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alex4286
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2 months ago
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updating already mapped items to new objects

Dear Support Team, I’m currently working on a test project where the system under test has changed, and as a result, several previously mapped UI objects are no longer available (they are missing or...
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    Hassan_Ballan
    2 months ago

    I re-suggest having a good read of https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/object-identification/name-mapping/index.html to have deep understanding on how it works to be able to manipulate.

    The links to navigate: Mapped Object > Mapped Alias > Script reference
    In your script you can right click on an action to select speed menu to take you the the Mapped Alias, similarly from the Mapped Alias you can right click on the node to select speed menu to find the Mapped Object.

    1. In the following I intentionally made the path different from Object and Alias to reflect how it actually operates. When you rename Mapped Object Sys.a.b.c.d.e.Button to ButtonOld it will automatically prompt you to rename the Mapped Alias Aliases.a.b.Button and all KeywordTest script references.

    2. When your application mapping path change, and since your scripts are referencing the Alias you can simply modify the Object by drag and drop Button from "e." to higher parent "d." from Sys.a.b.c.d.e.Button to Sys.a.b.c.d.Button. In other cases you can even move it up to "c." and enable/check the extended find to search for it in all children. NOTE: Object and Alias path should not contradict and usually the Alias path skips many of the Object path nodes.

    3. In Alias path when you move one node to a higher parent it will automatically prompt you to update all KeywordTest script references.

    4. The Object and Alias node identification are one and the same. You can update the node identification (by clicking on the image button refresh) and all script references do not need to be updated but are affected immediately.

    5. You can copy an Object node from one project to another, than drag it and drop it in the Alias, and copy the Alias path to use in your script action.

    I suggest you create a test project to play with as you can easily make an irrecoverable mistake.

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alex4286
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2 months ago

So i mapped new object again and deleted absolete mapping. but now I have to update all steps where old object was used in all 10 Tests. That is somehow not convenient.

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Hassan_Ballan
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2 months ago

Hello alex4286​ this is a community driven channel, if you need to contact SmartBear support https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/general-info/getting-support.html?sbsearch=support%20SmartBear#ContactSupportTeam 

What you are experiencing is a basic functionality of NameMapping and it's purpose is to provide you control specifically for your situation. I suggest that first you familiarize yourself with its details https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/project-objects/items/name-mapping/index.html 

There are two parts to NameMapping Objects and Aliases, TestComplete does a good job in auto mapping but I suggest that you design and build it step by step keeping in mind maintenance. You would only need to update the Alias node selectors https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/object-identification/name-mapping/how-to/update/index.html and all KeywordTests references are updated automatically. Please note, when if statement/while statements or using code based script changing the Alias path would not reflect in your scripts and you will have to perform a search and manually replace.

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    alex4286
    Occasional Contributor
    2 months ago

    thank you very much Hassan.

    alias node selectors seems to be only for web objects. 

    Problem is still that I can not replace object or its alias which is used in 1000 tests  with another object.

     

    Example: button has fullpath a.b.c.d  after refactoring it has a.b.d

    TC doesn not find it now. If try to edit button mapping it is not possible to replace it with new button object.

     

    so I need to map new button extra and rework all 1000 tests manually.  

    I there a possibility not to do like this?