Relationship between the Simulink Test Manager and the Test Sequence block

What is the difference/relationship between the Simulink Test Manager and the 'Test Sequence' block?

They appear to have a lot of overlap in their functionality. It isn't clear what should/should not be used.

Also, how do we run their functions in the command line?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

While there exists similar functionality between Test manager and Test Sequence, they have different purposes.

To get started, the landing page of Simulink Test is a good starting point:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/sltest/index.html?s_tid=CRUX_topnav

You can click on the Examples tab to find some useful features of the product.

The 'Test Sequence' block can be added to a test harness to conduct a sequence of testing scenarios. Its purpose is to create simulation testing scenarios, function calls, and assessments. In terms of how to create a test sequence programmatically, please refer to the documentation here:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/sltest/ug/programmatically-create-a-test-sequence.html

To create and run test sequence scenarios programmatically, please refer to the documentation here:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/sltest/ug/programmatically-create-and-run-test-sequence-scenarios.html

'Test Manager' is an application that allows you to manage or organize the test harnesses in test suites. Its purpose is to model and code testing in different execution environments, manage test suites, and analyze and report results. You can find examples on how to do this in the following documentation:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/sltest/ref/simulinktestmanager.html

If you’re looking into creating and running test cases with scripts, please refer to the documentation here:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/sltest/ug/create-and-run-test-cases-with-scripts.html

We also provide examples of how to use the Test Manager to run multiple Test Sequence Scenarios in a single test case:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/sltest/ug/define-test-sequence-scenarios-in-test-sequence-editor.html