Data Driven Testing

What is Data Driven Testing?

Data-driven testing is creation of test scripts where test data and/or output values are read from data files instead of using the same hard-coded values each time the test runs. This way, testers can test how the application handles various inputs effectively. It can be any of the below data files.

• Datapools

• Excel files

• ADO objects

• CSV files

• ODBC sources

Flow Diagram:

Data Driven Testing can be best understood by the following diagram: