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anagai
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4 years ago
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Using property expansion in header param does not work

I have set a custom property 'token' at the project level and would like to use that value in a header param.   I am putting this into a header param value field:   ${#projectname#token}   It i...
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    richie
    4 years ago
    Hi anagai,

    Search for "soapui property expansion" and pick the first link returned. This explains that youre adding an extra hash # character erroneously.

    The syntax required is as follows:

    If you use '${#Project#propertyname}' so the value that goes between the two # values is the 'scope' or level of where the property is stored. So 'scope' would be 'Project' or 'TestSuite' or 'TestCase' etc., NOT 'Projectname' nor 'TestSuitename' nor 'TestCasename'.

    Whereas if you are specifying the name of project rather than just indicating the scope, you only use a single # character.

    E.g. ${Projectname#propertyname}

    Cheers,

    Rich
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richie
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Hi anagai,

Search for "soapui property expansion" and pick the first link returned. This explains that youre adding an extra hash # character erroneously.

The syntax required is as follows:

If you use '${#Project#propertyname}' so the value that goes between the two # values is the 'scope' or level of where the property is stored. So 'scope' would be 'Project' or 'TestSuite' or 'TestCase' etc., NOT 'Projectname' nor 'TestSuitename' nor 'TestCasename'.

Whereas if you are specifying the name of project rather than just indicating the scope, you only use a single # character.

E.g. ${Projectname#propertyname}

Cheers,

Rich
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anagai
Occasional Contributor
4 years ago

I didn't find that doc when searching google. All the other sites say ${#Project#Name}  . I thought Project was project name. Looks like a placeholder to me.

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    anagai
    Occasional Contributor
    4 years ago

    I actually need ${#TestSuite#Name} - I want to place my custom property in the containing test suite. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

    • richie's avatar
      richie
      Community Hero
      4 years ago
      Hey

      My bad. If you google "property expansion in soapui" youll see the first page returned gives you the help page i was talking about

      Nice one

      Rich