Please tell me if this is possible to have angle parameter in the table of Example (of Scenario Outline). I am new in feature file development hence need your help.
Feature: Testing table can have angle parameter of examples
Scenario Outline: outline
When a table step:
| Day | Months |
| 30 | <Months> |
Then verify if day exist in this month<DoesContainInThisMonth>
Examples:
| Months | DoesContainInThisMonth |
| Jan | No |
| Feb | No |
| Mar | Yes |
I do not have a straight solution to this problem the way you are looking for.
But maybe a different approach could help.
To give an example: in the column "Months" you could have a list of months that meet each requirement ("Days"?). And then, check if a specific month is included in this list in the StepDefinitions code. This way, you only need one table.
In my opinion that makes the test more clear, which is one of the benefits of BDD.
If you provide more information about the objective of this scenario, it is likely more contributing answers will come up.
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I feel I have reached a fundamental dillema in writing BDD scenarios as a tester.
When writing BDD scenarios from testing perspective, I tend to end up using concrete examples with concrete data and observing the state, i.e. Given these initial values, When user performs an action, Then these final values should be observed. Example with an initial dataset given in Background:
Background:
Given following items are in the store
| type | name | X | Y | Z | tags |
| single | el1 | 10 | 20 | 1.03 | t1 |
| multi | el2 | 10 | 20 | 30 | t2 |
| single | el3 | 10 | 3.02 | 30 | t3 |
Scenario: Adding tag to multi-type item
Given Edit Item Popup is opened for item: el2
When user adds tag NEWTAG
And user clicks on Apply changes button
Then item store should display following items
| type | name | X | Y | Z | tags |
| single | el1 | 10 | 20 | 1.03 | t1 |
| multi | el2 | 10 | 20 | 30 | t2, NEWTAG |
| single | el3 | 10 | 3.02 | 30 | t3 |
The initial dataset from Background can be reused in all (or most) scenarios that deal with modifying and adding/deleting items, in relation to particular feature. I can also iterate the scenario over some data set that explores the problem space, boundary conditions etc. (trivial example here: tags with too many or forbidden chars).
But when requirements are not entirely clear I sometimes go with a different approach and start from a more abstract description of the behavior (so that scenarios can become the specification), which seems to me as the more (for lack of a better word) correct way of doing BDD. So I end up with behavior descriptions which are perfectly clear when a human is reading them from the requirement analysis position, but appear to be extremely vague when you shift to testing perspective:
Scenario: Adding tag to multi-type item
Given Edit Item Popup is opened for multi-type item
When user adds a new tag
And user clicks on Apply changes button
Then that item should have that tag displayed in item store
For some reason I feel way better writing a scenario like that, as it seems closer to BDD ideals (describing the behavior, doh!). But at the same time I feel terrible because of 2 reasons:
A lot of details are implicit here and thus hidden deep in the implementation. Because of that, while implementing, we need to ask ourselvs a ton of questions like 'what initial data should I use here?', 'how to keep track of which item are we handling?', 'how deep should I examine the final state?'. This all goes away when you just compare final state with a reference table, as in the first approach.
(Possibly more serious) I am not exploring the problem space here at all, while bugs often await us somewhere in dark corners of that space.
One could argue that these 2 approaches I presented are just extreme ends of a spectrum, but I still see them fundamentally different, and often find myself wondering which approach to chose.
So, how do you write your BDD (test) scenarios? Data-driven and state-comparing, or full blown abstract descriptions of behavior?
I have a linked table to a Outlook Mailitem folder in my Access Database. This is handy in that it keeps itself constantly updated, but I can't add an extra field to relate these records to a parent table.
My workaround was to put an automatically generated/added ID String into the Subject so I could work from there. In order to make my form work the way I need it to, I'm trying to create a query that takes the fields I need from the linked table and adds a calculated field with the extracted ID so it can be referenced for relating records in the form.
The query works fine (I get all the records and their IDs extracted) but when I try to filter records from this query by the calculated field I get:
This expression is typed incorrectly, or it is too complex to be evaluated. For example, a numeric expression may contain too many complicated elements. Try simplifying the expression by assigning parts of the expression to variables.
I tried separating the calculated field out into three fields so it's easier to read, hoping that would make it easier to evaluate for Access, but I still get the same error. My base query is currently:
SELECT InStr(Subject,"Support Project #CS")+19 AS StartID,
InStr(StartID,Subject," ") AS EndID,
Int(Mid(Subject,StartID,EndID-StartID)) AS ID,
ProjectEmails.Subject,
ProjectEmails.[From],
ProjectEmails.To,
ProjectEmails.Received,
ProjectEmails.Contents
FROM ProjectEmails
WHERE (((ProjectEmails.[Subject]) Like "*Support Project [#]CS*"));
I've tried to bind a subform to this query on qryProjectEmailWithID.ID = SupportProject.ID where the main form is bound to SupportProject, and I get the above error. I tried building a query that selects all records from that query where the ID = a given parameter and I still get the same error.
