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henil_shah's avatar
henil_shah
Contributor
8 years ago

Use of Datasource step to get value from excel sheet

I have a specific requirement like below

 

I have an excel sheet which contains 150 tokens, I want to use that tokens only once since its non-reusable again, My test case also doesn't runs into a loop.

 

How can I get different value every time from data-source and how can we make sure that once all tokens are used , data-source doesn't provide me the used token. Is there any pointer to maintain which data was used last? 

 

def x= context.expand( '${DataSource#x}' )

log.info x
//testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue("xx", x)

testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName('DataSource').next(testRunner, context)

 

I'm using this code as of now which gives me new value of x.

  • lakshmiarun's avatar
    lakshmiarun
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    8 years ago

    Hi Henil,

     

    Thank you for posting on our forum.

     

    If I understand your requirement, Datasource loop is the best option you have. The loop goes through the value only once and when it reaches the 150th value in your excel sheet the loop automatically stops.

     

    To test, just try it with first ten values, check the transaction log once you run the test case. It should provide you with the passed tokens information.

     

    If this doesn't help, please open a support ticket, I can investigate further on your issue.

     

    Best,

    Lakshmi

     

     

    • henil_shah's avatar
      henil_shah
      Contributor
      8 years ago

      Hi Lakshmi,

       

      The requirement is not about the loop since I'll be using that token once per day only, when I come back to work on next day and re-open the project, it should start from token no.2. That is the scenario I'm facing right now.

  • testhrishi's avatar
    testhrishi
    Frequent Contributor
    8 years ago

    You can specify start and end row. Also add rows per iteration as 1.

    If does not work, I would suggest using notepad with comma separated data.. that works better

    Normally 

    Datasource

    Action

    Loop 

     

    Pattern works for me