Adding Validation Steps

In Metadata Manager, you can add multiple validation steps to a table. You can also specify actual and expected results for each validation step.

To add validation steps to table-level test cases, follow these steps:

1. In Data Catalog, click a table, and click the Test Specification tab.

The Test Case Overview appears in the bottom pane.


2. In the bottom pane, click the Validation Steps tab.
   
3. Click .

The Add New Test Step page appears.


4. Enter appropriate values to the fields. Fields marked with a red asterisk are mandatory. Refer to the following table for field descriptions.

Field Name	Description
Step Name	Enter an unique name of each step.
Validation Step Type	Select the validation step type from the drop-down.
Description	Describe the object in brief.
Expected Result	Enter the SQL script to run the test case.
Actual Result	Enter the actual test result after the execution of the test.
Expected Result	Enter the expected result in detail, including the error-message that is displayed on screen.
Test Step Comments	Enter relevant test step comments.

5. Click Save.

The validation step is added to the test case.