how to combine multiple project folders into a single folder

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Hi,

I have team and they all worked on the same project for different scenarios. I want to collate them into a single project. how do I do it?

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What you might try is to create a new folder and copy and paste the different scenarios under the new folder, such that you have a match-up into the appropriate folders, such as Test Case, Object Repository, Test Suite, etc. Then, you can reset the KS project (see “How to Reset a KS Project” below) within this new folder and then restart KS on this “new” project.

One item that I see as a concern is if you have a standard naming convention or not. If you don’t, then you may have a dozen different names that represent the same object, or Test Case, and/or you could even overwrite one object with another. In your pasting of scenarios, maybe don’t allow overwrite, or if you get the “overwrite” message, you investigate what items are similarly named.

How to Reset a KS Project

How to Reset a Project

  1. Close your Katalon project

  2. Delete folders

    /bin

    /Libs

    /.cache

    /.classpath

    /.project

— these folders are safe to delete as they will be recreated.

  1. Reopen your project

Edit: I don’t know if you shared the Object Repository(ies) between scenarios or not.

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Please clarify what “collate” mean.
We need to see some example.
Please show us the codes that need to be “collated”.

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I guess that

  1. you and your team are still in an early stage of learning E2E UI-testing using Katalon Studio.
  2. each individuals created their own Katalon projects targetting a single system (Web app).
  3. you ended up multiple Katalon projects for a single Web app.
  4. now you are wondering how to make a single Katalon project for the target web app, while hoping to reuse the codes that your team have developed in their learning phase.

This is what I guess. Am I right?

Let me tell you a fact: Katalon Studio is NOT designed with any magical feature that enables you to collate the existing projects into one.

In my humble opinion, you should leave (throw away) your previous projects. You can look them back, of course. But you should not try to “collate” the existing projects. All you can do is to copy files manually one by one without Katalon’s support.

I would recommend you and your team to create a brand new Katalon project where your team create a set of codes from scratch. I would advise you to

  1. use Git backed by a remote repository such as GitHub for your team to share a single Katalon project.
  2. utilize “sub-folders” for Test Cases, Test Suites, Test Objects etc. Introducing sub-folders will enable you and your team to manage namespaces better.
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as suggested, kindly use software version management tools to collate to your code and reuse them per your business needs