Create Flow/Test Parameters Dialog Box

This dialog box enables you to define criteria for creating, naming, and generating flow and test parameters.

To access

From the Test Plan module > Test Script tab, select the business process test that contains the relevant business component or flow, or select the flow that contains the relevant business component. Click the Iterations link for the component or flow whose input parameters you want to use as a basis for generating test input parameters. In the Iteration page, click the Create Flow/Test Parameters button.

Important information

  • While defining iterations for business components or flows, you can generate test parameters to use as values for component or flow parameters.
  • While defining iterations for business components, you can also generate flow parameters to use as values for component parameters.
  • You can also generate flow/test parameters automatically from the Group Iterations dialog box, based on input parameters for components within component groups. You generate flow input parameters from the Group Iterations dialog box as you would from the Component Iterations dialog box.
  • The business component or flow must already have at least one parameter defined.
  • You can generate flow/test input parameters based on existing input parameters for a component or flow. When the component or flow runs, its parameters take the values assigned to the corresponding test or flow parameters.
Relevant tasks

Define iterations for components, flows, and groups

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element Description
Flow/Test Parameter Creation Criteria

  • Use the same flow/test parameter for each iteration. Clears the flow or test parameter values between iterations so that the same parameter names are used for every iteration, but the values are not passed from one iteration to the next.
  • Use a different flow/test parameter for each iteration. Automatically creates a new flow or test parameter for each iteration. The parameter values are saved with each iteration run.
Parameter Name

Include component name before flow/test parameter name. If checked, adds the component or flow name as a prefix preceding the generated flow/test parameter name.

Example: Provides an example of the generated parameter name based on the selected criteria.
Create flow/test parameters for

  • Empty cells only. Creates flow/test parameters only for cells that do not contain any value (default).
  • Empty cells and cells with default values. Creates flow/test parameters for all cells that either do not contain a value or contain the default value defined in the component or flow parameter.
  • All cells. Creates flow/test parameters for all cells in the Component Iterations, Group Iterations, or Flow Iterations dialog boxes.
Create

Creates flow or test parameters based on the specified criteria, and adds iterations as necessary.