates messages
T24
Calculating and mapping Rules
Validata
Expected SWIFT /SOA/ATM Messages
Expected SWIFT /SOA/ATM Messages
Retrieve actual results
T24
Format mapping corrections

19. Validata MSG: Online Monitor
Visual Status
Message information
Inward / outward
Actions
ISN:123456
REPAIR QUEUE
FIELD NOT MAPPED FOR TAG -23B
ISN:121212
FORMATED
FT08003BWS96
ISN:123123
FT IN HOLD
HOLD - OVERRIDE A/C BALANCE STILL LESS THAN MINIMUM BAL
OSN:123111 MM
OSN:123112
REPAIR QUEUE (MAPPING FAIL)
5. 1 ERROR CODE..... ERROR SC.0002-Mandatory message fields (&)
OSN:
RROR CODE..... ERROR FX.1-Mandatory message fields (&)
OSN:123114
UNFORMATTED
ERROR - Address record does not exist 
resubmit
del
fix  
resubmit
del
fix  
resubmit
del
fix 
resubmit
del
fix 
resubmit
del
fix

20. The Critical Differencies
Tool-driven approach
Improved testing efficiency and increased productivity
Accelerates time to market
Substantial reduction in human error
Fast ROI with measurable results
Reduction of testing effort by 30% or more
Complete coverage reduces business risks
Delivering cost effective testing
Extensive reusability
Reduced deployment costs through increased effectiveness and accuracy of distributed application rollouts across environments

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