Doctags

Besides node attributes QF-Test also supports doctags to influence the behavior of nodes during test execution or for report generation. Doctags can be specified in the 'Comment' attribute of a node in the form @teststep or @noreport node. They must be placed after the general description of the node.

Doctags for reporting and documentation

Doctags used for formatting test documentation of 'Test sets' and 'Test cases' are described in section 23.2, doctags for formatting of the documentation of 'Packages' and 'Procedures' in section 23.3.

The doctags described below influence the reprensation of nodes in the report.

DoctagNodesDescription
@teststep [name]All nodes If this doctag is set, the node will be treated as 'Test step' in the report. You can specify an optional name.
@report'Check' nodes, 'Sequence with time limit' and 'Server HTTP request' nodesIf this is set the node will be reported as check in the report in any case.
@noreport [type],[errorlevel]All sequences like 'Test case', 'Test set' or 'Test step', all Checks, Sequence with time-limit, request steps or procedure callsIf this doctag is set, the node won't be mentioned in the report. See subsection 61.1.1 for details.
@link [filePath/url]All nodes This doctag can be used - multiple times if desired - to link to an external resource or file. The target can then be opened in an associated application or shown in the system file manager by right-clicking and selecting the respective entry in the popup menu (»Open link« or »Show file in explorer«). Files are resolved relative to the current test suite.
Table 61.1:  Doctags for reporting and documentation

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@noreport Doctag

You can use the @noreport doctag to filter several nodes from the reports. You can make use of two optional parameters to specify the filtering. Those parameters are type and errorlevel. Example of a valid syntax: @noreport tree;errorlevel<=WARNING.

type
You can use either 'tree' or 'node'. 'tree' is the default in case nothing is specified. Using 'tree' filters the entire node and all children from the report. 'node' filters just that particular node from the report. The children will be in the report.
errorlevel
This parameter is only activate for sequence nodes like 'Test set','Test case' or 'Test step'. Using this parameter enables you to filter nodes only if dedicated error level have been reached. You can configure the error levels EXCEPTION, ERROR, WARNING or MESSAGE. For comparison you can use >,<,<= or >=. errorlevel<ERROR filters the node only if no error and no exception occurred. That's the default setting. errorlevel>=MESSAGE filters the node in any case. That's very dangerous of course and should only be used if there are very good reasons.

Doctags for Robot Framework

The following doctags are used to designate QF-Test 'Procedures' or entire 'Packages' for use with Robot Framework. See chapter 29 for further information about the Robot Framework integration.

DoctagNodesDescription
@keyword [name]Procedures

When used in a 'Procedure' node, the name of the procedure or the optional name specified after the doctag is provided as keyword to Robot Framework. It is sufficient to provide one of the formats supported by Robot Framework which will automatically convert from other variants, so that, for example, a 'Procedure' named doClick can automatically also be called via the keywords "Do Click" or "do_click". The doctag can be used multiple times in order to map the procedure to several different keywords. The implicit parameter "__keyword" always holds the current keyword being called in the form specified by QF-Test.

@keywordPackages In 'Package' nodes the @keyword doctag can be used without argument to designate all directly or indireclty contained 'Procedures' as keywords based on their name.
@tag [name]Procedures Names specified with the @tag doctag in 'Procedure' nodes are passed through to Robot Framework as tags.
Table 61.2:  Doctags for Robot Framework integration

Doctags for test execution

Using those doctags influences the execution of tests.

DoctagNodesDescription
@scope [QF-Test component ID|SmartID]All nodes Upon node entry the given component scope is pushed and applied to all subsequent component resolution based on SmartID until the node is exited. See section 5.7 for details.
@rerun [parameters]All nodes You can configure the instant rerun in case of errors. Please see subsection 24.3.2 for details.
@outputFilter keep [regexp]All SUT client starter nodes Only those lines in the output of the process started by the node that match the specified regular expression are shown in the QF-Test terminal.
@outputFilter drop [regexp]All SUT client starter nodes Lines in the output of the process started by the node that match the specified regular expression are not shown in the QF-Test terminal.
@dontcompactifyAll nodes Designate the node as relevant for the run log so it will not get removed during compactification (see option Create compact run log).
Table 61.3:  Doctags for test execution

Doctags for Editing

Using those doctags can influence the behavior of QF-Test during editing.

DoctagNodesDescription
@blueAll nodesAdd a blue mark when loading the test suite the next time.
@breakpointAll nodesAdd a breakpoint when loading the test suite the next time.
@greenAll nodesAdd a green mark when loading the test suite the next time.
@redAll nodesAdd a red mark when loading the test suite the next time.
@yellowAll nodesAdd a yellow mark when loading the test suite the next time.
Table 61.4:  Doctags for editing

Doctags influencing the procedure builder

The doctags for use in the definition file for the procedure builder are described in chapter 55. In chapter 26 you will find general information on the procedure builder.