If you have an existing test
script, you can replace literal values in the script with datapool
references to add realistic data to the script. You can find and replace
all literals, or just the number, string, or boolean literals with
a datapool reference.
About this task
You can also add a literal from a script to a datapool.
If you do not use an existing datapool variable, the same literal
values (the values that were captured when you recorded the test script)
are used each time you run the script.
To replace
a literal with a datapool reference:
Procedure
- Click .
- Under Direction, click Forward or
Backward to set the direction you want to
search through a test script.
- Under Literal Type, set the type
of literal you want to find from the following list:
- All -- Click to find all literals
in a script.
- Numbers -- Click to find number literals
in a script. A number includes integers (a whole number, not a fractional
number, that can be positive, negative, or zero) or floating numbers
(positive and negative decimal numbers).
- Strings -- Click to find string literals
in a script. A string stores alphanumeric values such as name, city,
or state.
- Booleans -- Click to find boolean
literals in a script. Any use of the boolean literals true or false
are flagged for substitution.
- Click Find to start the search.
The name of the literal found in the test script appears
under Literal.
- Click the Datapool Variable arrow
to display the datapool variables and then click the datapool variable
that you want the script to reference.
- Optionally, type a new variable name for the datapool variable
you selected.
- Optionally, click the Add Literal to Datapool check
box to add the literal value to the datapool.
- Click Replace to replace the literal
in the script with a datapool variable reference.
The
cursor automatically moves to the next literal in the test script.
Note: If
you have a literal that is a choice in a combo box in the application-under-test,
when you replace the literal with a datapool reference, you get a
string data type instead of an a enumerator data type in the datapool.
- When you find the next literal in the test script, repeat
steps 5 through 7.
- When finished, click Close.
Functional Tester updates the datapool with any new
columns and initial values that you add in this dialog box.