We have created a Keyword test with Data driven loop added to it in TestComplete. Just wanted to know if this can test be executed with TestExecute. Also, is it possible to map new spreadsheet to this data driven loop using TestExecute
The only purpose of TestExecute is to launch your tests created in TestComplete. According to this you can run a keyword tests using TestExecute, however to edit them you still need to use TestComplete.
1. Can you run it with TE. Yes. TE is just TC without the editing ability.
2. Can you map a new spreadsheet to it? Yes. If you set the test up correctly in the first place. And it depends whether you want it to be selective (only run this one, ignore the other two) or inclusive (run them all). If you want selective, you'll need to set something up which allows it to work that way. A control list, indicator flag at the start of a sheet, whatever. There are numerous ways you can do it. If you want inclusive, much easier. Just give it a folder. Read all the files in the folder. Work through all the Excel ones. (Which is pretty much what my framework does)
This is all using scripting though. No idea how you go about it with Keyword or DDT. I've never used either!
lakshmi_veerapp wrote:
We have created a Keyword test with Data driven loop added to it in TestComplete. Just wanted to know if this can test be executed with TestExecute. Also, is it possible to map new spreadsheet to this data driven loop using TestExecute
As has already been mentioned, the answer to your first question is "Yes"... The answer to your second question is more on the lines of "it depends". Any code, tests, etc., that you create in TestComplete can then be executed in TestExecute. So, if you create your testing code/keyword test in TestComplete with sufficient conditionals, etc., you can dynamically change the source of the data driven loop.
The way we used to do things "back in the day" was that we would have (as Colin_McCrae mentioned) different folders for different sets of tests. We would also have a "current" folder that, whatever set of tests we wanted to run, we'd copy into that folder. For a test run, we had a simple batch file that would copy the desired test set from it's storage folder into the "current" folder and then run TestExecute via command line for our project. So, the spreadsheet you have on your DDT loop on your keyword test is pointing to a specific file in a specific folder... You can't necessarily "map" a new spreadsheet dynamically in TestExecute but what you CAN do is copy a different Excel sheet with the same name into that folder to get a different test run.
hi,
with keywords tests it's a little bit limited...
with script, just pass your spreadsheet in parameter while running test execute and use this string to run your loop...
