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sanj
Super Contributor
7 years ago

Caching gottcha! running data driven test steps!

I am just providing some info on something I observed when running a data driven test  Make sure you run data source first by hitting play!     then run the teststep     If you in...
groovyguy's avatar
groovyguy
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I believe it would act as caching, but you shouldn't need to run the data source to cache data.

sanj's avatar
sanj
Super Contributor
7 years ago

ok will let you know how it goes.

I have checked in the the option to preload data.

 

  • sanj's avatar
    sanj
    Super Contributor
    7 years ago

    Same issue preloading as I thought is same as caching so if test step run without running the data source.

    request will literally draw blank!

    Looks like a design decision to me so should be fine as long as you know what your are doing!

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      groovyguy
      Champion Level 1
      7 years ago

      I misunderstood what you were doing. You are right, if you run a test step alone without pre-loading the data source, then you'll be missing values. I apologize if I muddied the waters.

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        sanj
        Super Contributor
        7 years ago

        groovyguy No need to apologize

        while I was running this it made sense that this must have been a design decision :)