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mneiferbag
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9 years ago

Can I use relative path in SoapUI NG data source test step?

Hi, with the data source test step in SoapUI NG, is there any way to specifiy a filename relative to the directory of the project file? Ideally I would like to write something like ${ProjectDirectory...
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    JustinM89
    9 years ago

    Select your project from the navigator pane, and in 'Project Properties', set the Resource Root to ${projectDir} and that should do the trick. I don't even think you need to pass the variable, you could just do myExcel.xlsx

     

    I should clarify, I believe this sets the 'root' to the directory where your project is saved.

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JustinM89
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Select your project from the navigator pane, and in 'Project Properties', set the Resource Root to ${projectDir} and that should do the trick. I don't even think you need to pass the variable, you could just do myExcel.xlsx

 

I should clarify, I believe this sets the 'root' to the directory where your project is saved.

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mneiferbag
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9 years ago

Thank you for your reply. I have found what you describe in the documentation here: http://readyapi.smartbear.com/structure/projects/properties/resource_root. However, I'm a bit confused about the description there. The example says

 

"Let's say you have an excel file “testdata.xls” you access from the project. The directory d:\projects\ contains workspace files and the project directory is “d:\projects\webservice\"

 

But then it says

 

"Specifying “${projectDir}\data” resolves to “d:\projects\data\testdata.xls”. Specifying “${workspaceDir}\data” resolves to “d:\projects\webservice\data\testdata.xls”."

 

I don't get it.