Hi Rao
Let me try to rephrase what I am looking for.
As Silk Central is not able to import complex test cases I need seperate test cases for every request.
I will not be able to import a data driven test case into Silk Central as there are too many elements included and Silk Central does not seem to be able to handle them. So far I was only able to import very simple test cases by exporting them as xml and to manually transfer them into an Excel format using the xml mapping feature of Excel.
As I am new to Silk Central as I am to SOAPUI I am looking into my options how to integrate SOAPUI automated tests into Silk Central. Silk Central will remain our primary test management tool.
The SOAPUI web site tells me that Silk Central is not supported as a product but of course there will be other more general ways to re-use data in Silk Central generated with SOAPUI.
When working with SOAPUI I noticed that I can get all the resources configured when using a GET request with the asteriks wildcard on our REST api.
This request will get me something like thisin XML notification:
<Response>
<e>
<Label>HEALTH</Label>
<Value>
<e>
<Label>HEALTH.QMIModemModule</Label>
<Value>
<e>
<Label>HEALTH.QMIModemModule.MODULESTATUS</Label>
<Value>Running</Value>
</e>
<e>
<Label>HEALTH.QMIModemModule.SEVERITY</Label>
<Value>Warning</Value>
</e>
<e>
<Label>HEALTH.QMIModemModule.RESET</Label>
<Value>0</Value>
</e>
To be able to import these test cases into Silk Central I would need a single test case for every label/value pair.
I was hoping that SOAPUI would offer such a feature to auto generate test cases for all the label/value pairs out of the box, which does not seem to be the case.
To avoid entering the test cases manually in Silk Central and SOAPUI I was hoping to spare me the hassle to make use of such an auto generation feature and simple export/import these test cases into Silk Central.
As the next step I want to import the test results of SOAPUI into Silk Central but I already struggle to generate test reports that are detailed enough. I am afraid this has something to do that the reports seem to be centred around parameters and we only use resources.
Regarding your questions:
- Yes, there is a REST API endpoint to test
- According to the Silk Central website there is no support for SOAPUI at all
but only these:
Integrated third-party software
- Bugzilla 4.4.6
- IBM Doors 9.5 & 9.6
- IBM Rational ClearQuest 2003.06.15.734
- IBM Rational Requisite Pro 7.1.3, 7.1.4
- JIRA 5 & 6
- JIRA Agile 6
- JUnit 4.11 or later
Support
- Microsoft Office Excel (.xlsx)
- Microsoft Office Word (.doc, docx)
- Rally
- SAP Solution Manager 7.1
- Subversion 1.8.5
- Team Foundation Server 2010, 2012,2013
- VersionOne
- VMware vCloud Director 5.5
- Ideally I would have SOAPUI projects in Silk Central but this is not supported so I need to make the best out of the options to import data from SOAPUI. Silk Central is the central system where all the data should be available. The (auto) tests itself would be done in SOAPUI.
I will have a look at the Events feature you are talking about.
Thanks for your help.
Cheers
Enzo