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SOAtest Quality Tasks cannot not always show differences
Hi, After running a test in Parasoft SOAtest 2021.x I want to analyse the results and eventually adapt the excepted results of e.g. the Diff Tool (XML mode). Sometimes, when there are (maybe too many) differences, SOAtest does not show the differences anymore, but instead a dialogue (Compare) is shown stating that "There…
Quality tasks from Diff tool and special characters (UTF8)
Hi, I am encountering problems with the Quality tasks from Diff tool (XML mode, literal XML) parsing special characters. E.g. DOSSIERNAAM!@#$%^&*()_+?{}|[]<>,./ gets in quality task converted to: Changed element text content value from the expected "DOSSIERNAAM?????????????????? ????X" to "DOSSIERNAAM������������������…
How can I test that a response header equals a certain value?
I have a rest command that returns a Content-Type of application/octet-stream and a Content-Disposition with a filename. What is the best way to validate that the values returned in the headers are what I am expecting?
xml difference ignoring key/value pairs when there is a specific key
Hi all, I am trying to do an xml comparison using the Diff tool, however this xml contains key/value pairs (RefType/RefInfo) where some of those values are dynamic while others are static. Below is an example where I tried to use the Diff tool (xml). However the diff tool doesn't recognize the xpath expression I have…
Compare XML and Json Response
Planning to move a service from Soap to Rest Json. I would like to prepare a test suite that help me compare the old Soap XML response with the JSON response.
Is there any option/flag for the user to turn ON/OFF Regression/Diff Control for all tests at once
I want to turn ON/OFF (enable/disable) Regression/Diff Control for all my tests before starting my execution. Is there a place where i can control this setting?
How to compare 2 xml response files? (Other than Diff control)
hi, i run a request r1 against one webservice (endpoint) say e1 and get response as res1. then same request r1 will sent to different endpoint e2 and get response as res2. now i want to compare the res1 and res2 xml files. i dont want to use Diff control as it compares the files line by line. i want the files to be…
Writable DataSource has regression control issue
Hey guys. With the help of Greaham we created a test which used a set-up soap client test to create a bunch of values in a writable data source which I then used as an input source for subsequent standard soap client tests. when I attempt to create multiple regression controls via the writable data source,soa test only…
Can I still parameterize the Diff tool after I
create multiple regression controls?Yes, you can still parameterize the Diff tool. Just click on the Diff node and select Form XML from the Mode drop-down menu.
How do I diff an incoming SOAP response?
Ensure that the Deserialize Response check box is not selected in the SOAP Client. Right-click the SOAP Client node and select Add Output> Response> SOAP Envelope> New Output> Diff from the shortcut menu. An XML Response> Diff node displays in the test suite tree. Select the Response SOAP Envelope> Diff node in the test…