Editing Variants in Test Configurations

Use

You have the following options:

Copy variants.
Manually overwrite individual fields of variants.
Use the wizard to link empty fields of variants belonging to a test configuration to fields of variants belonging to test data containers. You can link:
- The fields of a variant to the corresponding fields of a variant. The corresponding fields have the same parameter names.
- A single field to a single field. The parameter name in the test configuration need not be the same as that in the test data container.
- All fields of a parameter to a single field. The parameter name in the test configuration need not be the same as that in the test data container.

Procedure

Copying Variants

On the Variants tab, select the variant to be copied.

Choose Copy Variant .

Using the Variant Maintenance Wizard

On the Variants tab, choose Variant Maintenance Wizard .

The variant maintenance wizard appears. The left half of the screen displays the variants belonging to a test data container. The right half of the screen displays the variants belonging to the test configuration.

Use and to scroll through the test data containers.

Adding Variants

Choose Add Variant . For more information, see Creating Variants in Test Configurations .

Linking Fields in Rows

Select one or more variants belonging to a test data container.
Select one or more variants belonging to the test configuration.
Choose .

The empty fields of the variants belonging to the test configuration are filled. The value in a field is determined by the following syntax:

<parameter name>(<alias>,<variant>)

where the parameter name, alias, and variant all refer to a test data container.

If you chose one variant from the test data container, all the variants in the test configuration are affected.

If you chose several variants from both test data container and test configuration, the one at the top of the list for the test data container is linked to the one at the top of the list for the test configuration, the second is linked to the second, and so on down the list.

If more variants were selected from the test data container than from the test configuration, the surplus ones have no effect.
Choose .

Linking Single Fields

Select a field belonging to a test data container.
Select an empty field belonging to the test configuration.
Choose Link Individual Field .

The field belonging to the test configuration is filled. The value in a field is determined by the following syntax:

<parameter name>(<alias>,<variant>)

where the parameter name, alias, and variant all refer to a test data container.
Choose .

Linking Fields in a Column to a Single Field

Select a field belonging to a test data container.
Select a field belonging to the test configuration.
Choose Insert Field in Column .

All the empty fields in the column are filled. The value in a field is determined by the following syntax:

<parameter name>(<alias>,<variant>)

where the parameter name, alias, and variant all refer to a test data container.
Choose .