#29: Search/Find/Filter Clients (Test Data Preparation)

Test data preparation; Search as you type

This exercise will introduce an important concept in E2E Test Automation: Test Data Preparation. Like many websites, the WhenWise app has a search function. In this exercise, we will do a simple search, finding clients by name.

Learning Objectives

• Test Data Preparation

• Make test data available for all test cases in one test script

• Search-as-you-type text field

Test Design

For customer name searching, we must prepare a set of person names first (for different scenarios). There are two methods:

• Using seeded data

• Enter new test data for this test script

Method 1: (pure) Seeded test data

The test script depends on the seeded test data if the app provides this utility (WhenWise does, see this article).

Pros:

• Very simple (for this test script), just use them.

• Test execution will be fast

Cons:

• Efforts to create and maintain the test data

• If there are changes to seeded client test data, this test script (most likely) will fail.

Method 2: Fresh newly created test data for this test script