Retrieving data from a DataTable
DataTable is a UFT object that acts as a wrapper to an MS Excel file, and its scope is global. This means that it can be accessed from any action within a test, as well as from function libraries that were attached to the test. When you create a new test or open an existing UFT test, you will notice that the DataTable pane will always show a global datasheet and a local one for each existing action within the test.
Getting ready
Prior to getting started with this recipe, please ensure that you have followed the Creating a DataTable parameter recipe.
How to do it...
We will retrieve the value of a DataTable parameter, namely, LocalParam1, from the Action1 local sheet with the following code written in the code editor ...
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