Execution Profile (v5.4+)

[venkatasairk.dudduku]

@Ibus

I have verified the suggested experiment and I see that it is taking the values(parameters) from intended profile. Thank you for the clarification.

[vtanguturi]

Hi there,
Thanks for this document and it was very help full how to create global variables at run time. I am looking for creating a global variable of Array type so I can use it across my test. How do I create array type variable.

[ThanhTo]

@vtanguturi

You should see an option List in the Value Type drop down

[vtanguturi]

I think your example is for creating variables in default profile. But I am looking for script to run to create global variable for arrays at run time. Something similar to

@Keyword
static void addGlobalVariable(String name, def value) {
GroovyShell shell1 = new GroovyShell()
MetaClass mc = shell1.evaluate(“internal.GlobalVariable”).metaClass
String getterName = “get” + name.capitalize()
mc.‘static’.“$getterName” = { → return value }
mc.‘static’.“$name” = value
}

Thanks

[ThanhTo]

@vtanguturi

I haven’t tried this keyword myself. But have you tried to use it to create an array ?

WhateverTheClassIs.addGlobalVariable('yourVar', ['fsafas','fasfsa','fasfsa']);

and in your test case try to

println GlobalVariable.yourVal

Please try to see if it works. Looking at the logic, I suspect it might.

[vtanguturi]

Thanks for the help. it worked.

[staniere]

Hello,
as asked by lbk, I would like to combine Global variables

Example, I need to define a directory path, and would like to define sub directory path accordingly.

I tried by using ${Share} syntax inside variable value, but it does not retrieve variable (${Share} is not replaced by its value)

Example :

   <GlobalVariableEntity>
      <description></description>
      <initValue>'\\\\sdb02\\Share023\\'</initValue>
      <name>Share</name>
   </GlobalVariableEntity>
   <GlobalVariableEntity>
      <description></description>
      <initValue>'${Share}Interfaces\\out\\SCM_TEST\\'</initValue>
      <name>Share_MySCM_TEST</name>
   </GlobalVariableEntity>

@lbk, did you find a way to combine global variables ?

[kazurayam]

The doc tells:

Starting from version 7.4.2 , you can configure a default profile at project level.
Right-click on your desired execution profile and select Set as default Execution Profile .

I do not understand what it means setting an Execution Profile as default, how Katalon Studio behaves. The description in this document is not descriptive enough.

On the other hand, at a post for How to centralise common global variables which repeat in different Profile? - #2 by ThanhTo, @ThanhTo wrote:

During the execution, if Katalon does not find a variable that is used in the test within the designated profile, it’ll look into Default Profile.

Ah, gotcha!

I think ThanhTo’s sentence should be pasted into the official documentation to make it clearer.

[emir.salihagic]

Is there a possibility to use global variable inside other global variable

i.e. my URL is changing with different servers so first part of it is global variable + static part + ID which is changing again.

Can I have this as global variable in which I can define parts of URL as per my other global variables and static text

i.e. GlobalVariable.URL which contains --> GlobalVariable.1 + static text + GlobalVariable.2
GlobalVariable.URL = GlobalVariable.1 + static text + GlobalVariable.2

[grylion54]

@emir.salihagic Yes, I do it all the time to check our page timestamp.

WebUI.verifyMatch(WebUI.getText(findTestObject(‘myPage/li_LastUpdatedTimeStamp’),
‘Last Updated by ’ + GlobalVariable.gUserName + ’ on ’ + GlobalVariable.gFormattedDate + ’ .*’, true)

Also, if you are going to do some string manipulation, you should attach the toString() method, such as

GlobalVariable.gUserName.toString().lowerCase()

[Shin]

Hello All,

We’ve updated the document regarding your concerns over the Profile Inheritance, please read here for more details.

Shin

[Scrappy_Coco]

Hi there, I had a question about parameterizing a GlobalVariable within a test object. I’ve noticed that if I start my global variable with a digit, the functionality does not work as shown. Is this intended? Screenshot of how intended to use this:

[grylion54]

In Groovy, variables are not allowed to start with a number. (Many programming languages have a similar rule.)

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/groovy/groovy_basic_syntax.htm

Identifiers

Identifiers are used to define variables, functions or other user defined variables. Identifiers start with a letter, a dollar or an underscore. They cannot start with a number. Here are some examples of valid identifiers −

def employeename 
def student1 
def student_name

where def is a keyword used in Groovy to define an identifier.

[Scrappy_Coco]

Thanks for the help @grylion54 , I suspected that might of been the case but I didn’t find it in my googling. I must have missed that, thank you.