Referencing Test Steps
When creating a referencing test step, the newly created test step maintains a reference to the original test step. Whenever the original test step changes, the changes are automatically synchronized to the reference test step.
The field values in a reference test step cannot be modified, because that would make the reference logic invalid. The reference test step appears as read-only in the UI.
If required, the user can break this reference relation and turn a reference test step to an copied test step by editing it. By default, a test step can be reused a maximum of 3000 times. A lower limit can be configured in the application configuration with the following expression:
"testManagement" : {
"maxStepReuse" : 2
}
"maxStepReuse" : 2
}
If the limit is reached when a reference test step is added, an error message is shown and the test step must be manually removed.
 | In certain cases it is possible to go over the specified reuse limit. For example, restoring reference test steps from the trash or importing a project with reference steps does not add to the number of reuses. In this case, the reuse limit is ignored. |