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RichBopp
Contributor
8 years ago

Data Generator Wizard: EMail and Name - How do I generate a new entry each iteration?

Does anyone know how to create a variable that will generate new/unique Email Addresses and Names?     I'm creating a Keyword test case that requires unique entries for Name and Email each time it ...
  • RichBopp's avatar
    RichBopp
    7 years ago

    Gang,

     

    Kevin Johnson over at Tyler Technologies was able to provide me with a Keyword-ish solution that works very well when you need to create a unique entry in an alphanumeric field, and I wanted to share it.

     

    See the Attachment I've added for steps and screenshots.

     

    Kudos to Kevin.

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Marsha_R
Moderator

Yep.  That's pretty much what tristaanogre and I both mentioned.  Good luck with it!

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
7 years ago

Yup, if you look at the code I posted, it does EXACTLY that... the difference is that I give you a function that returns the value based upon the desired length.  I find this easier than having to do the Code Expressing in the "Keys" field.  I just call that function and then Use "Set Variable Value" and use "Last Result" as the value to set.

 

Note that we have the bonus of that function being present in a Script Extension so that, no matter what project I'm running, I always have that function available.

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    AlexKaras
    Champion Level 3
    7 years ago

    And, as the initial question was about email:
    I am sure that you know that at least gmail has a feature that '+<something>' suffix can be added to the email address before the @ symbol and all such addresses will be mapped to the base address.
    I.e.:
    user@gmail.com
    user+20171113@gmail.com
    user+20171114@gmail.com
    user+20171115@gmail.com
    all will be unique and valid email addresses mapped to the user@gmail.com base one.

     

    Maybe the same works for (some) other email servers.