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pb1
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6 years ago

Data Driven testing with dynamic/changing assertions

Hello fellow SoapUI users.   I am currently working on implementing data driven tests with a DataSource. The idea came up that we could cover a program flow chart with SoapUI by creating a "flow ...
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    pb1
    6 years ago

    Depending on how the tests will be structured I can encapsulate and separate most of the batches, but the flow diagram I am provided with is very long and basically has a few "bottlenecks" that I can use to split the TestCases. On a first glance the worst flow has 12 decisions - each causing a change in the expectation - that I need to cover. After talking a bit more with my colleagues we think the best way to go about it is the bloated excel sheet because it offers a single point of reference, even if it means that our columns will be bloated. 

     

    Thank you very much for your input, I'll keep the topic open for more ideas but will implement the large excel-sheet for the time being.

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groovyguy
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I think using two data sources could work, assuming the two of them can be kept in sync if there are going to be multiple options. I do not see a way through to solve this prolem that does not require some level of maintainability, whether within groovy scripting or the entire logic flow. 

 

As a rough guess, how many different batches of assertions do you think you have to handle?

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pb1
Contributor
6 years ago

Depending on how the tests will be structured I can encapsulate and separate most of the batches, but the flow diagram I am provided with is very long and basically has a few "bottlenecks" that I can use to split the TestCases. On a first glance the worst flow has 12 decisions - each causing a change in the expectation - that I need to cover. After talking a bit more with my colleagues we think the best way to go about it is the bloated excel sheet because it offers a single point of reference, even if it means that our columns will be bloated. 

 

Thank you very much for your input, I'll keep the topic open for more ideas but will implement the large excel-sheet for the time being.