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sudhagowri's avatar
sudhagowri
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago

Properties needs to input from excel file

Hi All,   I am setting up properties to be used in my test step but the properties would need to be generated in excel as they need to be user input.For example the time can be any time but value a...
  • PaulMS's avatar
    PaulMS
    8 years ago

    Properties can be loaded from a text file but not directly from Excel without a custom Groovy script.

     

    You could save an Excel file as a text file as long as you separate the property name and value with = sign. (e.g. add a column with = between name and value). A header row without = sign will be skipped when loading prop value from an external file.

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nmrao
Champion Level 3
8 years ago
Unclear question.
How much(many records) data you needed to generate?
  • sudhagowri's avatar
    sudhagowri
    Occasional Contributor
    8 years ago

    Hi nmrao,

     

    Sorry about that. Thanks for helping. There is going to be many of them, around 50. The problem is, if you see the screenshot attached, the value against "Record Equipment Primary Status" changes everyday. Therefore i need to work on this value externally in excel and bring it in here. Is there a way that i can load a excel file as a properties file?

     

    There is a Load properties button on the Properties screen but it doesnt have have any file option to choose from.

     

    Thanks.

    Sudha

    • nmrao's avatar
      nmrao
      Champion Level 3
      8 years ago
      Not sure if I got it.

      Would you please tell what is your use case? For now, explain process flow.
    • PaulMS's avatar
      PaulMS
      Super Contributor
      8 years ago

      Properties can be loaded from a text file but not directly from Excel without a custom Groovy script.

       

      You could save an Excel file as a text file as long as you separate the property name and value with = sign. (e.g. add a column with = between name and value). A header row without = sign will be skipped when loading prop value from an external file.

      • sudhagowri's avatar
        sudhagowri
        Occasional Contributor
        8 years ago

        Hi Paul MS,

         

        Yes that correct. I have an excel file with Property Name and Value and i concatenate with '=' sign. then i brought it over to a notepad and saved as All Files (*). then load it in Properties screen in SOAP UI and it worked. 

         

        Thanks everyone for helping.