With the prerequisites in place, you can now create a test case to use the data in tests.
To create a new functional test:
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Select File > New Functional Test.
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Select Endpoint.
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Click Next.
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Enter the following URL:
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Click Next.
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On the next page of the wizard, select if you want to create a new project for the URL you have added, or add it to the existing project.
Click Next to continue.
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On the next page of the wizard, you can add assertions to new requests. In this tutorial, we will not use the suggested assertions, so unselect them and click Next.
ReadyAPI will create a project and display the confirmation dialog. This dialog offers to Add Data from an Excel file. Since you will use a database as the data source, close the dialog for now.
Now, you can set up the data source.