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DCat1223
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9 years ago

Data-Driven Loop not returning to beginning

Good afternoon …   I have a keyword test I am running that is using a data-driven loop.  As you can see from the attached screenshot, the loop is the first item on the test.  The test runs through ...
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    DCat1223
    9 years ago

    After a few days of struggling through this, I was able to get this to work. I was able to solve this by moving the section of the Keyword test that the loop was returning to to it’s own test case within the project.  I'm not sure why it was problematic to begin with but in any event, this is now behaving as I would have wanted.  I hope this helps anybody that may encounter a similar situation.

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DCat1223
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Thank you, cundrew.  That got me back to the beginning of the loop, but now it's not selecting the next scenario in the loop.  It's running the first one through again, so I'm guessing I have other issues here.  It is a Project Suite variable I'm running off of.  Any thoughts on where to troubleshoot?  I've attached the last portion of the final test case that ends the loop.

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cunderw
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9 years ago

Looks like you have it in the wrong section. You should have it be part of the If, Then that recalls the test. 

 

It looks now like you have it position to run for every iteration so it will never move to the next one since it resets every loop.

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    DCat1223
    Frequent Contributor
    9 years ago

    Thanks, cundrew. 

     

    Please forgive my ignorance, I'm new to TestComplete and really flying by the seat of my pants here. 

     

    I don't have an If..Then that recalls the test.  My understanding was that I needed everything after my DDL to be indented, and that the test would automatically iterate to the next record in the file when the test ended until EOF was reached. 

     

    So if I am understanding you, I need an IF…Then at the beginning of my DDL? What would an If...Then look like as far as the DDL is concerned? 

       IF [FileName] < > EOF

       THEN Run [KeywordTest]

    where KeywordTest is the first test in the suite? 

     

    Again, I am really appreciative of your help.

     

    Thanks so much.

     

    • DCat1223's avatar
      DCat1223
      Frequent Contributor
      9 years ago

      After a few days of struggling through this, I was able to get this to work. I was able to solve this by moving the section of the Keyword test that the loop was returning to to it’s own test case within the project.  I'm not sure why it was problematic to begin with but in any event, this is now behaving as I would have wanted.  I hope this helps anybody that may encounter a similar situation.