Creating a Datapool

A datapool is a test dataset, a collection of related data records which supplies realistic data values to the variables in a test script during test script playback.

You can create data from scratch or import existing data into a new datapool from another Functional Tester datapool, an IBM Rational TestManager datapool, or a .csv file.

Prerequisites:

To create a datapool:

  1. Click Create a Test Datapool (Create a Test Datapool).

  2. Take one of the following steps:

      1. Type the name of the new datapool.

      2. Either type the path to the folder you want or click Browse to browse to the path and folder.

      3. Click Open.

      4. If you create the Functional Tester project in a ClearCase VOB, you can add the datapool to ClearCase after you create it.

      5. Take one of the following steps:

        1. To create an empty datapool, if there is a filename in the Import From list, select the filename and delete it, and then click Finish.

        2. To import data into the datapool, go to the next step.

  1. To import data from a Functional Tester or IBM Rational TestManager datapool, or from a .csv file take one of the following steps:

  1. Click Finish.

    A new datapool appears.

Related Topics:

Import Datapool Dialog Box

Editing Datapools

 

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