Learning Center - Parameterise the Data You Entered

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  • If you followed the instructions during the recording part of this tutorial, you will have entered some data using the keyboard as part of your User Journey.
     
  • We will now proceed to parameterise the data you entered with values contained within a simple text file.
     

Data File

  • We need to create a file that contains the values for the parameter.
     
  • Create a simple text file and enter, on separate lines in the file, values that are valid to be entered into the field within the User Journey.
     
  • For example, if your field is the search terms for a bookstore application, you file contents could look like this:


          Decorating
          Windows 7
          Gardening
          …
          …

  • Save the file and make a note of its location.

Locate the step to parameterise

  • To find the step containing the value you entered during the recording, select the User Journey in the navigation tree, right-click and choose “Search / Replace”.
     
  • This will open the Search / Replace dialogue which will allow you to find the value you entered – matching steps will be highlighted in the navigation tree if you choose the "Find All" option.
     
  • Once the step has been found, close the dialogue and select the step to see its properties.

Run the Dynamic Data wizard

  • Locate the value you entered during the recording in the properties panel, highlight it (be careful to highlight no extra characters), right-click, and choose “Convert to Dynamic Data”.
     
  • Again watch the offered “Adding Parameters” video and then proceed to configure the parameter to read data from the first column of your text file, serve the data in a random order, and share the file between all simulated users. A new value should be used from the file every time the step is executed.
     
  • Remember that you can click the “More Details” button on the wizard screens at any stage to receive help on that particular screen.
     
  • If your data file was called c:\data.txt, your wizard screens should look like those shown below.

Paremetrise Entered Data - Wizard

Parametrise Data Wizard

Parametrise Data Wizard

 

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