A question about Checkpoints

Question

I have various checkpoints that are going to be setup with this product however as I create new data my the values will be different than

what the baseline would be.

For example say the baseline uses my name with all the appropriate information in the data.

However, I want to set it up as a variable where the checkpoint might have my name but then the next day I have a new persons

name and I want to have the checkpoint so that if that new person runs the script it will pass because it is setup correctly with a for various

people and different data that may be entered throughout.

marsha_r · Answer

You'll need to start your test automation with a stable version of the application.&nbsp; Teach TestComplete that version and then when things change, you'll find out because places in the test will fail.&nbsp;
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TestComplete can adjust some things as it goes, but you really don't want it to be able to automatically adjust to all changes because some failures in the test are going to be bugs and then you would never see them because the test always passes.
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Build your test on a known-to-be-good version of the app.&nbsp; When you run it on a new version, then there will be some failures, and a person needs to review those and decide if the test needs to be adjusted (this would be from an intended update of the code) or the test is correct and a bug needs to be reported.
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marsha_r · Answer

No, you don't need to worry about the spam, I just wanted you to be aware that it didn't have anything to do with your post
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A checkpoint compares new values to a known value.&nbsp; In your original post you mentioned names.&nbsp; If you enter your name for the test, what do you expect the checkpoint to compare it to, and then the next day when your friend enters their name, what do you expect to happen?

alexkaras · Answer

Hi,
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&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;it has different data in it but the values are all correct that the checkpoint will pass.
Can you describe an algorithm that checkpoint should use to determine that values are correct?
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General idea of checkpoint is to store a snapshot of correct data and then compare actual data with stored. If they match then, by definition, actual data are correct. If they don't match then actual data are incorrect just because they don't match stored data that you declared to be correct.
So, checkpoints can be used only if your code uses the same data (static data) for every execution.
If your data are dynamic, then you must somehow define/calculate expected correct data and compare actual data with those expected correct data.
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marsha_r · Answer

This is another case where you would want to use a .csv file, even if there's only one row of data.&nbsp; Whoever is running the test on a given day can update the .csv file without having to touch the test code.
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In case you didn't see it in your other post yet, here's a helpful tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhhiNjCSpmc

marsha_r · Answer

Largent803 - that last post is spam - I've reported it to the mods

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