You can encrypt datapool columns.
Before you begin
Create a test that contains a datapool.
About this task
To encrypt a datapool:
Procedure
- Open a datapool for editing.
- Click the heading of the column to encrypt. The Edit Variable window opens.
- Select Encrypted, and then click OK. The Enter Password window opens.
- Type the password to use to encrypt the column. If
you have already encrypted other columns in the datapool, you must
enter the password that you used previously. You can use only one
password to encrypt columns in a datapool.
- Click OK. Asterisks
are displayed instead of the actual values of encrypted variables.
Results
The datapool column is encrypted.
Note: If you forget
the password to a datapool, there is no way to recover the password.