Advanced UFT 12 for Test Engineers Cookbook

Storing data in a DataTable

Sometimes, data that is collected during a run session might be needed for later use. For example, suppose that Application Under Test (AUT) is a mobile operator management system. We could begin by executing a customer creation process, during which a customer ID is assigned automatically by the system. We then proceed with the other operations, such as selecting a phone number, an IMEI, credit card details, and so on. Later, we may wish to retrieve the customer records and update some personal data such as the mailing address. For this purpose, we will keep the customer ID in the global datasheet, so that any action that is executed, which can be referenced later (for example, one that performs a customer search), ...