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Occasional Contributor

4 years ago

Recording tests creates duplicate browser mapping

When I go to record a script test, the browser that I'm using is mapped again, and then it proceeds to map all of the objects that I have already mapped. Running my tests uses the first mapping of my...

ebarbera
4 years ago
Hi BrianSmart -

I would recommend removing the full name property from the original browser mapping. The full name property makes the objects specific to edge which is probably what is causing the tool to repeat the mapping. It is better to have a generic mapping just using ObjectType browser like the second mapping shows.

Let me know if you have questions.

Emma

Marsha_R

Moderator

4 years ago

Is this happening on different machines or on different browsers? Let's see a screenshot of your name mapping with some of the duplicates.

BrianSmart
Occasional Contributor
4 years ago
This is happening on the same machine using the same browser each time (MS Edge)

Here's the original mapped browser
Here's the duplicate created when recording tests:
Here's the properties of the original mapped browser:
Here's the properties for the duplicate mapped browser:
- ebarbera
  Staff
  4 years ago
  Hi BrianSmart -
  
  I would recommend removing the full name property from the original browser mapping. The full name property makes the objects specific to edge which is probably what is causing the tool to repeat the mapping. It is better to have a generic mapping just using ObjectType browser like the second mapping shows.
  
  Let me know if you have questions.
  
  Emma
  - BrianSmart
    Occasional Contributor
    4 years ago
    I believe I had tried this before with no success, but I tried it again and it worked, so perhaps some combination of an update and this change.
    The reason I identified the browser more clearly in the mapping is because I have two versions of MS Edge on my machine, and I need to ensure the tests that I'm running against are using the correct version of Edge. I think I had originally put the version in the mapping as well, and removed it while trying to figure this issue out.