TTS Tips: Adding element to element repository by recording test step and understanding it's auto generated meta data

There are mainly two ways to add element to element repository:

1. By recording test step

2. By adding element explicitly to element repository (See my post about this here)

 

When recording test step, the element interacted in the step will be added to element repository automatically. In this case, test step maintains definition of interacted element. Hence, the element will be deleted automatically from the element repository when we delete all the recorded steps which interacted with that element. In the auto generated meta data file (.tstest), you can find these type of elements under Steps --> Step --> Element.

 

We can do required updates here, they will reflect on element repository. This will help to achieve some requirements which we can't achieve through TTS tool UI. You can read one of such requirements here

By adding element like this, if any coded step interacted with that deleted element then it causes test case failure.