Ability to specify in which step a parameter should be used
Andrew Godwin
We're using parameters as a way to store input values that testers need to use. I guess it would be really helpful for the tester to know exactly which step to use the parameter value. It's possible to do this with the testing in Azure DevOps...you can @ mention a paramter value in a step and the tester with be shown the appropriate value.
Esteban Aragon
It also could be nice to use a placeholder name, in the steps, which would then be replaced at run-time by the correct value.
This would improve readability at run-time instead of having to refer to a value outside of the steps.
For example, the test case:
| Parameter : "param", values: 0, 1
| Steps:
| - Check that written value is $param
Would generate during a run 2 test cases, with steps:
- First generated case:
| Check that written value is 0
- Second generated case:
| Check that written value is 1
Henrique Paula
I am used to put some values to be checked at the expected result in the parameters so we can write only 1 test and validate different data.
This is a very common and old feature in other test management tools like HP ALM.
Upvoting this now!
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Artem