Parameterized Files

• Creating Parameterized Steps

• Option to skip parameterized steps

• Example Scenario

Creating Parameterized Steps

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While the user is creating a script, they can click on the Parameterize File icon on a test step. Once they do so the Parameterize File button will get displayed. **The user needs to save their changes in order for the parameterized files option to update.

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Then the user will be able to click on Parametrize File Button to Download and Upload the File to use for their step. The parameterized file can only be used during execution and not during live test.

Option to skip parameterized steps

User will now be able to skip steps (building of steps to execute in script)

Scenario : When the user wants to execute a set of scripts with different scenario with multiple inputs to a desire field, parameterization comes into picture. While the standard way of providing information is to give the Test_Case value (multiple rows denotes multiple column) and the data values under equivalent data column values. However, the introduction of this new features provides the user to skip executing of that particular step referenced by data column in parameterized excel file by filling the sheet with '~' operator. (Tilde)

Example Scenario

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The usual standard way of defining data in the sheet.

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However, if the user wants to skip the step for one of the scenarios (say the second case here; manual), the value ‘manual’ in the excel sheet must be replaced by '~' .

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Test Result after running both the mentioned scenarios: Normal execution will run the step normally Replacing step 3’s value with '~’ in excel sheet to skip the step presents this result below.

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As you can see by replacing a value’ with ‘~' in excel sheet, the scenario has skipped executing the that step.