Reuse View

The Manual Tester Reuse view lists all the statements saved for reuse. It is available whenever you open Manual Tester, so you can use the saved statements in any manual test scripts.

You use the Reuse view to:

Save a statement or group of statements for reuse. To save test content for reuse, you select one or more statements or groups of statements in the Outline view and drag them into the Reuse view.

Reuse statements. When you want to reuse saved statements, you simply drag the content from the Reuse view to where you want it in the Outline view.

Open saved statements for editing. When it is necessary to change saved statements, you update the script where the statements were originally authored. You can easily locate the script where the statements were originally authored by right-clicking the statements in the Reuse view and clicking Open Script.

Organizing saved statements. You can organize the Reuse view by dragging statements or groups of statements in any order you want. You can also create folders and drag statements into them. To create a new folder in the Reuse view, right-click Reusable Statements and click New Folder. Manual Tester adds to the tree a Temp folder, which you can rename.

Remove saved statements. In the Reuse view, right-click the statement or group of statements and click Remove. Manual Tester removes the statement from the Reuse view. The statements remain intact in all the scripts that reference them.

Note: When you modify or delete a saved statement, Manual Tester does not update the Reuse view until you save the script in which the statement was originally authored.

Manual Tester uses slightly different statement type icons for reusable statements in the Text Editor, the Outline view, and the Reuse view. An icon for a saved statement has a small arrow in the lower left corner. The following table lists the icons that Manual Tester uses when the four different statement types are reused:

Icon Type of Reused Statement
Reused Step icon Step
Reused verification point icon Verification point
Reused reporting point icon Reporting point
Reused group folder link Group folder

See Customizing the Manual Tester window for information on resizing and relocating the Reuse view on the Manual Tester window.

To open: The Reuse view is automatically displayed when Manual Tester starts. If you close Reuse view, in the Manual Tester menu click Window > Show View > Reuse to re-display it.

Parent topic: Reference

Related tasks
Saving Statements for Reuse
Reusing Test Statements
Organizing the Reuse View
Editing Reusable Statements
Deleting Reusable Statements

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