Generate tests

Test is an instance of a scenario, a sequence of steps where action words and parameters have been interpreted. So basically, the scenario is a higher level description of the behavior of the application. It generates one or more test instances that will be executed.

You can view the test directly from the scenario page:

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Tests are generated so you cannot modify them directly.

The way the interpretation works during the test generation process is straightforward:

• A step action generates an action where parameters (if any) are interpreted with their values

• A step result generates a result where parameters (if any) are interpreted with their values

• An action word is replaced by the steps it contains or by an action containing its name if it is empty.

So basically a test doesn’t have any action words. It is a sequence of actions and results.

If a scenario has no datatable, it will generate one test. If a scenario has a datatable with N datasets, it will generate N tests, one per dataset.

Given the Scenario Simple Sign in Workflow

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with the following datatable

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and using action word Login

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It generates 2 tests:

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