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Variables are defined in the Automation Object.

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  1. Create - creates new Variable

  2. Edit - allows edition of Variable details

  3. Delete - removes a variable

Basic Variable definition

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Processing definition

Usage

Concatenate

Concatenate one or more value of variables and constant text.

Constant

Provide the value to fill in the Variable

Read Variable from saved message (XPath)

Provide the XPath/JSONPath or Flat file processing definition to locate the data in the saved input message

Read Variable from message header (XPath)

Provide the XPath/JSONPath or Flat file processing definition to locate the data in the saved input message header

Read Variable from saved response (XPath)

Provide the XPath/JSONPath or Flat file processing definition to locate the data in the saved output message

Read Variable from saved resp. header

Provide the XPath/JSONPath or Flat file processing definition to locate the data in the saved output message header

Read Variable from previous test case

Provide the name of Variable in previous (parent) test case to be loaded in the current Variable during test execution - this will need to match all the variable values

Read Variable from previous TC (filtered)

Provide the name of Variable in previous (parent) test case to be loaded in the current Variable during test execution - this will need to match just one value (use for one-to-many scenarios)

Read secure parameter

Reads the value of secure parameter into the Variable. Please note that test report will not show the variable value, to ensure parameter security

Read user defined value from cockpit

Using this option will enable entering the value for such a Variable from APITester Cockpit before test execution

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Processing definition

Usage

Concatenate

Concatenate one or more value of variables and constant text.

Replace value with constant

Provide the value to fill in the Variable

Generate date

Loads current date into the variable. Use the search help icon:

To open a pop-up which allows to specify date format and date value calculation logic. Read below for more details.

Replace value based on value mapping

Provide the name of the Mapping Object to be used for value replacement. Read this manual section for more details: https://int4support.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IUM/pages/2074083390/Int4+Suite+Configuration#Define-Mapping-Objects-activity

Generate GUID

Used to generate a unique identifier

Generate value from number range

Select the number range within the Automation Object definition to be used for number generation. Read this manual section for more details: https://int4support.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IUM/pages/2062843993/Automation+Objects#Number-Ranges

Add prefix

Specify a prefix string to be added to current variable content

Generate random number

Generates a random number

Read variable from previous test case

Provide the name of Variable in previous (parent) test case to be loaded in the current Variable during test execution

Read secure parameter

Reads the value of secure parameter into the Variable. Please note that test report will not show the variable value, to ensure parameter security

Add suffix

Specify a suffix string to be added to current variable content

Read value from SY structure

Read the value of the system status structures of the ABAP Application server. Choose an item from the dropdown

Read parameter value from TVARVC

This enables reading parameter data from TVARVC table, that contains control parameters, e.g. for background job execution. Use SAP GUI transaction STVARVCto define such parameters.

Read user defined value from cockpit

Using this option will enable entering the value for such a Variable from APITester Cockpit before test execution

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Processing definition

Usage

Concatenate

Concatenate one or more value of variables and constant text.

Read variable from DB res (XPath)

Specify XPath to database structure to capture the value from DB comparison report

Read variable from eCATT Export Param

Specify variable name from eCATT export parameters. This is only available when executing eCATT scripts locally on the same system where Int4 Suite operates!

Read variable from eCATT log (XPath)

Specify XPath to locate data in eCATT execution log XML

Read message ID

Reads the generated message ID, read from the integration platform, for the injected message

Read variable from outbound msg (XPath)

Specify XPath/JSONPath or Flat file expression to read value from the outbound/response message payload

Read variable from resp. header

Specify XPath/JSONPath or Flat file expression to read value from the outbound/response message header

Read outb. message ID

Reads the generated message ID, read from the integration platform, for the outbound message

Read variable from Selenium Script

Read data generated from Selenium Script, based on Selenium Script variable

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Processing definition

Usage

Concatenate

Concatenate one or more value of variables and constant text.

Find using Tracked Field

Used to locate messages in the Boomi platform, using specific Tracked Field name. Such field must be defined in Boomi for the relevant interface for this to work.

Find using XPath

Specify XPath/JSONPath or Flat file expression to locate value field to be compared with Variable value. The values in specified field and in the Variable must be identical.

XPath value contains Variable

Specify XPath/JSONPath or Flat file expression to locate value field to be compared with Variable value. The values in specified field will be matched if any portion of it contains the Variable

Variable contains XPath value

Specify XPath/JSONPath or Flat file expression to locate value field to be compared with Variable value. The values in specified field will be matched if any portion of it is contained in the Variable

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