Adding and consuming test data queue items

This tutorial shows you how to work with the test data queue activities.

In the given scenario, we generate random values, add them as items to a test data queue, and use them to fill out loan application forms in the UiBank app. Let's break down the process that this tutorial guides you on:

1. Generate the data used to fill in the Apply for a loan form in the UiBank app:
   1. Enter the number of test data queue items you want to add.
   2. Generate the necessary random values for a loan application.
   3. Add these values as items to a test data queue.
2. Retrieve the items from the test data queue and use them to fill in the form:
   1. Retrieve these items from the test data queue.
   2. Use these items to fill in the Apply for a loan form in the UiBank app with the help of UIAutomation activities.

Prerequisites

• The Test Automation module in Orchestrator, used as the Testing tab.
• Testing.Activities
• UIAutomation.Activities
• System.Activities

1. Generate the loan data

Start by deciding the number of items you want to add to the test data queue. For each item generate random values for various parameters such as first name, last name, age, yearly income, and loan amount.

1. Create a test data queue in Orchestrator. Go to the Testing tab, select Test Data Queues, and create a queue called TMDTQueue.

2. Open your project in Studio and create a new Workflow. Name it GenerateLoanData.

3. Add an Input Dialog activity with the following settings:

   1. Input Label: "Records".
   2. Dialog Title: "Enter the records".
   3. Input Type: Text Box.
   4. In the Value entered field, create a variable for saving the number of records entered. For this example, name the variable records_new.

4. Add an Assign activity to convert the string variable you previously created to Int32. Create an Int32 variable named count and assign it the following expression: Convert.ToInt32(records_new).

5. Add another Assign activity to initialize a counter. Create an Int32 variable called numRec and assign it the value 1. It acts as your counter for the upcoming While loop.

   

6. Add a While activity and set the Condition as numRec <= count. This ensures that the loop executes as long as numRec is less than or equal to count.

7. Add a Try Catch activity within the While loop. This helps managing any errors during execution.

8. Inside the Try block, add activities to generate random first name, last name, loan amount, age, yearly income, and loan term.

   1. Use the Given Name activity to generate a random first name. Store the generated value within a variable named firstName.

   2. Use the Last Name activity to generate a random last name. Store the generated value within a variable named lastName.

   3. Use four Random Number activities to generate random Decimal values for parameters like loan amount, age, yearly income, and loan term.

      Parameter	Min value	Max value	Output variable
      Loan amount	5000	100000	loanAmount
      Age	18	100	age
      Yearly income	100000	1000000	yearlyIncome
      Loan term	5	5	loanTerm

   

9. Add an Assign activity to generate an email address based on the first names and last names generated previously. Within a String variable (named email), save the following value: firstName+lastName+"@gmail.com".

10. Add an Add Test Data Queue Item activity to add the generated values as items into the queue.

    1. Input a Queue Name. For this example, input TDMTQueue.

    2. In the Items dictionary, add key-value pairs for each parameter generated previously. The value for each pair will be the variable where you store the corresponding generated value. For this example, add the following key-value pairs:

       Key	Type	Value
       loanAmount	System.Decimal	loanAmount
       age	System.Decimal	age
       yearlyIncome	System.Decimal	yearlyIncome
       email	String	email
       term	System.Decimal	term
       id	Int32	idInteger
       firstName	String	firstName
       lastName	String	lastName

11. Add an Assign activity to increment the counter variable value by 1: numRec = numRec + 1.

    

2. Fill in the loan form

Now let's use the random values stored in the queue to fill out a loan application form in the UiBank app.

1. Create another Workflow within your Studio project. Name it LoanApplication.

2. Add an Get Test Data Queue Item activity to retrieve the queue items you previously added. Provide the same Queue Name. For this example, input TDMTQueue and save the queue items within a Dictionary(<String,Object>) variable, named data.

3. Add Assign activities to store the values you want to retrieve from the queue items. For this example, add five activities, for the following values: email, loan amount, term, yearly income, and age. Make sure each value corresponds to its key in the data dictionary.

   Save to	Value to save
   email	data.Item("email")
   loanAmount	data.Item("loanAmount")
   term	data.Item("term")
   yearlyIncome	data.Item("yearlyIncome")
   age	data.Item("age")

   

4. Add an Use Application/Browser activity to automate the UiBank app. In the browser URL field input the login page of the UiBank app: "https://uibank.uipath.com/welcome".

   1. Add two Type Into activities, to insert the username and password. Input your credentials as plain text.
   2. Use a series of Click activities to automate the following:
      1. Click the Sign in button.
      2. Consent to the Privacy Policy by clicking I agree.
      3. Navigate to the loan application form by clicking Products, then Loans, and lastly, Apply for a Loan.
   3. Add five Type Into activities to input the test data queue values. Use the .toString method because these fields only accept String variables.
   4. Lastly, add a Click activity, to click the Submit Loan Application button.

   

Sample workflow

To follow the steps of this tutorial and try it out yourself, download the following sample project: TestDataQueuesActivitiesSample.