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Apple Inc
IN
Last activity: 13 Sep 2021 2:58 EDT
Scenario based testing - How to pass user selected value at runtime to click event
We have a dropdown which has values as 1,2,3 and displays A, B, C in the UI in DEV environment Ex: A-1 (DEV) A- 5 (Other higher environment) B-2 (DEV) B- 6 (Other higher environment) C-3 (DEV) C- 7 (Other higher environment)
While selecting any value from dropdown, on UI as it shows the text value A,B,C and upon selection it will update the properties with corresponding values in background i.e. 1,2,3.
For the same UI value in the dropdown in other environment/s the code gets changed i.e. 5,6,7, due to which at run time the captured value is expecting the code as 1,2,3 and ultimately fails. Currently, we have to go to each environment and update the values accordingly in the test cases which is tedious work. So. Can we get these values dynamically by relying on any clipboard pages at runtime so that the test case does not fail.
So, the question are, a) Can we read "Named Page" (may be pyWorkPage or user defined page) from the clipboard where this value is already associated and get that value at run time? b) If we source "Dynamic" with our own Data Page then it is throwing an exception in the background.
coforge
IN
Hope you are using latest scenario test component available at market place https://community.pega.com/marketplace/components/pega-test-automation-kit
Answers a) you can refer page.property in test case steps by selecting dynamic, pages should have created as part of setup before test case steps execution started, at least those pages should have created as part of test case setup ( from activity or data transform etc.. ) or pages might have created and exist in clipboard before execution starts .but if a page and its properties created after scenario test started execution then those pages and its properties can not be referred in test case steps.
b) At present, we support top level pages ( ex: page.property, page group props, page list props ) we are yet to support data pages to refer as part of test case steps for dynamic values. ( As they are declarative and parameterized )
One work around we can suggest is, if you are able to load pages in clipboard before test case steps execution starts then you can refer those pages in test case steps. here loading data page content into another top level page by using setup activity or Data transform.
Let me know if you need any further assistance here.