Providing Missing Parameter Values During the Run of a Test
If a parameter's value is missing while a test is run, then the test runner asks for the missing parameter’s value.
The following window opens, where the tester has the option to fill the missing values:
Keep in mind the following rules when providing missing parameter values:
• The user can enter values for all missing parameters, or leave them empty.
• After a value has been entered, the test is reloaded and the placeholder for the provided parameters is replaced with the new value.
• The original ${parameter placeholder displays if the value is left empty.
• The newly provided parameter value is saved to the current test case run and appears in both the parameter list and the reports with the ordinary parameters.
• If a missing parameter value is entered that is used for a single test case run, and discarded afterwards, and the next Test Case Run misses the same parameter value , then it must be entered again. A parameter value provided in the Missing parameter values window is not written back to the test case, but is used for this single test case run. The parameter may have been left empty deliberately because it can only be provided during run-time. Such run-time values must not affect the test case definition because it might be used in multiple places.