The working query that adds Support Project IDs would look like:
+----+--------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+------------+----------------------------------+
| ID | Subject | To | From | Received | Contents |
+----+--------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+------------+----------------------------------+
| 1 | RE: Support Project #CS1 ID Extra... | questions#so.com | Isaac.Reefman#so.com | 2019-03-11 | Trying to work out how to add... |
| 1 | RE: Support Project #CS1 ID Extra... | isaac.reefman#so.com | questions#so.com | 2019-03-11 | Thanks for your question. The... |
| 1 | RE: Support Project #CS1 ID Extra... | isaac.reefman#so.com | questions#so.com | 2019-03-11 | You should use a different me... |
| 2 | RE: Support Project #CS2 IT issue... | support#domain.com | someone#company.com | 2019-02-21 | I really need some help with ... |
| 2 | RE: Support Project #CS2 IT issue... | someone#company.com | support#domain.com | 2019-02-21 | Thanks for your question. The... |
| 2 | RE: Support Project #CS2 IT issue... | someone#company.com | support#domain.com | 2019-02-21 | Have you tried turning it off... |
| 3 | RE: Support Project #CS3 email br... | support#domain.com | someone#company.com | 2019-02-12 | my email server is malfunccti... |
| 3 | RE: Support Project #CS3 email br... | someone#company.com | support#domain.com | 2019-02-12 | Thanks for your question. The... |
| 3 | RE: Support Project #CS3 email br... | someone#company.com | support#domain.com | 2019-02-13 | I've just re-started the nece... |
+----+--------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+------------+----------------------------------+
The view in question would populate a datasheet that looks the same with just the items whos ID matches the ID of the current SupportProject record, updating when a new record is selected. A separate text box should show the full content of whichever record is selected in that grid, like this:
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
From: support#domain.com
On: 21/02/2019
Thanks for your question. The matter has been assigned to Support Project #CS2, and a support staff member will be in touch shortly to help you out. As it is considered of medium priority, you should expect daily updates.
Thanks,
Support
From: someone#company
On: 21/02/2019
I really need some help with my computer. It seems really slow and I can't do my work efficiently.
Neither of these things happens as when I try to use the calculated number to relate to the PK of the SupportProject table...
I don't know if this is a part of the problem, but whether I use Int(Mid(Subject... or Val(Mid(Subject... I still apparently get a Double, where the ID field (as an autoincrement ID) is a Long. I can't work out how to force it to return a Long, so I can't test whether that's the problem.
So that is output resulting from posted SQL? I really wanted raw data but close enough. If requirement is to extract number after ...CS, calculate in query and save query:
Val(Mid([Subject],InStr([Subject],"CS")+2))
Then build another query to join first query to table.
SELECT qryProjectEmailWithID.*, SupportProject.tst
FROM qryProjectEmailWithID
INNER JOIN SupportProject ON qryProjectEmailWithID.ID = SupportProject.ID;
Filter criteria can be applied to either ID field.
A subform can display the related child records synchronized with SupportProject records on main form.
I tested the ID calc with your data and then with a link to my Inbox. No issue with query join.
I have a column called Description:
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Description/Title |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody #6 {'Pesther Carneval'}; 2 Episodes from Lenau's 'Faust'; 'Hunnenschlacht' Symphonic Poem. (NW German Phil./ Kulka) |
| Beethoven, Piano Sonatas 8, 23 & 26. (Justus Frantz) |
| Puccini, Verdi, Gounod, Bizet: Arias & Duets from Butterfly, Tosca, Boheme, Turandot, I Vespri, Faust, Carmen. (Fiamma Izzo d'Amico & Peter Dvorsky w.Berlin Radio Symph./Paternostro) |
| Puccini, Ponchielli, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Donizetti, Verdi: Arias from Boheme, Manon Lescaut, Tosca, Gioconda, Carmen, Eugen Onegin, Favorita, Rigoletto, Luisa Miller, Ballo, Aida. (Peter Dvorsky, ten. w.Hungarian State Opera Orch./ Mihaly) |
| Thomas, Leslie: 'The Virgin Soldiers' (Hywel Bennett reads abridged version. Listening time app. 2 hrs. 45 mins. DOLBY) |
| Katalsky, A. {1856-1926}: Liturgy for A Cappella Chorus. Rachmaninov, 6 Choral Songs w.Piano. (Bolshoi Theater Children's Choir/ Zabornok. DOLBY) |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Please note that above I'm only showing 1 field.
