Following the Data

Entities have a life cycle. They are created and eventually deleted. In between their births and deaths, they might show up in a number of places in your system. You can see lists of entities in searches and reports. Depending on the nature of the software you are testing, there might be other kinds of views that show entities, such as a queue in a workflow or a user’s activity log.

As you explore different ways to CRUD entities with a wide range of attribute values and associated dependents, seek out these alternate places where you can see entities. Perform actions on the entities through these views, if you can. Watch for any indication that a change made in one part of the system is not handled well in another part of ...

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