How to find where mapped objects are used

[Tris]

Hi all,

Just wondering if there was a way to find out which objects in the name mapping have been used in KeyWord tests? 

For example, if I want to amend a mapped object or alias object is there a way to see which tests are using it already before I make the changes to ensure I don't break other tests when I make the changes?

Thanks

[AlexKaras]

Hi,

If I got your question right, then the Collect usage statistics option is the thing that might help:

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/options/engines/name-mapping.html

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/object-identification/name-mapping/how-...

[Tris]

Hi Alex,

Not quite what I was looking for, this only gives you an idea of what is being used in the NameMapping, what I was looking for is if there was a way to identify exactly which tests an object is being referred to, so rather than a high level "this object is being used" I would be looking for "this object is being used in test X, Y and Z" specifically.

To my knowledge I don't think there is such a feature (but others like Katalon have this) so was wondering if I had missed something.

Thanks,

Tris

[tphillips]

It's a bit tricky because for example we use the javascript eval() function to programmatically access name mapping, and we often assign name mapping to variables to shorten the lines where we use them. I wouldn't expect TestComplete to know about these instances because they're a little bit obfuscated from it.

For the most part I just use searching (grep, or VSCode's searching) to find where name mapping is used.

[Tris · Accepted solution]

Seems the only way to find some reference of objects is to use the find functionality (ctrl + f) and search the alias/mapped object string. It appears that it will find it if mentioned in the value column of a keyword test or as a string in a script, however it won't pick up an object being used in an action.

[Marsha_R]

@tphillips You can shorten your name mapping references in the Aliases section instead of having to create variables for them.

[Hutchison_J]

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