Questions on QuickCall <--> Session Profile link

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takabanana asked Nov 21, '11 amichaels answered Dec 16, '14

Questions on QuickCall <--> Session Profile link

1. I realize that QuickCalls have to be tied to a Session Proflie - unfortunately, this makes a series of commands that work equally under Telnet/SSH/Serial to be wastefully duplicated into their own QuickCall libraries. Is there a better way to do this without having to duplicate and maintain separate QuickCall files/code? Is there any way i can use multiple Sessions to use a single QuickCall file (i.e. Telnet/SSH/Serial)?

2. On a related note, am I correct to say that to make a QuickCall, the following to HAVE to link/point to each other? This makes a similar multi-to-one limiting issue for #1 above, although this is multiple QuickCalls files to a single Session... I can't use multiple QuickCall files for any one single (base) Session??

In Session Profile (.ffsp) --> Misc tab --> QuickCall

In QuickCall (.fftc) --> General tab --> QuickCall

iTest quickcall (qc)

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Answer 1 · 2011-11-23T11:33:48Z

msandeep answered Nov 23, '11 msandeep posted Nov 23, '11

Hi,

1# Unfortunately, in iTest we cannot use multiple QuickCall libraries with single session profile and multiple session profiles for single QuickCall library.We have to create seperate QuickCalls for each session profile.

2# Yes, your understanding is correct. Whatever the QuickCall path we have given in Session Profile (.ffsp) --> Misc tab --> QuickCall that QuickCall should contain the same session profile path under QuickCall (.fftc) --> General tab --> QuickCall.

Thanks,

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takabanana commented · Nov 23, 2011 at 03:33 PM

OK - so unfortunately, if I have a bunch of command-line commands to a device that has serial/telnet/ssh capabilities, I have to duplicate and maintain the QuickCalls across separate files, which tie to each of the (serial/telnet/ssh) session profiles of the device?

Thanks.

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msandeep takabanana commented · Nov 28, 2011 at 12:42 PM

Yes, your understanding is correct. You have to create seperate/duplicate the Quickcall linraries with respect to the session profiles (telnet/serial..) you are using.

Thanks,

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kamesh msandeep commented · Mar 01, 2012 at 02:43 PM

I have the same issue!

Can this be taken as a feature request? it is waste of time and head ache in maintaining these copies.

BTW Is it possible to create a symbolic link for the quick call with different file names for each session profile? (dont know how it would work in windows and SVN, if this can be done just for fanfare atleast it will be wordaround)

Thanks

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msandeep kamesh commented · Mar 05, 2012 at 05:55 AM

Hi Kamesh,

Could you please elaborate your suggestion to make us understand more

BTW Is it possible to create a symbolic link for the quick call with different file names for each session profile? (dont know how it would work in windows and SVN, if this can be done just for fanfare atleast it will be wordaround)

Thank You!

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kamesh msandeep commented · Mar 28, 2012 at 12:21 AM

This is what are are planning to do as a work around. Let me know if this will work

Create quick call file for the sessions

telnet.fftc

ssh.fftc

console.fftc

Create a lib called cli.fftc, this lib will have all procedures that we want to execute. The individual quick call will have wrapper procedures which will call the proc from cli.fftc

This way i have to write the logic in one place rather than repeating it for each sessions

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msandeep kamesh commented · Mar 28, 2012 at 10:02 PM

Hi Kamesh,

Instead of a quick call, you could go for procedure library

you could create a sample lib having one or more session related.

From each test case call the desired procedure (of the procedure lib) and pass the session value so it can ivoke the desired commnds with the assocaition of the session value.

Please refer the below screen shots:

Proc lib:

Test case:

Please be posted how it goes! Thank you!

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Answer 2 · 2014-12-16T15:50:22Z

amichaels answered Dec 16, '14

I realize this is an old post, but for future searchers, this isn't as big a limitation as it may sound. If you have multiple devices that have the same commands, you should create a generic base session profile and create your quickcalls for that base session profile. Then, all devices that inherit from the base session profile have access to the quickcalls defined for base. Furthermore, a child session profile can define an additional quickcall library. In this new library, you can override any inherited quickcalls, or leave them alone. TL:DR: use inheritance.

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