https://sourceforge.net/p/steppingframework/wiki/StepType_Data/Recent changes to StepType_DataenFri, 28 Feb 2014 02:28:16 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/steppingframework/wiki/StepType_Data/<div class="markdown_content"><h1 id="data">Data</h1> <p>Calling Data in a Step Sequence allows you to create parameters from a row of data in a datasheet</p> <h2 id="how-each-column-is-used">How each column is used:</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Column Name</th> <th>Value</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>iID</td> <td>The ID used to uniquely identify the current Step Sequence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>iSeq</td> <td>Optional/Purely cosmetic, only used to help you structure you step sequences</td> </tr> <tr> <td>cStepType</td> <td>Data</td> </tr> <tr> <td>cField</td> <td>The ID used to uniquely identify the row of data in the datasheet</td> </tr> <tr> <td>cValue</td> <td>The name of the data sheet containing the data to save as parameters</td> </tr> <tr> <td>cTiming</td> <td>The path to the folder containing the data sheet that contains the data</td> </tr> <tr> <td>cExpect</td> <td>Not Used</td> </tr> <tr> <td>cOnError</td> <td>Not Used</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2 id="example-usage">Example usage:</h2> <p>In this example Business Process 13 is adding a person in the application, this could be adding a student in a School Database or a new customer in a retail sales system.</p> <p>Given the following datasheet that is stored at \TestingServer\TestingShare\DataSheets\BP13Data.tsv</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>iID</th> <th>GivenName</th> <th>Surname</th> <th>DateOfBirth</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>BP13Case001</td> <td>Tom</td> <td>Jackson</td> <td>2010-08-08</td> </tr> <tr> <td>BP13Case002</td> <td>Megawatikesuma</td> <td></td> <td>2001-06-18</td> </tr> <tr> <td>BP13Case003</td> <td></td> <td>Franklin</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>BP13Case004</td> <td>震嶽</td> <td>張</td> <td>1969-03-29</td> </tr> <tr> <td>BP13Case005</td> <td>Афанасий</td> <td>Аминев</td> <td>1945-10-01</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>iID</th> <th>iSeq</th> <th>cStepType</th> <th>cField</th> <th>cValue</th> <th>cTiming</th> <th>cExpect</th> <th>cOnError</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Seq001</td> <td>1</td> <td>Data</td> <td>BP13Case001</td> <td>BP13Data</td> <td>\TestingServer\TestingShare\DataSheets</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>When the data step is called in this example 4 parameters are created as follows:</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Parameter Name</th> <th>Value</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>iID</td> <td>BP13Case001</td> </tr> <tr> <td>GivenName</td> <td>Tom</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Surname</td> <td>Jackson</td> </tr> <tr> <td>DateOfBirth</td> <td>2010-08-08</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>These Parameters can then be used in future steps by placing {} around the parameter name e.g {GivenName}. For more details see the section on <span>[Parameterisation]</span></p></div>Dave AmiesFri, 28 Feb 2014 02:28:16 -0000https://sourceforge.net5278cadd550f1c1d32feb3ed575c8dbdbccec67b