Pass a value to a Test As Step from parent/calling test?

Hi,

This really sounds like a data-driven scenario, which you can accomplish by passing the parent data source to the child test via the InheritParentDataSource test property. Other than that you can use the data extraction, basically save a value during test run to consume in the child test as well. See this article for example.

Regards,
Konstantin Petkov
Telerik

Thank you for the reply, Konstantin.

I'm not sure a datadriven approach is suitable for this scenario.  We want to be able to reuse the example "Execute test 'Search'" Test multiple times within a single test run, with different data each time "Search" is called.  To do this in the same test would require multiple rows in the "Search" column of the data source.  I believe each row is handled as a separate iteration and is not what we are attempting to do in this situation because our desired test occurs in a single iteration.

1. Type 'user01' into UserNameTextbox
2. Type 'pw01' into PasswordTextbox
3. LeftClick on LoginButton
4. Execute test 'Search'
5. Execute test 'Verify Results'
6. Execute test 'Search'
7. Execute test 'Verify Results'
8. Execute test 'Search'
9. Execute test 'Verify Results'

Is it possible, given the above test, to bind ColumnA to the search test, and have values "search1", "search2" and "search3" be executed at steps 4,6 and 8?

Hello Nick,

You are absolutely correct about data rows driving the test execution in iteration for each row. That scenario doesn't seem to be suitable for a data-driven approach. Please give the value extraction a try instead.

Regards,
Konstantin Petkov
Telerik