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Tutorials for testing in the UI Test perspective
You can use the tutorials to get started with testing in the UI Test perspective in HCL OneTest™ UI.
Lesson 9: Adding a loop
You can learn about adding a loop to a test so that the test runs repeatedly for a specified number of time, while fetching values from an associated dataset. You can either select a count-based, a time-based, or an infinite loop for the test. You can set the loop to infinite if you want the test to fetch the data from all the rows in a dataset.

Tutorials
You can learn to start using HCL OneTest™ UI by reviewing the information in the Tutorials for the UI Test perspective and Functional Test perspective.
- Tutorials for testing in the UI Test perspective
  You can use the tutorials to get started with testing in the UI Test perspective in HCL OneTest™ UI.
  - Lesson 1: Recording actions on an AUT
    You can learn about recording actions that you perform on a web application in the UI Test perspective.
  - Lesson 2: Creating a verification point
    You can learn about creating a verification point for an action that you recorded on an application under test (AUT). Verification points verify that a certain action has taken place, or they verify the state of a control or an object during the play back of tests.
  - Lesson 3: Running a test
    You can learn about running a test to verify whether a test scenario is played back successfully by HCL OneTest™ UI.
  - Lesson 4: Test log and reports
    You can learn about the test log and reports that are generated by HCL OneTest™ UI after a test run is complete. You can use the data in the log and reports to analyze the test results and confirm whether the test run was successful.
  - Lesson 5: Splitting actions in a test
    You can learn about splitting the actions of a test into test segments with different nodes. If a test contains many actions, you can split the test to create multiple nodes with meaningful test segments. You can then perform various actions such as inserting a loop, inserting a condition, and so on to the test segments of the selected nodes. You can also move a node from the existing test to a new test, and add the new test to a compound test that consists of various other tests that can be run sequentially.
  - Lesson 6: Creating a dataset
    You can learn about creating a dataset for a test so that you can fetch the variable dataset values at the run time. A dataset is a collection of related data records that you can use to substitute the data in the test.
  - Lesson 7: Associating a dataset with a test
    You can learn about associating a dataset with a recorded test to add actual data to the test during the playback. The associated dataset is accessed during the playback of the test and the actual data in the test is substituted with the variable data in the dataset.
  - Lesson 8: Creating a compound test
    You can learn about creating a compound test with multiple tests. Every individual test within the compound test performs a part of the main scenario. When you run the compound test, the individual tests are run in sequence.
  - Lesson 9: Adding a loop
    You can learn about adding a loop to a test so that the test runs repeatedly for a specified number of time, while fetching values from an associated dataset. You can either select a count-based, a time-based, or an infinite loop for the test. You can set the loop to infinite if you want the test to fetch the data from all the rows in a dataset.
- Tutorials for testing in the Functional Test perspective
  You can use the tutorials to get started with testing in the Functional Test perspective in HCL OneTest™ UI.
- Tutorials for testing in the Visual Studio IDE
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Lesson 9: Adding a loop

You can learn about adding a loop to a test so that the test runs repeatedly for a specified number of time, while fetching values from an associated dataset. You can either select a count-based, a time-based, or an infinite loop for the test. You can set the loop to infinite if you want the test to fetch the data from all the rows in a dataset.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Read and been familiar with running tests. See Lesson 3: Running a test.
Read and been familiar with adding a loop to a test. See Adding a loop.
Associated a dataset with the test. See Lesson 7: Associating a dataset with a test.
Ensured that the WikiCompoundTest test is displayed in the Compound Test Contents panel of the test editor window. See Lesson 8: Creating a compound test.

About this task

For the test scenario in this tutorial, you can use AnimalsDataset as the associated dataset that has three entries. You can add a loop with three iterations to the test.

Procedure

Select the wiki-search-animals test in the Compound Test Contents panel, and then click Insert > Loop.

The New Loop dialog is displayed.
Click Yes to move the wiki-search-animals test to a new loop.
The wiki-search-animals test is displayed within a loop in the Compound Test Contents panel.
Enter wiki-loop as the loop name in the Loop Details panel.
Select the Count-based option, and then enter 3 in the iterations field.
Click File > Save to save the changes.
Click Run Compound Test to run the test.
The Confirm Perspective Switch dialog is displayed.
Click Switch to run the test in the Test Execution perspective.
Select Chrome in the Run Configuration dialog.
Click Finish.
The compound test run begins. The wiki-search-animals test runs three times while fetching the data from the AnimalsDataset dataset.

Results

You have learned to add a loop to a test so that the test runs repeatedly for a specified number of time.

What to do next

You can verify whether the recorded actions are successfully displayed in the test log and test reports after the test run is completed. You can verify the following:

The associated dataset is successfully applied for the search action during the playback.
The animal name in the test is substituted with the animal names that are listed in the dataset.
The test is successfully repeated for the specified number of iterations.