Also, the output that I would like is:
+-------+-------+
| Word | Count |
+-------+-------+
| Arias | 3 |
| Duets | 2 |
| Liszt | 10 |
| Tosca | 1 |
+-------+-------+
I want this output to encompass EVERY record. I do not want a separate one of these for each record, just one global one.
I am choosing to use SSIS to do this job. I'd like your input on which controls to use to help with this task:
I'm not looking for a solution, but simply some direction on how to get started with this. I understand this can be done many different ways, but I cannot seem to think of a way to do this most efficiently. Thank you for any guidance.
FYI:
This script does an excellent job of concatenating everything:
select description + ', ' as 'data()'
from [BroincInventory]
for xml path('')
But I need guidance on how to work with this result to create the required output. How can this be done with c# or with one of the SSIS components?
edit: As siyual points out below I need a script task. The script above obviously will not work since there's a limit to the size of a data point.
I think term extraction might be the component you are looking for. Check this out: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3194/simple-text-mining-with-the-ssis-term-extraction-component/
I'm afraid this might be a somewhat simple question, but I can't seem to figure it out.
I have a spreadsheet with many objects, each of which has many attributes (one per column), like this (sorry, I can't post images, so this is the best I can do):
OBJECT ID | PERIOD | COLOR | REPRESENTATION
1 | Early Intermediate | Bichrome | Abstract
2 | Middle Horizon | Multicolored | Representational
… and I'd like each column to become a separate row — which would mean that each object would be listed a number of times. Like this:
OBJECT | ATTRIBUTE
Object 1 | Early Intermediate
Object 1 | Bichrome
Object 1 | Abstract
Object 2 | Middle Horizon
Object 2 | Multicolored
Object 2 | Representational
I'm not seeing an obvious way to do this, and I can't find an answer here, though perhaps I'm not using the right search terms.
Thanks for any help you can offer!
Disclaimer
While searching for an answer, I found this question, but I couldn't find a way to express the solution in SQL:
Union of intervals
Background
I'm trying to calculate how long the people in the company I work in are employed. In the database I have (that is already in the company for years and is [sadly] not changeable), each contract is stored as one line. Each line has a lot of information about the employee and the contract, including a contract creation date, a contract rescission date (or infinity, if still active) and the current contract situation ("active" or "deactivated"). There are, however, two problems that are preventing me from simply doing what could seem obvious:
People can be "multicontratual", so the same person could have multiple active lines at the same time.
Sometimes, there are some transfers that result in deactivating one of a person's contracts and creating a new contract line. These transfers must not be counted (i.e., I should take into account both the timelines). There is, however, no explicit flag for the transfers existence in the database, so it was defined that "it is a transfer if there was any contract rescission until 60 days before a new contract is created".
When trying to account for the multiple cases that could arise from this scenario (e.g., if the same person had many contracts through the time, then no contracts during more than 60 days, and then some other contracts, then I'd want to start counting from after the "more-than-60-days" period), I found that two rules solve the problem. I need:
The last contract creation where there was no other contract already active at the time. (this solves the problem 1)
&& there was no other active contract until 60 days before.
To the DB
To solve the problem, I decided to rearrange the rules. I wanted to take all contracts for which there was no other active contract until 60 days before its creation, and then take the "MAX()" of them. So, for example, for the following person, I would say she is active since 1973:
+----------+-----+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------------+
| CONTRACT | ... | PERSON_ID | STATUS | CREATION_DATE | RESCISSION_DATE |
+----------+-----+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------------+
| 1 | ... | 1 | deactived | 1973/10/01 | 1999/07/01 |
| 2 | ... | 1 | deactived | 1978/06/01 | 2000/07/01 |
| 3 | ... | 1 | deactived | 2000/08/01 | 2008/06/01 |
| 4 | ... | 1 | active | 2000/08/01 | infinity |
| 5 | ... | 1 | active | 2000/08/01 | infinity |
+----------+-----+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------------+
I am treating the dates as if they were integers (in fact, they are in the real database). My question is: how could I create a query to take the "1973/10/01"? I.e., how could I get all the "creation_date"s that are distant from (higher than) the others in at least 60, and that are not in the intervals described by the other lines?
[and, anyway, does this seem the best way to solve the problem? (I don't think so)]