Looking to define variable that is available to one test suite, not global variable

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In Katalon Studio is it possible to create variables that are used by test cases in one test suite? I don’t want to use Global Variables as this is a variable that will only be used in a singe test suite. Example:

Test Suite 1 - Document feature tests

  • Test Case 1 - Create document with variable {DOCUMENT_NAME}
  • Test Case 2 - Click on document with variable {DOCUMENT_NAME} and edit it

So {DOCUMENT_NAME} is only available to Test Suite 1. It is not a global variable.

TIA,
Numra

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It can be done. See here:

You can create the {DOCUMENT_NAME} in TC1 and return the value, and then call TC1 from TC2 and use the {DOCUMENT_NAME} from TC1.

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Thank you for responding. I’m new to Katalon Studio so excuse me if I ask a dumb question.

Is it standard to have a test case created to initialize variables that will be called by all the test cases in a test suite? I’m assuming I would return a list or array or some sort with relevant data in that initializing test case?

-Numra

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If I get it correctly, you need some kind of dataset, which would be stored somewhere and it would be present in all your test cases. Maybe a custom keyword would be beneficial for you. Something like this:

public class SampleKeyword {
	
	public static List giveMeMyVariables() {
		// do whatever to fill your list 
		List variables = Arrays.asList("my variable", "another one", "one more")
		return variables
	}
}

And call it in your test cases.

List getVariables = SampleKeyword.giveMeMyVariables()

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I was hoping Katalon Studio had something built in that I could use but yeah this is one custom way I could do it. thank you