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Options: Compare two XML Documents

Using this option you can overwrite the preferences of all Compare two XML documents test actions.

In general, all options can be overwritten. Clear all fields whom you want to keep the value defined in the test action, and enter values in the fields only that you want to overwrite.

Preference

Description

XML equal/not equal

Overwrite here, whether the compare function should check if the response is equal or not equal. If you select not equal, the test case will be green, if the Bridge response does not equal the reference data.

Test file

Overwrite the folder, where the test action results get stored and specify whether the XML documents are zipped or not.

Reference file

Overwrite the folder, where the reference data is stored and specify whether the XML documents are zipped or not..

Advanced Options

Click Advanced to define the differences to ignore.

Some XML elements (such as IDs, ...) will always differ from test case run to test case run. These differences can be ignored by the Regression Test Tool as they are not indicating, that there was an error executing the SOAP operation.

In the dialog above, enter XML elements or XML attributes that should be ignored when comparing the test output with the reference data.
Click

to insert the element or attribute to the list. Use
to remove an element or attribute from the list.

startTime, stopTime, which are marked in italics, are elements that are ignored by default.  trace:Size is an attribute that is ignored by default. Other XML elements and attributes listed in italics may come from an option defined on a test suite at a higher level.

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