Adding Test Data

Test Data are the values used during the test case development. Qualitia comes with a built-in Test Data explorer for adding and updating test data.

When developing test cases in Qualitia, you can provide data in the following two ways:

• Static Data

• Parameterized Data

Static Data

As the name suggests, static data has a single static value used when executing test cases. Static data is given in the parameter section against each action in Qualitia. This data should be enclosed in double-quotes ("").

For example, if an object is username and Action is Set, then under Parameter column, type as “John”.

Whenever you change the static data for a step of a task, the change is reflected for all instances of this task across all the test cases.

Parameterized Data

Qualitia gives you the provision to use multiple sets of data when executing test cases.

It allows multiple iterations of a single Test case or multiple iterations of a single task within a test case iteration.

The Test Data feature ensures effective time management and maximum test coverage with minimum updates to the test case. In a Test Data, a TC iteration flows from left to right, whereas a Task Iteration within a TC iteration flows from top to bottom.

Qualitia Test Data Explorer can be used to add or update test data. When you click the Test Data button, from the Test Cases Editor screen, Qualitia opens a spreadsheet which allows adding or updating Test Data to use while executing the test case.

To add/ edit Test Data:

1. Click the Test Data button present in the right pane.
   The Test Data Explorer opens.

2. Click  (Edit Data button) to start adding or editing values in the Test Data Explorer. The whole test case is locked for that user.

3. The following values are displayed in the second row.

   1. TC Iteration: Enter the number for every TC Iteration. There must be at least one TC Iteration for executing the test case.

   2. Selection: Enter True or False for enabling or disabling iterations. Disabled iterations (False) are not considered when the test case is executed.

   3. DataSetTag: Enter a label for identifying the dataset in the test case execution report. Entering data in this column is optional.

4. From the third row, enter the values in their respective formats. The first row displays the different Tasks highlighted in grey color. Each Task covers its parameters in the second row.

5. If you want a Task Iteration, insert a row without specifying the TC Iteration number. Enter the values for parameters in the task iteration. Add more Tasks iterations by inserting new rows.
6. Once all the data is added or edited, click the Save button located in the Test Editor screen.

Validations in Parameterized Test Data 

Test data validations, while saving test data or importing test data through an excel file, are as follows:

• Blank Data

  Error message displayed is “ Some cells are left blank. Enter the data in the highlighted fields.” Enter the values in the blank cells. If you do not want to add values, enter as $Null$.

  
  

• Task Name Mismatch

  Error message displayed is “Mismatch in the task name. Enter the correct task name." Correct any task name that is missing or its name has changed.

  
  

• Parameters Mismatch

  Error message displayed is “Some Parameters names or their order have changed. Correct the parameter names and arrange them in the original order.” Correct the sequence of parameters or their names.

In the Test Data explorer, the missing or wrong values are highlighted in red. In case of uploading through the excel file, you can view these messages in the TestDataErrorlog.txt.