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caz88
Occasional Contributor
6 years ago

How to load values from csv PRIOR to setting DataSource

Hey Folks,    Is there a way to access the csv file that is populating the datasouce prior to loading the datasource. I'm attempting to isolate only certain rows in the csv file but in order for ...
  • NBorovykh's avatar
    NBorovykh
    6 years ago

    Hi caz88,

     

    You can add a Groovy script right after your DataSource Test Step that will check if the region value from your source is equal or is not equal to something and based on this either continue the loop execution or jump to the end of the loop. Example:

     

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Olga_T
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)

Thanks for reaching out, caz88!

 

Community, any ideas or suggestions?

NBorovykh's avatar
NBorovykh
Moderator
6 years ago

Hi caz88,

 

You can add a Groovy script right after your DataSource Test Step that will check if the region value from your source is equal or is not equal to something and based on this either continue the loop execution or jump to the end of the loop. Example:

 

  • Olga_T's avatar
    Olga_T
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    6 years ago

    Thank you, NBorovykh!

    caz88, is this what you were looking for? We are looking forward to your results.

  • caz88's avatar
    caz88
    Occasional Contributor
    6 years ago

    Hi NBorovykh 

    Thanks for the message - but have you ever noticed that this doesn't continue to run the tests and stops at the DataSource Loop? Is there a way to inject this method into the into each teststep while running the tests through the command line? 

     

    We are running our ReadyAPI tests from Jenkins. At runtime we are only wanting to excute the tests in certain regions that we specify. These value would be passed to the testrunner from the jenkins job and then passed to to readyAPI. Any thoughts are being able to develop an approach this way? 

     

     

     

    • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
      TanyaYatskovska
      SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
      6 years ago

      Hi caz88,

       

      I'm not familiar with Groove very well. What if you add continue or return after "if"? Pseudocode:

      if (region.....)
 ...
else
 return // or continue to move to the next test step