data driven test run - iterations without using inherent parent data

[Doga Ercan]

Hi,

Let's say I have 2 test steps, step1 and step2. step1 is bound to data1 and step2 is bound to data2 and each data source has 3 rows.

Is it possible to use its own data file for each step and run in that way:
step1-data1 row1
step2-data2 row1
step1-data1 row2
step2-data2 row2
step1-data1 row3
step2-data2 row3

I have known how to use inherit parent data feature but I have too many columns for data that's why i don't want to merge them. Without using inherit parent data feature now it works like:
step1-data1 row1
step1-data1 row2
step1-data1 row3
step2-data2 row1
step1-data1 row1
step1-data1 row2
step1-data1 row3
step2-data2 row2
step1-data1 row1
step1-data1 row2
step1-data1 row3
step2-data2 row3

Thanks a lot

Ercan

[Stoich]

Hi Doga,
    why not simply have a data source with two separate columns:

    col1 | col2 |
    ------|--------|
1|  a    |     x    |
2|  b    |     y    |
3|  c    |      z   |
          
Now you can bind the first step to the first column ( $(col1) ) and the second step to the second column ( $(col2).  This will execute like so:
step1- col1 row1
step2- col2 row1
step1- col1 row2
step2- col2 row2
step1- col1 row3
step2- col2 row3
etc..


Best wishes,
Stoich
the Telerik team

[Doga Ercan]

Hi again Stoil,

Yes, you are right that will solve my problem but as i said in my first post i don't prefer to merge two data since those have too many columns. Anyway I wanted to be sure whether it is possible.

Thanks for your attention

Ercan

[Stoich]

Hello Doga,
   I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. It's doable but not out of the box. The require custom solution is not going to be very practical - I would recommend against trying to implement it.

Regards,
Stoich
the Telerik team