About Manual test step
The Manual test step is used to get manual user interaction in a test. For example:
- Startup devices (for example, your mobile phone).
- Press some button on device or perform action on website (manual step).
- Check database / logs for manual action verification.
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Manual test steps are skipped when they are run from the command line since the test runner cannot interact with pop-ups by default. To enable them, use the Enable UI test runner option when running from the GUI or use the -i command-line argument. |
Editing Manual test step
You can modify settings of a test step in its editor:
Test Step Name
The test step’s name.
Description
Text description of the actions to perform.
Expected Result
Text description of the expected results.
Property list
Besides the test step editor, you can adjust the test step’s behavior by using its properties in the Step Properties and Custom Manual Test Step Properties panels in the Navigator.
Step Properties | View ↓
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Text describing the test step.
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| Name |
The test step’s name. |
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| Name |
The test step’s name. |
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| Description |
Text describing the test step.
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Custom Manual Test Step Properties | View ↓
Values on the Custom Manual Test Step Properties tab are available to other test steps in your project. For instance, you can verify these property values with the Assertion test step, or check them and change the execution flow with the Conditional GoTo test step.
You can modify custom properties, load their values from a file, or save them to a file. To learn more, see About Properties.
This tab contains the following properties that provide access to the request and response data:
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| ExpectedResult |
Text describing the expected result.
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| Result |
The actual result of the last test step run. |
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| ExpectedResult |
Text describing the expected result.
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| Result |
The actual result of the last test step run. |
Working with
Below, you can find information on common tasks that you can perform with the Manual test step.
Run Manual test step
When the Manual test step runs in the test case, the run will stop and show the Run Manual Test Step dialog:
Perform the described actions and specify the result in the dialog. When you click OK, ReadyAPI continues the test run.
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| Description | Shows the specified test step’s description. | ||
| Expected Result | Shows the description of the expected result. | ||
| Result | Specifies the actual result of performing test actions.
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| URL list | The list of URLs to any relevant resources (for example, shared screenshots). | ||
| Result Status | The result of a test step:
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