(Un)Mask Your Data

Introduction

To test your application, you need to open it and log in. For this, you need to enter a username and a password in the Login action. Your password will automatically be encrypted to anonymize the data. But you might not want to have your login password masked. ATS has the functionality that makes unmasking your password possible. This how-to explains how to do that.

This how-to teaches you how to do the following:

• Unmask your password

Prerequisites

Before starting this how-to, make sure you have the following prerequisites in place:

• Complete How to Create a Test Case
• Understand How to Create a Custom Action

Unmasking Your Password

To unmask your password, follow these steps:

1. Open your app in ATS and go to the Test Cases menu item.

2. Click the Repository tab.

3. Click the Actions drop-down menu and then click New Action:

   

   Clicking New Action opens the Create new dialog box:

   

4. Enter a name in the Name field (for example, Open app and Login).

5. Enter a description in the Description field (for example, This action opens the app and logs into the app as Admin).

6. Click Create:

   

   This opens the Action Details page. ATS displays the Name and Description on this page.

   

7. Add the Open application action.

8. Enter a description of the test step. Also, set the Application URL input parameter to Environment URL below Global constant values.

9. Add the Login action.

10. Enter a description of the test step:

    

11. Click the Settings tab.

12. Add a new input parameter by clicking New below Input Parameters:

    

    Clicking New opens the Edit Input Parameter dialog box:

    

13. Enter Username in the Name field. This field represents the name you have to link to the input parameter Username in your test step. So, using the same names makes it easier to connect the parameter to the correct input parameter.

14. Enter a description in the Description field. Give a clear description of the parameter (for example, This input parameter unmasks your password).

15. Click Save:

    

16. Enter Password in the Name field. This field represents the name you have to link to the input parameter Password in your test step. So, using the same names makes it easier to connect the parameter to the correct input parameter.

17. Enter a description in the Description field. Give a clear description of the parameter (for example, This input parameter unmasks your password).

18. Make sure that Show as password is set to No.

19. Click Save:

    

20. Click the Test Step tab and open the Login action:

    

21. Click the drop-down menu for the Username input parameter.

22. Select Username [String] below Input values:

    

23. Click the drop-down menu for the Password input parameter.

24. Select Password [String] below Input values:

    

Verifying That Your Password Is Unmasked

To verify that your password is unmasked, follow these steps:

1. Open your app, click the Test Cases menu item, and click the Repository tab.

2. Create a new test case and add the Open app and Login action.

3. Click the drop-down menu next to the Password input parameter. Clicking the drop-down opens the input field:

   

4. Enter the password in the Password field.

5. Select the Constant value:

   

After selecting the constant value, the entered password represents the Password input parameter of your test step instead of five aterisks:

You can now unmask your password using ATS. You can use these steps as well to mask data in ATS.

Next Up

You have now learned how to unmask your password in a login action. The next how-to to complete is How to Upload a File in Your App Using ATS. You can find an overview of all the how-tos and the structure on ATS 2 How-tos. We advise you to follow the predefined structure.