Default parameter from variable
I have a KW test that takes in a parameter
I can pass a variable from the Execution Plan, can I set a variable as a default value?
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Still waiting for TC to answer but it looks like this is not possible.
You can either
- pass in a variable to a NON OPTIONAL parameter
- test for an empty parameter and assign it a variable
https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/keyword-testing/editor/parameters.html
https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/keyword-testing/editor/variables.html
Parameter default value
| Optional | Specifies whether the parameter is optional, that is, if it can be omitted when the test is called from another test. Optional parameters must have a default value.
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Marsha_R I have closed the TC ticket as they didn't understand the question
I think my solution above is the best approach
I won't bother to raise this as a feature request at this time - it took me lots of messages for them to NOT understand what you grasped in 1
Thanks anyway
You can add a new table variable to your KW and fill it with values. Then, in KW itself, give the condition "if then" where to check the value of the parameter "URL" If no url is specified, take a value from the variable as default value.
I myself often run KW tests with default parameters and there are different solutions for this. I'm just offering a one of ideas.
Thanks for the idea
The basics of it is:
- Smartbear don't understand the question
- can't be done in KW by default but this is quite easy to address but you have to 'program' a solution for this yourself and, more importantly, remember to do it everytime it is needed
JuliaBernikovaAlumni
Hi Lee,
It looks like there indeed was a misunderstanding from our side - my apologies for that.
As for this particular task, it looks like you have found a solution that works best for you. Just as a theoretical alternative, I can also suggest using the project variable in the keyword test directly so that the parametrization only takes place once.
As for the inability to achieve the task without using code, you can register it as a feature request here: https://community.smartbear.com/t5/TestComplete-Feature-Requests/idb-p/TestXCompleteFeatureRequests.
Thank you!
