Adding Regression Controls

You can add a regression control using the XPath values you extracted or altered. Right-click the SOAP Client node that contains an XML Transformer and select Create Regression Control from the shortcut menu.  A Transformed XML> Diff node appears underneath the XML Transformer node. If you select this node, you will see the XPaths you added to the Selected XPaths list in the XML Transformer tool.

Parameterizing XPaths

You can parameterize XPaths to reference testtest reference test or Responder suiteResponder suite variables, environment variables, and data source values.  The syntax to reference variables is ${myVariableName}. The syntax to reference XML Data Bank values and Data Source Values is: ${myColumnName}. 

For example, if ${XPath Key} is a data source column name, you could use

/*[local-name(.)="bookstore" and namespace-uri(.)=""]/*[local-name(.)="book" and

namespace-uri(.)=""][child::node()[local-name(.)="title" and text()="${XPath Key}"]]

Handling Empty Elements to Maintain the Integrity of the XML Response

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Handling Empty Elements to Maintain the Integrity of the XML Response Handling Empty Elements to Maintain the Integrity of the XML Response

By default, empty elements will not be extracted.  This could impact the integrity of the XML response for use in a Writable Data Source. For instance,

<e>5</e>
<e/>
<e>6</e>

ROW 1 = 5
ROW 2 = 6