Run a data-driven test

Finished our data-driven test, and you can run it. This works the same as for other tests.

Screencast: The screencast Running a data-driven test walks you through the information found in this chapter

1. Check if all variables are bound correctly.

2. Click RUN

Result

Once the test has finished, the report appears. The rows of the data-driven test case are shown in the results.

Result details for a data-driven test

When you take a more detailed look at the test case, we see that it was iterated once for each data row. So, in total, the test case was run 8 times. The details for each iteration also show the current variable values for this iteration.

If you want to execute a data-driven test that uses Excel connectors in a Runtime or Remote Environment or the Test Suite Runner, the target machine does not need to have an Excel license installed.

Simply install the Microsoft Access Database Engine >= 2013 on the target machine and you can run the test.

You can also view Excel data sources, but you have to select Auto-range or specify a range manually when creating the respective Excel data connector. Editing Excel data sources still requires MS Excel.

You can configure the behavior of the Excel-free execution implementation in the solution settings file.

1. In the projects view, open the solution settings file.
   

2. Locate the setting <Testing.Data.ExcelDataLoadingPreference>

3. Enter one of four options (all are entered in the image for illustration purposes):