ServiceNow, Inc.
Software test coverage through real-time tracing of user activity

Abstract:

A computing system includes persistent storage containing a plurality of groups of software instructions, wherein each respective group is linked with at least one other group. The computing system also includes a software application configured to perform operations, including determining an expected execution map representing expected paths that are expected to be followed between linked groups of software instructions. The operations also include monitoring interactions of a user with the plurality of groups, and based on the monitoring, determining an observed execution map representing observed paths that the user has followed between the linked groups of software instructions. The operations further include determining a disparity map representing a disparity between the expected paths and the observed paths by comparing the expected execution map to the observed execution map, and displaying the expected execution map, the observed execution map, and/or the disparity map.